' BLACK JAYS-'The Black Jays Album': Blackjays manufacturing team of Kardinal Offishall and Solitair links minimalism to reggae. J-HEN-'The Black Album Encore 'd: Like a whole lot of various other hip-hop producers, J-Hen understands his 1970's heart his take on 'Encore' revitalizes Sly Stone's 'If You Want Me to Stay. JAY-Z'The Unofficial Black Album Remix': Paul Nice has generated Beastie Boys, and has additionally placed out his own collections of tested beats for his fellow disc jockeys to reassemble.ĪFFORDABLE COLOGNE-'The Double Black Album': inescapable combination: Jay-Z meets Metallica's black album, 1991 'Metallica.

And like every great rapper, Jay-Z has never ever been worried to tell us he's Number One. Provided one last chance to make an effect, Jay-Z has developed one of the far better albums of his occupation, though perhaps shade much less than his greatest, Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint. On Eminem-produced Moment of Clarity, he invokes memory of his dad, Adnes: Pop died/Didn't cry/Didn't know him that well/Between him doin' heroin and me doin' fracture sales.īlack Album has an all-star team of producers, including Kanye West, Just Blaze, Neptunes and Timbaland, whose obese club-banger Dirt Off Your Shoulder easily wins prize for finest beat, with Rick Rubin's rowdy, rock-drenched 99 Problems close second. Time will tell whether or not Black Album is Jay-Z's last launch, yet it is definitely a goodbye album.

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