Magna Carta... Holy Grail
Jay-Z’s first solo album since 2009’s The Blueprint 3, released initially on Samsung mobile devices, finds him working with marquee names including Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, and Nas.
Hova returns with a record that's inconsistencies can be forgiven thanks to the immaculate nature of its peaks.
It’s not that people hate the super-rich; it’s that they don’t like the isolation that being super-rich signifies.
Check out our album review of Artist's Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail on Rolling Stone.com.
Clash reviews 'Magna Carta... Holy Grail', the 12th studio album from American rapper Jay-Z
<p>Jay-Z's music is almost in danger of being overshadowed by the hoopla surrounding the album's release, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
Hoary and pompous, Magna Carta definitively signals the rapper’s shift toward creative insignificance.
Jay Z's new album is perfectly enjoyable but does nothing to ease the sense that his position as the "King of Rap" is in question, finds Helen Brown.