Nobody Cares, But I Heard a "New Jay-Z album in November" Rumor

Jeez, man, he's retired. He's clearly renounced the media spotlight.

And I would like to start the rumor here that Boss Hova is his radical shift to bossa nova and tropicali recording.

new producer "stan" getzz

I've heard this rumor as well... I'm excited to see what he has to offer. Kingdom Come was a mixed bag, but it definitely had some great songs on it ("Oh My God," "The Prelude," "Trouble," "Beach Chair," etc.), and he's been dropping some excellent guest verses as of late, so who knows. Hopefully he has better beat-selection this time around.

I hear he's working with Toomp as well as the usual suspects ('Ye, Just Blaze, 9th....)

Okay, nahright has just confirmed it, new album called American Gangster, new song dropping tomorrow.

droppin'. sweet.

Part of the initial rumor I heard was that he's trying to throwback to the old Roc era and do posse cuts with Bleek and Beanie and get all the good old producers, which could be cool. I can only picture this being any good if he went in with the specific mission of making up for Kingdom Come and trying to right all its wrongs, though.

OK I just read that the first song leaking tomorrow is w/ Pharrell, I'm almost ready to say fuck this based on that alone.

fwiw, according to "the YN"

Update: The song is called “Blue Magic.” When you see the flick like I did this afternoon, it will all make sense.

Update 2: The streets are saying said song sounds 80’s-like and Rakim-ish. We shall see.

i don't want to have to watch denzel movies to tie up my jay-z songs, thanks.

this reeks to me of jay getting pissed about people leaving the king of rap (or whatever) up to whoever won the 50/kanye battle.

i hope this isn't some rushed shit.

dude recorded some of his best albums in 10 minutes, let him rush if he wants.

every minute you spend thinking about this beefterrible new jigga album is a minute you could spend listening to first family 4 life

-- and what, Friday, September 14, 2007 7:02 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Link

someday i will have my "cats in the cradle" moment with lil' fame.

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, September 14, 2007 7:10 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Link

And I would like to start the rumor here that Boss Hova is his radical shift to bossa nova and tropicali recording.

Haha, I read the title as Bossa Hova at the top of this thread.

"Yo Astrud, Yo Bebel, one time one time"

mop's first album is so good, 2nd after only warriorz i think

maybe I'm stupid for not understanding M@tt's reference but i keep cracking up at the mental image of him and Lil Fame having a father/son bondig moment.

and the mash out posse and the silver spoon
li'l fame on first family for life
when ya comin home son i don't know when
we'll get together then
you know well have a good time then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnn0BysYfVM

^^^tell me this isn't one of the most badass rap vids ever

wonder if this will be on it

Okay, nahright has just confirmed it, new album called American Gangster, new song dropping tomorrow.

-- The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 September 2007 01:58 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Bet he stayed up all night thinking of that title!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/arts/music/20jayz.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1190270220-1+StYQeEgzFoAB2CBqVSgA

it's nice that he seems excited. al otm, let him bang it out before he gets all self-conscious and depressed again.

also otm re pharrell single, however.

Let's see how optimistic you all are when the tracklist leaks and it has seven guest choruses from Lily Allen.

“I’m not even joking with you,” he said, laughing. “It’s out-of-body experiences at this point.”

this made me psyched

i could see how the inspired by the move angle might lessen the weight of the crown and tap that creative engery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bNd8BVHJPo

handle ur bizness

This is the genesis of a nemesis
Mother America’s not witnessed since
the Harlem Renaissance
birthed black businesses.

pretty hot

ugh i hate reading lyrics from rap songs i haven't heard yet, makes them seem shitty even if they're good.

why are you posting shitty jigga raps on the MOP nostalgia thread

first track, "Blue Magic"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3761600731c750/

hurry up and tell me it sucks, guys. i can't listen to it til I get off work.

I actually really like this. Besides the Pharrell chorus...

"Blame Reagan for makin me into a monster/ Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra/ I ran contraband that they sponsored/ Before this rhyming stuff we was in concert"

"DA wanna indict me/ 'Cuz fishscale's in my veins like a pieces"

I'm feeling nostalgic for "Show Me What You Got" already.

that's more like it.

hahaha this is terrible

was this recorded in the limo on his way to work one morning?

What's so "terrible" about it?

i mean it sounds like a demo but it's a radio rip so let's give it a chance.

wow one dude too clipse hype to heart

*one dude took

hov hath no fury

fail.

"What's so "terrible" about it?"

The production.
And the lyrics/vocals.

That pretty much covers it.

wow one dude took clipse hype to heart

-- deej, Friday, September 21, 2007 3:58 AM

what does this mean

this isnt that bad

i mean the bar is set low but its not like unlistenable

Jesus. This is depressing.

they can't think of anything better to play than Paul's Boutique

that would be because there is nothing better than Paul's Boutique.

(plz note i do not actually believe this)

not as depressing as you filling out a libble invite form xpost.

HA touche.

http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/5/11/18/f_lolzm_cdeda62.png

Ha

is success j blaze? it's weird and disjointed to me, but not in a good way...it's like i keep expecting it to loop and then it keeps blaring on...but not in a oh that's unique but just like that sounds goofy as hell.

it's No I.D.

it definitely sounds kinda off and fucked up, but that's what I like about it really. plus Jay sounding more like old school Jigga than he does on the whole rest of the album. the Nas verse sounds kinda anticlimactic and tacked on, whole song would've come together better if they put him between the 2 Jay verses.

it definitely sounds kinda off and fucked up

aka very No I.D. i think

lol @ Breihan thinking "I Know" = flaccid loverman song

Tuomas Breihan.

every rap thread on ilm this week clowning/hating/dicksucking breihan = mad boring

-- and what, Thursday, November 1, 2007 8:05 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

That was three weeks ago. We took a fortnight's vacation and now it's back to work.

strikethrough week, replace with month/year/whatever

too late for no breihan november, i suppose

Next year, Al.

I should call Tom and be like "just letting you know, I'm banning discussion of you on ILM. Nothing personal, but you've got more threads than the Arctic Monkeys now."

On second thought, maybe Breihan threads beat the alternative.

he's the only one who actually likes american gangster though right?

^ rong dude

i'm sayin

mainstream press playing capt. save-a-jay is one of the more mind-boggling things to happen this year tbh. he's basically rap's springsteen.

anybody following any of these remix projects? i'm giving a handful of them a shot. never thought i'd say there was 'too much marvin gaye' in anything, but people are totally overusing dude as a sample source on these shits.

mick boogie's "brooklyn soul" has some nice shit on it. the "no hook" is really lush. "roc boys" is a little stiff, but kinda cool electro-soul type shit. "fallin" is a fuckin mess. samples "heard it through the grapevine," which is kinda cool, but it's all tension and no resolution. title track completely shifts the rhythm, puts the accent on the 1/3. gives the whole thing a different kind of momentum.

or on his way to being rap's springsteen at least. if we're using metacritic ratings, this thing is like mid-70s at best. not even the best roc record of the year!!

is it possible that you don't like it, and that lots of other people do ie are not "pretending" to like it for the sake of dude's rep?

no.

http://www.collectorsconnection.com/imagesh1/41a218.jpg

http://www.hometracked.com/wp-content/uploads/forehead-slap.jpg

i mean obv i'm not saying rob sheffield and tom breihan and cokemachineglow dude gathered around and conspired to save jay's rep, but i think maybe people were hoping this was going to be really great and it turned out to be just okay/good (as opposed to i guess the universally accepted shittiness of kingdom come) and you know when you listen to a record a lot of times in a short period of time (i.e. time between release date and review dedlines w/ no promos) you can convince yourself you like something a lot more than you do esp. when you're looking at it in a hyper-vaccum.

I agree that it's benefiting from a lot of "relative to Kingdom Come", but I think you're being a bit too quick to call bullshit on people.

the springsteen comparison is a good one--ppl are giving him a lot of leeway for having been one of the greats, not to mention the jay persona is as powerful and easy to write 800 bullshit words about as the boss persona

jay over ghost beats/ghost over jay beats

http://www.ohword.com/images/782.jpg

^^^^^ fire

i dl-d that today but will prb never listen :(

why not?

i heard the "success" one and i thought the ghost version almost universally murdered the AG one and it's my fave song on the album!! (well maybe roc boys actually which i used to hate)

still not totally sold on this being classic or anything.

but damn you really can't argue with those horns in "roc boys".

the video makes me sad in a way though. i thought about that after reading that snap thread article about tanking rap sales. it feels like sort of an irish wake for the bling era. esp. the old heads jay, nas, and puffy standing in for biggie. like there will never be three dudes like that again really...now it's all going to be niche market stuff. it seems like there won't be a real giant again.

Bling's just gone small-scale, that's all.

yeah but i fear the next generation will never have it's own 15 million dollar ma$e videos :(

ummmmmmmm

sheeeeit.

lol @ "dj clue -- i am legend!"

b-

but really ffs jay

beats the fuck outta "Blue Magic" at least

cant believe a thread heavy with jordan sargent contains the desire to 'get off dudes nuts' in a post not by him

-- and what, Thursday, November 8, 2007 11:28 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Link

i lol'd

this is a good thread and this album still sucks

anyway i was originally looking for the "best jay-z album" poll-- that does exist right?

u still rong bro

i think we did one and vol 2 won or something

jigga album poll