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Releases Acappella Version Of ‘American Gangster’

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
By: Michael Ivey


Jay-ZDecember 4th Jay-Z’s birthday lives on as the release date of his acappella version of ‘American Gangster’ as well as the first song of ‘The Black Album’ (2003).

The latter “retirement” set is the only other official Jay-Z acappella release; it birthed offshoots like Danger Mouse’s (Gnarls Barkley) Jay-Z/The Beatles mash-up, ‘The Grey Album,’ and the Warner Bros./MTV venture ‘Collision Course,’ featuring “The God Emcee” and Linkin Park.

December 4th albums from Jay-Z’s Def Jam Records artist Ghostface along with Wyclef Jean and DJ Drama are also set to hit retail. There’s no word regarding potential remix projects, sanctioned or otherwise, as of press time.

Fellow hip hop torch bearer and Def Jam artist Nas will reportedly release his second controversial Def Jam LP, tentatively titled ‘Nigger,’ by fourth quarter’s end (December 31) although his project is not on the labels’ online release schedule as of press time (www.defjam.com).




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Aww yeah, i was waitin' for another acapella lp, glad he did this. I wish he'd drop a kingdom come acappella too, so people could see that there was nothing wrong with him per say, but them wack ass beats. "oh my god" is a classic track.
Posted by KingJames313
Look out! sidebar: red cafe's 'the co-op' is optimum listening guys & gals; how many chicks be on this jawn i wonder.
Posted by mivey
Good sh*t "j"
Posted by prettychick
Yea whatever. Jay be foolin u cats. Im not sayin he aint rich or his a super trash artist, but he is as gimmick fueled as anybody else it appeal to the weak minded who ain never had ish (and thinking like that u wont) jay is a illusion u trick ya'self with i rather listen to lil' wayne
Posted by Freshnigg
They betta throw that up on vinyl for us dj's..neva made sense to me to have accapella cd's unless u have a great imagination
Posted by dj blendz
^^wow i cant believe i said that. Yea the only releases im coppin is that nas and that wu. Personally i rather get faded and bump that lily allen she is more gangsta than jay. Log-out
Posted by Freshnigg
..@freshnigg,relax son it aint all that serious..enjoy the music,both from wayne & jay
Posted by dj blendz
I agree with freshnigg, i like jay z to some extent. He's a great lyrcist, but realy he is way over hyped. Everything he does is a gimmick. I'd rather listen to wayne anyday. Wayne has more style and swagg the jay. But i guess to each their own.
Posted by CARLOSnCASHVILLE
^wayne has no swag.wayne is a bitter.one minute he dresses like jim jones,the next minute he dresses like kanye(vibe awards)straight swagger jacker.say it aint so
Posted by stop the bafoonery
@stop the bafoonery - swagger jacker? come on man, if anything he puts sh*t in style. Nobody liked bape until he started rockin the sh*t. Besides do you wear the same type of clothes all the time? i hope not son, put a lil variety in ya life. Wayne has variety on his tracks as well. All in all, just respect each mc for what they are, niether of them suck, and jay already said "dumb down my audeince to double my dollas. . .". He done told ya'll whats gone happen so take that sh*t as is.
Posted by kenbo
Are you people F*ck*ng serious? listen cause ima only write this once jay-z=greatest to ever touch a mic and F*ck lil wayne
Posted by pudge
....alot of n*ggaz wouldn't put out sh*t without the background music, because then people would see they have nothing to say... And that their lyrical content is bullsh*t....
Posted by evenwhenilie
Never said jay sucked, i got american gangster in my car system right now.
Posted by kenbo
All ya'll silly for saying jay is a fake,, jay-z the best right next to lupe... Holla at me for a beat tooo -./pyrotracks
Posted by PYRO
I mean look jay sucks. He got fame off nas. And blew up off weak minded people
Posted by Freshnigg
Nas>jay-z>>>lil wayne
Posted by shaker
I like all 3 and all 3 have defferent styles so get over it people.
Posted by clizzmoski

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