Jay-Z - American Gangster
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Artist: Jay-ZEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Music Label: Roc-A-Fella
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Pray
- American Dreamin'
- Hello Brooklyn 2.0
- No Hook
- Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...
- Sweet
- I Know
- Party Life
- Ignorant Sh*t
- Say Hello
- Success
- Fallin'
- Blue Magic
- American Gangster
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Free Music Review: Very strong album
Hit: 4 Stars
This concept album is loaded with good songs that showcase Jay-Z sill at the top of his game. If you want to hear three amazing verses laid down with a distinct purpose, listen to "Ignorant Sh**." Jay-Z just kills on that song. You don't get that kind of performance anywhere else. "Roc Boys" might have been the best rap song of 2007, combining the horns and Jay's talents. "I Know" is a soulful song that proves once again that Pharrell and Jay make a great combination. "Pray," which features Beyonce and a haunting beat, is another good effort. And the Marvin Gaye sample in "American Dreamin" makes that song a great listen.
There is a little bit of dead weight on the CD, but not much. A very fine CD by the king of the rap game.
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An unofficial musical companion to the film of the same name (dir. Ridley Scott), American Gangster traces the rise and fall of a self-made American man. Sound tired? Perhaps, but a dozen albums into his career, Jay-Z can be forgiven his occasional dabbling in shopworn archetypes. A panoramic, cinematic work in four acts, American Gangster bulges with instrumental melodrama. Take "American Dreamin'": despite the Diddy-produced track's sultry, shifty beat, a pile of whining strings and tinkling piano flourishes all but completely suppresses the rhythmic interplay between the vocals and drums. Again and again, Jay-Z's otherwise compelling raps fall prey to a similarly overwrought studio aesthetic. (In this, the album resembles many a Ridley Scott film.) There are exceptions: Bigg D's "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" and the Neptunes' "I Know" and lead single "Blue Magic" are unqualified bangers, and Jermaine Dupri's "Success" (featuring Nas) flaunts a relentless organ lick with 'round-the-way mojo to spare, but the album's overriding sonic melodrama is all Diddy. Still, no one steals Jay-Z's thunder easily. Having long since joined the top ranks of the hip-hop elite, Jay-Z can (and does) ultimately weather the best efforts of another major-league ego and still come out on top. --Jason KirkSeparate from the official motion picture soundtrack, this collection of all-new original material is a musical journey and lyrical interpretation of snapshots from the upcoming motion picture American Gangster. The conceptual, full body of genius work from the new album balances the line between pure entertainment and real life. JAY-Z draws upon past experiences, speaking to the harsh reality of the drug trade still taking place in our nation's cities. While not glorifying the Frank Lucas story, JAY-Z articulates the lure of a gangster's life and stands as an example of one who chose to leave those streets behind to go on and become one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time.
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