4:44 (studio album) by Jay-Z

4:44 by Jay-Z
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-06-30
Overall rank: 1,790th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 269 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (29th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (289th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,790th)
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Jay-Z bestography

4:44 is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Jay-Z on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jay-Z is The Blueprint which is ranked number 530 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,435.

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 269 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 10/30/2022 10:13
Not sure about the comment saying it's sonically great and if you don't agree you don't know hip hop. Well, the music sounds fine but sonically, the actual sound quality itself, is horrible. A lot of modern music is becoming unlistenable because of this. I'll persevere with this if I can as it's obviously a good album but it's just so squashed and undynamic. Compare his his CDs from throughout his career and hear the deterioration of sound quality with each release. But hey, loudness is king and those beats don't half bump over your tiny phone speakers through Spotify. Musically very good, sonically shit.
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80/100
From 01/10/2021 22:33
The samples on this album from the great like Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and Sister Nancy are truly amazing.
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60/100
From 12/31/2019 16:48
It sounds like Jay-Z had a lot to get off his chest and thought he might as well put a beat under it. Lyrically it's thrilling, but musically this doesn't catch my attention for too long.
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From 05/28/2018 14:00
Not bad but not great
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80/100
From 05/19/2018 20:53
Great album.
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85/100
From 03/23/2018 18:13
I just wish this were mixed and mastered a little better.
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85/100
From 03/23/2018 18:11
His best since Black Album.
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80/100
From 11/24/2017 23:36
I really liked this. Never been big on Jay because he always seemed a bit full of himself, and since my impression was based on his features, he seemed inconsistent. But this album has a lot going for it. The beats are luxurious and soulful. Jay's voice is front and center, you're gonna hear every crack and break from the most confident man in hip hop. It's just the right amount of familiar and fresh. With that said, I think the album's second half is a little weak; Jay seems to run out of things to apologize and all the stuff about economics seems to be repeating what he's said earlier. The beats seem to have a bit less character and Jay kinda falls back on his braggadocio, but hey, he's not even bad at those things. They just aren't as interesting.
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75/100
From 11/21/2017 06:23
I mean, middle-of-the-road Jay-Z is still pretty okay.
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From 11/14/2017 02:26
All these terrible comments from people who know nothing about hip-hop. This is a great album that shines lyrically, sonically and thematically.
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