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Jay-Z - 4:44 (June 30,2017) Album • Page 5

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by iCarly Rae Jepsen, Jun 18, 2017.

  1. airik625

    we've seen the shadow of the axe before Supporter

    NSFW

     
  2. mike1885

    Trusted Supporter

    I think Vol 1 is highly underrated and better as a whole than Vol 2. Unfortunately, Sunshine and (especially) I Know What Girls Like really disrupt the flow of the album.
     
  3. ComedownMachine

    Prestigious Supporter

    444.tidal.com

    Use "Sprint" as the code and get a free legal download of the album without having tidal!
     
  4. George

    Trusted Prestigious

    Vol.2 is just so long. There's one hell of a single album in there, but like most double albums (for me), the two hour commitment isn't worth it.
     
  5. tdlyon

    Most Dope Supporter

    You're thinking of The Blueprint 2
     
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  6. George

    Trusted Prestigious

    Haha shit you're absolutely right. My bad!
     
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  7. beachdude

    I'm not brave Prestigious

  8. airik625

    we've seen the shadow of the axe before Supporter

    Hate to see that.
     
  9. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    Damn, if TIDAL really didn't pay him then that's pretty fucked
     
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  10. The Lucky Moose Jul 2, 2017
    (Last edited: Jul 2, 2017)
    The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    I have posted about this album in the Hip Hop thread before, so I'll just repeat it here: 4:44 is amazing. Really, really good. It's exactly what I wanted from Jay. It's my favorite relesse of his since The Black Album.

    I don't understand some of the backlash the production is getting. I think it's great and exactly what this album needed. No I.D. is a genious. There is also a lot of praise for the production out there though so apparently it's divisive.

    Also, this is great:

     
  11. manoverboard365

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    Anybody else able to do this? Every time I click the link it just redirects me back to the tidal homepage : (
     
  12. I think they fixed it. I don't think it was supposed to be available to everyone, haha.
     
  13. Not working for me either.
     
  14. Jay definitely sounds conversational here. The lyrics aren't bad (although I side-eyed that line in "The Story of OJ" pretty hard). I just think it's funny how mismatched the energy feels here...the beats are at like, a 9, and Jay sounds like he's at a 6 lol

    Regardless, this is good and will probably continue to grow on me. That "Smile" beat is pure sunshine
     
  15. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

  16. iCarly Rae Jepsen

    run away with me Platinum



    lol Snoop
     
  17. brandon_260

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    Gave this a second listen today and I think it's a really great album.
     
  18. matthaber

    beautiful and chequered, the end

    take my opinion with a grain of salt considering I just listened to my first full jay z album last month (reasonable doubt), but I love this. The length of the album makes for perfect listening. His lyrics are on point pretty much through the whole thing.
     
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  19. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    4:44 went platinum already
     
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  21. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    No, that was how the Samsung deal worked though
     
  22. Ok I'll admit it - this album is p good
     
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  23. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    Jay's like my #2 of all time and I love it too. Probably number four on my list of favorite Jay Z albums, which doesn't sound impressive, but it is, haha.
     
  24. mike1885

    Trusted Supporter

    I'm enjoying it a lot too. Jay has been one of my favorite rappers since The Blueprint came out. I'll admit that most of his albums have some filler on them, but I enjoy the majority of all of them.

    It's too early for me to properly place this, but it's definitely in the top half of his discography. Behind RD, Blueprint, Black Album, and American Gangster for sure, but might sit solidly at number 5.
     
  25. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    I want to take this opportunity to say Streets Is Watching is an underrated Jay Z album that isn't actually a Jay Z album