On record, however, the encore has yet to match what was supposed to be his final word. Except it didn't, did it? He inevitably returned, and three albums later, has now overtaken Elvis as the most successful US solo star ever. It closed with My First Song, which brought us back to Jay-Z's debut single of 1996. I'm suppos'd to be number one on everybody's list, we'll see what happens when I no longer exist."
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The rhetorical What More Can I Say breaks down at the end, leaving him in full dextrous a cappella, the sound of a man (supposedly) stepping out at the top of his game: "Pound to pound I'm the best to ever come around here, excluding nobody. Jay-Z might boast that he's the "best rapper alive", but few would disagree on the basis of the inventive rhymes and free flow that power the narrative. Even Ma Carter makes an appearance on December 4th, waxing lyrical about her "special child". Many consider The Blueprint to be his greatest album – after which even Jay-Z admits he "dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars" – but with an unrivalled list of heavyweights behind him, The Black Album was the more rounded, polished beast.įrom the opening interlude – "All things must come to an end, all things must conclude" – to the final word, it's a gloriously epic, self-celebratory album. Ultimately this proved a little too ambitious even for him, but the finished product did feature all the producers du jour – Timbaland, Just Blaze, Kanye West, the Neptunes, Eminem and even Rick Rubin.
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD - Artist: Jay-Z Album: The Black Album Year: 2003 Genre: Hip-Hop Quality: mp3, 320 kbps Track list: 1. Hova's ambitious plans for The Black Album involved a dozen producers serving up a dozen different tracks. Jay-Z The Black Album (2003) Full download and stream, zip-rar mp3 songs offline, direct. To help with this, Hov wanted to have 12 songs produced by 12 different producers. ‘The Black Album’ is Jay-Z in the optimum form of 2001’s ‘The Blueprint’, just as he has been all year on his guest verses for Beyonce, Outkast, Pharrell and Panjabi MCs. After being in the rap game for over a decade and running it for more than five years, Jay Z’s eighth studio album, The Black Album, was supposed to be his last record and he was determined to go out with a bang. During a playback at his Baseline Studios in New York, shortly before its release in 2003, Jay-Z was adamant that after this, his eighth album in eight years, he was ready to pass the mic for good. How good is this album Well, a lot better than the bloated ‘Blueprint 2’, for a start. It was billed at the time as his swansong.