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hip hop fans rejoice--Jay-Z's new album drops in the fall  
Jay-Z ending rap retirement New CD, 'Kingdom Come,' will hit stores this fall The Associated Press Originally published September 14, 2006, 9:49 AM EDT NEW YORK // Call him the Michael Jordan of rap. Jay-Z, who declared that 2003's "The Black Album" would be his last, is coming out retirement and releasing a new CD. "Kingdom Come" will hit stores this fall, Entertainment Weekly magazine reports in its new issue, due on newsstands Monday. "It was the worst retirement in history," Jay told the magazine. Actually, his post-retirement career looked pretty good. In 2004, the rap icon (real name: Shawn Carter) became president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings. He became part owner of the New Jersey Nets that same year. Also on his resume: Not-So-Secret Boyfriend of Beyonce. Despite naysayers' doubts, the 36-year-old Jay-Z thought he was retired from music-making: "I believed it, yeah. I believed it for two years." But since his "retirement," he's gone on a world tour, performed on hit records with Beyonce and other entertainers, and had a profile higher than most working rappers. There were rumblings that he was working on a new album. And in an interview with The Associated Press this summer, he said he was thinking about coming out of retirement. He told Entertainment Weekly that he began tinkering in the studio over the summer. "Something, when you love it, is always tugging at you and itching, and I was putting it off and putting it off. I started fumbling around to see if it felt good," he said. The result: "Kingdom Come." The disc is "more in the vein of `The Black Album' than `The Blueprint,'" he tells the magazine. "I've been experimenting with things, different types of music." He's already recruited some A-list producer-collaborators: Timbaland, Kanye West and Dr. Dre. Even Coldplay frontman Chris Martin produced a track called "Beach Chair," he said. So -- for real now -- when does he plan to retire? "If I wake up one day and the best material has passed me by -- and that's going to happen," he said, "then it's time to move on. I've said what I wanted to say."  [Edited 9/14/06 9:05am] | |
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well i never considered him retired since he was constantly singing on someones record and touring still, but hopefully he will put something out that is not just a reflection of what everyone else is doing. Usually Jay does take a different turn but those producers are just the typical "big" producers of the moment that are just going to make him sound like everything else they have produced. And im sure Beyonce will be popping up on this record too. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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alright now  I'll be ready to pick it up when it comes out!!!I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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damn, i was soo enjoying his retirement...
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I thought this cat was retired????? | |
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sosgemini said: damn, i was soo enjoying his retirement...
Me too.  There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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 I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired! | |
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My feelings on him coming out of retirement
       
My feelings on his album coming out     
What I think of the album      "It's not what they call you, it's what you respond to." - Mabel "Madea" Simmons | |
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So much disrespect 4 a great entertainer
U can diss a lot of Hiphop that's out there,but Jay-Z?? Open your mind 2 other music people! Love4oneanother | |
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I actually knew about this over a month ago from my connects at Def Jam. I was told not to say anything, but the album title is the same as what I heard, apparently that's also the name of the first single, and I can't say what the second single is called as that news hasnt been reported yet. |
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moderatorPaisley4u said: So much disrespect 4 a great entertainer
U can diss a lot of Hiphop that's out there,but Jay-Z?? Open your mind 2 other music people! u didn't know that on this site haters wake up loving to hate an artist that you absolutely love.... I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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Fury said:
Jay-Z ending rap retirement New CD, 'Kingdom Come,' will hit stores this fall The Associated Press Originally published September 14, 2006, 9:49 AM EDT NEW YORK // Call him the Michael Jordan of rap. Jay-Z, who declared that 2003's "The Black Album" would be his last, is coming out retirement and releasing a new CD. "Kingdom Come" will hit stores this fall, Entertainment Weekly magazine reports in its new issue, due on newsstands Monday. "It was the worst retirement in history," Jay told the magazine. Actually, his post-retirement career looked pretty good. In 2004, the rap icon (real name: Shawn Carter) became president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings. He became part owner of the New Jersey Nets that same year. Also on his resume: Not-So-Secret Boyfriend of Beyonce. Despite naysayers' doubts, the 36-year-old Jay-Z thought he was retired from music-making: "I believed it, yeah. I believed it for two years." But since his "retirement," he's gone on a world tour, performed on hit records with Beyonce and other entertainers, and had a profile higher than most working rappers. There were rumblings that he was working on a new album. And in an interview with The Associated Press this summer, he said he was thinking about coming out of retirement. He told Entertainment Weekly that he began tinkering in the studio over the summer. "Something, when you love it, is always tugging at you and itching, and I was putting it off and putting it off. I started fumbling around to see if it felt good," he said. The result: "Kingdom Come." The disc is "more in the vein of `The Black Album' than `The Blueprint,'" he tells the magazine. "I've been experimenting with things, different types of music." He's already recruited some A-list producer-collaborators: Timbaland, Kanye West and Dr. Dre. Even Coldplay frontman Chris Martin produced a track called "Beach Chair," he said. So -- for real now -- when does he plan to retire? "If I wake up one day and the best material has passed me by -- and that's going to happen," he said, "then it's time to move on. I've said what I wanted to say."
[Edited 9/14/06 9:05am] I bet it will be dope to, all Jay had to do was switch his subject matter up more, which he pulled off on the black album quite well | |
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The Black Album is my favorite Jay-Z album and to hear that the new CD is in that vein makes me interested in hearing this. Oh and I'm not surprised he's out of retirement. I was laughing when he first announced it cause I knew it wouldn't last. Boy was I right. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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I will be getting this... 
I'm a true jay-z fan...yes I said it. 
own all of his cds and I'll get this one too... | |
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I never thought for one moment that he would retire. | |
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didn't Too short retire like 100 times....
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Rhondab said: didn't Too short retire like 100 times....
That dude is the worst rapper ever. I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired! | |
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Hopefully Jay-Z found some more unknown producers to work with.  | |
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Rhondab said: didn't Too short retire like 100 times....
yeah but the difference is...nobody noticed... I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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