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Jay-Z's June 2017 was momentous. The 44th president of the United States inducted him as the first rap lyricist into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Beyoncé Knowles-Shawn Carter family added fourth and fifth members. Going by a jocular shot at specific Al Sharpton social media activity within, there was also the completion of 4:44, delivered on the last of the month. Approach-wise, the 13th Jay-Z studio album is a change of course for its employment of only one beatmaker, No I.D., whose previous Jay-Z credits across a decade plus -- a comparatively flashy crop that includes a major portion of The Blueprint 3 -- amount to an album's worth of tracks, primarily as co-producer. Even more noteworthy is its chronological distinction as a follow-up to Beyoncé's Lemonade, a cathartic album prompted in part by Jay-Z's extramarital behavior. This somehow makes album 13 seem older than its true age. From any other artist, 36 minutes of repentance, self-satisfaction, and wisdom regarding issues such as faithfulness, vast wealth, ethical consumption, and the deficiencies of a younger rap generation would likely fall flat, but Jay-Z continues to write at a Hall of Fame level and raps with high levels of conviction, contrition, and wit. He and No I.D. are consistently attuned. The whole album has a fine matte-like finish with nuanced rhythms and soul, funk, reggae, and prog samples that frequently enhance the tracks on an emotional level, not just a sonic one. Even the Frank Ocean and Beyoncé appearances sound sourced from a crate. Filled with references to profit and forms of pride granted by birth and earned by hustling, 4:44 nonetheless is an unglamorous set well suited for solitary and reflective late-night listening. There are no radio play bids. Jay-Z has been in this mode at various points, but never in such concentrated, enlightened form, whether the subject is his mistakes as a husband, the struggles of his long-closeted lesbian mother, the effects of enduring systemic racism, or the assertion of his supremacy.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jay-Z, MainArtist - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Parsons, ComposerLyricist - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Eric Woolfson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jay-Z, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nina Simone, ComposerLyricist - Gene C. Redd, ComposerLyricist - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Crosby, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jay-Z, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Gloria Carter, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Newman, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Frank Ocean, FeaturedArtist - Lonnie Breaux, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Fauntleroy, Producer, Additional Producer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Kim Burrell, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Kanan Keeney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Beyoncé Knowles, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Stuart White, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elbernita "Twinky" Clark-Terrell, ComposerLyricist - Beyoncé, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Winston Riley, ComposerLyricist - Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - No ID, Producer - Jacob Miller, ComposerLyricist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damian Marley, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Casey Cuayo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ophlin Russell, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Whalum, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonah Levine, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Crystal Rovel Torres, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Mercereau, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Henry McGrier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Prakazrel Michel, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Lauryn Hill, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - SALAAM REMI, ComposerLyricist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Teena Marie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tozé Brito, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Mike Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The-Dream, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jose Cid, ComposerLyricist - Ron Gilmore Jr., Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Nate Mercereau, Guitar, Piano, Moog Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Fauntleroy, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donny Hathaway, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - No ID, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddy Howard, ComposerLyricist - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Blue Ivy Carter, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Album review
Jay-Z's June 2017 was momentous. The 44th president of the United States inducted him as the first rap lyricist into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Beyoncé Knowles-Shawn Carter family added fourth and fifth members. Going by a jocular shot at specific Al Sharpton social media activity within, there was also the completion of 4:44, delivered on the last of the month. Approach-wise, the 13th Jay-Z studio album is a change of course for its employment of only one beatmaker, No I.D., whose previous Jay-Z credits across a decade plus -- a comparatively flashy crop that includes a major portion of The Blueprint 3 -- amount to an album's worth of tracks, primarily as co-producer. Even more noteworthy is its chronological distinction as a follow-up to Beyoncé's Lemonade, a cathartic album prompted in part by Jay-Z's extramarital behavior. This somehow makes album 13 seem older than its true age. From any other artist, 36 minutes of repentance, self-satisfaction, and wisdom regarding issues such as faithfulness, vast wealth, ethical consumption, and the deficiencies of a younger rap generation would likely fall flat, but Jay-Z continues to write at a Hall of Fame level and raps with high levels of conviction, contrition, and wit. He and No I.D. are consistently attuned. The whole album has a fine matte-like finish with nuanced rhythms and soul, funk, reggae, and prog samples that frequently enhance the tracks on an emotional level, not just a sonic one. Even the Frank Ocean and Beyoncé appearances sound sourced from a crate. Filled with references to profit and forms of pride granted by birth and earned by hustling, 4:44 nonetheless is an unglamorous set well suited for solitary and reflective late-night listening. There are no radio play bids. Jay-Z has been in this mode at various points, but never in such concentrated, enlightened form, whether the subject is his mistakes as a husband, the struggles of his long-closeted lesbian mother, the effects of enduring systemic racism, or the assertion of his supremacy.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:05
- Main artists: Jay Z
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Roc Nation - Jay-Z
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC. ℗ 2017 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
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