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Jul 9, 2013 · Jay asks about his first-born on “Jay-Z Blue.” “Now I’m staring at her praying that things don’t get ugly/ And I’m stuck in that old cycle/ Like wife leaves hubby/ Fuck joint custody ...
Holy Grail) [ 3 ] is the twelfth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was made available at first for free digital download for Samsung customers via the Jay-Z Magna Carta app on July 4, 2013. It was released for retail sale on July 8, 2013 by Roc Nation, Roc-A-Fella, and Universal Music Distribution, as well as the final release by Roc-A ...
Jul 8, 2013 · Image via Complex Original. Jay-Z 's latest album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, has the rapper delving into previously unexplored themes and lyrical territory, an impressive feat given the fact that ...
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Jul 4, 2013 · Richard Perry/The New York Times. At 43, Jay-Z has grown-up concerns, particularly parenthood; Blue Ivy Carter was born in January 2012, making “Magna Carta ... Holy Grail” Jay-Z’s first dad ...
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is the twelfth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, first released for free as a digital download for Samsung customers via the Jay-Z Magna Carta app on July 4, 2013. It was released for retail sale on July 8, 2013 by Roc Nation, Roc-A-Fella, and Universal Music Distribution, as well as the final release by Roc-A-Fella before the label was shuttered. The album features guest appearances by Justin Timberlake, Nas, Rick Ross, Frank Ocean and Beyoncé.
debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 528,000 copies in its first week, making it Jay-Z's 13th consecutive studio album to top the chart. On September 2, 2013, it was announced that the album was certified double platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of two million copies. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated in six categories, winning the award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Holy Grail" featuring Justin Timberlake.
Released in 2013, Magna Carta... Holy Grail finds Jay in the throes of middle-aged success: He’s a parent now (a life he details on “JAY Z Blue”), and has opened his portfolio to the worlds of art and high fashion (as evidenced on “Picasso Baby” and “Tom Ford”). At times, the spatter of makes and models on Magna Carta... Holy Grail is so dense, it sounds like he’s reading a barcode (“BBC”). But you also sense him riding the thrill of being a Black man in conventionally white spaces—not just the boardroom, but the auction house, the Hamptons.
And while this is an album that celebrates the lush life, Jay’s got too much soul to forget where he came from. The history that once stopped with Biggie and the Marcy Projects now leads back to slave ships (“Oceans”) and to the diamonds that once symbolized his wealth—but that now symbolize the African soil from which they were stolen (“Fuckwithmeyouknowigotit”).
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Holy Grail" (featuring Justin Timberlake)
5:38
2. "Picasso Baby"
4:05
3. "Tom Ford"
Jul 8, 2013 · Holy Grail offers a jumbled juxtaposition of the regal and divine—hear Jay-Z gasp, “You in the presence of a king/Scratch that, you in the presence of a god,” on “Crown.”. It’s one of ...
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Jul 4, 2013 · Jay-Z finds himself in a strange place artistically in 2013. The signs were there in 2007, when Jay reverted to coke rap on the excellent American Gangster. While doing so was a response to lukewarm reception to 2006’s comeback album Kingdom Come, Jay more reverted to the same territory on 2009’s The Blueprint 3 and 2011’s Watch the Throne.
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