i can tell you didn't listen to hip-hop before the 2010s to be asking that

jay aint influential

#1 patterned himself after Hov and #2 made his name as a producer off producing for Hov

Jay is one of the most quoted rappers ever
Wayne, Kendrick, Cole, Freddie, Griselda, Lupe, Pusha, Kanye, Drake, Mach-Hommy, Lil Baby & more have stated or shown how heavily they've been influenced by him

Arguably the master of braggadocious rapping,
His minimalistic/succinct rap style has been very influential, lyrical without being too wordy/ verbose each bar but also not overly coded/sometimes hard to decipher in the way that Earl/Mach/Billy

Kanye, Pharrell, Cole, Rihanna & others are all beneficiaries of his success

Eminem probably deserves to be on the top 10 even if a lot of his influential is on wack rappers & white rappers who aren't really students of the game

smoking

also #3 is baby Hov

Very good list

I hate them so much

came itt to hate but actually solid list

Jay z fathered everything you love about this rap s***

A publication that was brave enough to tell the truth, interesting

what an insanely trash thread

Right?

you could switch some of the orders up but its definitely not

Keef is too low

Exactly and I hate that schizo cokehead

I wasn’t referring to op

Niggas questioning Hov influence didn't grow up listening to hip hop and aren't knowledgeable about hip hop so therefore they should stfu

jay's in my top 5 but my caveat with having him on this list is that his influence compared to the others on the list doesn't quite transcend him just being one of the greatest to ever do it if that makes sense

Respectable list for the most part.

Vibe is still alive?

All fam fathered was capitalist takes and we been off that

Carti deserved a spot on this list

"jay is one of the most quoted rappers ever"

yea like he's one of the greatest rappers of all time lol but by that logic you could just make a 10 greatest rappers of the 21st century list and call it a day, there's a reason nas, eminem and kendrick aren't on here and it's the same reason jay shouldn't be either