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| Studio anthology by Jay-Z | ||||
| Released | November 14, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | July – Oct 2003 | |||
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| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 55:32 | |||
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The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on Nov xiv, 2003, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. Information technology was advertised as his concluding album earlier retiring, which is too a recurring theme throughout the songs,[one] although Jay-Z resumed his recording career in 2006. For the album, Jay-Z wanted to enlist a dissimilar producer for each song, working with Just Blaze, Kanye West, The Neptunes, Eminem, DJ Quik, Timbaland, 9th Wonder and Rick Rubin, among others. The album also features a guest appearance past Pharrell Williams.
The Black Anthology was promoted with a retirement tour by Jay-Z. It was besides supported by three singles: "99 Problems", too the Billboard top-ten hits "Alter Clothes" and "Dirt off Your Shoulder". The album received widespread acclaim from music critics and was a massive commercial success. It debuted at number one on the United states of america Billboard 200, selling 463,000 copies in its first calendar week. It became Jay-Z's top selling record of the 2000s decade, and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2005. The songs "Encore", "Dirt off Your Shoulder", and "99 Problems" are all on the Mashup EP, Collision Course with Linkin Park.
Disquisitional reception [edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Guardian |  [v] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| MSN Music (Skilful Witness) | A[vii] |
| NME | viii/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[ix] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [xi] |
| Usa Today | [12] |
The Black Anthology was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 84, based on 19 reviews.[2] AllMusic's John Bush-league claimed Jay-Z was retiring at his height with the anthology.[3] Vibe magazine said information technology was remarkable as an embodiment of his genuinely thoughtful songwriting and lyrics "delivered with transcendent skill",[xiii] while Steve Jones from United states Today said even with "top-shelf work" from aristocracy producers, the album was elevated by Jay-Z's uniquely deft and various rapping way.[12] Writing for The A.V. Social club, Nathan Rabin felt Jay-Z returned to "brevity and consistency" on an anthology that demonstrated his lyrical abilities and, more than importantly, hip hop's best producers.[14] Jon Caramanica wrote in The Rolling Rock Album Guide (2004) that The Black Album was both "old-schoolhouse and utterly modern", showcasing Jay-Z "at the top of his game, able to reinvent himself as a rap classicist at the right fourth dimension, as if to cement his place in hip-hop's legacy for generations to come up".[15]
Some reviewers were less enthusiastic. In Rolling Stone, Touré adamant that The Black Anthology was slightly junior to Jay-Z's best records, namely Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001).[xi] Dave Simpson from The Guardian was more critical, dismissing the music as "an aural equivalent of that old American favourite, the schmaltzy biopic."[5] In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the record a back-handed compliment: "[Jay-Z] raps like a legend in his own fourth dimension—namely, Elvis in Vegas".[16] Nonetheless, in a retrospective review in 2011, Christgau stated that he was impressed by the stretch of songs from "Encore" to "Justify My Thug" and thought "the fanfares, ovations, maternal reminiscences, and vamp-till-ready shout-outs were overblown at best" at the fourth dimension of its release, but they came to sound "prophetic" because of the entrepreneurial success and fame he continued to achieve afterward. "He's got a right to gloat his autobiography in rhyme considering he'due south on runway to become a personage who dwarfs whatever mere rapper," Christgau wrote, "and not only can he rent the all-time help dark green can buy, he can make it sing."[7]
In 2005, The Black Album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Anthology,[17] losing to Kanye West's The College Dropout at the 47th Grammy Awards.[xviii] Information technology was ranked number 349 on Rolling Rock 's 2012 edition of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, and rose to number 155 on the list's 2022 edition.[19] [20] Pitchfork ranked The Black Anthology at number 90 on its decade-cease listing of the acme 200 albums from the 2000s,[21] while Slant Mag ranked information technology seventh all-time on a similar list.[22] In 2012, Complex named it one of the "classic" records of the previous decade.[23]
Commercial performance [edit]
The Blackness Album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 463,000 copies in its commencement week, according to Nielsen Soundscan.[24] This became Jay-Z'southward sixth United states number 1 album.[24] In its second calendar week, the album dropped to number 4 on the nautical chart, selling an additional 288,000 copies.[25] In its third week, the album climbed to number one on the nautical chart, selling 288,000 more copies.[26] In its fourth week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, selling 124,000 copies.[27] On Baronial 16, 2005, the album was certified RIAA Certification triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over three million copies.[28] As of July 2013, the album had sold 3,516,000 copies in the Usa.[29] Co-ordinate to Billboard, it became Jay-Z'southward tiptop selling record of the 2000s and the 136th highest selling record of the decade in the United States.[30]
Three singles were released from the album and appeared on the Billboard charts. "Modify Clothes" and "Dirt off Your Shoulder" both reached the top 10 of the Hot 100, while "99 Problems" peaked at number xxx.[31]
Remixes [edit]
In December 2004 Roc-A-Fella Records released The Blackness Album on vinyl with no beats underneath Jay-Z's lyrics, spurring producers and DJs to rework his farewell disc into creations such as The Brownish Album and even The Greyness Album, by Los Angeles producer Danger Mouse, which combines Jay's words with music from the Beatles' self-titled album (also known as the "White Anthology"), breaking with the Roc-A-Fella's tradition of not releasing acappella 12-inches, so producers could "remix the hell out of information technology."[32]
Several notable reworkings were released only of all the remixed albums, The Grey Album was the most popular. The hype around The Gray Album gained notoriety when EMI attempted to halt its distribution despite approval from Jay-Z and the two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.[33] EMI ordered Danger Mouse and retailers carrying the album to cease distribution.[34] Music industry activist group Downhill Battle responded past coordinating Grey Tuesday, an electronic civil disobedience event held on February 24, 2004. Participating websites posted copies of The Grey Album for free download for a 24-hr menses in protest of EMI's attempts to prevent distribution of the mashup on the grounds that sampling is fair use and that a statutory license should be provided in the aforementioned mode every bit if an artist were to perform or record a cover version of a song. Hundreds of web sites publicized the effect with 170 hosting the album for download. Over 100,000 copies were downloaded on that 24-hour interval alone.[35] The legal repercussions of the protestation were minimal; a number of the participants received terminate and desist letters from EMI, but no charges were filed in connection with the event.
Runway list [edit]
All song samples, writing and production credits are according to the album booklet.
| No. | Championship | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Interlude" | Just Blaze | i:21 | |
| 2. | "December 4th" |
| Just Blaze | iv:33 |
| 3. | "What More Can I Say" |
| The Buchanans | iv:55 |
| 4. | "Encore" |
| Westward | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Modify Apparel" (featuring Pharrell Williams) |
| The Neptunes | four:18 |
| 6. | "Clay off Your Shoulder" |
| Timbaland | 4:05 |
| vii. | "Threat" |
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| iv:06 |
| eight. | "Moment of Clarity" |
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| 4:24 |
| 9. | "99 Bug" |
| Rubin | three:54 |
| 10. | "Public Service Announcement (Interlude)" |
| Just Bonfire | 2:53 |
| 11. | "Justify My Thug" |
| DJ Quik | 4:04 |
| 12. | "Lucifer" |
| West | three:12 |
| 13. | "Allure" |
| The Neptunes | four:52 |
| fourteen. | "My 1st Song" |
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| iv:45 |
Track notes [edit]
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer
- "What More Can I Say" features boosted vocals past Vincent 'Hum V' Bostic
- "Encore" features additional vocals by John Fable, Don Crawley, Leonard Harris and Kanye West
- "Modify Clothes" features additional vocals by Pharrell Williams
- "Threat" features additional vocals by Cedric the Entertainer
- "Justify My Thug" features additional vocals past Sharlotte Gibson
- "Lucifer" features additional vocals by Kanye West
Sample credits [edit]
- "Dec 4th" contains a sample of "That's How Long" written by Walter Boyd and Elijah Powell Jr., and performed past The Chi-Lites.
- "What More than Can I Say" contains samples of "Something for Goose egg" written by Thom Bell, Kenneth Take chances and Roland Chambers, and performed by MFSB, and "Keep Your Easily Loftier" written by Tracey Lee and Christopher Wallace, and performed by Tracey Lee featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
- "Encore" contains elements of "I Will" performed by John Holt.
- "Threat" contains a sample from "A Woman'due south Threat" written and performed by R. Kelly.
- "99 Issues" contains samples of "Long Red" written by Norman Landsberg, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura and Leslie Weinstein, and performed by Mountain, "Become Me Back on Time, Engine Number nine" performed by Wilson Pickett, "The Large Beat" written and performed by Billy Squier, elements of "99 Problems" written past Tracy Marrow and Alphonso Henderson, and performed past Ice-T, interpolations of "Touched" written past Chad Butler and Bernard Freeman, and performed by UGK, and portions of "Children's Story" written and performed past Slick Rick.
- "Public Service Announcement (Interlude)" contains a portion of "No One Tin Do It Amend" written by Tracy Curry and Andre Young, and performed by The D.O.C., and a sample of "Seed of Love" written by Raymond Levin, and performed by Piffling Boy Blues.
- "Justify My Thug" contains portions of "Rock Around the Clock" written by Max C. Freedman and James East. Myers, and performed by Beak Haley & His Comets, samples of "Stone Box" written past Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons and Larry Smith, and performed by Run-DMC, and an interpolation of "Justify My Dearest", written past Madonna Ciccone, Ingrid Chavez and Lenny Kravitz, and performed by Madonna.
- "Lucifer" contains a sample of "Chase the Devil" written past Hugh Perry and Maxie Smith, and performed by Max Romeo.
- "My 1st Song" contains a sample of "Tu y Tu Mirar...Yo y Mi Canción" written by Germain de La Fuente, and performed by Los Angeles Negros, and a song portion of The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1996 interview for MTV.
Personnel [edit]
Adapted from AllMusic.[36]
- Aqua – producer
- Marcella Araica – assistant
- Vincent "Hum V" Bostic – vocals
- David Brown – engineer, mixing assistant
- Shari Bryant – marketing
- Buchannans – producer
- Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer
- Shawn Carter – executive producer, liner notes, primary artist, producer
- Demacio Castellon – engineer
- Cedric The Entertainer – guest artist, vocals
- Don Crawley – vocals
- Damon Dash – executive producer
- Tony Dawsey – mastering
- DJ Quik – mixing, producer
- Danee Doty – vocals
- Jimmy Douglas – mixing
- Eminem – mixing, producer
- Sharlotte Gibson – vocals
- Walik Goshorn – photography
- Leon Harris – vocals
- Keenan "Kee Note" Holloway – bass
- Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing
- Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua – A&R
- Just Blaze – producer
- Gimel Keaton – engineer, mixing
- Steve Rex – bass, engineer, guitar, mixing
- Jason Lader – programming
- Darcell Lawrence – A&R
- John Fable – vocals
- Jonathan Mannion – photography
- Rob Mitchell – A&R
- The Neptunes – producer
- 9th Wonder – producer
- Amber Noble – marketing
- Felix Pappalardi –
- Luis Resto – keyboards, producer
- Rick Rubin – mixing, producer
- Lenny Santiago – A&R, photography
- Andrew Scheps – engineer, mixing
- Robert Sims – art direction, design
- Chris Steflene – assistant engineer
- Michael Strange Jr. – engineer
- Darrell Thorp – mixing
- Timbaland – producer
- Richard Travali – mixing
- Joseph Weinberger – producer
- Eric Weissman – sample clearance
- Kanye West – producer, vocals
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
Encounter also [edit]
- Danger Mouse – The Greyness Album (2004)
- List of number-i albums of 2003 (U.South.)
- Listing of number-i R&B albums of 2003 (U.South.)
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External links [edit]
- The Black Album at Discogs
- In Brief: Jay-Z at New York
- Jay-Z Raps On the Fly Like a Man Set to Die at New York Times
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Album_%28Jay-Z_album%29
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