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Posted by: lewistgreen Jul 2 2017, 12:06 PM

On Friday, JAY-Z (yes, the hyphen is back) released his 13th studio album.



1. Kill Jay Z
2. The Story Of O.J.
3. Smile (feat. Gloria Carter)
4. Caught Their Eyes (feat. Frank Ocean)
5. 4:44
6. Family Feud (feat. Beyoncé)
7. Bam (feat. Damian Marley)
8. Moonlight
9. Marcy Me
10. Legacy

Physical Edition
11. Adnis
12. Blue's Freestyle / We Family (feat. Blue Ivy Carter)
14. MaNyafaCedGod (feat. James Blake)

For now it is a Tidal and Sprint exclusive, but a physical release has been confirmed. Over the weekend, the album has received critical acclaim.

Has anyone listened to it yet?

Posted by: burbe Jul 2 2017, 08:42 PM

"leave me alone Becky" ;o

I really like this album! The use of sample is so good and there's a real old school feeling about a lot of the tracks. Like Beyonce did with Lemonade, this feels a lot more personal than previous material from him. I like the reggae vibes on some of the songs as well

Best tracks for me are 4:44, Family Feud and Bam. That run of three is just YES!!!!!

Posted by: lewistgreen Jul 8 2017, 12:06 PM

The full album was simulcast on Radio 1 and 1Xtra yesterday morning. You can listen back to the show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wm70x.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 Jul 9 2017, 06:57 PM

Didn't have high hopes for this, but it's surprisingly decent! Caught Their Eyes and Bam in particular.

Posted by: Dircadirca Jul 11 2017, 07:52 AM

It's quite good. I like how self-aware the lyrics are, as a contrast to Jay having seemed out of touch on recent material. His best release in quite some time.

Posted by: Davidson Jul 11 2017, 10:18 AM

Yeah, I'm not normally a Jay Z fan really at all but this album really is great. It reminds me of a Kanye album so much in parts with all the samples, and obviously I'm so not mad at that.

Bam, Story of OJ and Family Feud are my trinity at the moment, but really there isn't a weak link.

Posted by: lewistgreen Jul 14 2017, 12:46 PM

Playlisted by Radio 1 and 1Xtra this week.

Posted by: lewistgreen Jul 23 2017, 04:10 PM

Posted by: ML Hammer95 Jul 23 2017, 05:02 PM

Great to see, that's my favourite from the album!

Posted by: lewistgreen Jul 30 2017, 10:41 AM

Is every track getting a video? There's one out there Adnis too but it's only on Tidal for now

Posted by: mdh Jul 30 2017, 07:09 PM

There are some tracks on here that're GREAT, and some are woeful. 4.44 is my favourite.

Posted by: Capybréra Aug 1 2017, 04:28 AM

I really like all 3 songs I've heard from this ('Bam' is my fave as well, but also liking the title track and 'The Story Of O.J.')! Must be his best work for quite some time.

Posted by: Inna Selez Aug 1 2017, 05:57 PM

http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2017/07/28/us-band-444-release-ep-called-jay-z-because-thats-the-world-we-live-in-now/

Posted by: lewistgreen Aug 5 2017, 12:41 AM

Posted by: lewistgreen Aug 11 2017, 12:42 PM

Oh the Friends parodies

Posted by: Adelina555 Aug 11 2017, 07:03 PM

No wonder 4:44 is the title track of the album. It's the coolest!

Posted by: Saenerys Aug 11 2017, 08:30 PM

Were hosting a Beyoncé vs Jay / Lemonade VS 4:44 rate in he Bey forum if anyone is interested!

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=203598

I appreciate you might want to hold his own rate in this forum but thought it might be interesting to rate them off as lyrical responses to one another!

Posted by: lewistgreen Aug 20 2017, 01:21 PM

Posted by: lewistgreen Dec 23 2017, 01:55 PM

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 Dec 23 2017, 04:53 PM

Are these new videos from this album?

Posted by: lewistgreen Dec 23 2017, 06:00 PM

They are. All posted yesterday

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 Dec 23 2017, 06:04 PM

Thanks Lewis!

Posted by: lewistgreen Dec 29 2017, 11:21 AM

Family Feud video is now on Tidal... is that still a thing?

Posted by: lewistgreen Jan 5 2018, 11:30 PM

Posted by: Steve201 Jan 12 2018, 02:14 AM

So
Is that the next single? Seems to have lost total momentum since the release!