im not a fan of jay z, but i respect what he's doing. On the line of street cred, honestly a lot of people dont like him cause he dissed biggie and he personally said that he would and has sold out and dumbed down his lyrics to make money. but on the other hand, he's about to take over the city of new york hip hop wise. THe ROC is basically taking over. Im personally a Nas fan, I think Illmatic will kill any of Jay Z's cd in my opinion. But we wont start that.