The Black Album [PA] by Jay-Z

Pros: some nice tracks. Lack of guest appearences.
Cons: Some filler.

Well i know i'm a little late with this review but i was just listening to this cd on my way home and i got kinda into it. So bye bye to mr. Jay-z. So many good songs......and he leaves us on this cd with a few more. The best thing about this album in my ...

Pros: top notch production, has its moments
Cons: lots of filler, no DJ Premier

Man I wanted to label this a classic but I just can’t. Every album since Reasonable Doubt has been hit or miss. The Black Album is yet another inconsistent record from Jigga. What a letdown! It was billed as the prequel to Reasonable Doubt, and I ...

Pros: Great beats, good solidarity (no skipping tracks on this one)
Cons: Is it his last? For real?

I admit, after Nas blasted him my opinion on jiggaman changed...but they both got over it, and so did I. There's a reason he boasts to be the best alive. Who's had more success than J? I love this album...I still read and hear alot of "reasonable ...

Pros: Good production by just blaze, kanye west, eminem, and timbaland.
Cons: Neptunes Neptunes Neptunes Neptunes Neptunes Neptunes

Whether you love him or hate him you can't deny the fact that jay z has had an impact on the game throughout his career. Many people probably thought The Black Album was going to be filled with a lot of commercial garbage (Like Vol. 2), because of the ...

Pros: Master of Ceremonies...
Cons: Intros and Interludes are wack. Eminem should just stick to flowing...

I think anyone who wants to compare this to a Reasonable Doubt will be disappointed. I wouldnt dare insult any artist by comparing their previous works with the current ones. Hip-hop changes and so do people. Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint were two ...

Pros: Too many to say!
Cons: Left me wanting more from the Jigga Man!

I just picked up the Black Album today, don't ask me how I got it, lets just say a cd shop had it in and I waited 1hr and a half for it, but was it worth my wait, that's a question you shouldn't even ask cause you know what my answer is gonna be. Hell Ye ...

Pros: Good farewell from Jay-z.Good subject matter
Cons: Sometimes the beats were kind of dull.

Finally jigga has decided to call it quits.Personally I believe i'll just label him the most succesful MC who ever lived.I know this is going to upset some rap critics who get to read this,many believe 2pac,BIG and Nas were all better.No doubt about ...

Pros: ORIGANALITY,REAL STORY'S,BEATS A GREAT CLASSIC ALBUM
Cons: ITS A SHORT ALBUM YOU'LL WANT MORE

By far jay-z is the best rapper alive,with that said as you know hes retiring.The black album is a classic for all hip-hop listeners.People say that THE BLACK ALBUM is commercial when in essence its very the opposite.Jay-z tells his life and what he has ...

Pros: Jay's metaphorical quality in this album is exquisite.
Cons: No reason to "Justify his Thug" or to give "Threats"

If there is any album I would encourage anyone to buy is definitely Jay-Z's "The Black Album". Jay's last album to date. As he starts with an interlude, he starts making valid points coming up to the saying, "All things must come to an end". Meaning his ...

Pros: No guest appearances
Cons: Diminished lyrical vernacular, unremitting contradictions, horrible production, lack of motivation throughout CD

And you thought it couldn't get any worse than "Roc-La-Familia", huh? Well, bring on the "Black" album. What makes this album so black-and-blue is the diminished lyrical skills that lack the metaphors, synonyms, and abstract poetics that were once deliv ...

Pros: wicked flows, varying styles, only Jay-Z rapping, still listening and enjoying
Cons: Should have a few more songs, Song placement could be better

So where do we start. Jay-Z is retiring after an amazing career in the Rap/Hip Hop industry. Everyone including Hov himself wanted this to be his best album ever. The album does fall short of that mark but that isnt to say that the album is bad. In fact t ...

Pros: Jay Z's last album..
Cons: Not his greatest work, will not be amazed like by previous work.

Picked up the black album not to long ago, but I want to tell you, that this album, and if it's what he says it is Jay's last, I am really not all that impressed.

Sure Jay has hit us with some of the best rap music of the 90s and this decade as well, but this album to me is extremely disappointing.

There are some very good songs on it, and it is typical Jay Z style, and I wasn't purchasing it, expecting it to be Reasonable Doubt or The Blueprint, but this is not the note or the album I would want him to end his career on.

Rather then going out on top with a great piece of work, it seems like he just had these songs, and put them on this album to just have something to call a career ender.

Jay Z fans should definitely add this to their collection just to say they have it, but I would not purchase this album with the idea or have the idea that you will be blown away buy it, cause you won't be...

Pros: The song PSA is the best song i ever heard in my life.
Cons: It should be longer.

Jay-Z is the man, he's the best of the best, he's the best rapper alive, dead, white, black.This album could be better since it's his last album but he this album fast, now tell me what rapper could make a album fast and it be better then the black album.

Pros: kanye west! great ending track. 99 problems was sooo Run DMC meets jay-z in '96
Cons: he should of started with the black album in '96, and ended with Reasonable Doubt.

I, being an avid supporter of Hova throughout his glorious career, am disapointed that he has decided to call it quits. His career has spanned 7 years and his impact on rap music and hiphop culture is undeniable. Hova is street. He started off being street with Reasonable Doubt, and ended street with The Black Album. The 5 albulms in between are the ones that brought rap music to the subarbs, he took rap off of the street and placed it in the hands of middle class white kids, myself included. But even as he did this, he never lost his street appeal. now we could agree that jay-z has made some wack albums...(in my lifetime vol. 1...), however, even the worst of jay-z's work is still better then many rapper's best work. As for the black album, i think that it is a good peice of work. i enjoyed the produced by Kanye West, r kelly, and eminem. And the joint with his momma is cute. great album, successful and influential career. we love u jay.

Pros: Kanye west and Just Blaze tracks are fire as well as Eminems.
Cons: DJ Quicks is corny

Y'all need to stop hating on the Neptunes. I think Change Clothes is a hott party track. I don't care where you think the black album is going or what theme it is displaying. Someone wrote that change clothes doesn't fit the theme and that the track is weak. Bottom line is every album needs a commercial party track and change clothes is it, period. Now if you hate the song so much then stop dancing to it in the clubs. Bottom line Neputunes, Pharrel and Chad are one of the greatest producers alive so give them respect you jealous bastords. Change clothes happens to be my one of my favorites. If any track is weak or corny it's DJ Quicks track. Now that track is just disappointing. Change clothes gives the album some breathing room. Come on now listen to it. THe first 4 tracks are about his life and are pretty serious. You need that 5th track to loosen up the audience and have a little fun.

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