The Black Album

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The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 14, 2003, by Roc-A-Fella Records. It was advertised as his final album before retiring, which is also a recurring theme throughout the songs, although Jay-Z resumed his recording career in 2006. For the album, Jay-Z wanted to enlist a different producer for each song, working with Kanye West, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Rick Rubin, and 9th Wonder, among others.

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The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 14, 2003, by Roc-A-Fella Records. It was advertised as his final album before retiring, which is also a recurring theme throughout the songs, although Jay-Z resumed his recording career in 2006. For the album, Jay-Z wanted to enlist a different producer for each song, working with Kanye West, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Rick Rubin, and 9th Wonder, among others.

Essential Album of the Week #65 Jay-Z - The Black Album
If The Black Album is Jay-Z's last, as he publicly stated it will be, it illustrates an artist going out in top form.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/37frux/essential_album_of_the_week_65_jayz_the_black/
The Quietus | Features | Battle Of The Black Album: Jay-Z vs Metallica vs Prince
A new rock music and pop culture website. Editorial independent music website offering news, reviews, features, interviews, videos and pictures
http://thequietus.com/articles/19922-metallica-jay-z-prince-black-album
Ten Years On: Jay Z's 'The Black Album' | Features | Clash Magazine
10 years since its release in November 2003, Clash looks back at Jay Z's greatest LP, 'The Black Album', and sees how it's aged compared to the rapper's subsequent releases.
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/ten-years-on-jay-zs-the-black-album
Albums of the decade No 8: Jay-Z - The Black Album | Music | The Guardian
Luke Bainbridge: Few would disagree with Jay-Z's boast about being the 'best rapper alive' after hearing this gloriously epic album
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/24/jay-z-black-album
The Black Album (2003)
Jay-Z's 8th album, it was promoted as his finale, where he was supposed to fade in black, but 3 years later the Roc boy came back with Kingdom Come.
http://genius.com/albums/Jay-z/The-black-album
Lyrics of Jay-Z The Black Album complete album lyrics, songs, music, tracks, LPs, singles
http://jayzweb.yaia.com/lyricstheblackalbum.html
Jay Z: The Black Album Album Review | Pitchfork
For Shawn Carter, the last seven years have been ridiculous. In 1996, he came up from an impoverished childhood in New York's Marcy projects to record a debut that would eventually come to be considered one of hip-hop's landmark albums, and spent the succeeding six years dominating Billboard charts, filling the East Coast void left by Biggie's death, and building a hip-hop empire to rival Puffy's Bad Boy Entertainment.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4219-the-black-album/
The Black Album (Explicit) - YouTube
Listen to the full album on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQw3xggCuGQXFvjE1eAupUwnuwgzdd2Qq
The Black Album - Jay-Z | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
If The Black Album is Jay-Z's last, as he publicly stated it will be, it illustrates an artist going out in top form. For years Shawn Carter has been the best rapper and the most popular, a man who can strut the player lifestyle with one track and become the eloquent hip-hop everyman with the next, an artist for whom modesty is often a sin, and yet, one who still sounds sincere when he's discussing his humble origins or his recurring doubts.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-black-album-mw0000693993
The Black Album (Jay-Z album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 14, 2003, by Roc-A-Fella Records. It was advertised as his final album before retiring, which is also a recurring theme throughout the songs,[1] although Jay-Z resumed his recording career in 2006. For the album, Jay-Z wanted to enlist a different producer for each song, working with Kanye West, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Rick Rubin, and 9th Wonder, among others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Album_(Jay-Z_album)

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The Black Album

Studio album by

Jay-Z

Released

November 14, 2003

Recorded

July – October 2003

Studio

Baseline (New York)
Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)
The Mansion (Los Angeles)
54 Sound (Ferndale, Michigan)

Genre

East Coast hip hop

Length

55:32

Label

Producer

Jay-Z chronology

Blueprint 2.1
(2003)

The Black Album
(2003)

Unfinished Business
(2004)

Singles from The Black Album

"Change Clothes"
Released: November 4, 2003
"Dirt off Your Shoulder"
Released: March 2, 2004
"99 Problems"
Released: April 27, 2004

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Essential Album of the Week #65 Jay-Z - The Black Album
If The Black Album is Jay-Z's last, as he publicly stated it will be, it illustrates an artist going out in top form.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/37frux/essential_album_of_the_week_65_jayz_the_black/
The Quietus | Features | Battle Of The Black Album: Jay-Z vs Metallica vs Prince
A new rock music and pop culture website. Editorial independent music website offering news, reviews, features, interviews, videos and pictures
http://thequietus.com/articles/19922-metallica-jay-z-prince-black-album
Ten Years On: Jay Z's 'The Black Album' | Features | Clash Magazine
10 years since its release in November 2003, Clash looks back at Jay Z's greatest LP, 'The Black Album', and sees how it's aged compared to the rapper's subsequent releases.
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/ten-years-on-jay-zs-the-black-album
Albums of the decade No 8: Jay-Z - The Black Album | Music | The Guardian
Luke Bainbridge: Few would disagree with Jay-Z's boast about being the 'best rapper alive' after hearing this gloriously epic album
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/24/jay-z-black-album
The Black Album (2003)
Jay-Z's 8th album, it was promoted as his finale, where he was supposed to fade in black, but 3 years later the Roc boy came back with Kingdom Come.
http://genius.com/albums/Jay-z/The-black-album
Lyrics of Jay-Z The Black Album complete album lyrics, songs, music, tracks, LPs, singles
http://jayzweb.yaia.com/lyricstheblackalbum.html
Jay Z: The Black Album Album Review | Pitchfork
For Shawn Carter, the last seven years have been ridiculous. In 1996, he came up from an impoverished childhood in New York's Marcy projects to record a debut that would eventually come to be considered one of hip-hop's landmark albums, and spent the succeeding six years dominating Billboard charts, filling the East Coast void left by Biggie's death, and building a hip-hop empire to rival Puffy's Bad Boy Entertainment.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4219-the-black-album/
The Black Album (Explicit) - YouTube
Listen to the full album on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQw3xggCuGQXFvjE1eAupUwnuwgzdd2Qq
The Black Album - Jay-Z | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
If The Black Album is Jay-Z's last, as he publicly stated it will be, it illustrates an artist going out in top form. For years Shawn Carter has been the best rapper and the most popular, a man who can strut the player lifestyle with one track and become the eloquent hip-hop everyman with the next, an artist for whom modesty is often a sin, and yet, one who still sounds sincere when he's discussing his humble origins or his recurring doubts.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-black-album-mw0000693993
The Black Album (Jay-Z album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 14, 2003, by Roc-A-Fella Records. It was advertised as his final album before retiring, which is also a recurring theme throughout the songs,[1] although Jay-Z resumed his recording career in 2006. For the album, Jay-Z wanted to enlist a different producer for each song, working with Kanye West, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Rick Rubin, and 9th Wonder, among others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Album_(Jay-Z_album)