#Jay z ignorant shit original movie

The Pharrell-produced single 'Blue Magic' is perhaps too of the moment, but its sparse beat jabs and synth stabs force a cameo. As if to prove how strong the concept is it muscles aside two of the toughest tracks, which are made to sit at the back of the class as 'extras'.

His collaboratorsвЂ™ re-invention of funk-soul and Jay Z's charismatic rapping make ideal bed fellows. It's all rapped up with 'Fallin'', and the curtain comes down with regrets: 'But Ni**as never learn till they end up in the news clip, the irony of selling drugs is sort of like you using it'.Дoes it stand up? Definitely. The other towering number 'Success', is slow, driven by heavy drums and organ loops, and so good Nas signed up on second fiddle. The pump and swagger of the horns provides the perfect playground for JayвЂ™s flow: 'вЂ¦Pink RosГ©, think OJ, I get away with murder, when I sing ye', heroin got less steps than Britney, that means it ain't stepped on, dig me'. The pared back, moody 'No Hook' prepares the ground for another Diddy production, 'Roc Boys', one of the strongest tracks on show. The latter's clever wordplay on a heroin theme is at odds with its irksome production. It goes from strength to strength from there on in, with the odd exceptions 'Ignorant S**t!' and 'I Know'. They set the scene of the aspiring hustler but it doesnвЂ™t really get interesting until seriously sexy 'Hello Brooklyn' in which he and super-smooth Lil' Wayne make love to a whole district of New York.

It starts a bit predictably with the tensely strung, P Diddy-produced, 'Pray' and 'American Dream'. Underpinning it all is the narrative arc of the gangster вЂ“ dreams, hustle, success, and a sense of 'what does it all mean?' For prime examples of how it all sits together check the laid back groove of 'Party Life' or 'Say Hello' wallowing in strings and female vocals. Think Shaft slowed down to a strut with Jay ZвЂ™s trademark juddering flow laid over. So what do we get? Stax of horns, fat, slow grooves, falsetto backdrops, guitar wah, and a whole heap o' strings.

And he has a point to prove his last venture back from retirement Kingdom Come received a lukewarm response, at best. The concept is a 21st century blaxploitation soundtrack, and having THE Super Ego of hip hop mastermind an updating of that classic period, and embellish it with autobiographical detail, is a pretty damn mouth-watering prospect.

#Jay z ignorant shit original movie

No mere album, this is a 'conceptual body of genius work' inspired by the upcoming movie 'American Gangster'.