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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
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| 8 by NME |
The Hova's back from retirement, and Chris Martin's the first to welcome himRetirement is a pretty sedate affair: collect your gold watch, channel your pension into a selection of comfy slippers, and ... |
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| 3.5 by Rolling Stone |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
ost reviews of The Black Album took the titular inquiry “What More Can I Say?” and threw it back at Jay-Z, but it really wasn’t the important question to ask. The bigger issue was in the next line: wh... |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
o much ink has been spilled about Jay-Z's "comeback" that you'd be forgiven if you spin Kingdom Come expecting a blinding light of salvation to explode from your speakers. Breathless m... |
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| n/a by www.calendarlive.com |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
Much has changed since 2003, when Jay-Z released his supposed swan song, The Black Album. He became CEO of Def Jam, teamed with Kofi Annan on a United Nations clean-water project, added pals like Gwyn... |
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| n/a by www.nytimes.com |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
And the award for most unnecessary album of the year goes to the self-anointed "Michael Jordan of recordin'," whose comeback has been pretty much guaranteed from the moment he announced hi... |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
(Monday December 4, 2006 4:36 PM
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Released on 27/11/06
Label: Roc-A-Fella
It was as inevitable a comeback as Muhammad Ali, the Australian cricket team or winter: soon... |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
"Gotta admit a little bit I was sick of rap/ But despite that your boy is back." ~"Kingdom Come" Contrary to Cosmopolitan's popular belief, men do express thoughts and emotion... |
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| n/a by www.musicomh.com |
For arguably one of the most eagerly anticipated hip-hop releases of all time, Jay-Z's Kingdom Come opens in an incredibly low key manner. While The Prelude is lyrically spot on, the beat is unsui... |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
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| n/a by observer.guardian.co.uk |
'In music and hip hop you need events to happen to keep the excitement going,' he told me in the studio just over a month ago, as he was putting the finishing touches to the record. 'I bel... |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
Jay-Z's transparently phony "retirement" and subsequent return to rapping seemed designed to raise expectations for his comeback album to levels he couldn't possibly meet, let alone ex... |
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| n/a by www.rapreviews.com |
Jay-Z :: Kingdom ComeRoc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam
Author: Steve 'Flash' Juon
A short list of gross understatements for your entertainment.
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| n/a by www.shakingthrough.net |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
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| n/a by arts.guardian.co.uk |
His retirement, announced after 2003's The Black Album, was clearly never going to happen: without music as a platform, Jay-Z would lose the chance to put other rappers in their place, something h... |
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| n/a by www.uncut.co.uk |
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