Well, he has stated that his reasons for making the album was for family and friends, as sort of an art project. But then he went and started selling copies of the cd.
I heard it during class and think it's awesome. I definetly like this version of "99 problems."
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040225/ap_en_mu/music_the_grey_album_4">Yahoo news</a> has an article about it now. While I don't agree with Dash regarding Jay Z as a legend, I do respect him for the way he's handling the situation.