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Jay-Z says ‘Kingdom Come’ Will Not Disappoint

Monday, October 30, 2006
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Jay-ZAs Jay-Z returns to the studio, he is out to show the nay-sayers, who claim his upcoming album “Kingdom Come” will not live up to the overwhelming hype.

“I love that position,” Jay tells XXL magazine in its upcoming December issue. “I love that challenge. That’s the reason I’m making albums. That’s the reason why I love hip-hop. It’s a challenge every time.”

The president of Def Jam also addresses the perception that he is prioritizing his own album over his former rival Nas, who Jay recently signed to the label.

“It’s not like his album is ready and I’m like, ‘No, no, Nas,’” Jay says. “It bugs me out that people really make these things up … I’m not holding Nas’ album back. His album is not ready.”

Jay-Z also discusses the breakup of Roc-A-Fella Records, and his subsequent fallout with former business partner Damon Dash – including how Def Jam offered Jay $20 million to dump Dash two years before the 2004 split. But he rejected the deal.

“You know, I couldn’t live,” Jay relates about the last days of the Roc.

“It wasn’t what it once was, in my eyes. You know, maybe I contributed to it. We all contributed … Maybe being 34, as opposed to being 26, contributed to it. It was deteriorating. It wasn’t the same thing.”


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This album better be popping bcuz that show me what you got is trash, im not feeling that nut ass song but he better drop a classic he says he the rap mike jordan he better come back like mike in 95 not mike in the wizards
Posted by npcanon
Jay is the mike jordan of recording. Jay has transcended the rap game like mike transcended basketball. Show me what you got is hot, not the hottest song he's ever done but hot just the same. In all honesty jay could yoddle on an album and it would go platinum. Jay is the reigning king of hip hop.
Posted by wallyb
Jay is the mike jordan of recording. Jay has transcended the rap game like mike transcended basketball. Show me what you got is hot, not the hottest song he's ever done but hot just the same. In all honesty jay could yoddle on an album and it would go platinum. Jay is the reigning king of hip hop.
Posted by wallyb
Show me what you got lyrics are tight,not the beat.kingdom come single is hot and so islost ones,he just might have a classic.either way we all know the album wont be garbage.so lets wait and see,,,,,,,,,pow!
Posted by leyoy cook
This album is gonna be hot!!! "show me what you got" was just released to get the buzz goin'. He does that with all his albums. The fiyah is gonna be on the album!!! hov is back!
Posted by Hovito
Don't worry bout he haters jay imma cop that album when it drops. Starks
Posted by Tony Gambino
J cant rap, he turned his back on his homeboi, Bia'ch move. In the streets u get yo ass beat 4 sh*t lik dat, and thats what j needs. He F*cked def jam all up
Posted by I Hate Sellouts
Hey tony gambino.. Jayz doesnt actually read the messages posted on here.
Posted by jayz sucks
Its a shame when people will believe anything and listen to anything just because of who someone is how can anyone say his latest songs are tight the lyrics for show me what you got are below average for someone people call the mike jordan of recording maybeee the larry bird but not mike
Posted by vg
Anything less then perfect will be a disappointment-cuz the haters are dying to rip into jay's legacy. "show me what you got" is fire yet critics wanna hate. Put that joint against bp1's "h to the izzo" or bp2's "me and my girlfriend"...need i saw more. My dude gets better with time. I personally like everything i've heard thus far.
Posted by the evilz
He is the micheal jordon of rapping, but remember that last time micheal tried a comeback when he was a wizard. And look what happened to him. Think about that.
Posted by Kotik
He is the micheal jordon of rapping, but remember that last time micheal tried a comeback when he was a wizard. And look what happened to him. Think about that.
Posted by Kotik
The last album j dropped that was hot was in my lifetime 3 the rest of his sh.it sucked di.ck the only way i can enjoy the black album, is listenin to the nineth wonder black is back version, if u wanna listen to classical j, the in my lifeetime vol 1,3 and reasonable doubt are his best, the rest......well like i said they sucked di.ck
Posted by sonny barstow
Sonny is right! tha las album i enjoyed was lifetime that was it. Then came blueprint and i was like oh stop!! i could only stand three songs compared to reasonable doubt where i could not never forward to the next track.the rest had like a few good trax...hey i said i tried.one!
Posted by Jayz ex-biyatch
Heres my definition of jay-z says ‘kingdom come’ will not disappoint : of coarse this album will not disappoint, it will be an "average album". That right there though is a disappointment. The new album wont touch any of his classic albums. The title of this article should be "jay-z's kingdom come will be a disappointment if ur lookin for a classic album, but it still will be an average album u can listen to" ....this is just my opinion so hate it or love it!!!
Posted by Hdawg0505
I liked the black album and i didnt like show me what you got but kingdom come the song was good and that rick james beat is fire i think it will probably be more of a commerical sucess than critical one anyway but then who cares. Critics dont pay your wages do they.
Posted by iamjack82
Wud up ya'll!hip hop in the buildin'
Posted by Big East
First off jay like nas is a master mc:and even so that i ride for nas more than jay if his album is hot its hot and the blueprint like the black albam to me are classics :like stillmatic and godson from nas r to me as well learn your hip-hop peeps
Posted by chase
Jay is a dope emcee. He's done amazing songs he's done some ok songs. Havent really heard anything thats just trash from him but alot of songs i do not agree with for what eva reason. What eva title jay gets from the fans are well deserved though i wouldn't agree to give him the same title. The man is a amazing artist one day his record sells will slow down but it will never take away from what he has done. I hate the fact he has such a demonic approach to his music but he is good at it. I pray jay will one day make a switch and do his music with the intentions to feed the soul positivity untill then i watch the boy learn from him the does and don'ts and do what i can to make the changes that i like in the world. May god bless everyone. Pz
Posted by whatevanicca
Sean carter...business man...jay-z...rapper...there is a difference between the two, sean carter is who he was durin his "retirement"...making cash through stocks, commercials, shoes, clothes, etc. Jay-z is jay-z the best rapper alive...if the beats are not hot who cares? he doesnt make his beats...he makes his lyrics...what would 99 problems be without 99 problems? he is a phenomenal rapper who 's kingdom come cd will be double platinum...who can compare to him? he is the michael jordan of recording...everyone else is the dennis rodman of the rap world...rebounding off his success.
Posted by Hov
I don't believe for one minute that jay is downplaying nas's album. There is indeed room for nas to still sell and promote his album wisely for the most part all this hype is actually leading towards the promotional party for the entire defjam roster that has prepared albums for this upcoming fourth quarter. Jay will do numbers regardless, nas the same.......respect
Posted by Black Congress
Yall some cuchified ass n*ggaz, like jay might throw u a dollar for advertising his lil album, wait to see what it is and then say if its hot or not, dont assume anything...the proof is in the music, until then i dont believe anybody, and that goes for nas too....them dudes got a lot to prove and hype dont prove sh*t
Posted by pushakey
John elliot shut the F*ck up!!!! you sperm guzzlin' sorry excuse for for a person. Go back to suckin tip Bia'ch!
Posted by Hovito
All u jay z tip ryder stop being stupid jay is what mr. West said abt bush . He dont care abt us look at his latest video homo
Posted by boyie83
I'm glad he's back, we all need that.... I'm ready...
Posted by Summe
I'm glad he's back, we all need that.... I'm ready...
Posted by Summe
I'm glad he's back, we all need that.... I'm ready...
Posted by Summe
Word up all the new jay-z joints i been hearin are trash i feel nas is definetely is definetly going to be better as well as the game's album,hov is the most overrated mc in the game give it up hov
Posted by j2tdot
J can do it & he done it.....he sold out his family(the roc) j is ill... But he played his cards & the game wrong!!!! what 2-pac say "my street family stay togethere" j showed how soft he was (nas knew it way back then) j is ill at hip-hop&songs2 get raido play he might be the best but he just like 50 a sell out who got paid in full!!!!!!!!! & we'll see if it last......more power 2 him too
Posted by EASTBEAST
J can do it & he done it.....he sold out his family(the roc) j is ill... But he played his cards & the game wrong!!!! what 2-pac say "my street family stay togethere" j showed how soft he was (nas knew it way back then) j is ill at hip-hop&songs2 get raido play he might be the best but he just like 50 a sell out who got paid in full!!!!!!!!! & we'll see if it last......more power 2 him too
Posted by EASTBEAST
J can do it & he done it.....he sold out his family(the roc) j is ill... But he played his cards & the game wrong!!!! what 2-pac say "my street family stay togethere" j showed how soft he was (nas knew it way back then) j is ill at hip-hop&songs2 get raido play he might be the best but he just like 50 a sell out who got paid in full!!!!!!!!! & we'll see if it last......more power 2 him too
Posted by EASTBEAST
All i know is that the black album was a sonic nightmare. The beats and the songs were good to exellent, but the sonic quality was near amateur. I know a lot of you all aren't interested in the sound, but if you've ever heard your boyz isht that didn't sound right...you don't listen to it often. Jay's stuff is tight lyrically, and the beats were nice, but its gotta step up...my word to j. Don't push it out until it's ready, and don't let those cats force you to meet timelines that'll make your sound not worth listening to in 2025.
Posted by Madd Realist
If it's not better than reasonable doubt i don't really wanna hear it.....
Posted by Kalifornia
If it's not better than reasonable doubt i don't really wanna hear it.....
Posted by Kalifornia
Yo man, i can't wait 4 dat ish hit the shelvz and i'm sure he got da ish. The king.dom will def cum and he must cum back 2 s.a. F$ck haters.
Posted by asanda
As a music lover, i welcome jay-z's return compared to what is playing on radio. Not jay's best but mo betta than anything in rotation at the moment. When i leave atlanta to visit new york and hear all the same music being played it shows me how people as a whole have F*cked up the game. Don't blame these companies and radio, for running a business, look at who & what you support. That show'em song is mediocre but what is chain swang low or chicken noodle F*ck*n soup?????? kids follow examples and you can only give conditioned "radio listeners" and "video viewers" so much to digest all once. Fight for your F*ck*ng right and stop Bia'ching!!!!!flava flave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by datmasher
*smh* at the fact that he denied 20 million dollars from def jam to stick with dame dash at one point
Posted by K Smith
Get off hov's tip
Posted by chi infinite
I dont think its about money for jay at this point. Before he took the def jam prez job, he told flex on hot97 that atlantic was offering him the same job for more dough, and he said: "what's the difference between 100 mill and 150 mill, i just want my masters from defjam." i dont think he's as greedy as cats think, he's just about power moves.
Posted by wordup
I wish he would just drop the album already. Not that i am really anticipating it, but moreso the fact that this jay-z is becoming remniscent of terrell owens. All this talk about what's coming and potential, while in reality all we can do is suck up these media updates and wait.
Posted by PumaRoma
I wish he would just drop the album already. Not that i am really anticipating it, but moreso the fact that this jay-z is becoming remniscent of terrell owens. All this talk about what's coming and potential, while in reality all we can do is suck up these media updates and wait.
Posted by PumaRoma
The single is wack(danica patrick, earnhardt--"get your wave on"!!??--bad attempt at throwing in some snap music). Im sure he is a great guy and i admire his rise to the top. But being a hip hop/gangsta rap enthusiast from the "golden era" i would suggest that his music has gotten worse, dumbered down, and more regurgitated by the year. This guy has to be the most overrated emcee of all time. Lines that come from jay's mouth cause some to lose their composure due to overexcitement, while these same lines and concepts come from the mouths of less image-oriented rhymers and go unnoticed. The joints with beyonce are soft as baby-ish. This cat might as well sing his joints
Posted by PumaRoma
All of you eastcoast should be glad jay's back. He's bout 1 of the few people dat can drop and actually sell a lil bit. He knew nas was coming to take the crown on his label and he wasn't goin 2 have dat. Dnt get me wrong dude can rap but 2 have all this hype is unneccesary real talk. Good luck on jay tryn to bring hiphop back to tha east u guys will be better off waitn on actual lyricist (nas). Until then enjoy da great music dat tha south is making which is by the way really hot besides snap music we have actual lyricist. Go beyond the atl and listen for louisiana and texas cuz dats where its at. Keep the south on top!!!!!!!!
Posted by CertifiedSouthernBoi
Its alo of dudes hating and money aint even dropped the album yet. Show me what you got may not be jay's best work but it is a whole lot better than all the rest of the garbage thats out there. Just enjoy the music. If you dont like jay then done buy the cd. Real simple solution. Complain about something that is worth complaing for not about one day song that you dont like. If you dont like the guy then great! you dont like him for some reason that really nobody cares about. Bitching and complaining isnt going to stop the album from coming out. I beleive him when he said nas sh*t wasnt ready. If nas had any issues with it then he would have spoke up. Nas isnt a quiet dude. He pull hot 97's card back in the day along with a gang of other people...nore....cam...nelly...and jay-z..if he felt he was being F*cked he would have said it by now. Get over it. Hov dropping regardless.
Posted by Q-HEKTIK
I saw jay z a week ago in syd australia, and he was tight, he a simple performer but it is still soo good u namean, but he tight he should come wit a tight album
Posted by austafari
Only time will tell jay, only time will tell!
Posted by MRDAVIS33
Only time will tell jay, only time will tell!
Posted by MRDAVIS33
Only time will tell jay, only time will tell!
Posted by MRDAVIS33
Haters haters haters all they are. Jay can freestyle a whole album and unless you can do half of that then your opinon about him doesnt matter. Man up and worry about how you gonna get your money haters last time i checked you werent famous. Jay is fiyah, haters are . Kingdom come imma cop it.
Posted by Dbell
I agree with npcanon. Show me what you got is not all that. But, neither was change clothes or 03 bonnie and clyde, but blueprint 2 and the black album were both hot. All of jay's cds were fire to me and if kingdom come is whack....i don't even know.
Posted by Quan
J cant rap, he turned his back on his homeboi, bia'ch move. In the streets u get yo ass beat 4 sh*t lik dat, and thats what j needs. He f*cked def jam all up posted by i hate sellouts man, u need some hip-hop history lessons- jay cant rap?!?!??? jay is the ceo of hip-hop, how are you saying he F*cked up def jam? say what you want about jigga- he's the truth, think he's fussed about a few haters- nope!
Posted by Bucky CDR
Thanks for being a positive influence in all young entertainers and business men and women! keep up the good work hov !!!!!!! shot out to nobodysmiling.......
Posted by BAMBINO
Busy listenin to show me what you got an has any1 noticed that jus blaze jacked the sax piece from wrexx an effects rump shaker
Posted by Sonny Barstow
Yo i used to love jay..but the bottom line is that his ish is wack now. Get over it. Stop riding for this dude off of 2 albums ago. He should have stayed retired. This guy is very manipulative. He knows you dummies are going to cop his mess regardless of what it sounds like. So he doesn't even try anymore.
Posted by Mdot
Fella knows that he is the truth. I'm ready to hear what dude has to say so i am waiting . But dig this ,i need a new catch phrase any way j. Thanks
Posted by rayhtown
As a rapper jay is the best. No body can switch up to as many flows as he can and make a record come out hot. I expect jay-z's album to be hott. The jay-z overall as a person, i don't understand. I can't see how he abandoned not only his business partners but dame and biggs were like family. Just because dame wasn't giving up the masters to reasonable doubt. Com'on thats something they did as a team. The r-o-c is dismantled without dame and biggs. Why would u give up on this team? dipset and state prop got the streets on lock , it will never be the same. No longer a dynasty its only jay and kanye.
Posted by Rob
Everything jay-z leaked was trash.
Posted by J-roc
Kanye can suck a fat one, seriously i can't stand the dude he can suck a di'ck who the fu.ck does he think he is by sayin he the saviour of hip hop, more like the massacist of hip hop!what a complete an utter as.s.ho.le! i hate him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Posted by sonny barstow
Stop hatin'!!!!!!!!!!!! most of yall' people that's downin' jay-z wanna be him and get what he got!! i think all yall' stupid, because at the end of the day, after all yall's hatin, jay-z still gon' be sittin' on millz and standin' tall like a boss!!! he don't care what chall' broke a**es say, because he f**kin' rich and if his album turns out to be not so good, he's still f**kin' rich!!! i know all yall hata's feelin played since ya read this!!!!! (lol)
Posted by iquolese brown
What do you haters like? go cop a mixtape and shut the phuck up lil busters.
Posted by kalliope4eva
Noones jealous of jigga, noone wants to be jigga it just that when u say ur retiring its like your dead. So y dis old dead rappstar tryin to come back from the dead eh? show me wot u got video is trash, jigga be racing sum white girl rofl dumb move jigga-jigga
Posted by Ze-Ro
Noones jealous of jigga, noone wants to be jigga it just that when u say ur retiring its like your dead. So y dis old dead rappstar tryin to come back from the dead eh? show me wot u got video is trash, jigga be racing sum white girl rofl dumb move jigga-jigga
Posted by Ze-Ro
He really is the mj of rap. For those how say remember the last come back of mj with the wizards, i only have to say, maybe mj wasn't the same but he made people that wasn't looking to nba, to look at it again, he rise the nba...
Posted by Guaru
Everyone let's be serious here. Lets think back to what jay first single was on the black album. I think it was, "change clothes" which we can all agree wasn't the best song on the album. I think he has done enough to prove that he's the best.
Posted by Marcus
I don't read these things often, but thanks to those who are on here supporting me. Trust ya boy, the cd is going to be a classic. I been trying alot of new things, and like one person said, the single is just to get my buzz. Its like the drug game, you give out testers, but the real quality is in the product. Throw you diamond sign up, there is only one! s.c.
Posted by there is only one!
Lost ones a single on his new album proves that he hasn't lost his touch. The king of hip hop ' hova' is back for his crown to cushion hip hop on it evolving path to a new era. Expect great things with this come back.
Posted by M. Chin
Lost ones a single on his new album proves that he hasn't lost his touch. The king of hip hop ' hova' is back for his crown to cushion hip hop on it evolving path to a new era. Expect great things with this come back.
Posted by M. Chin
J is'a legend trend setter, lyrical genious 1 take master the one and only pioneer of rap. Without him hip hop wouldnt be what it is today, bare heds hatein when you no jigga is hova "the king of hip hop" roca-fella he even got nas on is lable now. Cant no1 touch j no1 his new album will be hot and more than likely a classic so shut yo mouf al you c*ck suckin ass rapein haters!
Posted by Whitey
Show me what you got is f**king hoottttt!!!! the beat,the lyrics, everything...he is such a business man 2 do live music 2 that song 2 appeal also to the 1's who love jazz,gospel etc....i dont care wat ne1 says that is 1 of jay-z's best songs if not the very best along side encore, and those who regard these songs as trash,really need to open up their minds musically and stop listening 2the same unauthenic,continous sh*t!!!...he is the king of hip hop and aint no1 gonna get him off the throne..especially not camron(biotch)
Posted by king of hearts
Show me what you got is f**king hoottttt!!!! the beat,the lyrics, everything...he is such a business man 2 do live music 2 that song 2 appeal also to the 1's who love jazz,gospel etc....i dont care wat ne1 says that is 1 of jay-z's best songs if not the very best along side encore, and those who regard these songs as trash,really need to open up their minds musically and stop listening 2the same unauthenic,continous sh*t!!!...he is the king of hip hop and aint no1 gonna get him off the throne..especially not camron(biotch)
Posted by king of hearts
Show me what you got is f**king hoottttt!!!! the beat,the lyrics, everything...he is such a business man 2 do live music 2 that song 2 appeal also to the 1's who love jazz,gospel etc....i dont care wat ne1 says that is 1 of jay-z's best songs if not the very best along side encore, and those who regard these songs as trash,really need to open up their minds musically and stop listening 2the same unauthenic,continous sh*t!!!...he is the king of hip hop and aint no1 gonna get him off the throne..especially not camron(biotch)
Posted by
Yo..im getting the album! the last cd i bought was the blueprint 2001! im not even going to listen to any of the songs! hova hova hova! yo p.s. Whoever is listening! cop that little brother cd!
Posted by Chuck 206
None the less this album will be better than most so called "hip hop" out now just listen to saigon and nas hip hop is dead and saigon says as artists we need all need to paint different pictures in a sense he's correct and like jay said everybody is usin the same formula to make music and its ridiculous what has it come down to ok hooks wit no lyrics i.e. Ballin! so for anybody to say any jay album is garbage is out their mind but we all have our opinions
Posted by Young Money
You all are a F*ck*n laugh. If you hate on jay-z i got one simple solution..hit the books...you ain't ready for the type of intellegent, witty rhymes that he spits. A jay-z track mind F*cks you each time you hear it....yet you must have the mental capacity for it in order to really understand and appreciate it. If you don't get his references then don't buy his music...go by some sh*t where they spit about the same sh*t over and over... Show me what you got is change clothes....it is a radio friendly song for all the idiots out there to widen the audience for his music. "do you listen to music or do you just skim threw it?" he is a buisness man and that is why he makes those tracks...none of you got sh*t for knowledge. Hova is the best rapper alive....
Posted by Mondezzze
Name one rapper who can do what this man has done and what he can do with no bullsh*t!! jay z is one of the last rappers who uses pure skill. All rappers talk about today is diamonds,cars and guns. If you cant do what he does better than he can.. You need to sit down and take a class hater. You might learn a thing or two.
Posted by sir jo
Cunt
Posted by Luke
Be ready when kingdom come. The first single is a smooth "radio" joint! that "kingdom come" cut is a pure banger and "lost ones" answers the dame dash & beyonce' situations. The tracklisting is star-studded with features from eminem, nasir jones & busta rhymes. Beats from kanye, dr. Dre & the neptunes. For pure hip-hop heads, this should be a must get! to all those haters on previous posts jay said it the best "jelousy is a weak emotion you gotta overcome that man!". Datmasher was real when saying that all these weak tracks getting airplay can't fu*k wit hov's single. Fu*k a "chicken noodle soup"! i know emcees are hungry but damn!!! november 21st....kingdome will come!
Posted by Ice Water Raw
Also, jay-z got this tight freestyle leakin on the net. Funk flex gave hov the beat & he was doin tha damn(coulda been an lil better though). And that cat hatin on kanye is a fu*kin numb nutz. They'll be on his sack to when his "graduation" album drops next year!
Posted by Ice Water Raw
Also, jay-z got this tight freestyle leakin on the net. Funk flex gave hov the beat & he was doin tha damn(coulda been an lil better though). And that cat hatin on kanye is a fu*kin numb nutz. They'll be on his sack to when his "graduation" album drops next year!
Posted by Ice Water Raw
Yo fuc.k face, aka ice water raw, u obviously a newbie to hip hop cause if u knew yo is u would know dat kanye is nothin but a pip squeek in da game, no one gives him props for his lines except himself and common folk like you!an i'm suppost to put him on the same roster as legend s like nas, busta, big l, rakim, mos-def an da rest. Grow your own persona an stop listen to what da radio is tellin u is hot!numb nutz!
Posted by Sonny Barstow
I see jay z post something on this site. Look jay, i got a serious flow, holla at your boy ron23@aol
Posted by Ronald
Ronald do u honestly think that was jigga?
Posted by sonny barstow
Anyone that hates on jay should listen to his music. Better yet...read his music. If you say he's not a lyricist u are not a hip-hop lover at all. You almost can't love hip-hop w/o lovin jay. The haters just love yung joc and jeezy's wack sh*t. Get real haters. You are poisioned.
Posted by a.b. from NC State
Jay-z is the rap mike jordan. And even if he doesnt come back like mike in 95... Mike in 2001 was still and all-star.
Posted by lonewolf
Jay-z not a writer he a bitter he back again? i thought he retire
Posted by emotional
Jay-z kingdom come is going to be the hottest album of the year. A beyonce "diss" and a dame takedown but with nas on the record ouch!! pre-order this shiz now!
Posted by Jay-z Kingdome Come
I will admit the new joint jay got out is a weak way to come back to the game. Especially when he proclaims himself to be the mike jordan of rap.. I also will admit that new york needs the album as well as hip-hop. There are hardly any true artist in the game right now and for the most part hip-hop music is dying slowly.. Not the culture but the music. I think jay is just trying to bring the music back to life. Don't get me wrong we need party tracks and club bangers, but where's the true talent at. Where's the grit and the grim of n.y. Where are the days where you would watch a hip-hop video with out all the seductive ladies laying around or posted up. With the ladies everywhere ya focus is taken off the song and the artist. Where are the heart felt tracks that you would hear when a rapper would rap and you would feel like damn that's me. Or the days when a rapper would turn something into nothing just using pure creativity with word play and his or her imagination. I feel jay will restore that feeling with his new album and shut alot of haters up. I love hip-hop and everything it stands for.. So if jay drop ah dud then i feel hip-hop will drop ah dud. That's how important this album is.
Posted by joeyoung
All you haters need to cut out the sh*t...seriously....jigga is the best rapper to the game he didnt turn his back on neone...killa cam was wack anyways and he didnt want him part of rocafella and dame dash who has no talent in him what so ever did...so jigga had to just create another empire...so in all reality he created 2 empires of the rap game...deffinitly the mike jordan of recordan
Posted by JiggaMan
Leaked,..11/10
Posted by asdf
Jay z is second to none. He'll always be on top of the rap world. Its no contest. Jay is an incredible rapper and business man, he's what every rapper out there wants to be..
Posted by Second to None
Stop all the nit nat talking. Not only is jay-z allusions to mike jordan veritable but they are worthy. Look at the sales, the amount of albums, the growth. The man has the midas touch. Not only is he a scholar on the mic, he is in the business world. 40 40 is hot, s dot, def jam and so on. Being compared to mike is more than just music and basketball; its about transcending a culture. Give the man his props. Camron and all those no name rappers that he supposedly left behind have done what? like i thought life is about forward progress. Get some of it and learn to appreciate the maturation of one of hip hop professors. Show me what you got!!!!!!!
Posted by stoppp it
And by the way. If the new album fails in comparison to those of previous, it wont entirely be about material. Alot will ride on the double tax of pass profection. But like he said thats the challenge. And remember, the black album started with "change clothes." need i say more. And many call that a classic. Kingdom come will come and go twice over platinum, and at the end of the day, its how you finish not how you start.
Posted by stoppp it
Yeah, the black album 1st single was "change clothes" but...it was actually a good song and the 1st single really doesn't mean anything...kingdom come is a biiiiig disappointment...period. Run on sentence... Ima jay-z fan and been 1 since 96 but....kingdom come is ass...anybody who knows hip-hop should agree...dat sh*t kinda make me sad real talk
Posted by nigga...be real
Oh my gosh this album is great. My fav songd are hollywood ft beyonce and lost ones!! go jay!!
Posted by jennifer
Jay-z says ‘kingdom come’ will not disappoint. Well i hate to break it to all you g-underdogs and you dip-fags because this album is hott. We all know g-unit is done and juelz is the only decent one. Jay def. Meant it, so now it's time that will tell. If hova puts out another platinum album i think there will be a law in the u.s. Constitution that no one can ever talk sh*t ever again on him. I am sorry he is the best rapper alive. Buy the album when it comes out because every song is nice.
Posted by Johnson
What the fudge is wrong with some of you? y'all cant deny that jay spits that crack, and you know he's one of the greatest ones out now. Nobody, except mabye jr writer and papoose, has the lyrical flow that jay has. The amount of money he makes from his label, clothes, and endorsements alone is more than any other artist makes from their mixtapes and albums. Nobody (except cam) comes even close to the cash that hov makes. I'm not hatin on other artists, i know that the dips are fire (except cam), but y'all haters know that when this album drops, even with all this limewire, bearshare, torrent s*** going on, its still going platinum. Naw fam, its going triple uranium. Period. By the way, if y'all hate hov so much, then why are y'all reading his articles and postin' on 'em???
Posted by Jae Good
***continued from above*** also, if it wasn't for jim, juelz, writer (mabye hell rell, too), and the heatmakerz for producing that piff, then cam and the set would be done. But back to jay. Did you know that he purposely leaked some unreleased traxx not on the cd? i just got the album (11/12/06) from a friend at a radio station and it doesn't have any of those traxx and it has a lil' interlude where he says "i put those s***s out on purpose, to fool all y'all bootleggers. It's all good, though. I still luv ya."
Posted by Jae Good
I got this album and i have to say it's a little dissapointing not a great "comeback" for jay-z but still an ok album - not his best album
Posted by AKO
I think beach chair is the best song i have heard in a long while. It's different from everything he has ever done, but it's so amazing. "some said 'hove how you get so fly' i said from not being afraid to fall out the sky my physical's a shell so when i say farewell my soul will find an even higher plane to dwell"
Posted by kallie
I like it. Still nothing touches blueprint 1 and reasonable doubt but..it's good. Most of the tracks are good..i like everything except 1 or two snatchandgrabsplace.blogspot/
Posted by snatchandgrab
Jay z is smoooth you kno i herd dis whole album already, cuz i kick back when wit this man jay z. Hov. Ceo of da roc, ya'll n*ggaz is wack
Posted by hjkkk
The album is going to be no doubt hot. Its jayz he doesnt know how to fail. You forget he is the mike jordan of recordin...because he can come back as many times as he wants and even if you hate on him your gonna cop the cd. Just like everyone tuned in to see jordan as a wizard. He is the best of all time...i remember when the same sh*t was being said bout the black album like he had nothing left...yeah he had nothing left except possibly his best album ever...atleast top 3
Posted by realizt5
Look man..this how it is...jay z is the best n*gga doin it dead or alive- yeah i said it. Before you snap all yall tupacs, biggies out (don't trip, i am a fan of hip hop, not taking nothing away from them)- but look at j has done for the rap game...who has done it better? who has done more? tha dude is transforming the way the whole world sees rap. Name one person- and no not 50 or any of these "rappas" out here. He says it perfectly on "renegade" "do you dudes listen to music or do you just skim thru it" to all those hatas out there who say - "its ok for jay" "its not that hot" and all that- stop hatin- you can't knock the bull for being in the boardroom and back again-i guess just some people hate...
Posted by validation
I heard it too. It's pretty wack. "beach chair" is interesting. The intro is fire -- the high point of the album even, which is never a good sign. "show me..." is a great song the first 10 times your hear it, but it gets old fast. I'm glad i didn't buy this yet. Imma hold my money for that new mos def around the corner or even that new nas.
Posted by Been There, Done That
All of y'all already know that jay is official, and he's undoubtedly among the ranks of the greatest of all time. When he really retires, he can definitely be classified among big and pac. By the way, im glad it's not any true haters on this site, just opinions. Once again, his album ain't goin platinum, its going triple plutonium. I know i'm gettin it...but i can't wait for that writer's block vol. 4 mixtape to drop.
Posted by Jae Good
Validation u drunk dude, big mad j an now u say he better than big!! if big was still alive j would never be as big as he is, an pac, who is the best sellin rapper?dead and alive didn't even have j on his register. Obviously u a newbie to da game cause b4 vol.3 j was a nobody jus another cat on da up! he an dash even admitted that they frunted like they had cash in order to make peeps belive they had cash, and in order to get cash, an that only started to come through on a major "boss role level" once vol.3 was dropped so don't put j in the same sentence/paragraph as big an pac!1
Posted by Sonny Barstow
I've heard about 12 tracks...and so far it is terrible (and not by jay standards...). Granted he is the hottest to ever do it. He definitely threw this album together. An obvious attempt to make some quick bread cashing off the r&b senstaion and club songs. But....due to an unbelievable marketing plan; this will be his hottest selling album. I'll give it a 2.5 out of 5. I guess even the king can't be perfect. Hottest track may be "kingdom come".
Posted by El-Dogg
Yo sonny, i didn't say that jay was better than big... I said that he is among them. He's not better, but hes up there. And who said anything bout cake? nobody even mentioned cash, and that has nothing to do with his lyrical abilities... Fall back, fam.
Posted by Jae Good
The only time cam went platinum is when he had my chain around his neck. I'll show ya'll how to do this son....there was a whole museum of hov emceeas.....cough up a long where i'm from...in and out like a crack house...keep it moving.... I hate math but i love to multiply...
Posted by YaHeard
Top 15 - word is bond....shonuff... 1) tupac 2) jay hova 3) notorious 4) kool g rap 5) nas 6) big l 7) big daddy kane 8) big pun 9) mos def 10) buckshot 11) guru 12) jadakiss 13) rakim 14) dark man x 15) scarface
Posted by YaHeard
I got kingdom come and it is hot. Jay will never put a cd out that is not hot
Posted by chris
Go get them hova
Posted by Bryce
Anyone who says j cant rap should be smacked because even if your not a fan of his you know and must admit big homie has skills! second of all i heard the lp and i love it for the simple fact it answers every question j has been thrown since he has been "retired" even the episode where people said he impregnated free from 106 and park! big up to the boy because there will be no more "snap your finger" type albums released this year! thanks jay....
Posted by SINCERE
'show me what you got' is a hot song (with a hot video as well)! jay is helping older hip-hop cats like myself get our grown and sexy on while still staying true to hip hop. He is changing the game once again. His video reflects his lifestyle. His video shows a brother from the hood that did good and is living life to the fullest.
Posted by Big Man
How the hell do some of you deny he's the mike jordan of recording? who else can mess with jigga in his era? the only person who can really compete with jay-z on a real note is nas, but that wouldn't matter because nas is signed with jay-z now..
Posted by Duvall
...don't forget jr writer, the "writer of writers." i'm sure that if he changed his subject-area and had as much marketing as 50cent, he could compete with hov. Of course i only mean lyrically, only.
Posted by Jae Good
Ive heard the entire cd and every single track is garbage. The black album was all hype the songs were wack the cd was wack. He is jordan but when he came back with the wizards, a legend that hasn't realized he needs to retire. West up blackwallstreet!
Posted by WESTUP!
I agree wit that boi duvall jay only competiton is nas n now that they on the same team theres no competiton
Posted by hov
I feel jay didn't turn on his homie he just wanted his very first album rights dame said no so jay kept the roc sign jeezy sign rick ross neyo kanye luda millian while dame turned to dip set very bad business move dame evensaid their was not enough money in hip hop come on man don't hate dame could bounce back bu t for now take notes homie.
Posted by fLORIDA HYPE
Jayz the best rapper alive is back! all ya other rappers that think they can compete with him, ya buggin! step ya game up. He was truely da king ï look up to jay and he a pure genius. His album is gonna be hot so ya look out[rappers] "what yall want him to do! sorry hels back"
Posted by shine
I've been listening to kingdom come all day for the past few days and i must say the album is growing on me. Its for the mature audience i don't think young f*cks out there are ready for that. They want some dumb as non lyrical dirty south sh*t. Now there are good lyricist down south (lil waye, ludacris, t.i., jeezy, andre 3000 and even lil flip) but the rest of them n*ggaz is weak and wack. There are way too many people hating on jay for real. If he never retired were would the dirty south be right now? he gave them the opportunity to do something. Think about it, what was the south doing when he was out. Yeah you had ludacris, lil john, and cash money but that was really it. If hov never retired new york would still be on top. When he retired music quality severly declined. On the real n*ggaz can put out a dirty south song with a beat young hoes can shake they ass to and have a hook saying "shake that laffy taffy" and get radio play. You could make a song and have the hook saying "bounce it up and down, move it all around" and it gets played and the lyrical content sucks. I like the cd and i think hwe will release another cd within the next 8 months that will be a classic like blueprint and reasonable doubt. The only beats that i didnt like is oh my god and hollywood. Jay does deliver lyrically everytime
Posted by Brown
It didn't disappoint me.i love the album.and that's real!his flow is still one of the sickest and slickest.anyone who don't think so just aren't really listenin.guess cuz it didn't come with a dance or something.
Posted by smokes804
Im wit you smokes804. Jigga,nas, busta, and eminem are the best lyricist in the game right now. I say that and i'm not even an eminem fan. "jigga the sh*t even when he rhyme in 3rd person, hova the god i should be rappin wit a turbon."---from vol 3--- hov is the F*ck*n man he paved the way for that ass lil wayne. He studied jay's flow and he knows he did. Don't make hov do it to you worse the baby is doin you from behind. Lol
Posted by Brown
Man that crap sucked, jay-z only descent if he is featured on another artist song. I wonder why beyonce moved him to the left.lol crystal tarver
Posted by womanfreestylechamp
Yo can ya gimme da track list to kingdome come plz i soo sooo sooo sooo sooo need it plz help me gimme da right trak list plz i need ya help if aannyyone readn diz plz get me da righ trak list 4 kingdome come im beggn u plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yours trully mr. Desperate
Posted by Maknav
Looser ass n*gga unloyal Bia'ch he waited two years so they up the money then sold his homies out
Posted by trensetta

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