This is one of the most creative and original adverts I’ve ever seen.
Hov keeps the classic album covers up front and the not so great album covers near the end, with the exception of American Gangster which he finishes with.
This would have been even better if the covers had been in chronological order but still.
Last time I posted a download link for a Jay-Z track the RIAA filed a copyright claim against my blog, so what I did instead is upload the track to YouTube and post it here instead.
Anyway, this is crap, Timbaland’s adlibs clutter up the terrible beat, Jay-Z’s flow is horrible and Drake only raps the verses, I expected a lot more from Jay and Drake and I’m not a fan of Timbaland(mainly because of the awful adlibs).
Not good Jay, not good at all.
The Hip Hop blogging community were on a blogging arms race to get this video posted the earliest and MTV Germany beat them all to it by dropping it before they were supposed to, HA!!!!!
Anyway I love this video, it matches the tone of the song perfectly, shame the song isn’t all that, Brooklyn Go Hard would have been a better first single.
This artwork looks nice!!!! A bit 808’s inspired to me you know, minimal colour in the background and striking colour in the foreground.
Tracklisting:
01. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)
02. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)
03. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)
04. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)
05. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
06. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)
07. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)
08. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)
09. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)
10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)
12. Forever Young Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.)
14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)[Bonus]
15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)[Bonus]
Couple of things missing from that, namely my two favourite Jay-Z tracks of last year; Brooklyn Go Hard and Jockin’ Jay-Z. Hmm, I guess they didn’t fit in with the theme of the album but both of them tracks are better that Run This Town and they aren’t even bonus cuts?!?!?!?!?! SMH!
You’ve got to hand it to Jay, he does cover versions very well.
