But the album that followed is weak, all over the place and severely lacking the momentum that that single brought. While it may have gone to No 1, continued to cement Jay as a dominant force in the game and bagged him another crossover hit with the brilliant ‘Big Pimpin’. If Vol 2 was a great step in the right direction, Vol 3 was a sharp reversal straight into a brick wall.
The drop off from Vol 2 to this is pretty bizarre. Skips: Show ‘Em What You Got, Anyways, Hollywood, Trouble Coming after ‘Black Album’, it’s obvious this wasn’t going to be a world shattering masterpiece, but that doesn’t excuse some of the shoddiness here.īest tracks: The Prelude, Kingdom Come, Lost One, Do U Wanna Ride? For every touching piece like ‘I Made It’, there’s word vomit like ‘Trouble’. For every subtle and restrained track like ‘Minority Report’, there’s an overblown worn out mess like ‘Oh My God’. For every smooth Dre joint, there’s a generic by the numbers Just Blaze track (no diss against him but this isn’t his finest hour). It’s obvious Jay wasn’t really fully ready to reclaim his seat on the throne, as Kingdom Come is pretty poor cruddy. When it inevitably happened, Jay was worn out from touring and the album was hastily thrown out the door to ensure Def Jam didn’t have to start laying people off. His premature retirement, while a huge spectacle left hopes of a comeback sky high.
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