Jay-Z rose to fame off his vivid, crack-era narratives. A former minor drug dealer himself, he’s milked those hustler credentials for every album since. In the Bizarro World of street cred, though, becoming one of hip-hop’s greatest rappers is an accolade Jay constantly downplays.

On “No Hook,” he rhymes, “Don’t compare me to rappers / compare me to trappers / I’m more Frank Lucas than Ludacris.” The claim is rather, uh, ludicrous given how, between running a major record label (Def Jam), appearing in national ad campaigns (Budweiser and Hewlett-Packard) and dating a megastar (Beyonc ), Jay’s not “more” like ex-drug pushers, current rappers or anyone else for that matter.