Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter
by Jay-Z

Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter by Jay-Z
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 21,970th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 40 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (364th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (3,399th)
Award Best albums of all time (21,970th)

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Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter is ranked 12th best out of 16 albums by Jay-Z on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jay-Z is The Blueprint which is ranked number 529 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,298.

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Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter rankings

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Overall rank: 21,970th | 1990s rank: 3,399th | 1999 rank: 364th

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 40 votes)
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From 03/07/2021 20:15 | #267067
'Big Pimpin'', a classic, the rest, meh
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From 06/10/2020 21:13 | #253262
A handful of memorable songs, rest sounds like filler
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From 12/27/2019 08:48 | #245968
Oh good, let's double down on the obnoxiousness. 'So Ghetto' tells it all: "I don't just fuck ugly girls, they're ghetto." I can see why a bitch ain't a problem, it's called a defense mechanism, look it up.

Uhh... 'Big Pimpin' is catchy, nice work Timbaland.
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From 03/27/2017 17:25 | #188220
Coconuts don't like Jay-Z?

Anyway - another one of his early quality releases - still inconsistent, but with a few gems.
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