Jay-Z - Kingdom Come [Bonus DVD]
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Track List: Kingdom Come [Bonus DVD]
Disc 1:
- Prelude
- Oh My God
- Kingdom Come
- Show Me What You Got
- Lost One
- Do U Wanna Ride
- 30 Something
- I Made It
- Anything
- Hollywood
- Trouble
- Dig a Hole
- Minority Report
- Beach Chair
Disc 2:
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Album Details: Kingdom Come [Bonus DVD]
- Release Date:
- 11/21/2006
- Label:
- Roc-a-fella
- UPC:
- 602517136434
User Reviews: Kingdom Come [Bonus DVD]
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Pro Reviews: Kingdom Come [Bonus DVD]
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews JayZ's retirement from making albums was more like a working holiday. After he announced his retirement, released The Black Album, and threw the Fade to Black party, he collaborated with Linkin Park on Collision Course, teamed with R. Kelly for the abysmal Unfinished Business, and appeared on tracks by Beanie Sigel, Bun B, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West, Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco, and Beyoncé. He kept busy behind the scenes as Def Jam's CEO and president, and he also stepped up as a major philanthropist, donating a million dollars to the Katrina cause and actively addressing the global water crisis in Turkey and South Africa. In the midst of these and other wellpublicized activities, JayZ recorded Kingdom Come, his eighth and weakest studio album. When placed in the context of his prolific discography, the greater part of the album wilts, and it's not a good indicator that JayZ continues to lean on a familiar cast of producers rather than actively seek upandcomers. (The fresh talent here is limited to Syience and Gwyneth Paltrow's Chris Martin; they contribute one track each.) There's only a small handful of highlights. On the title track, Just Blaze's masterful contortion job on Rick James' "Superfreak" backs Jay's nearly topform, Black Album/Blueprintworthy boasts: "I been up in the office, you might know him as Clark/Just when you thought the whole world fell apart/I take off the blazer, loosen up the tie/Step inside the booth, Superman is alive." Two of the four Dr. Dre productions feature assistance from Mark Batson (Anthony Hamilton), and they both strike a fine balance between maturity and ferocity much more so than the clumsy "30 Something," where Jay proclaims that "30 is the new 20," which would actually make him 27 and a fourthgrader a zygote. (He might as well say, "You wear Huggies, I wear Depends/You drink from a sippy cup/I sip my solids.") Apart from the abovementioned bright spots and a poignant, somber track about the Katrina disaster ("Minority Report"), the album is a display of complacency and retreads a gratuitous, easily resistible victory lap that very slightly upgrades the relative worth of The Blueprint². [One edition of the album came with a bonus DVD.] - Andy Kellman, 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: lyrics, beats
Cons: non
Jay-Z returned out of retirement (we all knew he would) with another banger album. Honestly, this album seems to get better everytime I listen to it. I must admit, at first, I expected this album to be a little better than what I thought. Since than I have listened to it over an over and it has grown on me each time. It is not Jay-Z's best album (cause he got so many good ones) But this album still is better 95% of all the hip hop albums out there. The beats are nice and hard, with Just Blaze and Dr. Dre lighting up the production. Some of Jay-Z's lyrics may blow your mind, and he also has some interesting messages within. ... ...