Jay-Z

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By droopyroof If we are to take The Blueprint III as the third part of a trilogy, then a reviewer is inevitably enticed to rank it on a hierarchical scale. It’s difficult to do, but let’s see where it takes me. TB3 isn’t as big as The Blueprint III, nor is it as enjoyable a listen. TB2 is an album I personally lov...

By Dino-Ray Jay-Z’s 11th album, The Blueprint III, which dropped September 8, was the most anticipated rap album of the year. In this album, Jay-Z does what he does best: talk highly about himself as well as what others are doing wrong. Although he’s not saying anything new, the new way in which he says ev...

By kidgidi Jay-Z — or “Jay,” as his keepers called him — was picking at his sandwich. Cool as ever, dressed in a heavyweight hoodie and a Yankees cap, one had to wonder if he’d ever actually be booting up DJ Hero to battle Beyoncé (not a featured artist, by the way). “I was really, really heavy into video gam...

By locuststreet At the start of 2009, I honestly felt that it could be the year where hip-hop stole the limelight from other music scenes. Jay-Z’s latest studio album was heavily promoted, rumors ran around Dr. Dre dropping a new album, and Kanye West was potentially going to release a proper rap album durin...

By thenosyneighbor The Blueprint was a rarity in music.  You could press play and let it ride, no skipping.  Unfortunately, the BluePrint 3 will get you reacquainted with the button resting to the right of play. The Blueprint was a rarity in music.  You could press play and let it ride, no skipping.  Unfortu

By Emily J Ramey Jay-Z My explanation for the outrageous records sales Jay-Z has enjoyed from The Blueprint 3, other than his established superiority of all things hip-hop and long-time loyal following, is that the master MC is also an expert collaborator.  The best tracks on the album are those he’s rec...

By lolitzdo Hip-Hop Block Reviews “Blueprint 3” by Jay-Z Other notable names on this album are Kid Cudi, J. Cole, Drake, Pharrell, Mr. Hudson, and Rihanna. These are the up and coming names in hip-hop and in ten years, being a part of Jay-Z’s last contracted album will be on their resume’s.

By John Greene Fall in Step, Jay-Z and Radiohead (Minty Fresh Beats) And this one that brings him together with Coldplay (more specifically, with Chris Martin’s lyrics off of the song “Homecoming” by Jackass… er, Kanye). Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys) Jay-Z is far and away my favorite ra...

Influential hip-hop writers, through a poll on blog Passion of the Weiss, recently determined that Jay-Z's 2001 work, The Blueprint , is the best rap album of the decade.

By Lorin I’m not sure why Jay-Z insisted on having a Blueprint trilogy. Sure the first one is a classic, but he already did this three album cycle shit back in the 90’s. And it’s not like The Blueprint 2 was screaming for a finale. I like that album fine, but the criticisms of a bloated nature are not at all o...

By YoRapper Review: 4.1 out of 5 Best Songs: “D.O.A.”, “Run This Town”, “A Star Is Born”, So Ambitious”, “Hater”, “Young Forever” The long awaited Jay-Z album is here and honestly it’s a little better than American Gangster and a hell out of lot better than Kingdom Come. It sort of reminds me of a revamped ver...

By KatEye Beyoncé’s ability to seamlessly weave her hits into an all out stage extravaganza, complete with dancing and live vocals proves that artists and performers are not mutually exclusive. As she just released her CD/DVD collection Above and Beyoncé, fans can relive every moment at home, bu...

Review: Cam'ron may never match his wacked-out 2004 masterpiece, Purple Haze. His feuds with Jay-Z, 50 Cent and former Dipset comrades Juelz Santana and Jim Jones have failed to make him a star. But on his sixth album, the Harlem MC remains one of hip-hop's most compelling eccentrics, enli...

Method Man He talks a lot. Method Man is a very interesting character. He's a beast in bed, he likes to spank and tell you to lay down, do this, do that. He's got a nice size. He's the real one. Very controlling. He likes to hit it from the back while he pulls your hair.

By Rob Elsewhere, as expected, the soundtrack serves as a tribute to the memory and music of Notorious B.I.G, the hip-hop ‘legend’ who was gunned down in the prime of his career by an unknown drive-by assailant. Known to his family as Christopher Wallace, to his friends as Biggie, and to his fans aro...

By BRIAN ♫ Jay-Z - When the Money Goes (full) - listen A lot of folks jumped the gun when they said that this was from Jay-Z’s upcoming project, The Blueprint 3, but really “When the Money Goes” is from the recording sessions from American Gangster. I used to listen to AG from front to [...]

Just in time for the album's release, Beyoncé graced the "TRL" stage for the last time when the show ended in November. "I can remember being 16 or 17 when they asked us to be on the show, and it was our big moment," she said during a "TRL" appearance in October. "I mean, I dreamed [I would have this...

WEAKNESSES: None TOP TRACKS: Kick, Push The Instrumental He Say She Say Sunshine Daydreamin' Pressure BOTTOM LINE: This is the first time I've heard real, original Hip Hop on a debut album since Eminem's "The Slim Shady". It's the gathering of underground and unheard rappers.

 MA - On the CD's top track, "I Do It for Hip-Hop," Ludacris trades bars with some of the best rappers alive: Nas and Jay-Z. Producer 9th Wonder, Spike Lee and ...

By Popsugar Beyonce and Jay-Z headed down to Florida yesterday to check out the pieces at Art Basel in Miami Beach. This couple has always enjoyed a vacation in the sun, and Beyonce deserves a break more than ever after all of her time spent promoting and performing. Now it's time for B to sit back and see wh...

By PopSugar Beyonce and Jay-Z headed down to Florida yesterday to check out the pieces at Art Basel in Miami Beach. This couple has always enjoyed a vacation in the sun, and Beyonce deserves a break more than ever after all of her time spent promoting and performing. Now it's time for B to sit back and see wh...

By Carsten Via ThisIsHipHop Mash-ups are like Hansel from Zoolander, ‘so hot right now‘. The craze of The Grey Album by Danger Mouse caused everyone and their aunties to develop a remix album of their own to the not-so-rare Jay-Z a cappellas. Fact: The album was a work of genius. Fact: Many of the other remix albums that were attempted were tacky, cheesy, obvious and silly. Regardless, it led to the widely publicized and popular Collision Course done by Linkin Park with Jay’s participation and acceptance. Hova’s willingness to reach out to artists outside of hip-hop continued with his collaboration with Coldplay’s Chris Martin on the song “Beach Chair” from the Kingdom Come album.   [read the full post]

By Kyle Nonetheless, it comes from notable mixtape producers Terry Urban and Mick Boogie and features production from the likes of 9th Wonder and 6th Sense. And actually, it's not really so much a mashup album as a Jay-Z remix album that only samples Coldplay. This may sound dumb in theory, but basi...

By aulelia Wow, I just watched the Jay-Z ”Imagine” interview on BBC1 with Alan Yentob. Basically it was a documentary following Jay in the US and it also covered the preparations for his iconic performance at Glastonbury. Chris Martin also showed up, Diana Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross were just a few of the...

Los Angeles Times  - Jul 11, 2008 Nas' biggest post-Illmatic pitfall has been his inconsistent beat selection, and he fights that demon off for good here. From the avant minimalism of Jay ... CD review: Nas' "Untitled" Los Angeles Times Nas - Untitled Sixshot.com all 5 news articles

Most British journalists gave Jay-Z's performance at the Glastonbury Music Festival a glowing review - some even calling his presence at a traditional rock venue historic. But one critic wasn't so impressed.

Just finished watching the Jay-z performance, well about an hour ago. Been looking forward to his performance the whole day and he killed it! There were just over 300,000 people in the field so I really couldn’t get any video but I managed to get the billi freestyle but the sound makes it not w...

Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis has claimed that he's not worried Noel Gallagher will be offended after being dissed in Jay-Z's intro tape. However, the organiser warned that last night's (June 28) hip-hop set could be a one-off, as there is only one Jay-Z.

I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics," he said, praising Jay-Z, Ludacris and hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons [LINK http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/simmons_russell/artist.jhtml] for being "great talents and great businessmen." "But I th...

By Rockabye In Miami, that was Young Jeezy trotting out for what was maybe his verse from the remix to Shawty Lo’s “They Know,” notable in that it prevented a potentially epic Jigga freestyle over the unstoppable horns of that song, Memphis Bleek being Memphis Blech as usual, and Timbaland showing u...

By Cresent City Connektor jjgreenis I was doubtful of Buckshot mic presence too (seeing if he still got it), until when I heard "Backlash" on 9th's Dream Merchant Vol. 2.  The B-D-I Thug still got it fam!!!!

By gunot_17 They also brought out 2 other dudes, who apparently are signed to them, one I can't remember his name, but the other homie was none other than Redman's cousin who was shown on MTV Cribs knocked out in a sleeping bag on the floor of one room. I was thinking, "Okay, so this is just a family thing, th...

By c_a_k c_a_k said: Ken P, that kid in ur AVI is adorable!!!!! thanks...thats my son....we can make another one if u want...just fuckin wit ya... lol, U have A BEAUTIFUL kid - why would u be so against marriage?????

By default@goarticles.com (Clyde Dennis) Jay-Z has released him most recent CD entitled Volume 2 Hard Knock Life. Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for ...

By missinfo But whatever happened to all this jazz….”I don’t like what he’s saying about how he had to come back because hip hop’s dead and we need him. “What the fuck do you mean? If anything it’s reborn, so he’s probably having a problem with that. You left on a good note, and all of the artists were saying, ‘...

Jay-Z has never suffered from a lack of ambition, but what he takes on for his new album "American Gangster" (Roc-a-Fella) is a lot, even for him. Not only does he set out to build a concept album that can stand next to the Denzel ...

MUSIC REVIEW: Jay-Z's `American Gangster' is solid  MO - Jay-Z has never suffered from a lack of ambition, but what he takes on for his new album "American Gangster" (Roc-a-Fella) is a lot, even for him. ...

By Rolling Stone Jay-Z “I Know” Hova breaks out of his post-retirement slump with this 1970s funk ode to heroin and busts out his best rhymes since The Black Album. Listen]-[Review]

So it stands to reason that there’s only one American Gangster album that people should be interested in and that’s Jay-Z’s new release. It’s his second full length album post retirement and it’s not getting the greatest of reviews, ...

So it stands to reason that there’s only one American Gangster album that people should be interested in and that’s Jay-Z’s new release. It’s his second full length album post retirement and it’s not getting the greatest of reviews, ...

Review: Jay-Z's 'American Gangster' concept album Jay-Z has never suffered from a lack of ambition, but what he takes on for his new album "American Gangster" (Roc-a-Fella) is a lot, even for him. ... American Gangster (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam): A- Boston Herald

By SniperK Co-sign.  I've been taking a beating over in Jay Z's 'American Gangster' album review section for saying the exact same thing. Honestly, I think putting Nas on that 'Success' track (also the ONE track on the album that let's me hold out hope for Jigga) made Jay step his game up to where it shoul...

By Laws456 For the cat who asked for some lyrics from Joe Budden... It's obvious, Even Tyra gotta talk show Rappers appear to be dicks, they really vaginal I'm Larry Brown, New York was fucked up Nah, Fuck you Mothafucka Mothafucka This rap shit is like reality tv, Get that Go check Mood Muzik Vol. 2....

By Nancy Dunham No doubt, the song is beautifully produced and arranged, mixing in Jay-Z’s rap with Rihanna’s lilting voice. It might as well have “hit” stamped below its title. But there’s something a bit troubling about this musical blessing to Rihanna from the man himself (“She fly higher than weather...

One day, while taking a break from his busy schedule of (still) not(officially) dating Beyonce, Jay-Z looked at the Def Jam roster and realized what was missing was a pint-sized female rap prodigy. So faster than you can say "retired," Jay recruited the motor-mouthed, Cockney slang-sli...

By Brandon Daviet Sure, I was a fan of Tupac, although of his work with Digital Underground more than anything and I was a huge fan of The Notorious B.I.G., in fact I think actually wore out a CD copy of Ready to Die So I’m not trying to take away from their talent by means with what I’m about to say.

By Adam Hoff DJ Premier, anyone? Just one Kanye West song? (Although, it should be noted that “Do U Wanna Ride” is a good one – a subtler version of Kanye.) Even 9th Wonder or Bink would have been a welcome addition at this point. 1. The Blueprint 2. Reasonable Doubt 3. The Black Album 4. Hard Knock Life

By Adam Hoff Jay-Z’s comeback album has been out for almost a full month now – even longer if you count the Internet release (also know as album leak). For the most part, it has been knocked down, kicked, and then covered with dirt by most Internet music sites. I acknowledge that Kingdom Come was disappoin...

Kingdom Come Blogcritics.org, OH - Dec 2, 2006 He's the Mike Jordan of recording and like Number 23, he comes out of retirement to much fanfare. But also like Jordan, Jay Z seems to suffer the same outcome. ...