Jay-Z The Black Album [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 08/18/2009

Jay-Z The Black Album [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 08/18/2009Personnel includes: Jay Z (rap vocals); Sharlotte Gibson, Vincent "Hum V" Bostic, John Legend, Don Crawley, Leonard Harris, Kanye West, Danee Doty, Cedric The Entertainer. Producers include: The Neptunes, DJ Quik, Eminem, Rick Rubin, Just Blaze. In what he claims to be his final release as a musical performer, Jay Z drops THE BLACK ALBUM, a sprawling, ambitious effort that rivals the best work of the rapper's already legendary career. Working with a

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" and first single "Hash Pipe" make their way into your skull

unintrusive but appropriate arrangements

Sly Dunbar

Rowe schools inapt and inept male behavior

The original gansta-rap group was unabashedly angry

The idea of being "stuck" is always enforced by a soundfield that's MP3-influenced and compressed

I feel nostalgic for a time when I was younger and had less to think about

the renewed sense of purpose

which notched historical chart status at Billboard's longest running Top 10 album for a solo artist

David Kahne (piano

but he also has cleanly carved out an image for himself: articulate and smart