might be the worst beat to ever appear on a jay-z record. it's never a good sign when chris martin of coldplay makes the best track on your record, but that may be the case with kingdom come. it is the first album in jay-z's career that doesn't sound like he got first ...
which he later helped relocate to his hometown of Brooklyn. He formally returned to recording in 2006 withKingdom Come. In 2007, shortly after releasing the albumAmerican Gangster, he stepped down as Def Jam president. He founded a new label, Roc Nation, in 2008, and it soon became a ful...
Jay-Z releases Kingdom Come. In the song "Lost One," Jay raps these lyrics: "I don't think it's meant to be, B / But she loves her work more than she does me / And honestly, at 23 / I would probably love my work more than I did she." In his book Decoded, Jay later wr...
2.4 2003–2005: The Black Album and initial retirement 2.5 2005–2007: Kingdom Come and American Gangster 2.6 2008–2011: The Blueprint 3 and Watch the Throne 2.7 2012–2016: Magna Carta Holy Grail and other ventures 2.8 2017–2018: 4:44 and Everything Is Love 3 Musical style 3.1 Infl...
but right now I gotta go withKingdom Come. It has a handful of decent tracks (“Lost One” is an all-timer), but ultimately it was a pale follow up toThe Black Albumwith its hit and miss production choices and songs that came across as rushed. Jay-Z onKingdom Comeis what...
“Public Service Announcement.” Jay might have taken it from Marcy to Madison Square, but this album wasJay’s Game 6(and yes,Kingdom Comewas MJ’s stretch with the Wizards). Jay stole the the ball, pushed Byron Russell out of the way, and hit the game winner. Are you not ...
However, through the cunning of the king, the monster has finally met its end. Or so we all thought. Now, it seems that old enemies have returned, and giant chomping skeletons will soon the least of the kingdom's concerns. It's the king they are after, though, and he's got ...
" Jay-Z spits in the opening verse of "Kingdom Come." "Got to admit a little bit, I was sick of rap/But despite that the boy is back/And I'm so evolved, I'm so involved/I'm showing growth, I'm so in charge/I'm CEO and yeah, glory to God/I'm so indebted, I should ...
WhileVol. 3isn’t regarded as Jay’s best album—that accolade is reserved for his debut or 2001’sThe Blueprint—it does have a wide-ranging aesthetic that reveals the expansive kingdom that Jay-Z oversaw when he first assumed power. The South was rising. Dr. Dre returned. New d...
Fortunately, Second Wind has a very Kingdom of Loathing-esque vibe to its tongue-in-cheek style and writing, which is never a bad thing, though it does clash somewhat with the serious tone the end encounters take. This is where the game's breezy "aw, c'mon, just one more try" addic...