No seriously didn’t jay z say that he was retiring after that black album??…..he needs to just stop, hes ruined his legacy..

Barack the Vote!!!

I can’t wait to hear some tracks from all 3 of these artist. Hopefully I won’t be dissapointed.
~Sweets~

************WOOOO I love Jay I am excited Timbo the king. Luda looks hot

luv me sum Jay!

CHECK THIS OUT!!! KANO No Money In The Bank Freestyle. So funny!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MKOnhLqYA

Like Jay’s jacket, but I hope this album is better than American Gangster because that mess was awful. I always keep Reasonable Doubt in the car. It’s like the more he makes, I’m like, just stop, lol. I like BV, so I hope he does well.

NO JAY-Z, please, NO! Spare us!!!!

*************I am loving Jays’ jacket he looks fly in it and it is a nice color on
**************him. Ok I am done being a stan for now lol

BOBBY ALWAYS SOUNDS THE SAME WISH HIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.jay z is one of the best but he ruins the feeling u get when u listento the black album since he aint left the game

@ RECCY

LMAO!!!! i know…..thats what im saying mean saying ole boy should just relax and enjoy the fruits of his labour and enjoy married life with bey…

As much as i love Tim’s beats, let be real homeboy production skills is limit. Damn near every hip hop track he produce is one of the basic high energy track’s that sound great in the club and ur car, but nowhere else. He doesn’t produce tracks that someone could laid back and chill too or produce anything with a street.gutter sound. Like i said homeboy is talented but I’m not trying to hear that taxi cap/indian music for 60+ min.

I think Jay is trying to get them 1 million record sales in a week numbers.. Timbo as of late IMO has only had great success with YT record sales. I guess we’ll see how Keri does. I know a lotta folks on here seem to like her.

ludacris is always lookin fine.
n for jay z n timb lets see what ya bring to the table.i hope sumtin diffrent for once instead of always club banggers from timb beats.buh yea lets see

LOVE TIMBALAND AND THE GREAT MUSIC THAT HE MAKES.I CAN’T WAIT FOR JAY-Z’S NEW ALBUM NOW IF TIM JUMPING ON BOARD.NOW WITH BOBBY V,ALL I CAN SAY IS FINALLY AND IT’S ABOUT TIME HE MADE A MOVE.

Def Jam really do make me sick the always be talking crap about how there disappointed with some of their artists album sales but what the hell do they expect if they aren’t gonna promote it properly, Bobby V’s album was quite decent but they didn’t promote it properly and yet they expected it to sell millions..they only released like 1 song i think…., so what do they expect… i wish they would have released “Rearview” cuz that song was hawt!!

*************ThatGirlLinda I don’t think is true because a million in a week is great but &*************** it is how many cd you sell in the end. Weezy cd is still selling like c****************crazy but we will see the end results. Jay isn’t worried about amilli in ******************a week when he has done so many other things.

Jay Z is talented and Timbland is a great producer , so I will sit back and wait with excitement. I must admit I really wonder why he is dropping CD after CD. Maybe he has new goal to go platinum in week. He is a good business man. He really looks nice in pink and I am true advocate of men not wearing pink. Cameron KILLED that for me. With that being said Jay is wearing it well. Just dont over due it Jay.

Luda is a great artist and I am pretty sure he will come out with club bangger.

BV I wish you well. Was not impressed with the last CD. So, please bring it.

serious jay, u need to sit down baby because as far as I can recall, u retired 2 albums ago. just let it go man. i love me some luda so im excited to hear what he has in store. bobby v…so over him..still luv “slow down” tho

I don’t know about this Jay and Tim thing. I will have to wait and see b/c that American Gangsta or Kingdom Come didn’t do it for me - at all!

I’m just sayin he has rapped about his record sales before so I think he does care. I’m not a stan of any1 so how don’t know how records his last cd sold but I’m sure the people who like to quote record sales do.

He is quite a guy!!! He was said to have a personal account on an online service ******blackbbwmeet.com******* for successful and celebs singles with his hot pictures and blog there. Quite a few hot girls and ladies wrote to him. I’ve been there for days, it seems the girls are not hard to hook up with.

************you may have a point but I don’t he cares that much he has a passion
************for the music I am looking forward to his project tho I hope Timbo isn’t the
************only one he works with Kanye needs to do some tracks too.

Since when was Big pimpin a meaningful song? Of all songs to base an album on that isn’t one of them.

Jay is the best when he’s rapping about stuff that is meaningful and personal to him, this poppy international rubbish sounds a mess imo.

I’m expecting a great sound for the upcoming Jay-Z and Timbo collabo.
Hopefully Jay can retire from the game after that.
It’s time for some new cats to shine. It’s getting boring, rap needs a dude that is Pac like.

Huge Jay Z fan…HUGE, but I definately think he should have left when he said he was going to retire! im not saying he couldnt have been featured on other peoples song. IMO he is the greatest rapper and I think his legacy would be much stronger if he would have left with the black album.

can’t wait for jay-z and luda’s albums

I seriously cant wait for the JAY-Z album!!!!
SERIOUSLY

Lol, Capitol isn’t going to do anything for Bobby, look what happen to that guy Houston,and then there is Letoya and Faith Evans.I don’t think nobody’s interested in Bobby after his lil “versus” comment or was interested at all.Good for Luda for “cianara” that dude.

Luda and Jay, it be a nice day!

DAMN IN THE NEXT 2YEARS DEF JAM IS GONNA BE LIKE BAD BOY RECORDS no artist will be lasting 1 year and or they gonna be wack and there 4ever
DMX gone
LL the one who started it is gone
Mef gonna be gone
Redman where is he?
Jigga? He smelled teh fall and quit
Russ? hahaha no wonder he don`t promote the shit no more
who else is on? some wack ass Cute none talented babies
Rihanna yes i said it!!!
Ne-yo? gonna be gone soon even though he is aight

……I think I may be getting tired of Jay Z. He’s a living legend but please give me
……time to miss you! Dude just got off tour and now he’s working on yet another
……album. Take a breather Jay. The album will be hot though nonetheless lol.
……Bagpipes sounds interesting but knowing Timbo he will make it hot! Nothing will
……compare to the work he did w/ Aaliyah though. Nothing. Damn I miss her! Back
……to the topic lol.
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……I love Ludacris back in the day. I want him to come w/ the hunger he had on Back
……For the First Time, Chicken and Beer and Word of Mouf! He’s gotten kinda
……commercial and soft.

isn`t JIGGA a rich guy and 40 years old? I mean would you wanna be a rapper on Billboard at 40 and competing with Soulja Boy? c`mon jigga you got money and a very intellectual Business mind so just eat off other talents(which you can`t find -Kanye)

I stopped buying jay-z after Blueprint 2.whatever
he talks about crack and we know he don`t sell it and he talks about his riches and don`t tell niggas how to get them. am 19 and got it made b4 i even turn 21 BUT guess what? I teach lil and big niggaz how to make it(Not by tellin em how I make the jews get rich off ACE OF SPADES)

I HATE U SO MUCH RIGHT NOW(the black community and i`m not even FOX)

i`m not a BIG fan of JIGGA but damn you gotta be dumb to be a 40 year old rapper cos that only works of rockers well at least he is RICH unlike wu-tang which got 60 year olds

That is a tall order Timberland, but his ish is usually on point. J has grown up and I hope his music continues to reflect that, if its gonna be b’s and n’s all day you can keep that ish.

B.V, wasn’t he a one hit wonder. When do these people give up, good luck.

R Real tired of Jay-Z… let it go! Trying to impress white people, that’s all he wants!

I am on the fence about Jay I cant say that I will be one of the first to buy his album. I don’t buy rap music like that neway.

It’s funny how if he is indeed trying to impress the yt people because the today show got him confused with Joe Budden and people.com called Mr. beyonce so good luck with that.. The only rapper i see mainstream media talk about alot is Kanye.

LUDA!!!yes!

i know jay-z said he would retire but im excited about this one!

and i sent CL the new joe budden songs Who pt 1 & 2 and ya’ll havent posted them..why?!

I’m looking forward to all 3 of these albums!

I’m so sawwie cuz I am a Jay Z fan but…..why won’t he just retire already?

odang..talking about spilling da beans. Timbaland shut up already.. Jay seems to be a private person so he betta watch those loose lips b4 they sank his ship. LOL the ablum aint even dropped that when u reel’em in.

Anyway.. LUV Me SUm LUDA.

Jay has bored me for a while, but like a lot of Timbaland’s production so I’ll be looking for the album anyway.

Luda’s album sound like it will be interesting and orignal.

Bobby V. It’s whatever with him. I don’t really look at him the same anymore since he made those red bone comments.

Swizz said he working with Jay too last week.

I heard about the Today Show mishap it was funny.

I’m tired of JAYZ. How long does he plan to rap….until he’s 80 years old? There comes a time in everyone’s career, when you truly RETIRE and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

He’s trying to get this international flava out there like he trying to take over the world or someting…. but no matter what you try or how good your music is, there will always be a vast population of people who will not like it. You simply can not, nor will you ever, please everyone.

Legends like Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, Dug E Fresh, and etc. have retired when they were at the top of their game. JAYZ is being greedy and trying way too hard now. He has nothing more to prove. SIT DOWN!!!!!!

@ Nothing but love = co-sign 100% .

…….I really enjoyed the American Gangster CD. Jay lost me as a fan after the chaos that went down with the Roc and that he has too many character flaws as a person. Kingdom Come was some garbage but he did his thang on AG.

…….I do not like Timbaland. People always comment Kanye’s ego but no one mentions how arrogant Timbaland is. No matter what interview he is in, he’s talking about how he is the greatest, how no producer in the game can touch him, taking verbal shots at others, but no one points this out. I don’t like his steroid taking azz.

…….I’ve always loved my Luda. He is one of the most underrated rappers in the game. It is time for him to switch up his flow because come on now Luda, even 50 switches up his flow well so I know you would spit fire if you did.

…….I don’t think I know any other Bobby V song outside of Blackberry Molasses and Slow Down. Next!!

Jigga owes Def Jam one more album! He’s knocking it out asap,and then he’ll be free!

I want Jay to stop right about now. So basically he’s releasing a POP album. That’s basically what “international” is. When you try to go international as an R&B artist or a rapper you’re basically going pop. I guess.

He’s probably trying to outdo Lil Wayne’s first week sales. Which I doubt will happen, unless he pulles a big publicity stunt, which he’s notorious for.

Can we PLEASE stop with all of the hating?!?! Hip-Hop heads, I know you’re out there….so feel me on this one. Why is Hip Hop music the only genre that have these ignorant fans that are always crying “….sit down….he’s too old….?” NO other genre of music has such feeble minded fans. The man is making albums for TRUE Jay Z fans. Ice Cube does the same; he continues to make music for ICE CUBE fans. You find out who the TRUE fans are when they release albums that may not be CRITICALLY acclaimed, but reach the fans that appreciate the craft of true MC’s. Do U2 fans ever cry about Bono being too old? How about Elton John fans, or Aerosmith fans, for that matter? No….only black folks have that crab-in-the- barrell mentality that tries to limit the TRUE artists of the hip-hop genre. THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

***********Well said 49 I think the issue is that Jay said he was going to retire
***********that it was a wrap and he did but true fans like myself I knew he would
**********return. Tony Bennett, U2, Madonna, Prince even still rock stages
*********** around the world and like you said no one is saying they are to old. **************Even Rev. Run has returned to this stage. Imagine someone telling you
***************that you can’t do the job you love because your too old. I believe Jay
************* has true passion for what he does. Let me get off my stan box 4 2day

American Gangster “awful” What??! Are you on some kind of …. Nevermind, I
digress… and regardless to what scientific studies have concluded, opinions are going to out live the cockroach by 5 billion years! Whatever.. C-EST LA VIE… But and however, American Gangster is an incredible album!! From top to bottom.. period! American Gangster “awful” :laughing: The F outta here!

Yo for real… and I say this with the most sincerity, I AM TRUELY AFRAID OF THE FUTURE!.. Based on comments like that and the release of the majority of the music over this last 5 yrs or so, It’s a WRAP!!

:PSA: To everyone who truely appreciates and values good music, while you still have a chance, burn a cd better yet, find a way to make a cassette tape to remind you of when music was good, of your favorite artists past to present with an emphasis on ‘past’. Snatch up as many Marvin, Luther, Whitney, Sade, Stevie, Prince, Coltrane, Aaliyah, Maroon 5, A Keys, Jay, Biggie, and a select few other albums as you can. Pack the basic necessities for survival, look down, jump in a car, plane, boat, or whatever that can get you the heck outta dodge and don’t look back! CUZ IT’S A WRAP!!

*****You people must have forgotten that Jay-Z inked a $150 million deal w/Live ******Nation earlier this year. He owe’s them 3 more Albums so please stop saying ******retired, because you will at least see/hear from him for 3 more years. Also, I ******don’t know what you’ll talking bout American Gangsta was garbage…I guess ******you can tell this is the watered down Rap blog. Real rap heads love the album! *
******But as always…if you not feeling him fine…cost you nothing…pay him no mind!

I guess that Jay z and Timbo finally settled this thing they had going. It probably took Timbo to recognize Jay has one of the best rapper ever and Jay to acknowledge that Timbo is the one of the best producer ever. Only Timbo has THAT sound. That man is a genius. Static Major could have done great things too (Rip), Lollipop
has “interresting” lyrics but the “riddim” is hitting the target.

Call me crazy but i’ve never liked Jay Z & prolly neva will, i don’t particularly care much for his music either. Ludacris has been dry for the last few yrs so i hope he comes hard this time. & i love Bobby V, so good luck 2 him.

“No seriously didn’t jay z say that he was retiring after that black album??…..he needs to just stop, hes ruined his legacy..” Co-sign! So what’s one more album down the drain?!

I just wish Concrete Loop would have given credit to http://getwhitit.blogspot.com and http://www.stayondeck.com for their information on Bobby V.

Also for those who don’t know and who care (i know many of you all dont, LOL) , he’ll also have his own label. Blu Kolla Dreams

you all need to quite hating on jay who cares how old he is! he is an icon and will be bringing the fire with timbo producing. maybe we need him to show us where hip hop is cause its lost right now, no one knows where to go with hip hop. example being every artist has a song out right now that is filled will voice synths everyone sounds like tpain right now.

The only people that could dare think that JAYZ is an icon for rap music has to be about 20 years old and under. You probably were no where around to hear real geniuses like Tupac, Biggie, Curtis Blow, Run DMC, Tribe Called Quest, etc. and just about all the cats in the late 70’s and 80’s that pioneered rap music.

I give JayZ his props, but legendary, in my opinion HARDLY. The other rap geniues have either left the game to do bigger things, or are no longer with us. JayZ is in your face so all you can see is him. Don’t get it twisted, he’s a product, not a prodigy.

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Man I cant wait for this Jay album I just wanna see where Tim takes it musically this time.

Patiently waiting for Luda to drop his 6th!!

Here we go with the obligatory Jay Z needs to retire sh!t. If John McCain can run for President at damn near 80 years old, Jay Z can rap until his teeth fall out.

Don’t like the music– don’t buy or support it, it’s really that simple.

I LOVE BOBBY V
CANT WAIT UNTIL YOUR ALBUM DROPS

For all the people saying Jay needs to sit down or why is he making album after album…he’s trying to get out of his contract with Def Jam so he can focus on his Live Nation deal. He has one more album to do with Def Jam and that’s why he keeps making all these albums back to back. He ain’t not fool. That man’s about his money! And who gives 2 shits about his age if he’s making better music than niggas half his age? Tina, Aretha, Patti, Prince, Anita…all of them are still touring/making albums and no one seems to care about that when they’re all over 60! REAL MUSIC HAS NO AGE LIMIT!

Can’t wait for Jay’s or Luda’s album

Bobby V is the one ya’ll should tell to sit down, IMO.

JAY IS EASILY STILL THE BEST RAPPER IN THE GAME. He still spittin’ on any subject better than all these rappers out - they admit it themselves. Jay should never leave rap alone because there aren’t like him out. Nas spits knowledge - my many, whereas Jay combines knowledge with poetry, party and lifestyle. He’s a beast on the mic. I think he has 1 more album after this that’s due on Def Jam - I’ll be glad when he finishes with them.

Also, people kill that retirement talk. This is the only genre and race of music that calls for their people to retire. Beastie Boys are 50 and still rapping and their fans would never call for them to retire. Nor would rock or metalists fans and they’re old as dirt.

Appreciate good music as long as the artist can give it. We’d be stuck with all those 1 hit wonders or country whack rappers if it weren’t for the heads like Nas and Jay holding down rap for real.

number 1 and whoever — as he said “cant leave rap alone the game needs me” with all of these WACK Rappers out now, jayz is almost like …needed ..seriously // if he didnt retire we wouldnt hear great songs like “lost ones”, “hello brooklyn”, “roc boys”, and more

!!!

i have never like mr z..i have had the blueprint and that i was ordering from one of those cd clubs and there wasn’t much else to choose from… if timbaland wants to make a crappy album wit mr z, i guess more power to them…hes best work was with Aaliayah, Ginuwine and Missy’s early stuff. …The rest is straight garbage…and i wouldn’t want anybody make my music more “worldly”…he aparently dosen’t read the bible!!!

@ #49, 50, 62, 65, and a few others. `
. It’s reassuring to know some people get it! Thank you .. cuz so many don’t.

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@ # 58 ummmm…no. Speak for yourself alone because there are PLEANTY of people 20 plus yrs old, that feel that Jay is and icon and or one of the best.. And most of those people who feel that way about Jay, have similar feelings about other great rappers and emcees like Run DMC, Biggie, Pac, Tribe, and many other great rappers and emcees. Just because YOU (What’sGoingOn) just so happen to be over 20 and YOU feel differently about Jay, doesn’t mean the majority of the people in the 20 plus age group hold your point of view. Usually it’s the younger people saying things like that. Anyway…

That’s the problem right there. AGE and a host of other frivolous superficial entities. People make age such an issue, when age should be the last issue of importance when it comes to music. As a matter of fact, age shouldn’t enter the equation AT ALL when it comes to music. However, labels are constantly pushing music towards certain age demographics, for various reasons, most having nothing to do with the music itself, just a bunch of superfical b.s. Music is music! It has no predjudices! It doesn’t discriminate against age, race, appearance, or any other superfical iteams.

Society tries to place music in a box by bringing superfical stipulations into music such as: age, appearance/beauty, race, and etc. When that happens, thats when music suffers.. and right now in 2008 music sure as hell is suffering! Thank God that when Micheal Jackson was 6 years old, he shared his gift. Thank God that when he
and his brothers were 10 yrs old & etc.., someone over at Motown appreciated their music and believed in them enough to allow them to make music regardless of their age. Thank God that in 1969 the general public was more intereted in their music, than interested in their age and skin color. If left up to closed minded people like we have now days running around yelling, this one’s too old, that one’s to young, there never would’ve been a Jackson 5!

I believe in allowing music to speak for itself. The only way that can happen is if artists are unhibited by superfical b.s. such as age, physical apperance, etc, and are allowed to create the music that they want to create, when, where, and how they want to create it. However, record companies don’t allow artists to create freely… But I’m not going there because the record label subject alone is another 50 pages. The point is, and it’s not limited to the subject of music, society as a whole, has to get over all of these prejudices if we ever want to see a thriving..productive world.

I don’t care what you do, how old your are, or what you look like, all I care is that you do what makes you happy without bringing harm to others. If Jay and any other artists wants to make music until they die, let them! Who is anyone, to say they shouldn’t! The beauty of a democracy is, if you don’t care for a certain kind of music, you don’t have to listen to it. There are MANY artists who’s music I don’t care for and a few of them are the “most popular” artists out right now. I share my opinion about their music from time to time. However, you’ll never hear me knock them because of their age or any other superfical reason. You’ll also never hear me say an artist
should quit their career.. because no what I feel about them, they have the right to make music no matter what I or anyone else feels.

Live and let live! Peace.

Correction: No matter what I feel..

Everyone needs to let go of Jay’s “retirement.” It was five years ago already, he’s back, it’s old news. Let the man do his thing, he’s still by far the best lyrically, though his flow has certainly deteriorated (but that’s the case for everyone).

Yes, there’s no doubt he’s past his prime which ended with The Black Album, but I really liked Kingdom Come, and American Gangster wasn’t too bad. He’s still the ONLY rapper I get excited about these days, even if he’s not as hot as he once was. Let him do his thing. I can’t imagine a Timbo and Jigga collab turning out to be bad.

To #58…

You obviously haven’t listened to very much Jay. I’m sure you’ve only really heard his huge hits, which are typically shallow bangers. I’ve been around a long time too, I loved Pac (who didn’t?), he touched so many people, but nobody dead or alive can touch Jay lyrically. Look deeper into Jay’s albums. Listen to the songs you’ve never heard of before. If you still can’t see his genius it’s either over your head or you just don’t want to see it.

As far as him not being legendary? That’s just ignorant. He’s the biggest hip-hop trend setter of all time. That alone makes him legendary, regardless of his music quality.

Yeah, we all miss/praise Pac and Biggie, but I don’t think either of them could have carried on as Jay has. If anyone had a shot, it was probably Big L. He was a serious monster lyrically, I think he just lacked image or something. it’s a shame we couldn’t hear more from him.

RIP to the greats, and let Jigga keep doing his thing. He’s been the best out since ‘96. I’m pretty pumped about Em’s return too, but I donno if he’ll be able to bring it like he used to.

MAN FUK ERYONE ON DIS LIST DATS HATIN ON JAY!!!! especially da first madafuka on dis list and n dat bitch byladyssolady!!!! fuk all yal!!!! jigga !!

n o yea shot out to matt da dude b4 me!! now u kno hip hop not like all dis oda dumasses! good lookin out boy

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recently. Some of his fans found him on B l a c k W h i t e C o n n e c t DOTC o m . he has

a personal account there with his pictures, blog and something about his albums

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i’m excited to hear what jay’s coming out with. he’s a dynasty that just doesn’t care what anybody thinks which makes him so sick, even still. he knows hes not coming out with a new reasonable doubt and hes not trying to, hes just doing what he wants, chillen on the mic…good for you jay, do you

I just realized the date on this article..cause the Theater of the mind album is out and its GOOD!!!!!!!