Jay-Z

On his fifth album in five years, Jay-Z returns triumphantly, delivering his best work since his debut. Flexing a diverse lineup of beats from the Neptunes, Just Blaze, and Rick Rock, the production strikes a balance between gritty and catchy. Jigga keeps getting nicer on the mic, delving into more deep and personal topics. Features the club banger "I Just Wanna Love U."

In the pantheon of street-cultural gods, the hustler is the bejeweled strategist, a ghetto
politician who moves with the money and mommies -- the cat who can hang with the thugs,
high rollers, Los Angeles Bloods and Brooklyn gods with equal grace. And Jay-Z is his pop
personification. Outside of Iceberg Slim, no one has offered a more detailed portrait of the
hustler as a young man. Over the last four albums of his reign, Jay-Z has offered... More >