I'm not going to lie, when I first listened to the leak I was really disappointed. The only song that caught me the first time through was young forever. I listened to it a couple more times and I like it a lot.
Young Forever, Real as it gets, Empire State of Mind, So ambitious, Already Home and A Star is born are my favorites. I personally like the DOA song, but it can get annoying. I also don't care for Run this Town all that much, but I like Ye's verse in it. Off That is starting to grow on me in a weird kinda way. It's one of the best albums I've heard in a long time. It's better than Relapse, Carter 3, etc. I think that you guys just aren't a fan of jay-z or you're expecting too much out of him. He's old compared to people in the rap game, he's already done so much and said so much. I think that this was a solid effort and his first single off his cd wasn't fucking lollipop.
Just my opinion though haha.