In the studio: Jay-Z's 'American Gangster'

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 In the studio: Jay-Z's 'American Gangster'
" L'chaim ," Jay-Z pronounced, holding up a shot of Patron rum, joined by the dozen or so journalists he'd invited to his Roc the Mic Studios in NYC on Friday evening. The Hebrew toast struck me as oddly apt: Simchas Torah, the Jewish holiday celebrating the first day of reading the holy scriptures, had ended just hours earlier, and here I was sitting with Jay-Hova, the ... [link]

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Jay-Z’s ‘American Gangster’ Previewed
Published 10/7/2007 by Rap-Up at Rap-Up.com
Entertainment Weekly had a chance to hear Jay-Z s concept album American Gangster (Nov. 6) last Friday. According to them, the album sounds like a Jay-Z fan s dream come true. Some interesting notes: • Diddy (!!!) produced several tracks on the album including Pray and No Hook. • Jermaine Dupri did two cuts ( When the Money s Gone and Fallen ). • Beanie Sigel ( Ignorant Shit ) and Bilal ( Fallen ) are guests on the album. • DJ Toomp ( Say Hello to the Bad Guy ) and No I.D. ( Success ) contributed a couple songs. • Blue Magic may appear as an unlisted bonus track. • Jay is still considering including a song that samples Marvin Gaye. Check out the track-by-track preview here . This entry was posted on Sunday, October 7th, 2007 at 12:07 pm and is filed under ...

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Published 10/8/2007 by eskay at Nah Right
... There’s not much I can really say about it that YN hasn’t already told you, or you can’t learn from this EW rundown or this ...

American Gangster: Preview of all Previews
Published 10/8/2007 by Rizoh at The Rap Up
... >>In the Studio: Jay-Z’s American Gangster [EW] ...

Track by track Preview of "American Gangster"
Published 10/8/2007 by RhythmicSoul at RhythmicWords:: Dont like my words? then yanno...leave...no wait..suck it, and THEN leave
... POPWATCH has previewed some of the tracks that can be exprected from the upcoming Jay Z album "American Gangster" (November 6th)...Heres an excerpt.... ...

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