Jay-Z's Return
I'm not sure if it's an official collaboration but Jay-Z began work on his new Album after watching an advanced private screening of Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. The album will be released in early November (close to the release date of the film) and tracks from the album have begun appearing on the internet.
Production-wise the stuff I'm hearing is close to Jay-Z's "Blueprint" (my favorite Jay-Z album). Lyrically it's closer to "Reasonable Doubt" (lots of gangster mafioso storytelling).
I wish I could get a little more of the introspective Jay-Z...but I'm really digging the overall feel of the music.
Intentional or not, this is a brilliant cross-promotion. The movie gets the street-cred it needs to make it cool from the young kids. Jay-Z has a justified reason for sounding both gangsta and soulful.
Below are the tracks I could find on YouTube:
Production-wise the stuff I'm hearing is close to Jay-Z's "Blueprint" (my favorite Jay-Z album). Lyrically it's closer to "Reasonable Doubt" (lots of gangster mafioso storytelling).
I wish I could get a little more of the introspective Jay-Z...but I'm really digging the overall feel of the music.
Intentional or not, this is a brilliant cross-promotion. The movie gets the street-cred it needs to make it cool from the young kids. Jay-Z has a justified reason for sounding both gangsta and soulful.
Below are the tracks I could find on YouTube:
Roc Boys (produced by Kanye West)
Blue Magic Video (music produced by Neptunes)
???? (featuring Lil' Wayne, prouduction sounds like Kanye West)
American Gangster Trailer (the inspiration)
posted by Muttpop Bob at 12:52 PM
3 Comments:
It's official, you can check in any hiphop website, like rap2K.com.
Hope it will be good like the others.
yeah, i like these tracks a lot better than that weak album he dropped as his comeback
kosmo:
Thanks. So far it's looking like it's going to be great.
the7000club:
"Kingdom Come" was incredibly disappointing. I purchased and sold it in record time.
This album looks like it's shaping up to be everything "Kingdom Come" wasn't. I hope it shows in the final product.
-MPB
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