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Soundtrack of black music that includes Stevie Wonder’s Love’s in Need of Love Today ( Smile), Nina Simone’s Four Women ( The Story of O.J.) and Donny Hathaway’s Someday We’ll All Be Free as well as oldies from the Alan Parsons Project ( Kill Jay-Z) and Quarteto 1111 ( Marcy Me, 1970). It's his work that provides the setting for Two eight-minute melodramas, 4:44 and Smile.īut these, and other songs, only owe their appeal to the artfulĭirection of producer No I.D. The music is limited to a few minutes, best probablyĬounterpoint of a female vocalist who seems to sing a different song If you don’t care about Jay-Z’s personal life, there is no reason to listen toĤ:44 (Universal, 2017), a confessional concept album (mostly spoken-word) (including the single Holy Grail (2013), a collaboration with Justin Timberlake), Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) was, hopefully, just a joke World-famous stars and hire the world's most high-tech studios. Watch The Throne (2011) was a collaboration with It was the 11th album by Jay-Z to top the sale charts, thus beating the record The Blueprint 3 (2009) finally concluded the "Blueprint" series, withĪlicia Keys helping in Empire State of Mind, Restored Jay-Z's claim to the throne of gangster-rap (with floating snippets of Al Green, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye), Kingdom Come (2006) was another disappointment.Īmerican Gangster (2007), a post-modern concept album drenched in the The Best Of Both Worlds (2002) and Unfinished Business (2005)ĭespite the cast of guests (Dr Dre, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West), Jay-Z announced his retirement after The Black Album (2004), containing Jay Z Collison Course (2004) is a collaboration with Linkin Park. Innovative, but all tracks were sophisticated enough in their respective That established his credentials as a musician. Was the eclectic double album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002) The Blueprint (2001), with Izzo, upped the ante a bit, but it Carter (1999),ĭynasty Roc la Familia (2000), with I Just Wanna Love UĮach of these was a monster selling album. The conversion to mainstream pop-hop fusion began onĬan I Get A, Hard Knock Life Jigga What, It's Alright and Money Ain't a Thang,
His subsequent albums were the exact opposite: superficial, artificial and Reasonable Doubt (1996), featuring state-of-the-art raps such asĪin't No Nigga, Can't Knock the Hustle, Dead Presidents, Feelin' It, was not particularly original, but at least packed some passion and sounded sincere. Was one of the most successful hip-hop acts of the 1990s. The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002), 6/10 ( Copyright © 1999-2017 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use) Jay-Z: biography, discography, reviews, links
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