Jay-Z - Kingdom Come

Good job by the reviewer.

I like trouble, 30 something that's really it

Just like with anything hov drops you got to let it grow on you. I can see why some dont like it dont feel that it lived up to its hype but actually it is not a bad album at all. I like it. Some songs lost me but for the most part i was diggin it. Havent dowloded it yet but someone let me hear it and to me its well worth my dough. But let the hating begin. You know its going to be alot of "he's old", "he's wack" blah blah blah....but truthfully he will probably and already has eaten your best rapper alive and he just did it again to jim jones. Regardless you know money still going platinum.....e.n.y....we still in this peice..

Wack wack borin jayz

Hov is a black ass motherf*cker. A delinquent flop type rapper. Yo yo yo hov... Where the f*ck are my slippers you black piece of sh*t. Someone call 911, i think this dude is dealing dope and his finished. Damn son, hov... What the f*ck happened? my ma can rap way better than you and she hardly speaks english you dumb f*ck. F*ck hovito. John elliot is king. And john elliot is here to stay.

Hahaha. Thats funny as hell john e. I'm sorry guys... I think i have to give props to him for that one. Even if i am pissed at the insults and sh*t, this dude just pulled a funny.

I have listen to the cd it's nice. I think people are hooked on dope, head bagging beats. Jay does a nice job on the cd. I think his choice of beats is throwing people off. If you listen. He does his thing.

Aint nobody give john elliot props. Well i didnt anyway. Get off that sh*t money. You always seem to come in and F*ck up a discussion. Punk P*ss*.....no use in talking to you just wanted to set the record straight. The name is all caps money. If you gone do it get it right.

I like the album its a settled in reserve jay-z. I knew the 80's babies wouldnt like it. They want that aggressive 22-2's jay. The tracks are good on most the songs. If anything is lacking its the rehashing of the same lyrical content and subject matter. Well see how that translates to sales.---fight---for---us---!!

I think it's a quality album, overall. I honestly don't think any album he or anyone else could've made could live up to the hype preceeding it. It's not his best work, but it's not trash either and his lyrics still hit when they have to. I give it a b-. Now if you want to talk about coming up short, talk about the extremely subpar dis he just shot off at jim jones. I hope he's luring him into something because if not, then hov really has fallen off.

Man this review has no credibility...how can you leave out do you wanna ride ft john legend...that is by far a better song than beach chair.....do you wanna ride is a classic hood story...

Ok, i haven't heard none of the song except for the couple that leaked, but i didn't want to ruin the experience of giving jay a reasonable chance to hear the complete project, before i jumped into conclusions, but i mean, the world right now, wants jay to fail, the industry has set exspectations on his returning album, that i'm sure he will meet, but the world (haters) jus wants to see the man lose, since he's been pretty much winning since 96', but that's the way of our society, (craps in a barrell theory) but i'm sure jay's album will be a nice jay-z album, nothing less, nothing more, we all know it's going to sell, it's jay-z, the mans a brand name, so the numbers wont be the problem, so the question i ask the world is what did u exspect from jay? another reasonable doubt? give the man his props for even attempting to come back with the odds against him, jay do ya thing, don't never change, and F*ck the hater, that's my 2cents, peace gahee baddmouf records ceo

All of you simple minded leanin and rockin non gun bustin idiots who label anything whack that they can't understand. What where you looking for some records about blood diamonds and killing your own people or maybe you want to dance at your dead end job mcdonalds or what have you go read a book and maybe you will get this record or maybe you just cant comprehend words with more than 2 syllaballs get it together or stay on your planation and make minority reports coons

Much respect to the true hip-hop “listeners”. Jay-z has put out classics since the mid 90’s. If anybody steps out of the commercial genre of “money, cars and hoes” they get now press (exception out-kast); and jay pitched all three of these categories like cy young. Props to jay for coming back cause the kat definitely doesn’t lack for paper (but maybe needs the push for his ceo title). Rap is in a state of flux: the south provides hooks w/no lyrical content; the north is battle happy looking for the next jay z, nas or big; the west cost is trying to clean out any east cost influence music and mid e/w is making a push for the top spot. I’m a cop the album when it drops because this will be one of three burners i will buy this year; the others being nas and the clipse. It’s not that jay has dropped off, its just that know one has stepped up.

Far as im concern bout this F*ck ever muthaF*cka whose hatin on this man i preciate hip hop( real artists)i agree wit talented 10 bout how region in hip hop r at at this moment and ppl just dont get it the major label whose deciding on what 2 come out unless ur legend n u have ur money 2 make an nationwide album so ppl do ur homework n study b4 u down dudes on this man caliber very few fightin 4 us n his one of them

Hahaha... Chinks...

The game told him not to drop his out of retierment album a week after his and plus snoops albums fire!!!! but it will still sell:(

Jay-z is overrated

Its growth people... If you can feel that you cant feel music. He takn sh*t to different levels, experimenting with different things. Lyrically he kills it if you listen....that the key. You not analyzing nothing you just quick to make a judgement because you already in hate mode. He doing big things...just respect it.

Does this reviewer have the real album or just the leaked version? because there is supposed to be three more songs on it, remakes from reasonable doubt, and nas is supposed to be on it. So maybe he doesn't have the real thing...as far as the review goes, it sucked. No this album is not a classic, but it is dope.. Intro is insane, "oh my god" is a banger, "kingdom come" is one of the best songs of the year, "show me" is a great single, "lost one" is insane, "do you wanna ride" is one of the top 3 songs on album, "30 something" is great for the 30 year olds and it's fly as sh*t, "i made it" is a great mama song, "anything" is weak, "hollywood" is cool for the ladies but he doesn't say much, "trouble" is an ill ass banger, "dig a hole" is nice but could've been a lot better, "minority report" is classic, and finally "beach chair" is one of hov's craziest songs! that's a review children... Good album, not his best but still nuts, people expect this album to change their lives and it won't. Just enjoy the music... "good lord!!!"

I don't think the cd is a classic but it certainly is one of those cd's that will grow on you its a good listen from beginning to end he is so introspective on the cd its like alot of inner thoughts you would rather not share deep like...i think he simply always raps about where he is at in life and caters only to the circles he is currently moving in...does that make him a sell out if he don't holler at the hood? jus being from there is representing he ain't gotta holler hollygrove every five seconds like weezy...(weezy is fire though bap bap!!!)

Yeah talented 10 got it to a t about the regions midwest is pushing for top spot...cats always think it's the old heads pushing the top look at lupe siagon and papoose they the future along with undiscovered diamonds in the midwest i.e. Cris r.o.c

F*ck john elliot!!! hov is back!!!

Don't get his album

Jay-z is ok i think he is overraded

This cd is genius

Listen to the lyrics people. Don't be simple minded like most of the hip-hop people who only want to dance and not think about life. Compared to these other albums out here, he is still on top. This is called growth, if you didn't know. The rap industry is the only industry that hates on this, think about it!

Just listened to beach chair this song along with lost ones , kingdom come and 30 something show how good this album is, sum people hate without thinkn. T

I feel this album is truly a banger!!! the intro alone is better than all of jim jones album. I'm a different kind of guy so the cut with usher and beyonce were pretty good to me. All in all i think this is one of jays best albums the beats are probably better than any album except blueprint and black album. The sh*t set put themselves in a hole!!!

Jayzs first singel is suck but the album that we expect is ganna be wack

I'ma cop this album

I call this "lupe syndrome" or "jeezy addiction". The world is just stuck on stupid with head-bangers these days that they lose sight of a slower more noticable approach.(we cant stop it...we can only suppress it). Jay wasn't really supposed to make a classic, he was just supposed to come back. Be satisfied you young-a** wipper snappers

Geo....before you start preaching how whack someone is, you might want to check your spelling. You how old? now thats whack, you going to hate on this man and you cant even spell, thats a true form of hate...lol

Man what type of dope ya n*ggaz and b*tche$ is smokin???? hovito is to advanced lyrically for most listeners. This album will be a classic. You grow to the artist the artist dont grow to you. Open your ears dumb muthaf**ku$

I agree with you krimeboss. Most folks will grow to appreciate jay-z's growth. And this album will be a classic. Hov went a different direction and folks got crossed up. Most lyrical mcs' albums get slept on if the production ain't bass heavy or singsongy. Jay-z is one of the few mcs(ll being another) who can grow through the music, maintain relevancy, and bring the listeners along for the ride. "hip-hop needs to wake-up!" for real.

Jay is the best rapper of all time ... Heres the list top 10......#1 hov #2 big #3 nas #4 eminem #5 pun #6 pac #7 ll #8 snopp #9 busta #10 meth this album is good but not great. Even jordan had off nights. Hes not only king of ny but of hip hop!!

I love the album and i'm glad to hear something different. Everybody got keys, everybody got bodies or everybody dancing nowadays. Not knocking it - i like some of it - it's just too much of it. I'm cop'n the real one on tuesday!

I love this album. Everybody wanted this to be somethin else. The beats are great, some are different like "beach chair". Thats probably why ppls have mixed opinions and are quick to say the cd is whack. The lyrics run deep, if u pay attention u realize it. Real hip.hop listeners will love it.

I use to b a big jay fan..but after i heard the mix tape that was put out a few years bak of him biting so many other rappers lines i lost respect for him..then the whole nas shyt blew my mind..the sh*t was a big contradiction..it made him look like a tip becuz nas ate him on ether..then u goin sign tha n*gga?? i mean lets b honest and not hide behind blind pride..jay-z has become annoying and his lyrics have become nothing but promotion about how rich he is..and how he loves sukin his own tip..he jumps on traks wit beyonce and consistently goes off topic on what the song is about (crazy in love) (deja vu)..this new album is suppose to b new yorks comebak?? i live in ny and this shyt to me is a disgrace..jay is washed up..his beats are washed up..and this album is gonna do record low numbers for jay unless he buys bak all the copies himself...(which he prolly will do)..save ur money..theres some really good albums comin out in december..

Never in my life did i think i would get to the point where i would see the game change, i never thought that i would see the day when young people would divide themselves in hip hop, first it was the big time east/west division and now the new listeners in hip hop like something totally different then what i am accustomed to hearing, the sad part is what will people like us that are really doing big things and moving listen to. It's like these younginz dont know what is out there they are lost, and are about to crash into a brick wall hard as hell. I think that crash in the wall will bring them to the crossroads, and it will be up to them to let hip hop die or ressurect it!! america in itself is doomed to fall because of the media market and the media has killed the next generation by portraying a false image and by giving them a false image, they believe what is not real, therefore run blind in the the streets, pretty much phuck it!! i feel like leave these younginz on there own and let them catch up, we as the older generation need to just do us and let them follow off of our lead we are placing to much concentration on us because they only hear what they want to hear.

I agree with the strong songs u mention but your final analysis is so off. The guy hasn't sounded this hungry since vol. 3, trust. The song structure and hooks not this solid or consistent since blueprint 1. Hate to sound cliche but if you don't feel his perspective on joints like "ride with me" and "hollywood" then...you just don't. The music is advanced and tight enough so it is what it is. I think this is one of jay-z's better efforts.

Yea um... Release your album already!

Dj rhapsody, clarify your "lupe syndrome" comment... That way i don't respond to it w/o knowing what your actual intent was

Dj rhapsody, clarify your "lupe syndrome" comment... That way i don't respond to it w/o knowing what your actual intent was

I meant that everybody was bagging on lupe's album because it didn't have the crazy bass or blatent drug refrences that others had (like young jeezy) not saying that tha snowman had a bad album. It's just that the people today are hypnotized. The same thing happened with pharrell's album. It was great...i should have reworded the "lupe" thing. More like "lupe rejection"

Rhapsody, glad you said that.... Cause lupe to me is like a breath of fresh air. I think the game needs more lupe's, little brothers, and talib's to offset this down syndrome state that hip hop is in right now.

Yo don't care 4 the album, but the reviewer must have been high on meths if they gonna say city is mine was a wack track, that is classic, thats when dude started proclaimin himself as the 1!pitty nas beat him to da punch!esco

Jay's album is boring.

Hes still got it

This cd is iight....i like da songs trouble, 30 something and dig a hole. I expected him to have sum harder beats tho. All the dr. Dre beats are sick and i also thought jay-z was going to come at cam'ron a little more....but this cd is iight

"30's the new 20 n*gga i'm so hot ...still." for yall cats out there thats hating....you entitled to your own opinions. This album is very good. Every time you listen you get something new from the endless crafty lyrical metaphors being spit. Music nowadays is so mind numbing, you might as well go to one of those techno raves....hot beat but no substance...."chicken soup" and countless other pieces of crap out there. It's good to find something you can roc in your whip without the base drowning out the wack-ass lyrics. By the way if "do you wanna ride" came out in the summer that would definitely be the summer jam! go head hov keep representin bk to the fullest!!!

I have to agree with all the mature grown-up people out there. Put the cd in, listen to it 3-4 times before you make a judgement. Like hov said "do you dudes listen to music or do you just skim thru it" people have short attention spans and if you don't catch them in 3 secs with a hook or a beat, then you lost them.

He laid it down on these tracks! it wasn't a classic i have to admit but it was a cd that would not get dust on it (if u get my drift). He used beats that no one would think of using and thats typical jigga. So f#$k all yall haterz because hova is make with a vengenice

Hov did a great job on this cd. He needed a break cause he came up 4-real... All the ppl that's hatin' on my n*gga jay needs to straight up "dig a hole...bury yourself" like hov said on the best song on his album (#12)

I been listening for a couple days i feel it it's a nice comeback cd. He showed you guys he can do the typical bang, bang, sh*t. This is hip hop creativity. Wake up dude is that dude.

The album is okay but we expect better from the "king of ny"...

Hov has got to be one of the most lyrical rappers of all time..and i'm tired of people sayin he wack or his lp is goin to flop..truth be told hov is going plat like it or not

Why r people hatin, let the man do his thing and stop tip ridin on rappers that don't even compare to hov.i'm am definitley coppin the album

First of all...."do you critics listen to music or skim through it" because thats how this review sounds. Only 3 to 4 good tracks...r u crazy... Going from the black album, jay deffinently showed growth. I don't understand what the problem is with 'anything'..check the flow..jay states in the beginning who the track is for so if it ain't for you then keep it moving.. Its soulful music people, respect the hustle and cop that disc. You will not be disappointed, and let it ride from 1 to 14.. And listen and pay attention.. Philgood out of indiana..

I like it but i think it needs to grow on me more b/c the songs i like are the one ppl diss like the on with usher and beyonce. I like them cuz they are joints that other rappers couldn't spit on. Plus, i want it to grow on me cuz it took a while for the black album to grow on me and now it's one of my favorites. Plus, i love love the jabs he takes at dudes like dash and the dips w/o saying their name all throughout the album.

Also, i must say, their are two things different in this albums formula. One is his tribute lines to b.i.g and the other is him glorifying his pass life style selling drugs. I cant believe i'm the only one to notice that...whoever did this review must have skimmed through it. I play ever track beginning to end including the singles to get the full picture.

Whoever reviewed kingdom come for nobodysmiling dont know sh*t about real hiphop i grew up on the true essence of hiphop jay-z bringing back that golden age of hiphop. When your a rapper you dont have to rap about sex, money, cars all the time. Kingdom come is another classic like black ablum but you guys at noboysmiling diss that cd too. I think jay-z kingdom come needs to be review again

The response is just as expected. People are expecting a perfect album. This album was good and people are mad because it wasn't spectacular in thier eyes-- like they themselves could make a classic or even an okay album. I am in no way disappointed by this album. And just like the pop world is, folks will jump on these bogus fake emcees that plagued hip-hop in the last few years and ignore emcees that can actually spit. This album may not be a classic but neither was "blueprint 2", but it was a good album. That's the problem with hip-hop. People get sick of what they hearin but when somebody with talent comes back yall wanna hate them too. So whatever...hate the album.....hate jay until he falls off and good luck finding real emcees. Enjoy dem franchise boys and songs about chains hanging low...if yall don't think this album is dope then hip-hop is dead.

Man this albuim is a classic hands down. I don't know what the people who are down playing the albuim expected from jay. This cd is way better then anything you will here this year. I put the cd in and let it play all the way through with out skipping tracks...its not many cd's that i can do that with. Jay is going through a point where everyone likes to take shots at the top because the top is the biggest target to go at. Real talk

The album is the sh*t... Jay is the king! hov, hov, hov hov hov hov hov hov... One question: who is hotter? answer: no one!

Yall n*ggas is stupid this is the most lyrical i seen hov sice rd. But i cant front trouble, anything and hollywood almost F*cked up the album but beach chair, lost ones, take u on a ride and the bars against cam is worth the price hov!!!!!!!! the roc is back young chris (of young gunz) now or never coming soon

Jay z's not tha king, and tha kingdom's garbage. F*ck is the dude retarded, give me back my 16 dollars

You only need the album to grow on you, to disguise your high xpektations being utterly disappointed leaving you in disbelief, thus causing you to attempt to save face and be "true" in your original opinion prospective-not knowing it's ok to say "i was wrong, this highly anticipated, overmarketed jay z album is....(too put it nicely), not what we xpekt'd"

I like it...did you see the cover now thats dope

Hey, homey, as a student at the fairly - and by fairly, i mean F*ck*ng - renowned, columbia school of journalism, a upenn ba summa cum laude recipient, and contributor to magazines like the source, xxl, dub, and fader ... Here's my advice: do your homework slightly better before you attempt to denigrate a hip-hop legend ... Especially in the context of his production - (just within which you have many incorrect facts) or his historical or straight up contemporary influence on this genre that we all love, chersih, and profit off of so much. I'm not dissing you individually or your writing ... But at the same time, cristal, bentley, iceberg ... Where'd you hear it first? respect jay in the same way that you would anderson cooper. Out. Hit me up at: bavalone@sas.upenn.edu. One.

If you understand jay-z as an artist you will get the cd. He is growing up and he been thru sh*t and he is sittin in his presidential chair watchin all these young guys run hip-hop into the ground. The cd is not a classic we all know that, but kingdome come isnt bad either, watch hovi when he drops the kingdome come 2 in a year!!

Im a die-hard jay-z fan, but im not a blind hard-core jay-z fan. Kingdom come was a disappointment in so many areas. Hes too rich, he doesnt have that hunger in his flow anymore. Track productions from big name producers (dr. Dre, neptunes, just blaze, and kanye) sounded like "bottom of the barrell" tracks. The dis track "dig a hole" was a weak response towards cam'ron. Cam came hard at jay, and thats all he had to say? he shoulda dissed him "takeover" style, with truth and severe punchlines like he did nas. Black album was the perfect album to ride into the sunset with. Im not gonna lie i was excited to hear him come outta "retirement" but i had the same bad feeling when michael jordan went to the wizards. Jay needs to put rocafella in kanye's hands. Kanye is young, ultra-c*cky, and his flow and work ethic is serious. In time could be a legend. Hov u mah boy but let it go.

Jay is showing the world he could rap to a bango, or rain drops and still be the best. Dude is going to transform the game again

Just heard the new hov ish and its not a bad album. Jay's mind frame is on some other ish right now. I feel with an album like this especially for someone in the caliber of hov the anticipation kills cats. Then when they pop in the cd they are expecting it to bang some ill beats, hooks and neglect the lyrical depth. Also you got to understand that hov is hov not everybody else. This is what the game is lacking originality. Now a days everybody is pretty much an imitation of the next cat talking that same ish.

He aint even write none of these lyrics how u gon say hes so f*ckin good go listen to tha diss from camron he stole so much f*ckin sh*t from errbody ...... Then tell me how much u like dis P*ss* n*gga dipset all day f*ck z

The album isnt bad... Its just different. Niggas get mad when old n*ggas front like they are still 20, like flava, but get mad when a brother art matures with his view on life. Anyone who bough jayz first or second album the day it came out should not still be stuck in the same sh*t you were on ten years ago. The album is about course of life and perspectives changing. Do we love hova cause he does what sells records or cause he speaks real? tru artistry

Ok, so i just heard jay's new cd. It was actually pretty good. You can really tell that he's in a different place in his life, in a different state of mind. Only a true fan could appreciate the evolution of an artist and only someone who's riding someone's d**k would believe someone like camron. Who is camron anyway? and which of his albulms have so what one of jay's has?

Love the album and it does not disappoint!! it shows that he has matured as an artist!! this album speaks volumes and in my book jay-z is the coldest rapper alive!! like it was previously stated only a true fan can appreciate his efforts and yet again another timeless classic such as kingdom come!

I gotta say i wasn't suprised to read all the haters dissin this album.no matter what jay brought out it was gonna get dissed and that people is a fact.cos when ya at the top some people wanna bring u down.if u dont like jay then dont listen and then u wont need 2 put in a comment,simple,but we know better,u just have 2 hate.how sad.i must say the album is refreshing,like other people who have mentioned it wasn't what i was expecting, i thought it was better.jay z has grown,stepped it up another level.iv only had one listen from start 2 finish and it was pretty damn good.like so many others have said already,its 4 the grown ups.i can honestly say there wasnt 0ne track where i was ready 2 skip to the next track.im sure this is gonna get mixed reviews.people should forget all the hype and wot was expected and take it 4 wot it is.lets face it you'll be hard pushed 2 get a better rap cd this or next year that is available worldwide.brooklyn stand up.

I heard the jay album, yep, it's average for the now reigning king of hip hop...i'm really on here to let cats know about a young rapper by the name of alpha leo from the bay...jaws are dropping off this n*gga g. Jay is the past...the future is alpha leo from richmond cali, yep.

Oh boy, i knew the haters would hate, that's only what's expected, but real recognize real...and this cd was as real as it gets. Jay has matured, and that too is only what's expected. The album is phenominal, real talk, and it addressed every aspect of everyone on this earth...rich, poor, old, young, workin a 9-5, hustlin a 6-2, doin a bid, or in to politics. He's grown up people, and this was the album of a grown man, rappin about what grown men do. If he woulda came out real cocain like, or real street, n*ggas woulda been like "hov aint hood like that". So he took another approach...being real, which to me, doesn't seem hard to do, or to except. However, must of us are so engulfed and enveloped in the "new era of hip-hop" (if that's what you wanna call it) pushin, chicken noodle soupin, and clappin....that alot of us have lost sight of what's real, versus what's fiction. This sh*t was real, and sadly i think most of you have been lied to so much by these industry n*ggas, that you can't even respect whats real....damn, i just dropped some real science on ya'll Bia'ch ass n*ggas that can't recognize real. Keep doin you hov, grown up n*ggas can respect that, now if that aint real talk, then whatta ya call that????

The game iz tha future. Young hov ain't spittin nuthin' no more. All he talkin' bout is money, jewelry, and braggin tha fake sh1t. That n!gga ain't spittin' tha truth nomore. He's more 'burbs than hood now. Wallstreet 4 real.

This album is a jay-z album that may disappoint. Everyone expected this to be the event album to end all event albums, however, the growth of jay-z is evident in just about every track. From "the prelude), in which jay-z sets the mood...he speaks specifically to the critics "the games f'd up (people's) beats is bangin',(people) your hooks did it, your lyrics didn't, your gangsta looks did...on the internet they like you should spit it, i'm like you should buy it (people) that's good business." he doesn't quickly become an affiliate of the gangster rap movement fans, but he doesn't have to. "oh my god", a huge just blaze track is one of the very few ego-filled tracks on the album, but even amidst his swagger, he manages to do it in only the way he can. "kingdom come" is an anthem for the block, jay-z puts on the proverbial cape and swoops down in hero-like fashion (i actually think this song should have been the title track). "show me what you got"...jay-z...radio...hate it or love it... "lost one" is an absolutely indearing yet humble testimony of jay-z goodbye to longtime business partner damon dash with "i heard (explitive) saying they made hov, well may hov say o.k. So, make another hov', (people) wasn't playing they day role, so we parted ways like ben and j.lo., should've been did it but i've been in a daze though..." he also speaks allegedly about his current beau, beyonce, and his nephew kalik (spelling?) in "do u wanna ride", jay-z speaks to his currently incarcerated friend emory jones

About what it will be like after he finally is released from prison...cool... "30 something" if you listen closely it speaks to his growth, addressing a lot of these younger, overzealous, and lyrically challenged artists of today's time by stating the diffences between generations. "i made it" speaks to his mom...how dare you speak negativally...i guarantee you could no better... "anything" posing as the "commercial/club" record is quite listless...but it'll get radio play...ho hum..."hollywood", jay's collab with beyonce is no "crazy in love", but will there ever be another one of those?????? it's cute... The album takes quite an aggresive return in the next 2 songs "trouble" and "dig a hole". Trouble is to "kingdom come" as "threat" was to "the black album", what "politics as usual" was to "reasonable doubt", it an aggressive warning to the new rappers attempting to bark up the wrong tree. "dig a hole" may be a sleeper battle track silently aimed at damon dash and camron....i guess you'll just have to hear for yourself... "minority report" is a very sentimental, dre produced track that speaks about the hurricane katrina incident. The only gripe i have with the song is ne-yo...why is he there?????? he sucks!!!! and the album takes an epic turn in the ending track "beach chair", being a letter to his unborn child. It brings a fresh change to the typical "hip-hop" sound. In general, the album showcases a newer, developed jay-z. Truthfully, you're not supposed to be the same with each new album. A

Nd despite the horrible reviews websites and magazines may issue, there probably won't be many albums as versatile as this jay-z album through next year...therein lies the problem...no one since jay has left has been able to carry hip-hop's weight...not even nas...which is really scary...busta rhymes hit...but now...where did he go? nas has had a full album since jay left...it flopped...the roots...?...lupe fiasco...decent sales...but he's not quite a star...dipset...no comment...ever...(except maybe...sometimes...in very rare circumstances...juelz santana) but even he can be a bit un-inspiring, un-original, un-intelligent, un...fill in the blank...ghostface...phenomenal album...where's the love? lil' wayne...talk about something more that the hood...you're kissing men...t.i., no gripes, really...every other south rapper. >:(that's why jay has penetrated this game on so many different levels...he knows that he doesn't have to be the same old jay to sell...why should he?...he's not...if this is the best album he could've possibly muster, it's still better than 95% of the hip-hop albums to be released in the next 3 years. Sorry guys, this is what the 20 and under crowd has done to music...i think jay's album is respectable on many different levels...not his best but very respectable...

This album sounded terrible to me when i playied the download version of it online. But being the jay fan that i am, i still copped it to complete my collection and now that i play it, i flippin luv it. It's a pity that technology is working against the music of today. What i like about jay z is that he is one of the few ppl who can serve the fast food market with music that has depth and talent. Kingdom come is a solid album and the reviewer of nobodysmiling must have playied it off of a website with cheap headphones on his ears without giving it a fair listen (like i did). Thats F*cked up. Sorry dawg, no lean with it on this and no hit em up/takeover type tracks either. Jay been there and done that. "i wonder why dudes wanna piece of him sooooo badly if he's an old washed up rapper". I had to put that is quote cuz it's sooooo true.

Ay justin...can't believe we got richmond cali up in this biatch....ay, all respect to jay z...nigghas do be hatin on my n*gga...the king of hip hop hands down...but justin made one point accurate...alpha leo the jawdroppin phenomena out the bay....yes....the future fo sho.

Richmond in da muda fukin house. Alpha leo comin up e-40 is probaly the mos underated rapper alive the bay is here but you can't forget jay of course. Personaly i loved the album it was better than blueprint but not better than his great resonable dout.

Ay truth, you right...you can't here no music off the dam internet and judge it. Technology is trying to F*ck these rappers up...anytime a n*gga ca get rich...whitey try to F*ck it up...richmond in the house...yall bet not here my n*gga alpha leo off no dam internet even though he'll still rip it up.

Lets be fore real, if you like the nursery ryhmes of jim jones and you're jumpin on the dip set bandwagin of course you're not going to like the album... I'll tell you this hova is the truth if you like reasonable doubt you'll like this album...30 something....trouble..do i have to name the other 12 songs...

If you feel like this "young hov ain't spittin nuthin' no more. All he talkin' bout is money, jewelry, and braggin tha fake sh1t. That n!gga ain't spittin' tha truth nomore." you didn't listen to the cd.

I don't understand why people talk about jay ain't rapping like before. Jay-z has been in the game for years how do you expect for him to rap like before. People do grow up and look at things differently. I think he is versatile with his. You have to be in this game or we'll get bored. I think his cd's are great and kingdom come just shows the mature/grown up jay. To me he has taken this hip hop game to a different level. He has done things in this game that no other rapper has done. He has come from rags to riches and he is definitely someone to look up to. You have to look at him and think of someone who has truly accomplished so much in his life. To me he remains as one of the best if not the best rapper alive.

U cant knock the hustle.all u haters would love tobe in mans position.u just hatin cos mans made a real success of his life.jays bin on top 4 10 years and now hes back he will continue 2 do so,love it or hate it,hovas back so u better get used 2 it.lets hope nas brings out a banging album aswell,no doubt his album will get hated on.thats guarentee.its time 4 nas to get intouch with az cos them 2 together are untouchable.brooklyn stand up.

First off.... I just want to say .... Everyone hates, regardless of what bad reviews he may get or what people might say bad, he is still one of the top rappers in world... Well he is the top 4 for sure... Everyone is talking about him , that is all what counts b/c hes at him relaxing, while people around the world getting extremely mad over nothing.. Just in my words, is the hottest rapper to step in the game. Talk bad all you want, because he doesnt know you, i dont know you and nobody cares whatever one else things b/c its your $ 10 you are spending.. And i cop 2 copies of kingdom come

I see alot of people fell out of touch wit real sh*t....well dis is it snap out of it....classic to me he went crazy on dis sh*t his raps is wild and tha intro is classic...hov did it again

I like jay-z but idk if his new albums is gonna be good. Since his new solo sucked, wat if all his other songs suck too. His other albums were goood though. I might buy it im still not sure

Yo this yo boy jay-z..people go buy my ablum if you dont buy yall suck go be on jim jones nutz..oh yea f*ck jim jones..i killed that n*gga on his on beat ballllllliinnnnn hahahaha that sh*t is crazy.yo jimmy dont come at me with that bullsh*t anymore i will end your career...yo im out hova back..F*ck dipsh*t

Man what the F*ck city is mine was a nice track F*ck u can't compare that to that 'anything' bullsh*t

I think tha jay killed it. His lyrics and flow are rediculous and i love almost every song on the album. Just cause hes not snappin his fingaz n doin stupid dances most people don't appreciate kingdom come

Nice r&b album

Never heard the album but its jay. Come on, needless to say how can you really hate on him? even if you say his music is wack, its jay. You've already been proven wrong millions of sales and dollars over. He never needs to make another song, if you look at it, he's doing it for us (music lovers/fans) not for himself. Dude is a super millionaire. He doesnt need to sell one copy to prove that he's fire. He could make a whole album full of remakes of his own songs and it would still be fresher, more original, spit better, hotter beats, and more intellectual than most of the rappers out. *cough-cam'ron, the diplomats, anyone who likes to lean and rock-get it straight hating ass white people who are mad cuz jay is a millionaire brilliant business man who makes more than your daddy, jay z is the man, and even if he falls off the face of the earth, he will always be known as such. Get off his most likely huge tip. Crackers.

For the people that dont like or understand this cd it because u dont have any sense or good vocabulary and u stuck on dat young joc or young dro southern bull sh*t,

King jae...shut the F*ck up dipset is and cam is even er...jay-z don't need to write like cam and cam tries to put all them words just to rhyme and jay aint steal sh*t he just freestyles and puts evrything in a way that makes to much sense that u don't get..and go to youtube and look for swagger jacker #2 it's your Bia'ch ass n*gga cam stealing other peoples sh*t..ha u must not be a camron fan after all since you ain't heard his old sh*t..you a joke and cam a joke..word...ha games 2 for making that comment on direct effect about jay dropping his album...jay sold way more than game first day

"lost ones" iz a instant classic

Just got the album...not feelin it. I have every single album and most mix cd's but this was up to it...

All i need to say is "trouble" and "dig a hole" not as good as black album but definitely solid

My first listen to kingdom come left me disappointed. I did something that i never did with any other jay z album on the first listen and that's press the skip button. I have to admit that the first thing i do is listen to the production and i expected more. I mean, this is hova, he usually gets the pick of the litter when it comes to beats but not this time. I think he got a little to grown and sexy on some of the tracks. I also don't like the whispering he does on some of the songs. I haven't really broken down the lyrics yet so maybe there is hope. I am hoping that maybe the lyrics are deeper than i expected and they got past me on the first listen so i am going to listen to just the lyrics and see what happens. It just seems like jay is real comfortable now but i ain't mad at him.

I have the entire jay-z catalog so buying this is a no brainer. This album is not for kids. This is grown folk music. No tired hooks....nobody yelling over & over. Because of this some won't like it. His lyrical content and flow has changed (for the better) since the blueprint. This cd is just another example of jay's confidence to step outside of the hip-hop box. Jay gets hated on for doing the things that make people love kanye, outkast and lupe. If you bought this expecting to hear lil jon or some of the other fast food hip-hop (mass produced, all sounds the same) you will be disappointed. This is not the 1st jay album that had to grown on me. I felt the same way about the blueprint 2: the curse. The reason he made this album is the same reason that people don't like it....hip-hop fans don't know real hip-hop anymore. All they wanna do is dance.

.......every track is a classic!

Jigga da king ..... Fcuk u haters !!!!!1

hey lol ......hov spits niuclareeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! i'm livin' in africa....hovito is gettin a lot of respect ......it is really incredible......lots of ppl are wearin' his roca now days !!! he is da king of ny and the hip hop savior perioddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd ddddd!!!!!!!

He spits fire as F*ck....i really dont know who can F*ck wit this n*gga.....he iz da best rapper in the whole F*ckn' globe.......wus up jossy ....magic carpet biatchhhhhh!!!!!...reat talk!

Im sorry but jay z is overrated. He is fu-kin trash never felt him.

Stop the hatin'. The album is a classic if u are a real hip-hop fan who appreciates good music. The album has to grow on you. Let's review it a month from now and see what people are saying. Jay-z is not a gangster wanna be like game and he is not a gimmic rapper like half the dudes in atlanta. He puts out good music and he takes a chance like at great boxer taking on tough contenders. Jay has always done things other rapper wouldnt even attempt with his music. The album is great and he doesnt write his rhymes either. Everything is from the top. How many can say that.

Still in all......it's probably the best hip hop album of the year so far (busta's album is up there to).......jay-z has really raised the bar that high oooow!!!

Jay is one of the greatest of all time no doubt. You can interchange my list of all time greats rakim, jay nas, pun, big, pac, g rap, kane, krs, eminem. These are my elite greatest in hip hop. No one has ever put it down on the mic like these folks, but in any case jay like so many in the game has matured, he has nothing else to prove. His album is hot to me, although when i first listened i didnt like but jays albums tend to grow on you. He has matured because he could have blasted corny as camron but what would he get out of it. Cams albums never do more than double lead anyway and the whole dipset aint nothin but abc rhymers. Like big o said this is unbelieveable but to add on hey old school cats like myself value lyrics over beats where as ther young cats love beats. It seems that even if the artist said f**k all n*ggas and i love the kkk it woulsd still go platinum. Jay and nas are the last of a dying breed. I never thought a song like chicken noodle soup would get airplay. I remember attending springfield gardens high school in queens. If you claimed to be an mc n*ggas stepped to you and if you were whack you got your snotbox rocked. Thats whats missing in hiphop theses abc rhymers are poisoning the game there is no lyrical creativity anymore. But it starts on us getttin these lame ass mcs off the mic when we stop buying their sh*t and let them know bullsh*t will not be tolerated fans will appreciate the jayzs and nas's, the eminems and other lyrically gifted people that balze the mic and

Pure classic material. I love this album. I've listened to it like 10 times already. It's definitely grown and it shows jay's maturity. Definitely hip hop album of the year.

"kingdom come" is by far the best rap album of the year. Amazing flows, killer beats, killer production. Thank you, jay-z, for once again raising the bar. I refuse to diss people who diss this album. I hope for your sake you give it another spin, read the lyrics and let it put a smile on your face.

Jay did a good job with this one i will give him that. Not his best work to date tho. Its that album that should of came out after blue print and before the black album. Overall you can listen to it all the way thru

At first i didnt like it, its missing something!!.. Maybe timerland?? now i cant stop listing to beach chair, trouble, dig a hole and ride.... Theres some bangers on there.. I thinks its worth the doe... Its somethin different.. Now what i didnt like was the brooklyn high, and im from brooklyn..!! he couldve came at jimmy much harder than that,, but you know jay, always playing chess,, i think hes luring them into a trap!! roc-a-fella for life... Fall back or fall back!!! dj digital!

Hov 4ever tempzn9

"do you listen to music or do you just skim through it" -jay-

"the games all f**k'd up, nuccas beats is banging, hooks did it, lyrics didnt, gangsta look did it, so i would write it if you could get it, being intricate would get you wood, critics." jay-kingdome come

Peeps that are hatin just go about your mediocre lives listening to mediocre lyrics by mediocre artists, perfect for your mediocre mind frames...... "i adminster pain next to the minister screaming ya name, as i peep in ya casket, feeling sarcastic, look at em still sleepin!!!!!!!! (hov tha great)

Build me up break me down to build me up again they like "hov we need you back so we can kill ya ass again" hov got flow, though he's no big and pac, but he's close how i'm 'posed to win? they got me fighting ghosts

Pointless comments will be deleted. This blog or article on hov should be deleted. You guys have been listening to so much trash music over last few years, you do not realize real music. Go cop that hov album. Sincerely, godschild

This album is genius....peolpe like sdotjr are just too damn dumb to understand wat jay is talkin about........but this album is dumb hot

Album sucks..especially for a comeback album...3 good songs, do u wanna ride is the best on the whole album..tha dude jay is finished...weak lyrics...weak hooks...weak album

Jay did it again!!!! if you havent listen to the album please do not comment on it because you may have heard some one else say they didnt like it!!! the average person saying that it is wach has not heard it yet!!!!obviously!!! do ya #s hov these n*ggaz is hatin!!! they wanna see you fall baby but we all know you wont so dod waht you do my n*gga!!

Hov kills oh my god and that dig a hole is jus a raw song...and trouble is real hard...classic hov

For anyone that says that this is not a good album, knows nothing about music!! this is definitely a classic. Especially the way he address the haters without calling out names on "dig a hole" and "trouble." let the king continue to reign until there is none left. The only true competition he had has now joined forces!!!

Idk why people say this is a wack album, i like this album, its not the heat i was expecting but its solid.......i don't like "hollywood" and "anything", but "dig a hole", "do u wanna ride", and "trouble" are fire

Jay-z has always been hot!!! and this is a another hot album. Cats saying its wack man they dont know what hip hop is or what hot lyrics are. Cats wanna just look like a$$ holes n "walk it out" all day!!! its time for a change. Its time for cats to make money who really can rap. I can make up alot of this bullshyt thats out now...

Stop hatin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the album is nice, cool, alright. It's good. Didn't really expect this sound from el presidente but like they say, "were all growing". Just take time to listen to it and then make u'r review again. Homo

It is really incredible dat hov is gettin' heared in ethiopia too... I got the kingdom come 2 days bfo the album came out.....it is truely a classsssic! jigga is an idol for so many ppl in africa this days weither u belive it or not !!! hollllllla!!

I never felt jay was ever the best mc camel come is garbage

Lilwayne is the best rapper alive b stop you cant F*ck with him

I disagree, this album appeals to jay-z fans, if you are not one, then there is no reason to talk about his album...he was on another level which is good to see, with the songs coming out now!!!

Thats funny that you say that lil wayne is the best rapper alive when lil wayne (who i actually like) just stepped his lyrics up in the past two albums, and if you listened to wayne's music you could tell that he has mimic'd jay's flow and style in those last two albums.....look at wayne doing songs featuring robin thicke of all ppl, he even said he was the greatest rapper alive now that jay retired (which was at the time he came out with tha carter).

First off nas didn't eat jay on nothin' he ever put out. Jay stated facts and facts only. Nas on the other hand talked about how a n*gga looks, that's kinda ta me, talkin' 'bout how a nother man looks. Jay gave nas his career back, why not sign him. That's the business mind this man has. He knew you dudes was goin' ta be anticipating nas' return so why not get that paper? but about this kingdom come album, you cant expected to be for every body. Remember there's a seat for every ass, that's why you got so many different artis with different styles. To me all this jim jones, dance bull sh*t, lean wit' rock wit' it bull sh*t, and i'm om the block sh*t is in the way. Yeah i did the whole block get money thag, but i didn't stay there, i got my money right and moved up. I don't drive the same car i use to drive back in the day. I use to buy cars that was10 grand and chrome 'em out wit' da tvs and all, but now i spend 30 grand and ride wit' all the factories up grades. Basically i,m sayin' stick to what'cha simple minds can diguest, and don't knock what is too complex for you. Jay gonna always be in the spot light, on top. He paid his dues now the world owes him. Ain't too much money bein' made that jay ain't gettin' a piece of,(young gezy, nas, rick ross), ya feel what i'm sayin'? none of you lil' n*ggas got to like him, but you will respect him!!!!! and that's what it's all about.

You see, jay said it best! do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it? now, are ya'll listening to his words or are you just trying to find a hot beat. You have to listen to his truthful lyrics and understand where he is coming from. If you are not listening to him spit his poetry or if you are just reciting what hes saying, but never process and fully understand it, then you will never get jay! listen to his words!!!!

That n*gga jigga is doing his thang he getting his grown man on fo real. These young heads aint gonna feel it cause all they know is snap crackle and pop songs. His lyrics are sick his swag is there 30's the new 20 that's whats up. Jigga u did ya thang. The dynasty lives on the rest of these n*ggas die!

Kingdome come sucks like a lazy ass biatch with no sucking experience at all!! jay-z is one lazy ass tipsucking fat lip with no future in rap.

4 someone with no future in rap, man is sure makin some serious amount of money,u need 2 stop hatin cos u sound foolish.jay z is once again back on top of the rap game,like he ever left.the roc is defernitely in the building.

All songs are absolutely amazing except for anything, which sounds rushed, sloppy, and disjointed. You need to listen to the album more than a few times and give it a chance. Read the lyrics as you listen....only then will you see this albums true glory

Jay z album does show some growth in maturity but, he should have kept it brooklyn street style and had people shell shocked. I think this album is a little weak after all the dissing back and forth. He didnt have to respond to the dissing by using names but he should have came out with some hard lines. I love jigga but i am quite shocked at this album.

A decent review but i have different views on the album...first i believe the album is not a disappointment but a new era for all of us and the change of music is rediculously ahead of our time...give this album 2 years and people will be saying this is really a crazy album...think about it... Ready to die, quite arguably the greatest rap album ever was not reviewed as a classic at first. It took some years before the album was rated a classic. Although i do not believe this album is a classic the album met every expectation i had. You have to understand the reasonable doubt jay-z has came and left. Its time for the new more mature jay-z...he battles the beats, whether its beach chair, kingdom come, or trouble jay-z does a flawless job of flowing over the tracks like a true poet. Kinda like a one on one, him vs the beat...it is rediculous...the prelude is so refreshing and a perfect intro for an album while he explains how he cant do anything but hustle and how he does it in the new day and age...oh my god is personally my fav. Song. All i have to say about it is "what you call money i pay more in taxes". Kingdom come basically saying he is back to take over the game once again with lines such as "bruce wayne of the game have no fear when you need me throw your roc signs in the air" he proved he still has what it takes to run the rap game. Show me what you got..mercial...lost one is incredible with such a perfect flow over that dre beat...do you wanna ride is pretty good. 30 something is that ha

If you're hating on jay just know you're wasting you time. This man is consistant he always sells albums because of his fan base. He dosen't only make music for one audiance like f.y.i. Jim jones, cam, juelz. Oh and one more thing the joneses can't keep up well maybe my niggia nas cuz i got stronger after ether wow!!!!!!!

Hov is the best in the game right now (besides weezy) i dont know y everyone is hatin on his new album there maybe be one or two songs that are bad but besides that the album is a classic best tracks:1. Kingdom come 2. 30 something 3. Lost one 4. Show me what you got 5. Dig a hole (killin cam) that's enough to make a classic album right there and that's not mentionin minority report or beach chair...face the facts hove is back and brooklyns back on the map...dynasty!!!

You know, for all the reviews i have read all the reviewers say they are speaking for the people, but all the people i see say they love the album. So to the writer, speak for yourself. Lyrically hov has not been better. "i know everything you wan do i did all that by the age of 21 by 22 i had that brand new ac coupe i guess you could say that my legend just begun" acura legend, get it? that year he was 22 was around when ac legends first came out. Yall niggs don't get it. Get ya rap game up, simple minded niggs. I mean when you really dissect the man's lyrics, you can't argue the facts. He's the greatest. Imma leave yall with this one: "i’m a bully with the bucks don’t let the patent leather shoes fool you young’n i got the fully in the tux ha, that was my past, now i’m so grown up i don’t got one gun on me got a sum on me to hire a gun army get you spun like laundry and i’ll be somewhere under palm trees, calmly..."

Ive bought reasonable doubt 10 years ago and thats it. I dont consider myself a jay z fan but i like this album. It didnt dissapoint me because i expected it to be unoriginal. Its original and sounds different than any other jay z album. Im curious to see how long it holds up in my rotation with all the other fly sh*t thats been coming out.

I think that this album is exactly what hov meant it to be. People need to realize that every jay album has a different purpose and i think jay proves his point in this album, where he tries to convey that he's out of retirement to save hip hop from bangin beats and lack luster lyrical contenet.jay hova,god mc had alterior motives in his beat selection which forces us to return to the listening and the breaking down of the mc's message in his lyrics. I think peoples mixed feeling of the album come from being too use to garbage music such as snap ya fingers or ballin (which noone knows the lyrics to except the wrd ballin) those that were expecting another reasonable doubt should go to sleep. Thats not what kingdome come was about. Jay said it him self. Hes not the same guy who produced reasonable doubt. He matured since then and thats what this album show cases. He ability to stay himself, maintain the same swag but mature with his lyrical contenet. No longer rapping about getting out the hood or the crack game but now dealing with the struggles of watching those coming up after him with no scence of identity or direction. We need to remeber jay's kyrics about selling crack was not what made jay accepted. It was the fact the he was him self and we all, whether you sold drugs or not saw a little ofyour self in him. Now matured on the kingdome come record we all should still appreciate the album for the same reason. The maturation process is one we should all strive for in anything we do. Not to me

Not to mention the man doesnt write anything down. Its all inspiration....off the top. Ladies and gents please listen to the lyrics of every song. True jay fans kno that you can listen to jays song a million times and go back years later and just then pick up on something he said. Thats what makes jay. Jay ! he raps about it now...we get it later! noone can contest that he hasnt lost his touch. God mc is befiting....

Favorite tracks ...prelude cause it sets tone of the rest of album.....lost ones,kingdome come,beach chair and dig a hole i even love oh my god ............my oppinion! well worth the bread!

Damn you sound like someone who just started listening to rap. "being intracate will get you wood critic..." you dont even know what this man is talking about. He dissed everbody he had to without saying no names and just annihilated everbody who thinks there in his way and at the same time still talking that fly real d-boy sh*t, n*gga get ya game up and stop being a critic and if you are do it right. You dont even sound like you from no type of struggle talking that mess you talking.

I think we all to get off that ballin crack music. Jay is so grown. He don't have to talk about that no more. He got his grown man on with album he is giving yall young ass 80's babies the game so sit back and watch this album go multi plat. Tell me who has done better albums as long. If you don't like jay said cost you nothing pay me no mind. Do you listen to music or do you just skim through. He also once said don't argue with fools, cuz the people from a distance cant tell who is who....

This album if fire, i love it ...i have listened to it like 10 times already..his words are crazy,and to think it leaked a week in advance and he did not push it back,and it still did almost 900,000 first week.its carzy.i know alot of you haters are sick right now, thought hov was gonna flop..the prelude is sick.

Yo! i'm from harlem and i really try to support my dip sets, but i can not,so i listened to this album biased, and then i said i have to buy it.it was worht every cent.this dude is crazy.i even heard that ballin diss, and i hear what he said "it ani't about boros,its about n*ggas and Bia'ches".true in deed.

This album is lovely, some songs make u just think hard.like minority report..i was not fellin anything with usher at first, but after heavy rotation in my ipod,i'm really loving this one.and its sure to a banger in the strip clubs, or just in your bedroom whit your lady...listen to it trust me..this album has to be a classic

The reason why i think this album is hot, is because it does not sound like his last one like all these other rappers,come on, after 10 years and 12 or so albums. And still have a fan base.and still sell with all this downloading and stuff, and bootlegging.it just don't happen this day and age.classic album jay, do your thing.people you have to listen to the words and whats being said..i love it..

Damn at first i wasn’t feelin the album cuz it aint really what i expected, but that’s the thing, dudes be expecting something, when they should just chill and listen to the music. Dis dude drop with 10 albums and he is on point still. Ni*gas in the industry right now hardly stay on point in there second. They all say the same thing differently. And if u don’t like this man you at least gotta respect him on the lavel of an mc. Every dude that took shots at him, he got back at and did it proppa except pac cuz he got respect when he came on the scene with that 50 sh*t, that was just two line which made n*ggas realize who jigga is you cant be mad at a dude fo saying the truth the game need him real talk

Jay as ceo more than focusing on the artist i think jay shud jus sit bac and njoy his seat. I agreed wit jimmy when he said u gotta have artist to have record label.. Jay is sleepin in da ceo chair he was skeptical about promoting emancipation of mimi because mariah carey had been away for so long then when she sold millions only then did he wanna get on one of her remixes wit jeezy only after juelz and bone did this made me think dame was handlin all da roc bizness and jay was jus there becuz if he cudn't handle a small label roca-a-fella wut made him think he cud fill russell shoes he'll neva be dat big i wuz neva a jay believer he can dig a hole like told dame his kingdom is dome its bad when the washington post is questioning you

One thing to critisize jay biusness moves and another is analyzing his music as a whole and adding kingdom come to the collection

Jay-z's music is garbage point blank period, he's just like diddy best rapper alive my ass

Ok, so jay didn't put forth a very good effort on this one. It started down hill with the first single. Hey hey now wave wave. I mean come on. In a personal opinion, the upcoming re-up will out sell this cd. Peace!

Im a jayz fan since reasonable doubt dropped, and i listened to part of the album on my way home from the mall and thought it was aiight. I got home and checked the lyrics on rocafella and when listening to the words with them in front of me changed the album....i think it is great!! it is different from any other jay album before and has proved he's back but he's changed his flow.

I should have bought the bootleg. Very dissapointed, but i got the cd at best by for only 9.99, so im not that mad....this album was like seeing your favorite boxer start out the first couple rounds throwin bows, but in the final 3 rounds just fizzles out.

Everyone's talking about whether the album did or didnt meet "their" expectations...but when have you ever known hov to meet someone else's expectations...this man exceeds that everytime..so while everyone's talking about they could settle for better maybe you're settling for less...hov has already proven that he's on a whole different mindset then the rest of the world. This album reveals a completely grown hov...hes been doin this for too long to still be talking about dope...hustlin, yes because that's what defines him. But any other rapper that's been in this game for as long as hov and hasn't shown us growth is not real...so let that be the reason (realism) you say that this album doesn't meet your expectation's. Just for the record that sh*t is fire!!

Jay dropped the album, and all i gotta say is the n*gga came through. And thas all you want is for a n*gga to come through and drop a hot album.

J z kingdom come, came too quick now he can't get it up their any more. When people are snowed in and all u got is a radio and tv ( nyc life) all you here is kingdom come 100,000 u going to buy it, no matter how wack it is. Just wave .. Just wack

I think all the rappers out now are doing their thing to the right and jay went totally to the left hiphop needed that!

If nas, dmx, ll cool j or anyone on that level dropped this album we all be saying that they are "back". It's not jay-z's fault he set the bar too high for even him to reach it. Kingdom come is definitely not in the top three of his catalog but who's 10th album is as good as one of their earlier ones? i can't stand hatin ass mut#$fu^&@!

The sh*t is wack. Point blank. Don't call yourself "hov" and the "hip-hop savior" on a sub-par album w/ about 3 decent songs. If anyone else put out the same album it would be forgotten in a few weeks. It represents his disconnection with hip-hop culture and his connection with commerce and business, and overall this album is a true reflection of who he is today: 90% marketing, 10% talent.

10 percent talent.lol.oh beeehave.jays gonna be sellin more albums than your favourite rapper thats 4 damn sure and he sure got more talent than him or her aswell.i agreee with blue phier.jays back on top so u better get used to it,cos aint no other rapper in the limelight right now that is in the same league as jay apart from his new recruit nas.now that is the truth.

For anyone thats say they wasted there money" your a damn liar.because you like me had achance to listen to this whole album in advance.so stop the bullsh*t.your just hating.this album is tight.don't be mad cause you cant do a snap or some other sh*t to this cd.this is real hip hop.this joint is on fire..i love this c.d

I'm 34 and finally i can listen to a real hip hop album in its entirety.this has to be one of the best albums of 06 point blank..

Wow!damn near 850,000 sold the first week,who else can do it like he did it? nobody.for the haters when you see that lost ones videos , you gonna have to respect this dude...

For anyone like myself thats been following jay-z, you will know that he didi do a diss record for pac, but his untimely death mad jigga not release it.but if any one on here is from philly ,you will know golden boy played it bsck then on his show.and for anyone that follows kid capri, he had a song called back it up.jay did a diss to that beat...on another note this album is fire.....

It's a damn shame..this man had to include the lyrics so you fools would not just skim through it. Word for word hov still on top..

Wtf do you want this man to do? yell baaallllinnn 1000x's on a record...listen to the prelude people that sums it up right there..kingdom come is on fire

Jay-z is the hottest rapper next to b.i.g and pac.. Juelz santana is not even on jay's level so hop off tha tip n*ggas..

Nick zier from franklin new jersey is and he gets no Bia'ches

Nick zier from franklin new jersey is and he gets no Bia'ches

Nick zier from franklin new jersey is and he gets no Bia'ches..jay z is tha sh*t n*ggas

Dig a hole jay.....da album is whack.......i freestyle better than that......lettin those dre beats go to waist....shame shame...like mike jordan wearin da 45 hes not the best rappa alive...

No one can hate on tha boy hova. If u think kingdom come is lackluster, u don't know hip-hop. Jay show growth on this album unlike any other of his previous projects. Damn it must be lonely at the top...

I truly think this is one of jay's better albums. But then again how can you judge that......? all of the albums he puts out go platinum. It really all depends on what you like! true hip hop heads will love the album because it has a real hip hop feel to it! the comments that i am reading remind me of the movie brown sugar with taye diggs and sanaa lathan. Remember when taye diggs left his record company it was because they wanted him to put out some bull$hit rap act that was not real hip hop like he grew up on! and he wanted to start his own label with mos def because they felt hip hop! it is the same thing happening around the world (mostly america)!!! the younger generation just want to shoulda lean and lean wit rock wit it, they not feeling slowed down beats with some substance for the lyrics. I disagree with one of the writers at the top of the comments about how 80's babies wouldn't like it....i'm an 80's baby and an early 80's baby at that, and i love the album! for all of us who think hip hop is dead as nas says, who better to take on the new school than hov? with him coming out putting out something classic, something with a real hip hop feel to it, then hip hop will have a chance! if we continue to turn to snap music as real hip hop, the gere will surely die. Don't get me wrong......i was shoulda leanin and leanin and rockin wit the best of them, but after a while it gets kinda old, ya know? like is that it? the beats are extremely catchy, but the lyrics are so watered down and weak, t

Jayz write'n records while pimpss are rollin dope and gettin name whilst jayz is sittin on his a$$ thinkin bout how he cant look betta, got some chill phrases though i wanna play his bitc**s untill they 'aviod' tha ni%%a. But keep rymin, cos som younger kidz look up to playaz lyk you and end up runnin round spittin rymes not knowin how they gonna end up dawg so keep it up brutha and dont give up cos to sum your lyk a role model.

Naw it aint wack if you a true jay-z fan u can undastand what he talkin bout it iz classic some people just dont know how 2 listen to music the only wack track is da one wit beyonce he jus doin dat for his girl

Men lie women lie numbers don't. Check the charts soundscaned over 680k. Like it or not he accomplished what he set out to do. Lyrically he's hov. I can't bear to listen to anything but thats one track out of 14, not bad. The michael jordan or recording is back. Hell this is the 4th quarter and mike didn't win the title till he got a full season under his belt. Haters beware come next year. As for the camron diss like he said its hard to do when u got nothing else to prove. Cam came hard but not hard enough to ruffle hov's feathers and by the way who is jim jones 96k on first week sales. Just goes to show u that gimmicks never make it

2 be honest when i first herd the album i was disapponted, i had only liked a few. But i got high and listen 2 it. Every since then i was like what was i thinkin! this is 1 album i can start from the the first song and let play 2 the end. Did it 4 times so far. I knew everybody would'nt like it because off the beats. But them beats is actually hard. But i was lookin foward 2 songs like "u don't know" hovi baby " blueprint 2" interlude" my 1st song and i can go on and on. But its still the sh*t. And u can't say his lyrics isnt the sh*t. And since people hatin i got 2 make sure he go platium.

An undeniable factor of any critique is the fact it is always and forever will be subjective. Meaning it's the opinion of one and not the masses. To that extent, i am sure we as a hip hop nation have not nominated the author of this critique as the voice and representative of the people. The people will speak via sound scan numbers and i'm not sure at this time what they are but i believe it's possibly the highest selling cd in it's first week for 2006. I would say that jay's kingdom has come and with his loyal subjects present and counted for.

Anybody on this page that said anything negative about kingdom come,i have 1 question 4 u. Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it? thats bananas to say this album is wack, he proves to you people every album that he's the hottest rapper alive. I dont even wanna point out sh*t like minority report, 30 something,lost one, i made it, cause the whole sh*t is hot, i dont wanna give more credit to some. That ni$$a is grown. And filthy rich. Leave it to g-unit to talk about killin ya grandmom and sh!t .these critics need to clean they ears & keep em glued to the sterio, because he's just comin back!! this is just the fu*%in beginnin.listen to it again please!! google some lyrics to the songs or somethin. He speaks the truth, bottom line!! !jerzees here!

I'm a jay-z fan as he is one of the most articulate rappers around, but this ablum is not a classic, he is missing some hook beats and with memerable catch phrases. Its a mature ablum for hip-hip fans but i don't think it will catch the attention of non jay-z fans. Best song for me is kingdom come, lost one and do you wanna ride. But there is no questioning that jay-z along with emimen have the best flow control. I say this was a bit of a lazy album, needed to tidy the edges 6/10.

Dis sh*t is a ok album but hova neeed 2 find a new Bia'ch he noe and so do everybdy else noe dat she a ugly Bia'ch she ugly!!!dammit hova u from brooklyn juss like myself u noe bk n*ggas get down and get Bia'ches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!get Bia'ches !!!get Bia'ches!!!get Bia'ches!!!

First week sales= approx. 680,000 copies sold...haha numbers don't lie...he has the lyrics...beach chair is deep...half of you are hating on him because you think its all about what beat you have on the track but in reality its what he says that matters...he claims to be the best rapper not the best song maker...half of the things he raps about are related to things that only educated people would be able to comprehend...example " demons in my past so i got daughters on the way if the prophecy's correct than the child shall have to pay for the sins of the father so i barter my tommorrows against my yesterdays in hopes that she'll be o.k."... Critics please decipher those lyrics...jay-z is the best lyricist/rapper alive...he freestyles every song...no pen is a neccessity in his world...go read a book your illiterates!

You are crazy, the album is a classic, do yal listen to music or just scan through it. The sh*t have taken the rap game to another level.

I can't believe that anyone could say that this is not a hot album. It seems that people don't appreciate or recognize real hip hop. When listening to any song of hov you have to really open up your ears and hear what he is saying. Most people are to dumb to understand and comprehend what he is sayin, therefore you say he is wack!!! i'm goona just end this by saying this album is hot!!!

This is a horrible reveiw.stating that "anything" feat usher was a horrible jay z song but that "dig a hole" was hot is like saying change clothes was a masterpiece but "feelin it" a faliure.this album is ten times betta than the bleck album.holla t me 1.

Anything is wack but otherwise... The album is tight

Btw... This is not better than the black album

Kindom come is what it is... Jay's flow ain't the same... The production is ill (real hip hop)... Especially oh my god from the production perspective. Something about the flow just ain't there. Get the dagger back jay! where's the hunger b.i.g. Talked about?

Damn what do you want the guy to do; go underground, get a face change, deal a few rocks and give all his ca$h to charity to make him fit in with the pathetic alter ego you so desperately try to live? a smart, heartfelt, well-produced album that is much better than this reviewer lets up. Compared to the unberable tripe that saturates the hip-hop industry, kingdom come is refreshing and hard hitting.

I would have to disagree with you i know for a fact that this is jays best album yet and even better then the black album. This album is genius from the prelude to the last track beach chair kingdom come lets everyone who even thought hiphop was dead think twice about that statement. The king is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would have to disagree with you i know for a fact that this is jays best album yet and even better then the black album. This album is genius from the prelude to the last track beach chair kingdom come lets everyone who even thought hiphop was dead think twice about that statement. The king is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who in the hell wrote this horrible review? did the reviewernjust skim thru the album? did you not listen to the lyrical content of this cd? in this day & age of nursery rhyme, simple ass dance rap, real hip hop was being surpressed. The lyrice on "i made it," "hollywood," "30 something," & "minority report" are insane. More lyrical than jim jones' "ballin" that's for damn sure. I am a huge jay fan & i am impressed by this album. Quit hating and respect a true hip hop artist for what he's worth. Jay z is the best rapper alive!!!

If you don't think this album is a "classic" then you are who hov was talkin bout in the album. Clearly he is the best rapper out, and he has even gotten better. If you don't get the album then you're just not on his level, so.....walk it out....im sure you think thats hot!

The album is hot period for u haters. 30 something is just so real to me cause its true. People respect people who have been shot but he respect the shooter. I feel him on that and every other thing he said. Minorty report is a deep song adressin hurricane katrina and how his money went waste. Dig a hole is more like a syblimnal track talkin bout camron.the prelude was just laid back how he came on there spittin. Lost ones aint a diss song its just a real song adressin the break-up with dame and beyonce and the death of his cousin. Show me what u got should've been respected by everybody that like lean wit it rock wit it, shoulder lean, its goin down, and the list gose on and on. I made it was hot cause thats what i wanna do when i make it. Beach chair dont need no explation cause its just hot period. Hollywood was the only song i questioned but it was decent. Kingdom come was hot as well usin the cartoon characters such as spider man peter park all i do is climb the chart. Anything i missed my bad but that was almost the whole album. Hopes that clear up the speculation and everybody who said it was weak listen to it again cause its fire and just a n*gga from the hood growin mature and tryin change.

Opinions are like a*& holes everybody got & they all full of sh*@ your opinion stinks & is very weak& pathetic. N tiime truth will open your eyes. Can u spit that calliber of album with content off the top of your dome?in your craft/job/occupation can you do anything that even compares to that magnitude of talent in anything but stinkin up a review please get whatever it is out of you rear get a better system in your car & bump this album again & again

Not to divide the hip hop world, but this album is for the adult hip hopper. I'm 33 and i used to only like grimy, hardcore hiphop. Now, i like smoother sh*t. Shit about making money, keeping your money and avoiding drama. When i was younger, i only liked that ride music about guns and drugs. There is an adult audience now in hip hop. Kingdom come is for that group. Why do i have to watch 106 & park to find out about new releases. Hip hop needs to market to the adult hip hopper more.

Yall all are trippin that is the wackest cd i have ever heard. I would rather buy chingys album! stop trying to come up with excuses for why the album sucks !

Oh yeah y.k. Your a character because you dont know what the f*uck your talking about!!!maybe you need to pop that cd back into your stero and listen to that over immediately. I would love to know who your favorite rapper is and whats your favorite album because i can put bread on it that it doesnt even come close to kingdom come and 2 the rest of you hating ass negros that has the balls to say that this album is garbage or jay-z is wack come to south side jamaica queens so i can put you in your place.

Sorry but the album is weak. To be honest he hasnt made a good album since the blueprint. Not saying it is garbage but just saying it is ok. Nothing that i would go and purchase. There was so much hype behind this album and..... What.. He has made it so big that he has forgotten what got him there. Good lyrics and you always have to have a good beat and the right producer. I expected as a longtime fan for so much more than this. I was really disappointed. But i did go and buy that new lil wayne album.

you already know 2pac is my favorite and all eyes on me is my favorite album. Yea shut yo ass up! look the album is ass hes ass get over it. You think his little corny riddles and lines are hot i think there horrible. Jay z{ hov straight like indian hair} lol this is your favorite rapper 4 real! lol! in your name say it all you already know that jay-z is corny and wack! (jordan with the wizards) lmao!!!!

If you don't like the F*ck*ng album don't listen to it. It's that simple. He obviously did something right in the album if he's sold this many copies. I think it's just jealousy because he's overshadowed you favorite has-been, sorry, rapper. Peace Bia'ches!

Okay jigga has fallen off, it seems like everything that he's talkin about has been said. His music used 2 be tha definiton of hip-hop but now its just commercial, what can i say? its gonna take awile for this album 2 grow onto me, the best track on this album is trouble!!!!make sure y'all cop that nas album december 19th, now that man is the definition of hip-hop.

This lp trash ass garbage im ashamed to be a jay z and hip hop fan. This sound like a pop album. I just hope nas lp brings something to the table before i stop listening to hip hop altogetther. Note if it comes from the south and it aint ti luda outcast face or jeezy it even worth listenin 2

Those who like.....he dumbed down the lyrics just for u. Rakim is the king

Jay-z has always sucked. I have no idea how he even became famous.....its sure not for his music. If you want real hip-hop check out a real label in duckdown records

It's funny to see the haters on this board. You all sound alike!!! "jay-z sucks......it's wack".....cmon folks come with a valid arguement. To come with these blanket statements shows a lack of knowledge. If you are a real hip-hop fan make a valid arguement. The people who have argued for the album have included lyrics and explanation of the lyrics. I think those of you who hate it cannot decipher the lyrics. It's sad to see in the hip-hop world when greatness is stairing u in the face there are still haters. Even when big was here there were just as many haters. Now he is gone and you listen to those songs you realize how nice he was. Face it, hip-hop is all about a hot beat now..when you can put together "we fly, no lie, you know it..........baaalllliiiinnn", and that be hot! picture yourself at 40 or fifty in the club trying to roc to that!! i can picture myself at 40 or fifty rocking to "do you wanna ride", "trouble", "lost ones", and definitely still trying to decipher all the lyrics in "beach chair". The mark of a good artist is being able to withstand the test of time and jay has definitely done that so at least give hime his respect. Come on people don't come on here and "dumb down" your comments about "wack...trash....etc", like yall want jay to do...e with some new sh*t!!!

The new kingdom come album is a classic!from start to finish, i listen the album everday ,its just good to see something different in hip hop, we as a people have to grow up pull up our pants, get jobs, and respect one another i give this album a 10 plus, with cuts like the prelude, lost one,i made it ,is crazy,30 something,the sexy anything,dig a hole,and beach chair, learn something young bucks!

Nigga u need to get on lil wayne bout wat he said

There's a lot of sh*t talking going around, but really, this is not jay at his finest. He's still "advancing his quotes", but he lacks that edge in his lyrics. The album isn't a total loss, it's just not what we all expected from a "comeback". The reviewer got it right - "hollywood" and "anything" are just trash. But he redeems himself in the end, coming hard with "beach chair": "i don't surf the net, no i never been on / too busy lettin my voice vibrate" . . . "sun said 'hov, how you get so fly?/ from not bein afraid to fall out the sky." now, if only he'd believed it, maybe he wouldn't have spent half the album trying to convince the rest of us what we already knew.

Gotta correct myself here - "no i never been on *" . . .

Or maybe it won't let me. Nevermind, if you heard the album, you know what the damn quote is.

Jay-z is a very good rapper and i thunk that he shows people that he has a piont to every thing that he does.

Jayz and lil wayne are at da top no one can touch em the best songs: minority report, lost one, oh my god. Everybody wants dis kid to fail and i dont know why. He has dropped da best albums year after year jay z is the definition of rap.

Sorry!!!!i think that if a rapper that sits there and says he is the best rapper alive then after 2 or 3 years of a bull *ish retirement that kingdom come should have been a press play cd(just stik the cd in and dont have to change any of the songs) but sad to say jay z has fallen off.....on another note i read some stated that jayz has beaten the best of the best in battles....what happend to dmx on pool tables and even j's producer at the time told dmx that dmx had won the battle, also what the hell happened with either by nas....if any thing if u want to go by battles method man or nas would be the best rappers alive....after all said and done jay z is a hot rapper no where close to the best...jay z is the smartes rapper alive (the reastaurants, liqure, the cloths and all the other money making buisness hes done) but as of right now to me he has fallen off... He needs to seriously step his game up

this album is tight. People out here on the west are felling this way more than dipset(who's that). And by the way jim jones looks older than jay z. The only people who hate on this are dumb little club hoes who think that life ends at 30. People who when they realize they are too old to go to the club and hit on 18 year will probably kill themselves. But trust me the real street cats( not the club fakers.) feel this sh*t.people who actually wonder whether jibbs chain really hangs low(with blood diamonds) or are too busy singing fergie ferg will not like this. It's to me like a part 2 of the black album. I have listened over 20 times and i believe this is a 4.5 out of 5

this alubum is one the the greatest the west coast loves it .

This album is a classic album maybe listeners should focus more on the lyrics of hip hop's greatest!

"the game's f'd up n*ggas beats is banging, n*gga your hooks did it, your lyrics didn't your gangsta look did it". Yeah hov is back, and he's going god. I think this a classic album. Apart from lupe fiasco's food and liquor(which jay z co-produced), there really isn't any other material out there that can match jay z. I think ya'll need to listen to the lyrics that this man spits from the top of his dome. Peace!!!!!!!

I give this sh*t a 5 out of 5. Every track on this motha F*cker is tight.

this album is a classic! bad review. Theres not one upsetting track on this album.

This is another jay-z classic.... Its a great album... Better than anything out now... It gets a 10 out of 10

Ya must be listing to another album cuz i have some of the biggest jay z fans tellin me that the album could have been better...ya need to jump off the tip of jiggas d***....just admit it this n***** jay fell off with this album....some of the tracks is tight but over all the album is 3.5 out of 5....it sounds like he did even sit down and plan a trak out or even a flow that goes wit a hot beat...dont get me wrong...i know that he spits off the top of the dome(madd props) but dam n***** do it right

Look who is your favorite rappers favorite rapper when jay retired rappers were like jay is the best rapper lil wayn was 1 of ttem saying he wanted to be like jay now he taking shots because he hangs with dips jay is jim jones favorite rapper and juelz cam and jay neva got along cam iz garbage we all now that 50 says he wanted to be like hov he was the boy was a genius he even talked about hov was better than nas everybody trying to take shots at him he the best hands down when u on top people will talk about thats why he is hov god mc big only messed with hov the commission perfect example he was interested in that than any other album listen to what hov says he doesnt have to call your name out to diss he pin points to where u know who he dissing he defines them hip hop has no age limit we need to educate ourselves so we can elevate and understand education is free get it while you can album is great respect him he adapted thru hip hop and still held his own dont listen to beats listen to the education in his rhymes

Kingdom come is so grown up best rapper ever aint no other rapper had a career like hov

Hov how come u dont wear me no more?

Well i can say it was hmmm.... A~~iiight... I like jay-z (not a huge jay fan tho) but i can say that albums like reasonable doubt n the blueprint were classics to me. But i expected way more. I listened to it like 4 times n still felt like it was average. I hope it goes platinum tho its better then that wack sh*t like d4l n franchise boys.... Jd signin some wack ass F*ckas 2

Do u n*ggas listen to lyrics r do u just skip threw it like jay said whats not 2 like about this album jay the truth n*gga tha real best rapper alive listen 2 lyrics before u talk P*ss* like hov said " coke is still my sponser cola yea hova still gettin it in wit soda " thats to much for u young n*ggas probaly don't even get tha line

Yall b2k lean wit it pop wit it type dudes shouldve left the album on the shelf. That n*gga hov be talkin slang to real n*ggas out the conversation. Its like he speakin through the wire and yall johnny law as* n*ggas stuck on stupid. Stop wit all the disrespect if you respect greatness you too can become great he spit in blueprints. And what yall no bout vvs boulders on a visible set just head and shoulders my invisible neck i was lookin in the mirror thinkin the same sh*t. Ha haa! walk it the f*ck out!

Yes. Yes. Yes. Them n*ggas out the conversation i know what you meant. I feel you 100%

Hova is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! his best album in a few years album is kickin' all the way through no not like the song show me what you got not his best single should have put the john legend track

People really love what they know hey. Jay z is one of the greats in hip hop but i really feel he can pass you any old garbage and people will be all over him cus its hove after all. This album is not entirely weak but for jay z it is a weak attempt. There was only a few tracks that jumped out - 30 something being my favourite. It is a weak release for a man of this calibre. La familiar was 100 times better. I can't tell you how to live or listen but go cop the new nas joint. That is a real comeback. And i don't usually like nas.

Hov is on his grown man, t h a t is what hip hop needs.

I really think jay was loungin on a leather sofa with while taking off his blazer on this one. I can appreciate the high profile guest who appeared on various tracks with him. I.e. Beyonce, usher, john legend.. The beats to all the tracks were amazing overall it's not his superior best work.., and of corse not what we are use to..inspite of this.. I bought the cd.. I like it , and he stills holds my attention ..as an artist

After having listened to "kingdom come" straight through 3x just to make sure i did not miss anything he said, and then comparing his lyrics while he rode the beats. This album i'd give it 4/5 stars...actually.it's not a bad album. I think the problem is that "show me what you got" is being played so many times its sucking the other tracks down like... "lost one, kingdom come, 30 something, trouble, minority report, and beach chair" are very good cuts off this album... Now that's 7. Let's be honest how many rap albums can you honestly say that come out each year, you can stand to listen to atleast half of the songs...most rap albums will give you 1 maybe 3 tracks at best to listen too... I would argue that "change clothes" was his worst song in his career. And that "moment of clarity" from the black album should've been on kindgom come, and "show me what you got" should've been on the black album. Jay-z is the grown man of hip hop that can still rap. He is what every rapper including big and pac wanted to get to where he is now...being revered in the hood, being a "starving artist" looks cools...but as he said... "i dump down for my audience and double my dollars they criticize me for it yet they all yell "holla" if skills sold truth be told i'd probably be lyricly talib kweli truthfully i wanna rhyme like common sense (but i did five mil) i ain't been rhymin like common sense when your sense got that much in common and you been hustlin since your inception F*ck perception go with what makes sen

And for all you nas lovers, jay z haters...ya boy got checked up in one verse.... Can't y'all, see that he's fake, the rap version of td jakes prophesizing on your cds and tapes won't break you a crumb of the little bit that he makes and this is with whom you want to place your faith? i put dollars on mine, ask columbine when the twin towers dropped, i was the first in line donating proceeds off every ticket sold when i was out on the road, that's how you judge hov, no? ain't i supposed to be absorbed myself? every time there's a tragedy, i'm the first one to help they call me this misogynist, but they don't call me the dude to take his dollars to give gifts at the projects these dudes is all politics, depositing checks they put in they pocket, all you get in return is a lot of lip and y'all buy the sh*t, caught up in the hype cause the n*gga wear a coofie, it don't mean that he bright cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice it just means you don't understand all the bullsh*t that he write is it "oochie wally wally" or is it "one mic"? is it "black girl lost" or shorty owe you for ice? i've been real all my life, they confuse it with conceit since i will not lose, they try to help him cheat but i will not lose, for even in defeat there's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens it up for me when the grass is cut, the snakes will show

Jay, i get it. I know you'll get a lot of sh*t from the industry on this one cause it's so real. Most people in this business aren't, therefore getting it is next to impossible. " there's a dude out there listening to this, and he's writing some sh*t. I'm a find him, and sign him" the midwest is listening and writing some sh*t. Major moves entertainment inc midwest upgrade to the next level, while making a major move with feel good ent!!!!!!! " for the rest of my life"

Hey im briteny and i love rap music its all i listen to on the road and where ever