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American Gangster [PA] by Jay-Z (CD, Nov-2007, Def Jam USA) 
American Gangster [PA] by Jay-Z (CD, Nov-2007, Def Jam USA)

 
American Gangster [PA] by Jay-Z (CD, Nov-2007, Def Jam USA)

Artist: Jay-Z
Release Date: Nov 2007
Format: CD
Record Label: Def Jam (USA)
Genre: East Coast Rap, R&B
UPC: 602517499898
Product ID: EPID62917238
Description: Following up his crossover-ridden return from retirement KINGDOM COME, Jay-Z presents a concept album, AMERICAN GANGSTER, inspired by the Ridley Scott movie of the same name. Contentwise, Jay is in his element, spinning street corner ima...
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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Pray
3. American Dreamin'
4. Hello Brooklyn 2.0
5. No Hook
6. Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)...
7. Sweet
8. I Know
9. Party Life
10. Ignorant Sh*T
11. Say Hello
12. Success
13. Fallin'
14. Blue Magic
15. American Gangster

Details
Playing Time:58 min.
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Following up his crossover-ridden return from retirement KINGDOM COME, Jay-Z presents a concept album, AMERICAN GANGSTER, inspired by the Ridley Scott movie of the same name. Contentwise, Jay is in his element, spinning street corner imagery and tales of the drug trade in the same spirit as the film, while, on the production end, 1970s R&B and soul samples dominate. The production team of Diddy, LV, and Sean C accounts for much of the record's cohesion, providing six beats built on loops from the likes of Marvin Gaye, Barry White, and Rudy Love & the Love Family.
Jigga finds plenty room to get jiggy on tracks like "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)," "Party Life," and "I Know," a Neptunes-produced gem that sounds like a tricked-out "It Ain't Hard to Tell." Undoubtedly Jay's tightest effort since 2001's THE BLUEPRINT, AMERICAN GANGSTER features a few choice guest verses from Lil Wayne, Beanie Siegel, and Nas.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- AMERICAN GANGSTER sounds reassuringly expensive, with a hotshot production team including Just Blaze, Pharrell and Diddy's Hitmen crew.
Q

4 stars out of 5 -- [H]ere his favoured old soul classicism -- say, on 'American Dreamin' or 'ROC Boys' -- provides the best backdrop for his rhymes.
Uncut

[Jay-Z uses] the film's story and period vibe to color his own elaborate legend....On 'Fallin',' the record's emotional climax, Jay-Z raps frantically as the walls close in.
Entertainment Weekly

Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Top Albums of the Year 2007 -- AMERICAN GANGSTER is tripped out on a Seventies-funk fantasia.
Rolling Stone

4 stars out of 5 -- [With] live horns, grooving on some kind of Afro-beat riff over Seventies rumble-in-the-jungle funk...
Rolling Stone

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