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Magna Carta Holy Grail. Jay-Z

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Spinoza
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The ruler's back. July 4. this is an album to be pumped about.






Jun 17 2013 2:29PM
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bo0b
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2 songs deep, DOPE so far.
Jul 4 2013 3:46PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Holy Grail's beat is way too insane. That song is the shit!! maybe a little be too much Timberlake but Jay-z definitely kills it.
Jul 4 2013 4:32PM
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will_powder
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the use of Nirvana's lyrics in that song blew chunks everywhere. Cobain is rolling in his grave.
Jul 4 2013 4:40PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Agreed.
Jul 4 2013 4:48PM
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Daski
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Holy Grail, Picasso Baby, and Somewhere in America are all good (besides the "twerk Miley twerk" part)
Jul 4 2013 4:54PM
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KennyD
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I'd like to thank Samsung for giving this album to me for free
Jul 4 2013 5:01PM
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fortyvalve
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that part is actually pretty funny given the context that it's in, the whole album is pretty much a masterpiece. you could tell from watching that video of him during the writing process how deep he got on a lyrical level with this
Jul 4 2013 5:38PM
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GGitzen
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Is this album really not coming out until July 9th? What was the hype about the 4th?
Jul 4 2013 5:50PM
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Mag
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It was realeased to people on samsung in the uk iirc, and as such it was consequently leaked.
Jul 4 2013 5:57PM
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Spinoza
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i'd like to thank the internet for the same thing
Jul 4 2013 7:13PM
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GGitzen
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Where are you getting it on the Internet?
Jul 4 2013 7:15PM
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Spinoza
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http://kickass.to/usearch/magna%20carta/
Jul 4 2013 7:23PM
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Spinoza
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my god this is so dirty. song after song it gets better
Jul 4 2013 7:43PM
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eheath
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this album is fire, holy shit. jay-z delivered
Jul 5 2013 2:05AM
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EricCartman
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Agreed! This album put dude back on the map. Dude got his flow back on this one, ooohh shit is white hot.
Jul 5 2013 3:15AM
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Heart
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Ehhh IMO its not that great. Severe lack of flow on most songs. The huge pauses jay takes between lines and the million "uh's" on some of the songs is just panful and i feel like the only thing saving this albm frok extreme mediocrity is the production.
Jul 5 2013 4:18AM
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Blindsurfer
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you've clearly never heard of a single or an ep you idiot
Jul 5 2013 6:48AM
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Spinoza
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I agree that a couple songs have this problem. But even so they're still sick. And the ones where he goes off are wicked
Jul 5 2013 10:23AM
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EricCartman
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Somewhere in america, miley cyrus is still twerkin
Jul 5 2013 12:58PM
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max...
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finished the majority of the album. overall i was impressed. a couple of songs absolutely fucking blow, but those songs are the exceptions. certain songs are even reminiscent of old jay in my opinon. BBC, Nickels and Dimes, and Heaven are all fire tracks.
Jul 5 2013 1:07PM
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Kazabazua
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I wasn't super impressed with any of the songs, nothing really stood out like on 'watch the throne'.

I'd give it a 7/10.
Jul 6 2013 12:24AM
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edai
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dude watch the thrown sucked ass aside from maybe 4 songs
Jul 6 2013 12:27AM
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Spinoza
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Primetime is the best and most underrated song on that album.

Right now FUTW is my fave on MCHG. So many replays
Jul 6 2013 12:11PM
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Heart
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Whattttt??? Disagree, I thought the vast majority of Watch The Thrown was absolutely banger.
Jul 6 2013 6:19PM
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bo0b
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I just think that with the combined talents of Jay-Z and KanYe West they could have made it a lot better. I wasn't really feeling the flows.
Jul 6 2013 6:33PM
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JeremyB
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My favorites songs are Crown, F.U.T.W., FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt, BBC & Tom Ford!
Jul 6 2013 6:38PM
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Kazabazua
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4 songs is pretty good compared to the 0 songs that were good on Magna Carta.

Watch the Throne did something new, they mixed elements of dubstep, electronic and hiphop that was revolutionary at that point in time. Magna Carta did nothing new, it just regurgitated the same old bullshit that's been going on since that album. Jay-Z needs to bring in new blood, a producer who is doing new things in the game - I'd personally like to see him team up with someone like Clams Casino or Chrome Sparks, someone with a really unique sound.
Jul 7 2013 11:26AM
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bo0b
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Yeah MCHG did nothing new.

Except sell a million copies before it was released.

And I disagree, everyone right now is trying to make spacey cloudy Clams beats, doesn't really sound that original anymore. And Jay's lyricism on this was amazing, and the production was extremely solid too.
Jul 7 2013 6:35PM
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Cudder.
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I love Jay-Z and i love the album, but i was expecting more songs like Beach is better with a really fast, crazy beat. Also Jay-z rapped slower in this album.
Jul 7 2013 6:40PM
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Puzzled
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You will like it they said,
The original Jay-Z is back they said,





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He prepared me for this, I had a reasonable doubt ...
Jul 7 2013 7:32PM
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Dylan_
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this album is fire.

Now i got tattoos on my body psycho bitches in my lobby
Jul 7 2013 9:59PM
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Kazabazua
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I don't think excessive 808's is extremely solid production.
Jul 7 2013 10:33PM
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SkiThe603
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Considering 99% of the people on this website are white and not from the bronx, why do you care about Jay-Z and his history lessons that don't go together. He raps about stuff that doesn't apply to you. Listen to something better and maybe I may gain some respect for you "rap fans". /rant
Jul 7 2013 10:38PM
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K-Dot.
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The beats are all really clean but the whole album just sounds like background music at a party. BBC was lively though. But jay needs to stop hanging with Justin Timberlake and timbaland. Also the title is misleading. It makes it sound like an epic album when its just an average album. Oh and what's up with hit boy lately? His beats have gotten really samply. And travis scott sounded like shit. I thought he would turn out better based on the fact he made monster.

But basically nothing stands out on this album.
Jul 7 2013 11:10PM
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95959
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Not as good as Yeezus
Jul 7 2013 11:15PM
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whoa-dere
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what did pharrell even do
Jul 7 2013 11:22PM
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K-Dot.
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What hasn't Pharrell done. Guys a beast
Jul 7 2013 11:35PM
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MTPOW
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Correct me if I'm wrong guys but doesn't it seem like a lot of the big name rappers have dropped albums this year? More than usual at least, but who hasn't?

A$AP Rocky
Kendrick Lamar
Jay-Z
Kanye West
J. Cole
Mac Miller
Kid Cudi
Lil Wayne
Kid Ink
Wale
Mike Stud(up and coming)

There's more I can't think of
Jul 7 2013 11:51PM
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whoa-dere
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wale's was dope as fuck. big sean's is coming out on aug 27th and boats 2 is coming out soon also
Jul 7 2013 11:53PM
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K-Dot.
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Kendrick dropped last October but yeah there has been a lot of albums released lately
Jul 7 2013 11:58PM
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shane.t
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Anyone got a updated link on DL? the mediafire link got taken down
Jul 8 2013 1:48PM
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shane.t
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nevermind here is one: http://sharebeast.com/7tisy4mcdz6b
Jul 8 2013 1:53PM
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magicalkitten
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just bought it im only one song in and so far its $$$$$$$$
Jul 9 2013 12:52PM
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howlongcanausern
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wtf who uses direct download...enjoy prison
Jul 9 2013 12:56PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Well it IS their jobs to make records. In recent years with the influx of pro tools in the editing of albums you can crank albums out incredibly fast. It makes sense G.
Jul 9 2013 12:58PM
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hellomynameisjef
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heaven and oceans


i could listen to frank oceans voice all day
Jul 9 2013 2:15PM
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Brenone
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3 out of 4 Zeus Slaps:
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail-mchg-review-big-ghost.html

Jul 9 2013 3:46PM
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wesley.
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A few good beats and bars but overall kinda weak. I like Jay-Z a lot but I feel like this is him saying hey my little brother kanye showed me all these cool new clothing companies.
Overall I still like it and it will be on repeat all summer
Jul 9 2013 3:53PM
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hellomynameisjef
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yes, yes he is
Jul 9 2013 6:51PM
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