Jay-Z - Black Album
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Track List: Black Album
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- InterludeDownload & Buy
- December 4thDownload & Buy
- What More Can I SayDownload & Buy
- EncoreDownload & Buy
- Change ClothesDownload & Buy
- Dirt Off Your ShoulderDownload & Buy
- ThreatDownload & Buy
- Moment Of ClarityDownload & Buy
- 99 ProblemsDownload & Buy
- InterludeDownload & Buy
- Justify My ThugDownload & Buy
- LuciferDownload & Buy
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- My 1st SongDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Black Album
- Release Date:
- 11/14/2003
- Label:
- Def Jam
- UPC:
- 602498611210
User Reviews: Black Album
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Awesome Finish
, November 9, 2003Reviewer: Greg H - See all Greg H's reviews -
HOV is back and ready to go out with a bang
, November 12, 2003Reviewer: Sweetheart - See all Sweetheart's reviews7 of 9 Yahoo! Users found this Black Album review helpfulPros: Lyrics are on point as usual.
Cons: Not as many tracks as i anticipated
Jay-Z is an incredible artist. When you listen to Hova, you have to really listen to the things that he says, rather than just the music. He always says some off the wall things that you really have to think about. I had to think about some of the things he says and get what he really means later that day. The Black Album isnt a party type of cd. It's an album that you can chill and listen to. That's one thing that i love about it. Jay-Z is the greatest in my eyes and this album is worth being at the music store at 10:00 in the morning for. Jay is going out with a bang. Much love and respect to him. He has evolved into one of the greatest lyricist of all time. ...
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Pro Reviews: Black Album
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews If The Black Album is JayZ's last, as he publicly stated it will be, it illustrates an artist going out in top form. For years Shawn Carter has been the best rapper and the most popular, a man who can strut the player lifestyle with one track and become the eloquent hiphop everyman with the next, an artist for whom modesty is often a sin, and yet, one who still sounds sincere when he's discussing his humble origins or his recurring doubts. After the immediate classic The Blueprint found him at the peak of his powers, and The Blueprint²: The Gift the Curse came as the most deflating sequel since Star Wars: Episode I, his followup (and possible siren song) impresses on the same level as the best of his career. As he has in the past, JayZ balances the boasting with extensive meditations on his life and his career. The back history begins with the first song, "December 4" (his birthday), on which Carter traces his life from birth day to present day, riding a mock fanfare and the hearttugging strings of producer Just Blaze, along with frequent remembrances from his mother in This Is Your Life fashion. The other top track, "What More Can I Say," opens with Russell Crowe's defiant "Are you not entertained?" speech from Gladiator, then finds JayZ capping his career with another proof that he's one of the best of all time, and a look into what made him that way: "God forgive me for my brash delivery, but I remember vividly what these streets did to me." He also goes out with a few words for underground fans who think he's sold too many records for his own good. On "Moment of Clarity," he lays it out with an excellent rhyme: "If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli/Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense/But I did five mil, I ain't been rhyming like Common since." The first single, "Change Clothes," is much more interesting than the lightweight club hit it sounds like, a keyboardheavy pop sequel to the Neptunes' "Frontin'" (the anthem that rocked the summer of 2003, and his last collaboration with professional beatmaker and amateurish falsetto Pharrell Williams). And he can rock with the best as well, working with Rick Rubin on a cowbellheavy stormer named "99 Problems" that samples Billy Squier and outrocks Kid Rock. The only issue that's puzzling about The Black Album is why one of the best rappers needs to say goodbye unless, of course, he's simply afraid of being taken for granted and wants listeners to imagine a rap world without him. - John Bush, All Music Guide |
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Jay-Z reigned over the New York rap scene throughout the late '90s and early 2000s and steadily built up the Roc-a-Fella Records dynasty in the process. The Brooklyn rapper made his splash debut in 1996 and cranked out album after album and hit after...Full Jay-Z Biography
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Pros: Great All Around
Cons: The Last Album From Jay-Z
Every rap fan should buy this album it is simply brilliant. I've previewed all of the tracks already and they all are amazing. Every track sounds different and unique since a different producer is used for every track. It's just sad that this is the last solo album from Jigga.