Jay-Z
Album : American Gangster
Released date : Nov 6th 2007
Label : Def Jam Records

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Jay-Z American Gangster, by [2007-12-13 00:48:44]

DONT LET DIS BITCH FOOL U HE TRYING SOME HOE SHIT BY NOT LETTIN DA SOUND TRACK 2 D MOVIE SHINE.DONT BE BLIND,HES DUN HE CANT MAKE A ALBUM BECAUSE HE NEVER COULD RAP .NEW YORK JUST PUTS SO MUCH HYPE BEHIND THEIR RAPPERS ,WHEN TERE ARE REAL RAPPERS OUT THERE ARE TALENTED PEOPLE OUT THERE SYARVIN.WITH ALL DA MONEY JZ HASE HE WOULD LOVE 2 BE A FRANK LUCAS,BECAUSE LUCAS WAS NEVER FAMOUS ,BUT DA SRTEETS RESPETED HIM,BECAUS HE WAS A MUTHA FUCKIN G.

Jay-Z American Gangster, by [2007-11-29 12:13:35]

jay-z is the best rapper alive hands down no competion

Jay-Z American Gangster, by Mr. NC [2007-11-12 14:09:27]

The best that ever did it ; hands down. This album proves it. Roc Boys in the building.

Jay-Z American Gangster, by al [2007-11-09 16:29:55]

worst jayz album ever it is corny then a motherfu####

Jay-Z American Gangster, by malloy [2007-11-07 20:52:27]

this is by far the worst jay album... i think he rushed into releasing this one because he wanted to compete with the american gangster movie. i think he was too upset that he wasn’t apart of the american gangster project(the movie) and it just led him to a pointless album. he’s not luckey baby !

Jay-Z American Gangster, by [2007-11-07 00:25:44]

Jay-Z not only proved that he is the best rapper on earth but he is light years ahead of anyone this album is a classic no questions asked

Jay-Z American Gangster, by Dro [2007-11-06 15:19:28]

Jay the best to ever do it real talk HOV

Jay-Z American Gangster, by sean [2007-11-05 13:35:14]

i feel like this is a classic basically because of the concept of the movie it follows but because of it lyricism and every song has a different message.

Jay-Z American Gangster, by princerudynasim [2007-11-02 16:26:19]

WOW you guys must no be really jay z fans ya must have just started to listen to jay he is obviously missing something and what has he said hot dont let the beat n his flow steal ur attention away from his lyrics he did a great job on that this on album good beats good flow crap beats his shit just rhymes thats all put him on dipset beats he’ll

Jay-Z American Gangster, by agent8 [2007-10-29 21:21:06]

This album is phenomanal get this shit now how ever u got 2 do 2 get it get it

Jay-Z American Gangster, by gutta boy fresh [2007-10-26 18:34:31]

jay-z is the best rapper alive in the east weezy is in da south and juelz santana is runner up and kanye is tha midwest king i think atleast 800,000 1st week 4 american gangsta

Jay-Z American Gangster, by J. Ricks [2007-10-23 01:12:40]

This is black superhero music. Jay reall out-did himself this time.

Jay-Z American Gangster, by twinks [2007-10-16 23:10:52]

this sounds like another sick ass cd by jay

Jay-Z American Gangster, by [2007-10-08 15:05:02]

Jay-Z American Gangster Album preview.

"Pray" : American Gangster’s first cut, one of several produced by none other than Sean "Diddy" Combs — whom Jay still calls "Puffy," harkening back to days long past when both were members of the late Notorious B.I.G.’s circle. "[The album] starts with a kid looking into the game," Jay explained. The beat slams ominously behind his scene-setting rhymes : "Mindstate of a gangster from the ’40s/Meets the business mind of Motown’s Berry Gordy."

"No Hook" : Another wide-screen Puff production, full of dark organ vibes, and more rhymes from an aspiring kingpin’s perspective : "F---rich, let’s get wealthy/Who else gon’ feed we ?" The mood is sneering, hungry, with Jay almost seeming to slip into his long-abandoned double-time flow at times. "Roc Boys" : "That’s him at his height," Jay said of his persona in this song. "It’s a celebration of the whole s---." Exultant horns burst out on the beat (Puffy again) as the rapper revels in a lifestyle funded by ill-gotten riches : "First of all, I wanna thank my connect/The most important person, with all due respect/...Think ros ?/Think O.J./I get away with murder when I sling yey’." (The song also includes a reference to "black bar mitzvahs." Maybe that "L’chaim" was even more significant than I realized.)

"I Know" : Hard-hitting percussion and sparkling synths underly this conceptual track about desire’s many faces : "I know what you like/I’m your prescription/I’m your physician/I’m your addiction." "I’m using a lot of heroin references," Jay noted as he tried to unpack the song’s multi-layered metaphors. "[But] on another level, it plays as a song about relationships. And on a drunk-too-much-wine-one-night level, it plays as the game talking to me. It’s f---ing weird — but the music is great." He’s not lying.

"Ignorant S---" : Web-savvy fans may recall a purposefully outrageous outtake from 2003’s The Black Album bearing this name. "It’s one of those gems you can’t let go," Jay said now. So he dusted it off for Gangster, complete with the unforgettably explicit hook in which he boasts, "I got that ignorant s--- you like/N----, f---, s----, a—, b----, trick, plus ice !" Just call him rap’s George Carlin. The song now also features a decidedly non-ignorant new verse in which Jay thoughtfully eviscerates Don Imus and all those who’ve equated the disgraced shock jock with foul-mouthed rappers — plus some tight guest bars from Jay’s longtime protege Beanie Sigel.

"Success" : The endorphin rush provided by new money starts to wear off on this cut, produced by Chicago veteran (and Kanye West mentor) No I.D. "I used to give a f---, now I give a f--- less," Jay reflects over a rapidly descending organ riff. "Truth be told, I had more fun when I was piss-poor." Jay’s former rival Nas talked him into letting him spit on this track ; Nas’ verse hasn’t been mixed in yet, but Jay promises that "It’s hot. He killed it."

"Say Hello to the Bad Guy" : Atlanta’s DJ Toomp (T.I.’s "What You Know," Kanye West’s "Big Brother") contributed this beat, which keeps that darkening mood going with church-like organs.

"When the Money’s Gone" : The title says it all about this one. Jay raps about the inevitable downfall which befalls even the most successful hustlers ; Jermaine Dupri produced the backdrop of shuffling drums and cascading synths.

"Fallen" : Another J.D. production, and likely the album’s final track. Jay reflects on the perverse pleasure the public takes in seeing a star destroyed : "Fallen/They applaudin’." Neosoul crooner Bilal sings the elegiac hook. It’s a cathartic ending to an emotionally gripping album.