A friend of mine worked security for some sort of event where Jay-Z and Beyonce were in attendance and he said that Jay was very pompous, arrogant, kind of rude, etc, but Beyonce was nice, cordial, etc. Both Kanye and Jay may be dirt bags/jerks in some sense, but at least Jay carries himself with some sort of class/pride. Kanye is just an all around ass that thinks the world owes him something.
Hardknock Life vol. 2 was the first full LP I ever purchased way back when I was like 13. Always a classic.