With the exception of Blueprint 2, Kingdom Come, and this album, Jay-Z's discography is hard to touch, bUT there is absolutley no substance to this album. All he talks about is himself...and i realize that that is what rappers do....but he's taking it to another level. All he's doing now is writing relatively clever ways of talking about 'I sold alot of records, have an R&B wife, I've reached a level of respect both in and out of the rap game' and then have someone throw in a chorus that doesn't even fit with the song half the time. I wish i didn't buy it, but there's several decent tracks and the production is pretty nice