Jay Z ranks his own albums from best to worst

Jay Z has ranked his albums from best to worst.

Jay Z says his best album is Reasonable Doubt. Jay Z says his worst album is Kingdom Come. And Jay Z thinks both The Blueprint and The Black Album are "classics".

In a bold and unusual move, the hip-hop mogul ranked his own albums from best to worst on his website Life and Times in an apparent celebration of his 44th birthday, reported Time.

The rapper also included comments on each of his 12 studio releases, calling 2007's American Gangster "cohesive", calling The Blueprint 3 "good" and saying The Blueprint 2 had "too many songs".

Controversially, he ranked this year's dodgy Magna Carta Holy Grail at No. 6 with a list of the songs on the album he rates.

And he apologised for 2006's Kingdom Come, his comeback album after a supposed "retirement", saying, "First game back, don't shoot me".

Jay Z's album's from best to worst (by Jay Z):

1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (F***wit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album...f***... Streets, Where I'm from, You Must Love Me...)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it's good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone...)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone... oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. F****** Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don't shoot me)

- nzherald.co.nz