Jay Z is one of my Top MCs, and that's how I feel about it. Not ALL his songs are about What he hasm anbd him bragging, just like not ALL of Will's songs aren't. you can't say dude has no skill because he raps aobut his jewlery in some songs, and completely overlook his truly great songs.
I mean, I could understand if that's all he spit about (Because I can't stand that either), but the black album was like 2% Gold Chains, 98% himself, and that was his most recent work.