01 Holy Grail: Justin Timberlake's cheesy chorus ruins an otherwise nice track.
02 Picasso: Classic Jay-Z. Dope. Could have been on "Reasonable doubt" (1996).
03 Tom Ford: Borrowing from "M.I.A. - Bad Girls" is never a bad move. Brooklyn we go hard, anyone?
04 F*ckwith...: I can already see Rick Ross riding in a black car in slow motion in the video. The song doesn't surprise one bit.
05 Oceans: Hmm.
06 F.U.T.W.: Classic Jay-Z. Dope. Could have been on "The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse" (2002)
07 Somewhereinamerica: Lean back and enjoy. Two and a half very enjoyable minutes.
08 Crown: Very "watch-the-throne-esque". Goes hard. This would be my second bet for a video with cars turning corners in slow motion. In this case, that's a good sign!
09 Heaven: Not bad, not amazing.
10 Versus: May just be the highlight. Very very short, but very very good.
11 Part II: The obligatory Beyonce-feature-track. Could have been worse.
12 Beach is better: 45 seconds long. Very hardcore.
13 BBC: Promising list of producers and features. Sadly, as those things often go: Too many features spoil the track a bit.
14 Jay Z Blue: Hmm.
15 La Familia: Don't like Jay-Z rhyming very slowly with long breaks between every line too much.
16 Nickels and Dimes: Oh, I take back what I uttered about track 15. Obviously it's not Jay-Z's rhyming style that annoys me. Because on this track it works rather fine.
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| My little remix of the promo artwork. Now it's about a holiday in Morocco, the relax-factor of which the woman in the picture is not quite sure about because some random greek dude grabs her from the back and probably tries to molest her. |
Here is the verdict:
8/10 easy_listening
9/10 drive_through_town_with_the_windows_down
7/10 classic
8/10 overall
And I have added one category especially for Hovas latest venture into the world of art:
10/10 decent_display_of_an_antique_rape_scene_on_an_album_cover
Update, 07/10: Re-evaluating. The lyrics are top notch, especially towards the middle of "Jay Z Blue"...might be one of the most poetic rap verses ever. But after listening some more, the hype slowly fading away, I am afraid I have to say: This is not a very good album.
It feels a bit like the 20/20 Experience. I was a fan at first until I realized that this album could have been released 10 years ago. Timbaland just hasn't changed or innovated a lot dring the past 10 years. And as Timbs is also the producer for the majority of songs on MCHG I suspect it's him. He is doing music that reminds me of a few of his (and Jay-Z's classics). But as soon as the nostalgia fades, what's left is "just another album".
And I have added one category especially for Hovas latest venture into the world of art:
10/10 decent_display_of_an_antique_rape_scene_on_an_album_cover
Update, 07/10: Re-evaluating. The lyrics are top notch, especially towards the middle of "Jay Z Blue"...might be one of the most poetic rap verses ever. But after listening some more, the hype slowly fading away, I am afraid I have to say: This is not a very good album.
It feels a bit like the 20/20 Experience. I was a fan at first until I realized that this album could have been released 10 years ago. Timbaland just hasn't changed or innovated a lot dring the past 10 years. And as Timbs is also the producer for the majority of songs on MCHG I suspect it's him. He is doing music that reminds me of a few of his (and Jay-Z's classics). But as soon as the nostalgia fades, what's left is "just another album".
7/10 easy_listening
8/10 drive_through_town_with_the_windows_down
5/10 classic
7/10 overall
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