A Look At The Gems Of Jay Z's Most Underrated Disc: 'Kingdom Come'

Any conversation that ever comes up about Jay Z’s albums, Kingdom Come, released in November of 2006, is always everyone’s least favorite — the album that people forget even exist. Now I get it, we are all entitled to our very own opinion, especially when it comes to music, but come on, this is even Jay’s least favorite album as of 2013, where he stated “First game back, don’t shoot me.”

Kingdom Come is not exactly what people expected especially after he Jordan’d us with The Black Album. I will admit, Kingdom Come was lacking collaborations with fellow label mates, Bleek and Siegel, and instead you had the likes of Beyonce, John Legend & Ne-Yo. It might even be safe to say that there are barely, if any any good reviews on this album and that with all due respect is bullshit. We’ve all been where Jay was at least once in our life, you know where we walked away from something that we are so great at, took a hiatus, then come right back to it. Granted his comeback could’ve been stronger, but cut the Brooklyn boy some slack. It’s not that easy to still attract and cater to an audience 10 to 20 years your junior, while still remaining relatable to those that grew with you.

Let’s visit some of the best jewel-droppage from each song that should earn this album enough stripes to be in your weekly rotation:

The Prelude

“Forget this rap shit, I need a new hustle. A little bit of everything, the new improved Russell. I say that reluctantly, cause I do struggle, as you see, I can’t leave so I do love you.”

Oh My God

“Now I’m knee deep in the concrete, like a streets made a quicksand, it’s beyond deep. I got a chemical romance, two left feet, so now I dance with devil, please G-O-D”

Kingdom Come

The entire song!! Sorry, not sorry!!

Show Me What You Got

“Jordan or James, makes no difference. We all ballin the same. Nigga, I am the Mike Jordan of recording, you might wanna fall back from recording.”

Lost One

“And I ain;t even know how it came to this, except that fame is the worst drug known to man. It’s stronger than heroin. When you can could look in the mirror like, “There I am”, and still not see, what you’ve become. I know I’m guilty of it too, but not like them. You lost one.”

Do You Wanna Ride

“But when you get home, you know your spot’s reserved, ya heard? I put my niggas on, my niggas put they niggas on. Now we all somewhere foreign, chilling, sipping something.”

30 Something

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“Young enough to know the right car to buy, yet grown enough not to put rims on it.”

I Made It

“It’s the underdog now my feet on the desk. I’m the Presidential favorite, can’t believe I got away with”

Anything

“Through the left eye, my POV, on the iChat. How’s that for computer love?”

Hollywood

“Born in Brooklyn, got a place in Manhattan. Going back to Brooklyn to escape the madness.”

Trouble

“I try to pretend that I’m different, but in the end, we’re all the same”

Dig A Hole

“I know the cross I bear. They like, “That’s why they call you HOV. I’m like, “Yeah”. I’m like air, lil’ shots go through me. Won’t tear one tissue, no tears, no tissue, not an issue. Don’t cry for me.”

Minority Report

“Wouldn’t you loot? If you didn’t have the loot. Baby needed food and you was stuck on the roof. And helicopters swoop down just to get a scoop. Through his telescopic lens, but he didn’t scoop you.”