Monday, November 5, 2007

American Gangster: Jay-Z

Ok, so i think we can all agree here that Jay-Z did it right this time around. He's put out a solid album, one of the better rap albums to come out in a while, and we can totally overlook Kingdom Come. In my opinion, he pretty much showed Kanye how to do a rap album. This is jigga man at his best, and surprisingly Diddy putting in some strong work for the first time in years.

It's almost like Jay-Z took similar ideas that Kanye had for his albums and just did them 10x better. I mean, we all know he's a better lyricist but who knew he could be this much better. His goal for this album was to take it back to the streets and show us something real and raw. The only thing i can really hate on is again the incorporation of Lil' Wayne on a track. I don't understand why people keep putting him on their records, because he's the worst rapper ever. But if you look past that, you got a real winning album here. He took a breather from Kingdom Come, and just went back to do what he does best.

Plain and simple, great album.

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