JAY-Z - BLACK ALBUM LEAKED!

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i have a few of the songs on my webspace. i dont have space for all of thme at once though... maybe ill rotate them out soon.
im also on soulseek so you can grab the album from me there

soulseek: pontiuspilotpen

dope album. on par w/ blueprint for me.

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg263r/jayz/

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 06:40 (twenty-two years ago)

thank you!

"99 Problems" is sounding pretty fucking wild right now.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 06:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"99 Problems" made my hair stand on end.

― Famous Athlete, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 06:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i actually think that may be the weakest track on the album... i dont like rick rubin really at all....

lucifer... that song is fucking crazy. love the beat love the sample. kanye is the best producer in the business right now. & the threat is a nice timbo beat.

my 5 fave songs right now:

my name is hov
lucifer
the threat
soundtrack
what more can i say

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 06:59 (twenty-two years ago)

khfkspofbvpkanvanklmgfbp;osmbncbnasnm.s/'/s,lkxcbcvzuyjtbzmjnmzb90p;k

― sean., Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"Lucifer" is making me smile very widely now.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:08 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't have song titles but the eminem song is fucking mercury

― sean., Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

big up mr ng you've made my morning proper

― sean., Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I just started 3 and 8-14.

Will you be rotating the others up soon?

I can't get to your files on slsk cause of my school's firewall

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

no problem. i love this... so far the only 2 tracks i wish werent on the album are... 99 problems & change clothes & go.

besides those 2 (which arent bad, i just wish they wenret on the black album) its great.

problem with "the theater".... its supposed to be a dre beat, but im 99.99% sure that this beat is something the neptunes would do.

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, ill prolly but 1-7 up tomorrow or something when eveyrone gets the files

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:14 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah 99 problems would be good if it was just pure spitting like takeover but the lyrics are pretty dull and the beat just plain boring after the first 4 bars. i like the em one best so far, track 8 i think. the just blaze one is seriously good as well.

― sean., Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

yea i like the em track. but i must say, i spotted his production from a mile away after the first few seconds. he does it well & the strings are very good... the track sounds very baroque... but sooner or later dudes gonna need to switch up his styles if he wants to be the da vinci of rap.

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Theater" is definitely Neptunes...pretty lame, too, what the fuck is up with the gunshots?

"My First Song" is hot, I just wish the whole 2nd half wasn't shoutouts.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Argggg.

I can't wait for this.

Seriously, my most anticipated album of the year, ahead of Soul Position and Non-Prophets...download is slow.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm starting to feel like "What More Can I Say?" is going to sound just perfect in the context of the album...

SPANIARD! SPANIARD! SPANIARD! SPANIARD!

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I love you, Michael Ng!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

he flows just like big boi on my first song, but i like the 2nd verse with all the shout outs

― sean., Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

'my first song' is fucking killer. the neps track sucked

is there a production list out yet?

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:33 (twenty-two years ago)

01:. Intro 01:21
02:. December 4 04:33 (prod. Just Blaze)
03:. What More Can I Say 04:55 (Buchannans)
04:. Encore 04:11 (Kanye)
05:. Change Clothes and Go 04:18 (Neptunes)
06:. The Threat 04:05 (Timbaland)
07:. Soundtrack 04:06 (9th Wonder)
08:. Moment of Clarity 04:24 (Eminem)
09:. 99 Problems 03:54 (Rick Rubin)
10:. My Name is Hov 02:53 (Just Blaze)
11:. Justify My Thug 04:04 (DJ Quik)
12:. Lucifer 03:12 (Kanye)
13:. The Theater 04:52 (not sure, Neptunes or Dre)
14:. My First Song 04:45 (Aqua)

but like i said... "the theater" is sketch at the moment...

& yeah, my first song is niiiiiiiiice. jay has an eye for spotting talent... aqua is gonna be making some really nice beats in the future.

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:36 (twenty-two years ago)

michael got that crack.

great album, and theather is definitely neptunes. isn't pharrell on that track even?

i'm not convinced this is the final version of the album, because a lot of people who had heard the beats for the album a couple weeks ago said theater was definitely dre - very dark with ominous piano and strings and whatnot. am i imagining that?

― adam west (adamwest), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:37 (twenty-two years ago)

What's funny about "Moment of Clarity" is that it doesn't just have the Em production, the whole thing sounds like an Eminem song, all the stuff about his dad and everything. (Not that Jay's never talked about his dad before, but it has that confessional/angry/redemptive thing of Em's.) Maybe Em should produce a whole album of people rapping about their parents.

― spittle (JesseFox), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I want Eminem to cover "Parents Just Don't Understand".

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:41 (twenty-two years ago)

DOC references make me happy.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The Rick Rubin production is awesome. I can't believe peepz were criticizing this.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I GOT 99 PROBLEMZ AND A BITCH AIN'T ONE HUH!

― ddraked, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The Theater is definitely misnamed or something.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 08:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Megadittoes, "99 Problems" rocks, I especially love the
cop verse.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, this is hott.
thanks to michael ng!

― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 09:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The spiralling rhymes and abstract (for him) metaphors
of "Justify My Thug" make me think that Jay-Z has been
bumping Aceyalone.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 09:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh shit they sampled Max Romeo! Kanye marry me

― rob geary (rgeary), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Rick Rubin track is hot like bacon

― rob geary (rgeary), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 09:19 (twenty-two years ago)

is there the possibility of a rotate back to the first 9 tracks? :)

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm like Che Guevara with bling on"

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)

That rick rubin thing is dire. It sounds like he got fred durst to bang on a dustbin while Jay spits stuff that is frankly beneath him...

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, it sounds like Jay-Z joined Run DMC. And that's a good thing.

For the love of god, put the rest of it up willya!

― bugged out, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

This is goodness! Make the rest of ILM happy and post the rest, please.

― Miggie (Miggie), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Word! THe people have waited long enough!

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Eminem's production always makes him come off like a hip-hop Andrew Eldritch

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

That's precisely the part of him that's the best, Mr. D. "White America" totally made me think of the Sisters first time I heard it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

(michael, is there any chance of the rest of this appearing real soon? cos i'm about to burn a cd and i dont wanna refresh to no suprises)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I really like "Change Clothes." I don't know whether it's because I first heard it in the context of Benji B's show and there was all sorts of other good stuff bookending it or what.

― cybele (cybele), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

nice one michael,downloading track 10 now,thanks for putting it up
(don't rotate it too quickly if possible,i'm on a 56k connection!)

― robin (robin), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Awwwww we have to wait for 56k mutherfuckers? ;)

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i can put the first half up if you guys want

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes yes yes yes.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

ok, tracks 1-7 are up

enjoy :)

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

It was up for a second anyway.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

wait what happened?

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Um...I'm downloading 3 of the tracks, but the link itself no longer works when I click on it...

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

i hope my school didnt shut down my webspace cuz of bandwidth...

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg263r/jayz/
should work

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

never mind, its working now...for some reason.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks very much, by the way! This is an amazing album....

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael, Thank you very, very much. i'd just suggest you possibly hide your name or email when you do these leaks. i wouldn't want you getting sued or anything.

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

later today can you please rotate back to tracks 8-14?? sorry to ask but I only got a few seconds before you switched to 1-7

thanks again!!!

― Alan Sether, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, on that note, i am never, nor have I ever downloaded any Jay-Z tracks. I will buy the album when it comes out.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, thanks for posting this! It's making the overall download much faster for me, and I appreciate it. Haven't heard "99 Problems" just yet, but I'm pretty much blown away by "My Name Is Hov."

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

how do i hide my info?

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

yea im gonna take down all the songs in about 15 mins when i go to class... so it doesnt get posted on other messgae boards & potentially get out of hand. if you want it... IM me on AIM:

pontiuspilotpen

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

can anyone answer an embarrasing question i have? i slept on all this stuff (commercial hip hop) for a long time so i missed it along the way. what does h.o.v.a. mean?

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

its just a name jay-z calls himself

jay-z
jay
jigga
hove
hova
j-hova

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

So far as I can figure out, it's a play on the whole god-complex persona that runs through most of his songs. J-Hova = Jehova.

BTW - thanks much, Michael.

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks so much... any chance of 8-14 going up later?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

If you want to hear track 10, "My Name Is Hov," I'll have it up on my blog for a few days.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone needs to figure out this "The Theater" discrepency.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds pretty good so far from the tracks I've downloaded. Many thanks, Michael!

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

ahhhh, you are the Man. Will 8-14 be back up ever?

― D Aziz (esquire1983), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry guys, all the songs are off now. :[

so i dont get sued or osmtehing.

heh.

uh, IM me: pontiuspilotpen

or get it off me on soulseek: pontiuspilotpen

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow I really don't like any of this, bummer.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

anyone else got this on slsk, or know where else to get it?? i can't connect to michael on slsk for some reason :-(

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

It's all over soulseek. The thing that I would recommend is looking up the individual titles, or searching for "Jay Black Album."

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks matthew! you're terrif!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm from the murder capital,
Where we murder for capital.

― d k (d k), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It's all over soulseek. The thing that I would recommend is looking up the individual titles, or searching for "Jay Black Album."

really?! i'm clearly suffering slsk issues, then, cos "jay black album" gives me four hits. otoh hand i'm 68th in michael's queue now, so...

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

It definitely helps if you have 'priveleges' on Soulseek, it'll push you ahead in the queues considerably.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow I really don't like any of this, bummer.

yeah, being on crack will do that to you.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

no no no, nickalicious is on pot

I've gotten to the point now where if I could find December 2001 Nate and slap him stupid for disliking Jay-Z, I would. Assuming that it wouldn't mess with the time-space continnum or anything. But a lot of the beats on this one are kind of not-that-special-sounding to me. I like "My First Song" and "December 4" and "99 Problems" (even if it sounds a bit too close to the X-cutioners' "Let it Bang" to kick me in the head with total surprise) but nothing has really blown me away yet. On the other hand, the closest thing I am to annoyed is that vocal sample in "Lucifer". Is that the cat from Babe Ruth or something? Argh.

Side note: is that a Chris Rock ref in "Encore" ("grand openin', grand closin'")? And I know it probably isn't him, but why do I keep thinking the dude rambling on in that cackly voice during "Soundtrack" is Dave Chappelle?

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, being on crack will do that to you.

Hmmm...you're learning.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I find it hard to imagine anyone could have any sort of negative reaction to Lucifer.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

The sample sort of elbows its way over a couple lines. It's distracting.

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

lucifer is the hottest beat on hte album

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the most amazing part about this album is that even when the beats occasionally show weaknesses (coughneptunescough) Jay-Z's verses are easily the best of his career, RD included.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The correct tracklist (per what we got from NG)

01-jay-z-interlude_(produced_by_just_blaze)

02-jay-z-december_4th_(produced_by_just_blaze)

03-jay-z-what_more_can_i_say_(produced_by_the_buchanans)

04-jay-z-encore_(produced_by_kanye_west)

05-jay-z-change_clothes_(produced_by_the_neptunes)

06-jay-z-dirt_off_your_shoulder_(produced_by_timbaland)

07-jay-z-threat_(produced_by_9th_wonder)

08-jay-z-moment_of_clarity_(produced_by_eminem)

09-jay-z-99_problems_(produced_by_rick_rubin)-

10-jay-z-public_service_announcement_(interlude)_(produced_by_just_blaze)

11-jay-z-justify_my_thug_(produced_by_dj_quik)

12-jay-z-lucifer_(produced_by_kanye_west)

13-jay-z-allure_(produced_by_the_neptunes)

14-jay-z-my_1st_song_(produced_by_aqua_and_joe_3h_weinberger)

Hmmmmm....is this all the final version?

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

And where's the Dre track?

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

this sounds like his best album by far, and i've only heard the second half.

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

allure is really good.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i actually like the neptunes track a lot. madonna was supposed to be singing the justify my thug hook but she couldn't make the scheduling time, so its just a sample, but i don't think it works as well as it potentially could have. my favorite song out of the ones i heard so far is "my name is hov" thanks for putting it up on your blog, matthew perpetua

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

No problem, Vic.

What's up with "Allure" - is that the same as "The Theater"?

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"my first song" is just incredible

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

i think this may not be the retail version....

14 songs instead of planned 13 (intro i guess)

+ the discrepancy with 'the theater'. i hope to hear the dre beat though. itd be gutter.

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

SF-J's tracklisting.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Naw. "My Name is Hov" is an interlude. it is 12 tracks, and I'm quite sure its the retail version.

― ddrake, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

well, looks like Michael's taken that site down for good now. anyone else gonna put it online, even for a limited time? i still need the first half of the album.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

" I think the most amazing part about this album is that even when the beats occasionally show weaknesses (coughneptunescough) Jay-Z's verses are easily the best of his career, RD included."

i was waiting for someone to say this. nobody really seems to be mentioning yet that the most incredible thing about the record is Jay himself - this could be all a cappella and I would still be stunned. he seems to have somehow transformed into an entirely new MC.

― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

On the other hand, the closest thing I am to annoyed is that vocal sample in "Lucifer". Is that the cat from Babe Ruth or something? Argh.

It's Max Romeo from "Chase the Devil" on War Ina Babylon. I jumped up when I heard it! His voice is fairly high already, Kanye sped it up a bit to fit the faster beat so it gets a little high. I can see how it would annoy but it fits just right my ears. It also takes on a weird sinister edge out of context.

― rob geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Holy shit, that changes things a bit

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha "get my grown man on"

― rob geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not sure how I feel about the incessant "Jay in the Studio" trope. Every song seems to start with "turn X up, turn Y down" in some form. Though when he calls out the bits in the middle of "What More Can I Say" all is forgiven, cuz then he's just doing James Brown.

― rob geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

he seems to have somehow transformed into an entirely new MC.

What makes you say that? I'm just curious...

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

its the same song the prodigy sampled in out of space

(x-post-referring to the max romeo sample on lucifer)

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

(hiphop) storytelling doesn't really get much better than "december 4".

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000DZFL0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

is he pulling his eyelids open? if so, i hope his eyeballs glow in the dark!

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 00:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Is he putting his hat on, or taking it off?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

merely creasing the brim

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

"What makes you say that?"

overeager hyperbole. maybe what surprised me is how devoid of wackness he largely seems here - it's not like there isn't a precedent for him being GOOD, duh, but after blueprint2 it was hard for me to anticipate this much focus on the new record. i dunno, i need to digest this when i'm not crazed with exhaustion, but right now it's not hard to believe him when he says he's strong enough to carry biggie smalls on his back, yanno?

― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

\(^o^)/ says:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000DZFL0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
an' yer bustin for a pee says:
heh!
an' yer bustin for a pee says:
he looks like the fifth village person

― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool interview with Little Brother's 9th Wonder about the Jay-Z production job.

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i love the Little Brother album but think the 9th wonder track is boring boring boring

― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay-Z admits sell-out shockah.

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay so I tried to search for this on Limewire since i'm mac-bound, and i got all these tracks that say "Black Album (The Prequel)"

could someone tell me what this is ??

― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)

just hustlin

― adam west (adamwest), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:35 (twenty-two years ago)

i love the Little Brother album but think the 9th wonder track is boring boring boring

No way man...this is one of the best songs on the album! Listen to the subtlties of the beat...

― ddrake, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I just downloaded something called "Get My Shit Off" - Black Album (The Prequel)

what is this from??

― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

it was a timbaland produced extra from blueprint 2.

― adam west (adamwest), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

re: "Moment of Clarity" - it's nice that he gives shouts to Kweli and everything, but i think it was kind of weak for him to phrase it like that, kind of sheepishly dismissing his past work. i mean shit, stand by what you've said and done, don't make excuses.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't find it sheepish at all. Despite what he says, there's a wonderful sense of je ne regrette rien about that, because as good as Kweli and Common (well, Kweli at least :) ) are, we all know that they would never drop a record like this. It's more like he's saying that he could have done anything he could put his mind to, and fuck it, he almost has.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 02:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I love this record, and I've only got half the tracks!!!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 02:25 (twenty-two years ago)

same here...i really need to track down the first half.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

black album: the prequel is just a bunch of not too-rare tracks that someone has turned into a bottleg. not really worth your time.

― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeez, is "Moment of Clarity" the exact same chord progression as "Lose Yourself?" Hi Eminem work harder.

― rob geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Jiggaman pulls another "the streets couldn't wait" publicity stunt, moving "Black Friday" up to November 14th, rather than the original date of Nov. 28th, says the usually reliable HipHopSite.

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks for the ones who answered the prequel question. next: is "public serbice announcement" just another name for "my name is hov" ?

― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

yep

― rob geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Jiggaman pulls another "the streets couldn't wait" publicity stunt

is it a publicity stunt if the streets actually can't wait?

― rob geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

That hiphopsite.com thing sites a lyric from what I know as "My Name Is Hov" as being from "Public Service Announcement," so I think it may be safe to assume they are one and the same.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Kweli is pretty terrible...whats ironic is how much better an MC is than Kweli.

― ddrake, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

partially agree with al about the kweli thing, tho i'm not so sure jay's distancing himself from his past work as he is insecure about listeners assuming he's as dumb as his 'dumb' material, as if the 'smartness' of a 'big pimpin' wasn't already evident (i mean, "money cash hoes" has metacritism even - "i know they're gonna criticize the hook on this song/like i give a fuck, i'm just a crook on this song")

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

on the 'moment of clarity' tip, the beat is maybe lazy and stilted in that eminem way, but if you were so inclined, i think you could make the case for the transparency of its workings as thematically fitting. the chorus is fantastic. s'probably unintentional, but there's a blurring between "fill my shoes" and "blueprint" so it sounds like "loose", as in what jay's shoes'll be on your feet, i like that. and "pop died/didn't cry/didn't know him that well" is a gutting opener.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

http://us.smirnoff.com/advertising/radio/radio_popup.php?ad=smirnoffice_talib_kweli

yo, son: talib is blazing on this joint.

― charlito, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

hahaha!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Is he still ducking John Cena?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

What is the sample in "What More Can I say"?? I love the track all of the sudden more than I did on first listen. The sample sounds like "....SEE WHAT...I SEE.." I dig the whole thang...

― cincychris, Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't see why he'd have to, Dom; Cena jobs to everyone now

You know what I said upthread about "beats ain't all that" or whatever? I retract that. They didn't kick me in the kneecaps like most of Reasonable Doubt or Blueprint or "Big Pimpin'" or "Nigga What, Nigga Who", but they still complement his voice immaculately. And listening to "Lucifer" again, it's interesting to note what lines that sample actually overlaps.

This is going in my top ten, though I'm going to have to find out how without bumping off Monsta Island Czars or Bubba Sparxxx. Or Broadcast.

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Montsa Island Czars was on my bottom 10 of the year

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Jiggaman pulls another "the streets couldn't wait" publicity stunt, moving "Black Friday" up to November 14th, rather than the original date of Nov. 28th, says the usually reliable HipHopSite.

-- JoB (jobwi...), November 5th, 2003.

and now, a day later, 50 Cent has decided to push up the G Unit's release date to Nov. 14th as well, citing leaking as well (despite the fact that I haven't heard anything about Beg For Mercy leaking, while the Black Album spread like wildfire in the space of a day), and made some comment about how they have to satisfy demand for the album to come out sooner because he's the "hottest rapper", etc., which you pretty much can read between the lines here.

50 is clearly an asshole, I mean, that's kind of what his whole persona's based on, but he must be an idiot too. does he really think people are more eager to hear new Young Buck verses than the Black Album?

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

everything I have heard from this album is astonishing, with the exception of "Change Clothes" which is merely a good pop-rap single (which I underrated previously). his flow has never been better; the *concept* of it all is perfect.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Friday, 7 November 2003 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay barely sticks to the supposed "concept" of the album (talking about the mid-90's pre-Reasonable Doubt days), though! there are only a handful of tracks that aren't more or less in the present tense.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 7 November 2003 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought the concept was that it was his last album. He sure talks about that a lot.

― huh, Friday, 7 November 2003 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

uhhh...I don't think he ever said it was all going to sound ilke the mid 90s. THat'd be a pretty lame album.

― ddrake, Friday, 7 November 2003 02:21 (twenty-two years ago)

it wasn't that it was supposed to *sound like* it was from the mid-90's (although all the talk about production by Premier and Ski that never came to fruition kind of implied that), the idea was that Jay would be writing about his experiences back then, before he was a famous rapper. instead, he's more or less talking about the same shit as on his last couple albums, with the added dimension of "this is the end".

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 7 November 2003 02:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't hear anything about him writing about the mid-90s speficically. But it does seem to me he's talking about his whole life in somewhat more depth than he's done before, on what he's achieved and what he's going to do next. Of course he's still talking about being a big star and having enemies and lots of money etc. some of the time, but I think it has a more reflective tone in general and that's one of the things I like about it.

Not that I believe for a second that this is his last album.

― bugged out, Friday, 7 November 2003 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

where can I go to download the album? give me the link or site info.. Post it for everybody again. the old one is no longer good

― jesus, Friday, 7 November 2003 05:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I am gonna buy the "Black Album" in stores instead of downloading it. And I am sure the Black Album is tight, I just hope he has one last bomb for Nas, cauz Nas is a punk ass b!tch. Jay-Z's lyrics are way better than Nas's. Like Jay said, "You rap, you wack, You bore me, I wanna end your career but you gon' do it for me!" dissin Nas on the S. Carter collection.

― Godfather Ghost, Friday, 7 November 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay is a mastermind... "Threat" and "Public Service Announcement" are straight fire!!!!!

― Deals, Friday, 7 November 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

In case anyone still has trouble finding it, it's up for grabs on mp3shits:

http://www.mp3shits.com/full/

― Mind Taker, Friday, 7 November 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

*listening baffledly, still not getting it, giving up in T-minus 5...4...3...*

― nickalicious feels bad that he can't understand what everyone loves 'bout this (, Friday, 7 November 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Inoffensive (thug shit kept to a minimum, most songs about making records-- no bodily fluids), he samples old records instead of all that bullshit electronic stuff! ('When are those people going to make real music again instead of ringtones with people talking about guns over them-- if I wanted that I would listen to that shitty English rap that pretends it isn't rap!'), check those rock guitars, derides commercial rap and shouts out Talib Kweli and Che Guevara, so we know he's not just an immoral monster like all of those other rappers.

― d k (d k), Friday, 7 November 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

a fair bit of thug shit on it, actually. enough for me not to feel that threat's a concession. but if it is, i'll still take it and grin: "i put the gun to ya/ i let it sing you a song/ i let it hum to ya/ the other one sing along/ now it's a duet/and you wet/ when you check out the technique/ from the two teks/ and i don't need two lips/ to blow this like a trumpet/ you dumb shit/ this is an unusual musical i conducted". you do have a point dk - this is something of a rock critic's jay-z album, but hell, the verses are great, rock guitars appear once, i reckon it's just as 'bleepy' as, say, vol. 2, if there's a soulful luddite in kanye, i'd rather have him squeezing heat outta old motown hits than hi tek...

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 7 November 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

if there's a real lack of any jay lyrical staples, it's bitches and pussy. do we really mind?

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 7 November 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I have "The Black Album" on booty in the car. I cannot wait for the authentic to hit the stores, the bootleg is just gonna hold me down until 11/14. This is his best lyrical album,moving Vol.1 to his 2nd best. At first I skimmed through the production, thinking he could have done a lil better. Then I listened deep into the verses. I see he has brought the game to a higher level. On my bootleg CD I have 14 tracks, but the authentic will only have 12. Jay-Z is the best rapper of all time. I love the blow he gave at 50 on the end of "What More Can I Say". I hate 50 and I truly hope him and Jay don't do any more music together. "My First Song" is a nice banga. It's about time he claim the crown and stop giving others his shine. "I am the best rapper alive" he quotes, I guess he's leaving the big picture to Pac or Big. We all know it, Jay is the best of 'em all.

― Angelo Davies, Saturday, 8 November 2003 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

track 2,4,6,12,14 hotest joints
listen to the fukin lyrics, my god
10mics to the album

fukin just blaze,kayne,tim, and pharelll

greatproduction
think i may actually buy the album...

― raju, Saturday, 8 November 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

First thing after the Rapture show ended at First Ave, the DJ puts on "December 4". Ha! Right after I was thinking Echoes and The Black Album are probably gonna be a tie for 3rd on my Pazz and Jop. And I don't like it for the "typical rock critic reasons", but the fact that the beats are good growers (not out-the-gate ball grabbers -- that's the lyrics' job) and the feeling of "this could be it/make every album like it's your last while making every song like it's the first one you have to cement your rep with" is gripping.

I'm definitely buying it. Possibly on vinyl. REKID DORK AHOY

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Saturday, 8 November 2003 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

On my bootleg CD I have 14 tracks, but the authentic will only have 12 what's going to be missing? is there only going to be one version for sale?

you know, i just re-listened to blueprint in my car, (which really seems like his last "real" album - can we just pretend that blueprint never happpened?), and i appreciate it a lot more now than when it came out, the beats really grab you. but i think the black albums feels a little deeper based on the tracks i heard, and the beats being growers instead of grabbers is just a part of it. there seems to be more concentration, and just little touches of emotional resonance that come out of nowhere, that i didn't notice as much on the earlier albums. for example, on "my name is hov," the way his voice inflects just a little when he says "i walk like a ball player," then rises again for "no matter where you go ," and dips again for "you are what you are player," it really makes you feel what he's saying this time, and it's not just empty boasting. he's obv somewhat conflicted about leaving, and i don't even buy this retirement-forever nonsense, but his ambivalence is coming through on some of these tracks almost subtly - and i know thats hardly a word normally used to describe anything he does. hell, even the parts he's not on feel a bit darker and deeper this time around -in the same song, the PSA "interlude" part, for example, it's a nice break, and gives a sort of space to the track. it all works really well imo, and though i still have to hear the other half, i'm willing to wager that this might be regarded as his best album . now lets just hope he doesn't come out of retirement next year for a black album pt. II...

― Vic (Vic), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:08 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, this one really proves the 'every other album' rule with jay, huh? black album really feels like the next step from blueprint. i actually prefer it right now because it doesn't sag like blueprint does later on. plus he gets the eminem-goth-out over with halfway through with a much better beat this time, then clears the air with "99 problems."

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

*also shares the general mark of jay-quality with blueprint 1: no guest verses!

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

haha vic right on about the inflections. in "moment" he delivers that line, "truth be told/i'd probably be/lyrically talib kweli" he delivers the whole thing like kweli would do it, with slightly awkward pauses filling out the line and everything. then by the end of the verse he's back to classic jigga-style asides when he's comparing his mind to the rims (the throwaway aside "rims that is" being classic jay-drops-the-delivery-completey-to-talk-straight-to-you)

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I should be in the absent-minded hall of fame, really. can we just pretend that blueprint never happpened = can we just pretend that blueprint PART II never happened, of course

― Vic (Vic), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:20 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck, "lucifer" is like crack. i'm listening to it at least twice a day right now.

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:30 (twenty-two years ago)

the intertwining guitars and piano are great.

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah rob you're right about blueprint sagging - the 2nd half isnt as strong as the first imo, which is just riveting

― Vic (Vic), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:40 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, blueprint ramps up with every track until it's just unbelievable. then after "heart of the city" it goes a little gooey and oatmeal. midtempo quicksand.

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i still think i could cut up something nearly as good as blueprint (1) out of blueprint 2 and 2.1. especially if you tack on "beware of the boys" or "crazy in love" as your special bonus b-side depending on your taste. but i haven't bothered.

― rob geary (rgeary), Saturday, 8 November 2003 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Blueprint 2 had one classic album of great songs on it.

― ddrake, Saturday, 8 November 2003 08:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Ya'll niggaz need to recognize, ya'll startin some beef with jay z. He my nigga and he's gonna shootup your homes for messin with money, Suckkasss!

― PIMP McPIMP, Saturday, 8 November 2003 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)

ya'll some scared ass bitches now. What ya'll gonna say now, huh? Bunch of crack smokin honkeys, i'll put trade marks around yo eyes muthafucka. 2Pac Lives!!! 2Pac Lives!!!

― PIMP McPIMP, Saturday, 8 November 2003 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, I'm sick of people hating on The Gift & The Curse. sure, it wasn't a tidy little package and it could've been edited down, but he had some incredibly hot verses on Hovi Baby, The Watcher 2, Poppin' Tags, The Bounce, etc etc.

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 8 November 2003 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

it's the existence of THAT LENNY KRAVITZ COLLABORATION that detracts from everything good about Blueprint 2, I think (and, of course, the living-corpse-exploding "Bitches and Sisters" should have been part of the album proper, not tacked on in the slightly tacky way it was)

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Saturday, 8 November 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Not that I believe for a second that this is his last album.

What's the line after "When I come back like Jordan" in Encore?

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 8 November 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"when i come back like jordan/wearin' the 45/it ain't to play games wit you/it's to aim at you/prob'ly maim you"

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Saturday, 8 November 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

There you go. In seventeen months' time he will be releasing a 45 rpm record on a Washington label, possibly Sub Pop, that will kill either Nas or 50 Cent or whoever.

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 8 November 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I will be so glad when this album drops. if people only knew how my boyfriend sits and concentrates on every lyric and beat. i have heard every jay-z song ever written. today when i heard the black album i noticed a drastic change in his whole state of mind. if 50 cent and the so called unit really think that thier album will overide this one they are in for a big disappointment.

― TIFFANY, Saturday, 8 November 2003 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm only feeling about 1/2 of it but OMG is "my first song" the fucking hotness

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 8 November 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i think all the song on the album is fire i mean off the meter.
couldn't do a better job. but the best song (lyrics beat and producer) was December 4th. maybe it the best because i can relate to it And thats my opinion.
OnE

― DatNi99aLoNNie, Sunday, 9 November 2003 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

What Happened to Big PimPin 2? They said it was supposed to be on the album

― PeEdi CrAcK, Monday, 10 November 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

C'mon people.....Has anyone figured out the sample in "what more can i say" Uni aint doin a 12", so the instrumental is tough to track out..ANY HELP OR GUESSES??

― Chris Donnelly, Monday, 10 November 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't stop listening...I wake up to this ish and bang it all day. It ain't never coming outta the CD changer! If this is it for Jay then he went out like the champ that he is...Ain't no N---a like Jay-Z! A true classic from start to finish, Jay puts forth his best effort ever as he singlehandedly touches every style and mood he has ever put on wax...Two bootleg copies already and I will cop the real one on Friday. Thanks S. Carter, it's your time.."this one's for the money!"

― Tony Deals, Monday, 10 November 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

THIS CD IS HOT!!!!!! I got a copy of it Friday (Nov.7th), and it hasn't come out of my cd player since!!!. "Lucifer" is the hottest track (in my opinion). Songs like that are part of the reason Kanye's cd is so anticpated. I know i can't wait for it. I don't think there is a weak track on here. "Change Clothes" isn't the best thing i've ever heard from Jay, but it's still tight. It's good that someone blew the dust off of Rick Rubin ass as far a RAP production goes. "99 Problems" brings back a sort of "License To Ill" feeling. I also like the fact that Jay is elaborating more on the feelings he had when his pop left him. Nothing draws people to you like personal experiences. I hope this isn't the final version. I've had early bootlegs of Jay's cd's since "...Vol. 3", and none of them have been the final versions. I definitely have to give this cd a 9 out of 10. It's going to stay in my cd layer well into the New Year. Good luck to G-Unit trying to out sell H-O-V-A!!!! IT WON'T EVER HAPPEN!!!!

― Jay Hearn, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 03:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn i can't stop listening....... this is amazing. Every track is off the hook. i expected better from change clothes, but i'll deal with it. i hope the next single will be dirt off your shoulder cuz can't ya see everyone in the club brussin their shoulders? And i hope the last single (probably will Be) is my first song, cuz what a perfect way to end an era with a tight beat and tight raps about his own career.

― jay hove #1, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:28 (twenty-two years ago)

from Connecticut.... i got 26 songs from the black album with the other 15 he did't put on the CD... He's close to a god.....!

East Coast till i DIE!!!!!!!
V/R
COOGI!!!!!!

― COOGI, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

...3 stars
Threat (9th wonder is nice, almost Premier like)
Lucifer
Changing clothes
99 problems, flow lyrics sick
Encore
What more can I say (hate the beat, love the lyrics)
PSA (should have been longer)

...the rest(not the best)
Dirt off your shoulder
My first song
Justify my thug
December 4 (we've heard this all b4)
Intro
Allure(hate slo tempo Pharrell tracks)

what happened to Dre, Primo tracks? what happened to My name is Hova. there are like 5 tracks missing/replaced. I think he's gona reup with a white album.
jigga is jigga, lyrics okay, flows are good this time. beats are lame-o. nice attempt to get away from the blueprint sound, not too many old sample loops. just straight nyc boom bap. just not all that good. flows are incredible. i'm still lovin the neptune sound, kanye holds his own. timbo track is better than ususal. my fav jigga was primo stuff from first cd and unreleased stuff with jaz-o and sauce. he always kills posse cuts. he never really carried a whole track lyrically to me. his punch lines on features particularly the first and last were usually killer. oh well hip hop continues to fade miserably.

― Chad Hugo, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/g_unit/beg_for_mercy/

G-unit nice start, come on with it
poppin them thangs (more murderous sinster gunit sound)
Im so hood (not feelin)
How to Stunt (101) one of the catchier tracks, lyrics 'kay
*bestest *Wanna get to know u (four star song, they didn't even need to spit, banging track. loop)
Groupie love(should not have been after my fav song)
ask somebody(banks sounds good over bs westcoast sound)
*best*Footprints(low budget but i like it sound, track is above average, almost a * * * * * song)
eye for eye ...
Smile (sounds like 21 questions in a higher key)
Baby you got (from Queens or Compton?)
Salute You...
*good*Beg For Mercy (best lyrics, can someone say next single)
*better*Stay G'd Up( like the track)
Lay (are the West Coast Connection or wha-?)

i was hoping this would have a very mixtape feel, instead we get Get Rich Or Die Trying the Remix Album. hate when 50 sings the choruses/love when 50 sings the choruses. this is a tandem he and ja share.sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't. much of 50s appeal is flow and vocal charisma, content isn't a plus. dmx 2002, and we see how good x-man is nowadays. 50 will be yetserday's news real quick. that one dude from memphis has great voice, but wick wick lyrics, what a waste. whats up with the cali beats? and all the gangsta love songs? i remember when 50 had bank's buzz. by the time he comes out he won't have nothin good to say. i miss yayo. fabolous is starting to look like the future, pass the kleenex.

im not buying either record in the store. piracy prevails.

― Pharrell Williams, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

My ratings
1) my first song (imagine if it were longer)
2) dirt off your shoulder
3) december 4
4) moment of clarity
5) change clothes
6) lucifer
7) threat
8) justify my thug (could be higher)
9) psa
10) 99 problems
11) encore (hated it at first but now its on its way up)
12) allure
13) what more can i say
14) intro (jay is so good he could have made a hit out of it)

― dre smith, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Man...the greatest album of the year from the rapper on top of the game right now...fuck 50 cent...this album is the real

― s. sOm, Thursday, 13 November 2003 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Being from NY, I gotta give you that real NY point of view...I'll tell ya what Funk Flex is bangin which is my #1...

The ratings as brought to you by TonyDeals:

1) Public Service Announcement (damn it needs to be longer - Keep givin it to em Flex)
2) Threat (truly gangsta..I let it hum to ya/the other one sing along")
3) Lucifer (Kanye we love ya)
4) What more can I say (need I say more?)
5) December 4th (oh my, the lyrical content)
6) 99 Problems ("well you was doin 55 in a 54" hahaha)
7) My 1st song (had to take it back to the old style)
8) Moment of Clarity (more deep ish)
9) Change Clothes (had to have that radio joint - it's still fly!)
10) Encore (he's coming back like Jordan, don't let him fool you)
11) Dirt of your shoulder (Timbo coulda done better but it will do)
12) Justify My Thug (not sure how I feel but I do like it - to all my n-gg-s out on the west coast/that's gang bangin rockin dickies/smokin that sticky icky/holla at me -SPARKS
13) Allure (I wanna hear Dre's version)

All in all, the best cd I've heard since the Blueprint...It actually surpasses it. Shout out to P-Funk who hit me with my first copy..This is a classic baby. We gon bang this all the way to ATL!

― Tony Deals, Thursday, 13 November 2003 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Well what more can i say that album is the best of the year it better win a grammy. Jay can't go real thugs need him fake one's worship him Jay i'am kansas city ,mo man we love 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 just like 50 cent g-unit not going anywhere anyways can't none of the fools can flo with out the beef and the beef is over . from J.Cole to Jay-Hov

― ColaD, Friday, 14 November 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

How can you say you hate the beat on What More Can I Say? What is turnin you away from it? I'm dyin ta hear this boolshit from"Chad Hugo", bring it on...

― Shay Boogie, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I LOVE JAY-Z HIS ALBUMS GREAT I DUN GIVE A FUCK WAT ANY NIGGA SAYS BK STAND UP!!!! ALL HIS SONGS ARE HOT BUT DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER BEAT IS CRAZY WUN~

― Crystal*, Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

1) My 1st song
2) What more can I say
3) 99 Problems
4) Encore
5) Public Service Announcement
6) Dirt Off Your Shoulder
7) Lucifer
8) Moment of Clarity

here there be quality drop...

9) Justify My Thug
10) Threat
11) December 4th
12) Change Clothes
13) Allure

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 20 November 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

Yo, dat new Black Album is tha Sh*t. Yo,its thumpin.
My favorite songs on there are:99 problems-threats-December 4th-moment of clarity-Dirt off your shouler-what more can i say-change clothes-Encore

― isaac harrison, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

hey this is pretty good!

haha I R slow

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 18 September 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)

now you know why he should've gone out at the top.

― skygreenleopard, Friday, 19 September 2008 00:55 (seventeen years ago)

five years pass...

& yeah, my first song is niiiiiiiiice. jay has an eye for spotting talent... aqua is gonna be making some really nice beats in the future.

― Michael Ng (Mike Ng), Tuesday, November 4, 2003 1:36 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:24 (twelve years ago)

album dropped a decade ago

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:24 (twelve years ago)

did he (aqua)?

― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:32 (twelve years ago)

decidedly no

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:58 (twelve years ago)

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