Jay-z - American Gangster

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n/a by www.avclub.com With his criminally overhyped, thuddingly anticlimactic comeback album, Kingdom Come, Jay-Z offered listeners insight into the surprisingly dull life of a thirtysomething hip-hop mogul with nothing to... Read more
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n/a by Pitchfork Media The story goes like this: After seeing an advance print of the Ridley Scott heroin-trade epic American Gangster, Jay-Z found himself inspired. The movie details the story of the Vietnam-era Harlem kin... Read more
n/a by www.ew.com In September, during a special congressional hearing, hip-hop once again came under scrutiny for violent and/or misogynistic content. (Thanks, Imus!) And once again, rappers invoked the Terminator def... Read more
n/a by Rolling Stone "This is black superhero music," Jay-Z proclaims in his excellent new "Roc Boys." That means live horns, grooving on some kind of Afro-beat riff over Seventies rumble-in-the-jungle fun... Read more
n/a by www.slantmagazine.com irst the good, though not particularly surprising, news: Jay-Z's American Gangster is much better than last year's Kingdom Come. Like 2001's largely Kanye West-helmed The Blueprint, Gangst... Read more
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n/a by www.musicomh.com It's always a challenge picking up and listening to an album 'inspired by the motion picture' without seeing said movie. However in Jay Z's case I don't think indulging in Ridley S... Read more
n/a by Popmatters Of course, this approach hasn’t stopped him from releasing singles or making videos, but apparently, that’s different. The truth is, there’s no narrative thread to be found through... Read more
n/a by Billboard Jay-Z's non-soundtrack to "American Gangster" uses a fictional framework as an excuse for him to re-address matters he's been writing about forever—which is fine and all, but a n... Read more
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n/a by www.drownedinsound.com If ever a warning to musicians not to bother with the façade of some self-important mock-retirement existed, Shawn Carter is it. When Jay-Z declared his retirement off the back of The Black Album in 2... Read more
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n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com Jay-Z - American Gangster (Tuesday November 6, 2007 7:52 PM ) Released on 05/11/07 Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury Just in case you weren't sure what you were considering buying, th... Read more
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8 by Aftonbladet Med skivor som Blueprint och Black Album i Armanikostymen blir kraven när Jay-Z släpper album alltid skyhöga, speciellt eftersom han har en hel del att bevisa efter fjolårets halvtrista Kingdom Come. ... Read more
8 by Dagensskiva.com Med skivor som Blueprint och Black Album i Armanikostymen blir kraven när Jay-Z släpper album alltid skyhöga, speciellt eftersom han har en hel del att bevisa efter fjolårets halvtrista Kingdom Come. ... Read more
2 by Sydsvenskan Det är med popmusikens mått mätt längesedan Jay-Z tappade mycket av förmågan att välja rätt produktioner. Inte för att han alltid valde rätt, men han gjorde det oftare. Artist: Jay-ZAlbum: American ... Read more
n/a by SVD I korthet • Bästa spår: Roc Boys. • Lyssna även på: Curtis Mayfield – Superfly (1972). • Bakgrund: Lil Wayne, Beanie Siegel, Nas.... Read more