@ 74 I feel u on the washed up Jay Z!!! Sit down retire!! And oh by the way you are not the greatest rapper ALIVE!!! U all cannot be mad that everyone is not a fan of Jay Z, that’s just the way it is!!!

Lol! I agree, Doom.

How in da hell can you take Jay-Z seriously with him talking about slinging crack and all that mess when he never said any of that mess on his last records???

The Clipse and Wu-Tang can do crack rap correct but Jay-Z cannot! Stick to what you do best Jay and that’s coming with lyrics straight from the street.

I know for a fact his love for Beyonce has got him so sprung that his rapping has gone from excellent to borderline Chingy mess………………

Lemme give y’all dumb Jay stans an example of Jay’s falling off:

Ahuh Ahuh (Yea Rihanna)
Ahuh Ahuh (Good girl gone bad)
Ahuh Ahuh (Take three… Action)
Ahuh Ahuh

No clouds in my storms
Let it rain
I hydroplane into fame (Eh eh)
Come’n down with the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone
We Rocafella (Eh eh)
She fly higher than weather
And she rocks it better
You know me
An anticipation for precipitation
stacks chips for the rainy day (Eh eh)
Jay, rain man is back with lil Ms. Sunshine
Rihanna where you at?

WHAT THE FUCK! WAS THAT HOT MESS OF A VERSE????????????????????????????????? Jay needs to sit his ass down while we can still reminisce about his presence in the 90s-2004

Now he’s a wannabe gangster? LMAO it’s a concept album about a gangster flick what do you want him to do?!? It’s not like he’s just putting out this music because he wants to keep a hard street image. He was inspired by the movie..

106andparkaintworthit, YOUR STATEMENTS CONTRIDICT THEMSELVES.

How in da hell can you take Jay-Z seriously with him talking about slinging crack and all that mess when he never said any of that mess on his last records??? EVIDENTLY YOU DIDN’T LISTEN TO HIS LAST ALBUM.

The Clipse and Wu-Tang can do crack rap correct but Jay-Z cannot! Stick to what you do best Jay and that’s coming with lyrics straight from the street.
COMING WITH LYRICS STARIGHT FROM THE STREETS, LAST I CHECKED CRACK WAS SOLD IN THE STREETS ALONG WITH ALL THE REST OF THE NARCOTICS.

NIC IS THAT YOU? COCO?

Cheryl……..85% of females (not myself) don’t know shit about hip-hop or rap.

That percentage includes you!

Please direct yourself to your Yung Berg, T.I. and Bow Wow albums, since I’m sure all you do is buy albums based on how the rapper looks instead of the lyrics that they have.

Yeah it’s me Cheryl lol.

Hmm so 85% of females don’t know shit about hip hop? Well I’m glad im here then cause all the artist you just named don’t even get play on my car radio.

That would put you in the 15% who don’t say “he could get it” when a subpar rapper like Bow Wow, T.I., Yung Berg or Chingy’s names come up.

T.I. being the superior of the names I mentioned but nowhere near Jay status….oh and let me repeat “American Gangster” is wack.

@brooklyntookit and kween215

You are so right. I agree with you to the tenth power.

82.

106andparkaintworthit
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Cheryl……..85% of females (not myself) don’t know shit about hip-hop or rap.

That percentage includes you!

Please direct yourself to your Yung Berg, T.I. and Bow Wow albums, since I’m sure all you do is buy albums based on how the rapper looks instead of the lyrics that they have.

HA HA HA THAT WAS SOME FUNNY SHIT ESPECIALLY SINCE I DON’T LIKE ANY OF THE ONES YOU JUST LISTED, I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO YOUNG BERG IS! I AM MORE OF A MJG & 8 BALL, UGK, ERIC B & RAKIM, JAY-Z KINDA GIRL! NICE TRY THOUGH! HELL I LIKE THE ROOTS, BOW WOW HA HA HA YOU MUST THINK I AM SOME TEENY BOOPER!

I see a lot of dumb people are talking out the anus. I just copped the bootlegg (SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY 145TH BOOTLEGGIES) and that shit is straight fiyah! Hov will get my support next week. It’s an incredible album that talks about the rise AND FALL of a drug lord. If you clueless yentas actually listened to the entire album you’d see that he gives you whole picture with no bullshitting. It’s not just another typical rap album glorifying violence and drugs. You people probably nevah went outside your white picket fences in the country.

Please stop hating on Jay-Z and other artist for that matter. This is one of the problems in the Black Community…we can’t support one another. The man was a kid from the projects, and now he is a successful millionaire! Why not support the Black man rather than talk crap? It’s funny how we dis and talk about our own people; yet you never hear this kind of negitivity from other races. They support their own…come yall we have to stop being stop hateful, and jealous of Our Own!

@55

ARE YOU SERIOUS…OKAY, NOW, IT’S OKAY TO BE A FAN OF JAYZ, BUT YOUR ASS IF FUCKIN DELIRIOUS….YOU SAY HE’S THE BEST TO EVER DO THIS?!!!!!! WHAT, NEGRO PLEASE, YOU BETTER STICK WITH THAT “BEST RAPPER ALIVE” BULLSHIT, CAUSE IF BIGGIE AND/OR PAC WAS HERE, JAYZ WOULD BE DUMPSTER DIVING IN YOUR GARBAGE CAN. CAUSE THERES NO WAY ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH, OR NO FAIRY TALE IN HEAVEN THAT JAYZ IS, OR EVER WILL BE EQUAL OR BETTER THAN PAC OR BIGGIE….NIGGA PLEASE!

preach #74 preach. jigga is wack. he is always bitten after other people shit. and all he talks about are drugs. give it up already. retire please

Bow Wow, T.I., Yung Berg and Chingy don’t meet the height or weight requirement to be able to get a damn thing.

Put this album against KC and tell me Jay didn’t come back harder! The critics even love it.

HAHA!! Look at that all Jay only get’s compared to legends!! You don’t see anyone else out right now constantly being put up against two of the greats. What does that tell you right there. And how are you gonna say if Big and Pac was around Jay would be trash. No one even knows what Big and Pac would be doing right now if they were still around.

This album is incredible, I’ve been listening to it non-stop for the past week. I vibe with “Say Hello”, “Fallin”, “American Dreamin” and “Success”. This album is lyricially and musically superior to “The Blueprint” (a classic in its own right). Jay has outdone himself, but he needed the motivation (AG the film) to drop gem after gem on this album. I can’t wait to see the film AG, & I’m sure that will allow me to appreciate AG the album even more.

COCO I AM OUT, I AM THROUGH WITH THIS! I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, SHAWN COREY “JAY-Z” CARTER. I HAVE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED MY COPY OF “AMERICAN GANGSTER” CD, FUCK WHO DON’T LIKE IT!

American Dream, No Hook, Fallen…the only hot tracks…The rest of it is hot GGGGGarbage’

I’m out too Cheryl all this hate hurts me to my soul lol. But i don’t care i will be at the store on Nov.6th to get my copy!

My favorite rapper of all time. His flow is soo damn smooth. I loved Kingdom Come by the way. It’s all the people checking for the lame dance track rap that couldn’t get the concept. I know i was pissed because i couldn’t get tickets to none of his shows they sold out completely in minutes. Jay gives a great concert, I’ve been to 4.

hey everyone is entitled to their opinions about what they like or dislike but it’s pathetic to posting on someone you so called hate more than once. it’s people on here like 4 or more times trying to internet bullies, How Lame. We love him and you don’t we get it now move on. Unless your getting paid to hate by the amount of post you put up there’s no point to keep coming back. It makes it seem as tho Camron wack ass on here trying to change people minds. Lol Go do something constructive.

i really hated on Jay-Z making another album because Kingdom Come was so shitty but this is a really really solid album. the album is better than the movie imo.

fantastic.

number 99 props the best comment in the entire post

106ANDPARKAIN’T WORTH IT

The next time you choose to “quote” an artist please get the lyrics right and not online. It’s apparent that Hov’s flow is above you which is the reason why you think his lyrics don’t make any sense. The correct verse says

No clouds in my STONES (referring to clear diamonds)
Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank
Coming down like the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella
WE fly higher than weather
IN G5’s OR BETTER,
You know me,
In anticipation, for precipitation stacked chips for the rainy day
Jay,
Rain Man is back
with little Ms. Sunshine
Rihanna where you at?

NIGGAS. I TELL YA.

I could care less if that person misquoted one word on that wack Umbrella song, his rhyme still sucked!

Where is the Wu-Tang Clan when you need them?????? Please revive hip-hop, because Jay-Z isn’t doing a dayum thang to save it.

JSCENE we can always count on you to Hate Jay-Z.

SHUT DA HELL UP! Jay-Z is wack as fuck (right now)!

Just because you like wack hip-hop, and you’re too dumb to tell the difference between good and bad lyrics does not mean other peoples opinions constitute “hating”

LOVE LOVE LOVE JIGGA.

Brookyntookit and 106andparkaintworthit are the same person.
That bitch just bipolar and don’t remember who the hell they are from time to time’
You can tell because they keep commenting for each other. Go take your meds or kill both your personalities. either one works for me.

Funny that you mention the WU because they do have an album coming out in about a month. It was supposed to come out on December 4th but Ghostface had an album dropping the same day so they changed it. Shows how much YOU know about hip hop. Oh and by the way Ghostface, Method Man, Raekwon have praised Jay-Z in the past. Not to mention other legends like Rakim, Slick Rick, Snoop, AND BIGGIE. NOW WHAT? The only way I will believe that you are from the BK is if you say that you’re from Park Slope or Williamsburg. You sound like a wannabe hipster cracka.

What? Uhh…no sweety your mistaken. I’m one person, I don’t know what in the hell you talking about.

Yeah this is what the Rap game has been missing. As a grown man myself i couldn’t agree more with who ever said A grown man has no business hating on Jay. I can’t listen to all this bubble gum crap out right now. Jay understands what we wanna hear as true rap fans of the Biggies, Pacs, Kanes, Rakim, Krs one, basically anybody in the 80’s era of hip hop. I am gonna get a album for home, and my car. this is what i missed in hip hop for so long atrue lyricist. Good looking out Jay.

something is really really wrong with you people this american gangster shit is pure fire if you are a true hip hop fan then you will appreciate where jay going with this album it’s a true lyricallly concept album no just corny hooks like these other bubble gum rappers TRUE HIP HOP IS BACK LISTEN TO WHAT IS BEING SAID IDIOTS

THANKS FOR GIVING THIS ALBUM A GOOD REVIEW.

GOOD MUSIC SLIPS THROUGH THE CRACKS WHEN IT’S REVIEWED BY THE WRONG PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND HIP HOP. IN THIS CASE, PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THE 80′S AND THAT THIS ALBUM’S TAILORED TO A MOVIE.

NIKKI #23 & #24: SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU BOO, BUT THAT RECORD YOU HEAR EVERY TIME THE PROMO’S PLAYED ON T.V., ETC. FOR AG IS JAY’S SONG “HEART OF THE CITY”. YES, IT’S A SAMPLE FROM A PAST RECORD, BUT THE VERSION THAT’S BEING USED IS JAY’S. OF COURSE, HE’S ON THE ALBUM. DENZEL WANTED JAY TO DO THE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACK, BUT BRIAN GRAZER DIDN’T THINK HE WAS INTERESTED AT THE TIME.

I KNEW THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER CLASSIC. NO NEED IN BEING TIRED OF THE PERSON WHO DELIVERS CONSISTENTLY.

@ harlem Mami I totally agree they ain’t from Brooklyn. not the real Brooklyn anyway. Like you said Park Slope or some other caucasion section. Real Brooklyn heads got love for Jay and they understand exactly where he coming from. I’m from Gates Ave and Cinton. Bedstuy repin’ for jigga!!!

FOR ALL OF US WHO ACTUALLY READ:..

Check out this link…. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20154209,00.html

Hate or not… HOV is back!

#113 OK I knew I wasn’t the only one. Even though I rep Harlem to the fullest I still got love for Jigga and other cool Brooklyn cats. I’d be embarrassed to have someone like this person representing NY period! All of NY got love for Jay!

*sighs*

Jay z go and sit down, this album is just so uneccessary.

@106andparkaintworthit, lol we meet again.

#101 Meka, thanks girl but it’s true you know. And since this is a Jay Z posts I’m gonna say he said it best with these lines, “WHAT YOU EAT DON’T MAKE ME SHIT.” AND ” SENSITIVE THUGS YALL ALL NEED HUGS!”
That’s all I got to say to them Haters because I actually have a life, unlike these internet bullies. LOL

No one on here from NY should EVER hate on JAY or MJB! What the hell??!!! These have got to be KIDS who have no idea what the ascension of hip hop should be..

There are plenty of rap artists who are great lyrically. Relevancy in the CURRENT music world is what counts! Sitting on past fame makes you out of touch, out of sync, and longing for the past… Let’s move forward and congratulate HOV on taking the premise of a great movie, and creating a wonderful narrative.

You can’t listen to only two or three songs on the album and form a complete, educated opinion.. It tells a story!! You wouldnt’ read a books first two chapters and assume that entire book is whack!?? Come on black folks–get the diddies off the site hatin on JIGGA!!!

GET THE FUCK OUT HATERS!!! WE DON”T WANT YOU HERE!! KEEP THAT BULLSHIT TO YOURSELVES!!!

AS A MATTER OF FACT

All the NYC residents who hate on HOV, move to MISSOURI or something and suck on Nelly’s ballz…

I understand that Jay Z is trying to make up for that wackass “Kingdom come” sh!t.
But, this is just more formulated bullsh!t…….I’m sorry…..what do you want me to do?

is it just me or did u hear bee’s voice on that first traxx?

by the way i like wat i hear!!…not so much of a rap fan!

@ 91

LMAO!!!!!!! “JAYZ WOULD BE DUMPSTER DIVING IN YOUR GARBAGE CAN”.

your hella funny!!

Its funny how everyone seemed to call T.I. dumb for the gun situation, but praising Jay Z for bragging about drugs AGAIN! I don’t get it!

Am I missing something Jay Z stans? Is it cool to be an American Gangster, until the Feds sweep down on you?
Jay Z doesn’t rep anything positive to me, all he does is brag about himself and how he fucks his BBBBBBitchBBBEyonce. He has done a great job in brainwashing common poor black folk who wants to live vicariously through him so bad! The rich is getting richer and the poor poorer people! Stop supporting this garbage with yall hard earned dollars.

This album sucks just like the last one. The fact that stans are pumping it up and tickets sold out in a millisecond (LOL impossible) doesn’t mean a thing…………they said all of that about garbage ass Kingdom Come

I’ll be damned if I spend 14 dollars on this shit…hell thats a bottle of vodka.

I’m sorry maybe it’s my age or something but I still say and ALWAYS will that RAKIM is the greatest rapper of all time.
I can sit and talk about being broke all the time does that make me great NO, so why is it someone raps about the same shit over and over is hailed the best I dont get it.

Jay needs to retire and stay there…..

AND THIS IS MY OPINION SO PLEASE DONT TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOUDLNT SAY
I LEFT MY MOMMA IN ASBURY PARK……

@124

Kudos

No you fuck faces,

I come from DO or DIE Bedstuy, don’t fucking forget. And no I’m not white, but what in the hell difference does that make? I know white dudes who could school any old head on classic hip hop.

Rakim and Nas are the BEST RAPPER ALIVES, I bet half the fuck faces who like Jay-Z haven’t even heard “Illmatic” or “Paid In Full”

And just because I’m from Bed-Stuy don’t mean I gotta kiss Jay-Z’s ass! Especially when he puts out shitty records like AG.

I wanted this CD to be a little better than what it was. The track with Wayne was insane!! Here is a mirror..

http://www.spymac.com/details/?2290046

Brooklyn is calling it how I see the album, the whole album is a little boring to me, from the beats to the lyrics, come on how repetitive can it get? I’ve heard most of the tracks and he should have reached out to Kayne, if your going for the 70’s feel bring in Ye to do at least one track, but since this isn’t the 70’s how is he suppose to take us back to the hustling days of that era when dude wasn’t even hustling in the 70’s? When I heard Blue Magic with P, I thought he was going to bring it back to the 80’s, then I heard most of the tracks and it feels like its the 70’s again, like I don’t get it. Is Jay trying to rap from Frank Lucas perspective? This shit is silly to me.

i swear some of ya’ll are the SAME people posting under different names trying to make it seem like others agree with your opinion. get it together!

you smack talk now but i’m pretty sure you’ll get your copy on nov. 6 also

peace out!

Gllahone
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Brooklyn is calling it how I see the album, the whole album is a little boring to me, from the beats to the lyrics, come on how repetitive can it get? I’ve heard most of the tracks and he should have reached out to Kayne, if your going for the 70’s feel bring in Ye to do at least one track, but since this isn’t the 70’s how is he suppose to take us back to the hustling days of that era when dude wasn’t even hustling in the 70’s? When I heard Blue Magic with P, I thought he was going to bring it back to the 80’s, then I heard most of the tracks and it feels like its the 70’s again, like I don’t get it. Is Jay trying to rap from Frank Lucas perspective? This shit is silly to me.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL ALBUM, HAVE YOU SEEN AMERICAN GANGSTER THE MOVIE, WHEN YOU SEE THE MOVIE AND HERE THE CD YOU WILL SEE THAT ! IN A SENSE YOU COULD SAY HE IS RAPPING FROM FRANK LUCAS PERSPECTIVE.

Jay-z once said in his lyrics that he “dumb down his lyrics and doubled his dollars; yet they criticized him for it; but they all yelled Holla”. This man, as does 50 cent, believes that the American public is too dumb to comprehend anything other than nursery rhymes and street talk. And looking from his vantage point, I would agree. I mean, Jay-z had to resort to rehashing Reasonable Doubt for fear of American Gangster not matriculating into dollars and street cred. This 40 year old man is rhyming about guns, dope, and bitches. Rap/Hiphop is for the youth made by the youth. Again, he is 40. He dissed MIMS for the same reasons he changed his whole lyrical style—Getting Money. I can only assume that he addressed music insiders about American Gangster the way he did out of fear of it not receiving good reviews. Please, music critics/bloggers/writers use your degrees! Don’t fall for his “Aura over Substance” crap! I know there aren’t many albums out right now for which Jay-z’s album could be compared to but damn; stop treating him like he’s George Bush before the war—An unquestionable leader. Give an honest review! Is he saying anything new, groundbreaking, or earth shattering? No! I must say, however, that he is very smart. Seizing the opportunity to hide behind a movie is genius. That way if it isn’t successful, as would be expected coming from him, he can claim it was inspired by the movie– it’s not his best. Remember, he started making this album prior to the movie. The movie may bolster album sales, but the underserved/uneducated followers of Jay-z will consider it a classic. Biggie said it best: “Treat your last album like your first”.

It’s sad that a person judges everything by the one thing he knows. Good-luck Jay-z!

I honestly love the music Jay-Z has created for ‘American Gangster’. I think my first impression of this material is that its better than my original reception of ‘Kingdom Come’. Keep it comin` JAY!

We in the house, house, house… I love that song!!

Jay Z looks like shit, and raps shitty imo, never liked him, the only people I know that really feel him are white guys, i hate him with a passion, some ppl say hes a legend.. MY ASS.

OH and title should’ve been
AMERICAN TURTLE. (cuz he looks like one)

currently I consider Lupe Fiasco, a real artist, or Mos Def, n Nas I guess.. the rest are crap, Jay is no different then 50.

Jay does it again, gotta love this man, for real. i just learned about this site from my best friend. I like this black people on the net. Anyway I will support Jay on this cd because I like what I’ve been hearing and i don’t usually buy rap albums.

Wow are you people serious with all the Jay Nay sayers. Jay is the only rapper that I actually buy the cd. My husbands buys others as well but Myself I only really like Jay. His flow. his style, his swagger and business ethics I have always admired. Damn Where’s the LOVE?

Jay Z: You Not Feelin’ Me, Fine
It Cost You Nothing
Pay Me No Mind. —- from the Take Over.

I LOVE YOU JAY. CAN’T WAIT TO PICK UP THE ALBUM WHEN I GO PICK UP MY WIC FROM WALMART…..LMAO

i still like jigga, but i hope that ain’t the album cover…that’s not a good shot of his head. it’s looking large and in charge!

let me get in this….one this track and the one with the b are the best ones i’ve heard so far…this track is fire by itself….
naked truth is a banging album sorry…trackswise, rapwise, kim really made that hardcore banging CD from a female’s perspective. if things was equal between male and female lil’ kim and lauryn back when she was still making music would be as revered as biggie and jay.
that’s my story and i’m sticking to it.
as for jigga, i liked kingdome come because i felt it was real for where he was in his life. i dug the shit, cause i’m in his age group and i got where he was. when all the young shit comes with a dance, someone who can rnyme about something is cool with me.
but for real tho…i dig that duffle bag boys joint…it ain’t bout nothing but the rhyme and the track and the hook is banging….

so hey we got some shit to choose from and argue about…that’s what hip-hop should be but for that real grimy nyc hip hop shit…i’m thinking ghost will be bringing that shit….

The conceptual album is an excuse to bring the gun/drug talk back out, I can’t respect it if he’s rapping from another man’s perspective, that’s lame. Its either you doing it for real or you not, don’t use the album as an excuse to bring the gangster shit back out. You Shawn Carter or Frank Lucas, this dude been out the street for years and I’m just not buying it. If its hip hop then we can get down, if it’s not hip hop oriented then its lame to me, I’ve heard it all before.

i listened to the whole cd today. and while it has a 1996 hiphop feeling to it. the content once again is lame. its just as boring as Kingdom Come.

the two best tracks are “ignorant shit” where beanie sigel out flowd jay as always and “success” where nas crushed jay.

the track with little wayne left me scratching my head. ever since mtv said llil wayne was the best when he never was. but the caliber of lyrics have totally fallen by the way side.

Amercian ganster once agian is Jay-Z riding on the coattails of someting(the movie) to bring relevance to his album. Like he’s always done but using other artist his whole career.

Jay should have stayed retired

i don’t give fuck what yall clowns on here say jay got bangers on this shit

no hook
say hello
pray
fallin
sucess
american gangster
american dreaming
part life
damn that’s half the album

oh & and for these slow females on here talking about all he talking about is drugs gun violence bitch try buying the album then talk cuz obviously you fools haven’t heard it yet

he talks about god,he talks about his dad leaving him and his siblings as children the reuniting then his dad dieng,he talks about his uncle who was murdered,he talks about what’s going on in hiphop,about lost friends,about the struggle in the coke game and so much more

the album is amazing and impressive but these children don’t know how to appreciate it all i know is i’m gonna watch him perform all the new songs on the vh1 special on the 8th of (hov)ember then i’mma cop this shit.and yes that is beyonce praying with him on the song pray

blah blah blah Jay needs attention like a lil baby girl

TREVALE KUDOS! I AM WITH YOU! YOU NAMED ALL MY FAVORITES. ONCE YOU SEE THE MOVIE AMERICAN GANGSTER, YOU WILL SEE WHAT INSPIRED WHAT TRACKS!

# 132

Very well sad.

Not feeling the Wayne joint. The one he has with Nas is bangin tho, which is not on here. But whatsup with these ads taking over my computer when I get on here?

Blue Magic and the first song on here are ok…not up to Jay’s caliber.
The song with Lil Wayne is fire…would jam that for a minute

Happy Halloween!