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AMG Review of Kingdom Come
Andy Kellman
All Music GuideJay-Z's retirement from making albums was more like a working holiday. After he announced his retirement, released The Black Album, and threw the Fade to Black party, he collaborated with Linkin Park on Collision Course, teamed with R. Kelly for the abysmal Unfinished Business, and appeared on tracks by Beanie Sigel, Bun B, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West, Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco, and Beyoncé. He kept busy behind the scenes as Def Jam's CEO and president, and he also stepped up as a major philanthropist, donating a million dollars to the Katrina cause and actively addressing the global water crisis in Turkey and South Africa. In the midst of these and other well-publicized activities, Jay-Z recorded Kingdom Come, his eighth and weakest studio album. When placed in the context of his prolific discography, the greater part of the album wilts, and it's not a good indicator that Jay-Z continues to lean on a familiar cast of producers rather than actively seek up-and-comers. (The fresh talent here is limited to Syience and Gwyneth Paltrow's Chris Martin; they contribute one track each.) There's only a small handful of highlights. On the title track, Just Blaze's masterful contortion job on Rick James' "Superfreak" backs Jay's nearly top-form, Black Album/Blueprint-worthy boasts: "I been up in the office, you might know him as Clark/Just when you thought the whole world fell apart/I take off the blazer, loosen up the tie/Step inside the booth, Superman is alive." Two of the four Dr. Dre productions feature assistance from Mark Batson (Anthony Hamilton), and they both strike a fine balance between maturity and ferocity -- much more so than the clumsy "30 Something," where Jay proclaims that "30 is the new 20," which would actually make him 27 and a fourth-grader a zygote. (He might as well say, "You wear Huggies, I wear Depends/You drink from a sippy cup/I sip my solids.") Apart from the above-mentioned bright spots and a poignant, somber track about the Katrina disaster ("Minority Report"), the album is a display of complacency and retreads -- a gratuitous, easily resistible victory lap -- that very slightly upgrades the relative worth of The Blueprint˛.
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Show Me What You Got
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'k, I saw this video last night and was like "did he really just sample Rumpshaker?". And now it's stuck in my head. A street race between Dale Jr., and Danica Patrick and sampling Rumpshaker. All I wanna do is zoom a zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom!
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Hollywood (Feat. Beyoncé) (Produced) Syience
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Who is Syience ? this is the Hottest Sound right now in music jay z knows how to find producers, Syience sound is refreshing in a dead copycat industry, syience is the next A-list Producer hands Down
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2fer on leakeds - Jay-Z and Bloc Party
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Jay-Z's _Kingdom Come_ is fantastic (in a 7-out-of-10 kind of way) . This is what Jay-Z records up until now have strived to be.Bloc Party's _A Weekend In The City_ is like a bad drawn-out concept album from an awesome quick-punch rock band.The Bloc Party record really doesn't deserve too much of a write up. _Silent Alarm_ will always be a really good. This new one is too clean and there aren'...
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Superman is ALIVE!!!
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I have just witnessed one of the greatest basketball performances of all time. And I'm not even a LeBron James fan. I mean, I like the guy, but I was not a true believer until tonight. If you missed it...damnit, find someone who TIVO'd it. Un-be-fucking-lievable!
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Jay-Z really IS the Michael Jordan of Rap
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disappointmentIs this what we have to look forward to from the new Jay-Z album? Is this what he's coming out of retirement to sell us?Jay, if you're gonna lead off with a pop song, at least give us another "I Just Wanna Love Ya" or "Can I Get A...". This crap has absolutely nothing to it. Not even a catchy hook.Hov, we were COUNTING on you...mouths WATERING, wallets at the ready. And you gi...
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...I'm 30.Wow, I think that's the first time I've actually made that statement. It's kinda weird.I know my Mog page has said 30 for a while now, buy my 30th birthday was Monday (hold your applause, please). And everybody asks the same thing. How do you feel? Do you feel different? Are you sad? Are you depressed? Does it bother you?Honestly, when I hit 29, I was sweatin' it. I was like, ...
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Show Me What You Got
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'k, I saw this video last night and was like "did he really just sample Rumpshaker?". And now it's stuck in my head. A street race between Dale Jr., and Danica Patrick and sampling Rumpshaker. All I wanna do is zoom a zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom!
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2fer on leakeds - Jay-Z and Bloc Party
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Jay-Z's _Kingdom Come_ is fantastic (in a 7-out-of-10 kind of way) . This is what Jay-Z records up until now have strived to be.Bloc Party's _A Weekend In The City_ is like a bad drawn-out concept album from an awesome quick-punch rock band.The Bloc Party record really doesn't deserve too much of a write up. _Silent Alarm_ will always be a really good. This new one is too clean and there aren'...
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Shake it shake it shake it ... now SHAKE IT!
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Dear Jay-Z, Thank you. Thank you for using the "Rump Shaker" sample in your new song. Thank you for getting "All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom in a boom boom!" stuck in my head all day Friday, and still now. And I mean these thanks sincerely, because I totally seriously love love love that song forever. It takes me right back to the Beach Channel High School senior trip, January 1993. And...
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SHOW ME WHATCHA GOT
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JAY-Z'S NEW CD. THIS SONG IS GREAT FOR PARTIES SO PLAY IT ALWAYS
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Hollywood (Feat. Beyoncé) (Produced) Syience
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Who is Syience ? this is the Hottest Sound right now in music jay z knows how to find producers, Syience sound is refreshing in a dead copycat industry, syience is the next A-list Producer hands Down
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Kingdom Come: The Video’s
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Here are the video’s for my least favorite Jay-Z album. Its not that this is a “bad” album I just thought it was sequenced wrong (all Just Blaze tracks within the first 15 minutes...* Summary only. Visit the site for full article!
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Jay-Z: Kingdom Come
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Kingdom Come is the ninth studio album from Jay-Z released on November 21, 2006. This is considered a “comeback album” for the established rapper as 2003’s The Black Album was...* Summary only. Visit the site for full article!
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