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  1. Oct 24, 2007 · In addition to rustling up some beats and laying down his rhymes in record time, that meant Jay needed to find an iconic cover image for the album — stat. He ended up turning to...

  2. Nov 1, 2017 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. Known for his involvement in the success of other artists, he was named the greatest rapper of all time by Billboard and Vibe in 2023. He served as the president and chief ...

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  4. Nov 4, 2022 · American Gangster was the last really cohesive Jay-Z album for quite a while. His output became increasingly sporadic and varied in quality during the better part of a decade, as albums like Blueprint 3 (2009), Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013), and even Watch the Throne (his 2011 collaborative album with Kanye), were not particularly consistent ...

  5. Nov 6, 2007 · By 2007, Jay had been around long enough to secure his new, grown-up life—ask Kingdom Come and The Blueprint 2. With American Gangster, he finds enough purchase on his old one to explore what he might’ve gotten wrong. If he still raps like his life depends on it, it’s because it does. It’s just a different life now. Hello Brooklyn 2.0 ...

  6. Sep 2, 2022 · Classic Albums: 'American Gangster' by Jay-Z. By Lauren Marissa Smith. Published Fri, September 2, 2022 at 12:00 AM EDT. Jay-Z's 10th album is the story of a hustler who earned his victory lap. We're invited to the celebration but also to bear witness to his confessions. When the album dropped, Jay was already a Hip-Hop statesman.

  7. Nov 6, 2023 · JAY-Zs 10th studio album, ‘American Gangster,’ is a celebration of the distinguished rapper and his legacy. Published on. November 6, 2023. By. Eric Diep. Cover: Courtesy of...

  8. JAY-Z. HIP-HOP/RAP · 2007. Preview. Following a false retirement ( The Black Album) and a rocky return ( Kingdom Come ), American Gangster posed the question: How can an artist defined by struggle still make his music feel urgent after the struggle is over? At times, the pose here—hard, hustling—felt like a return to JAY Z's iconic 1996 ...