REVIEW: JAY - Z - MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL
| 1. | HOLY GRAIL (featuring Justin Timberlake) prod by: Timbaland jt starts of with an almost unrecognizable singing here, over a piano. jay doing what he does best, rhyming off the top of his head. he is the goat. just an intro track here. a nice full track when jt sings the hook further, one can see why why jt is so soulful. the dreams name is written all over the hook though, sounds like something he would write. | ||
| 2. | PICASSO BABY prod by: Timbaland timbo whips this track. whip it just like he can, one can hear he is a track whipper! he a known track whipper! he makes tracks with whip aPpeal, jay feels right at home here. drums sound a bit like they could be live and not programmed or just sampled live drums. | ||
| 3. | TOM FORD prod by: Timbaland a futuristic bare bones jolt on your ears is TOM FORD. orgasmic at times which gives you that similar feeling when richard gere put a gerbil up his anus. yes its that good. jay completes the track with his witty lineS as per usual. songs like this make you wanna play with your private parts. | ||
| 4 | FUCKWITHMEYOUKNOWIGOTIT (featuring Rick Ross) prod by: boi 1da/Timbaland/Vinylz ross rips this track, as only he can he starts off boasting even mentioning reeboks. jay just, just keeps up with ricky, this is one of those classic ross/jay combos. boi 1da has these cool background sounds on his track which is ILL! | ||
| 5. | OCEANS (featuring Frank Ocean) prod by: pharrell williams/timbaland A RIP ROARING BOUNCING TRACK RIGHT HERE! FRANK OCEAN STARTS OFF THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JAY SETS THE PACE. " ONLY CHRISTOPHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE IS WALLACE!" PERCUSSION IS REALY REAL ON HERE AND FITS LIKE A GLOVE. frank ocean only can deliver on a track like this. his voice is bi-vocal. YES FRANK OCEAN ON OCEANS. | ||
| 6. | "F.U.T.W." prod by: timbaland "dont be good my man be great" another gem from hov, a roving rumbling booming bass-line by timbaland. jay here displays why he is deemed by many as the goat. you pick up that this beat was made for hove to spit over like just he can do. | ||
| 7. | SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA prod by: hit boy/mike dean a change up for producer hit boy , not trademark but gotta love the paino sample he used by johnny guitar watson. laidback yellow lambo in the driveway. | ||
| 8. | CROWN prod by: wondagurl/mike dean this one comes at you like mike tyson blow to the nose. hard and suddenly. this track alone will give you nose bleeds. | ||
| 9. | HEAVEN prod by: timbaland when you hear this track you wont believe timbaland produced it. is amazing. second time jay mentions a yellow lambo. whats up with that? its got that heavy new york thump to it. the chnge up towards the end is amazing. | ||
| 10. | VERSUS prod by: swizz beats the first of two less than a minute tracks. swizz slams this ditty, which interpolates sucka nigga by a tribe called quest. this is more like an interlude. | ||
| 11. | "PART II (ON THE RUN) (featuring Beyoncé) prod by: Timbaland album filler? some say this is bonnie and clyde part two. | ||
| 12. | BEACH IS BETTER prod by: mike will made it trap beat king mike will whipped up this 52 second track which is really disappointing as the track is dope but we only get to hear so little of it. | ||
| 13. | BBC (featuring Nas, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell and Timbaland) prod by: Pharrell Williams NAS MAKES AN APPEARANCE ON THE FIRST VERSE, HE DOESN'T DISAPPOINT, A POSSE CUT OF SORTS, YES YES IT SOUNDS LIKE BLURRED LINES . YOU WILL PICK IT UP IMMEDIATELY. | ||
| 14. | JAY-Z BLUE (DADDY DEAREST) prod by: timbaland the more you listen to this album you realize how much timbaland has grown as a producer. some great sounds coming from him and also on this track. an ode to his daughter blue ivy, also sampling vocals of the greatest rapper to ever live. | ||
| 15. | LA FAMILIA prod by: Timbaland closing the album down jay flips on some topics that is well known to all. a closing down track | ||
| 16. | NICKELS AND DIMES prod by: kyambo "hip-hop" joshua/mike dean ending off finally jays a&r in charge at roc-a-fella concocts this one here. its the album kanye should have made. |
SONIC BOOM: 4/5
DELIVERY:5/5
- remember its all about the beat!
- remember its all about the beat!