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is collecting samples and instrumentals, manipulating them more and more as the songs go on. Combined with the overall solid production, the songs themselves have a great off-the-cuff feel, as if Carter is speaking straight from his mind, with no filter or glossy finish, and we if NO I.D. In addition to this, the songs are sonically consistent, with stellar soul-sampling melodies and jazzy loops by producer NO I.D. This already solves the previous problem modern of modern JAY albums feeling far too bloated and filler-heavy for their own good. The album itself is incredibly tight, a lean 36 minutes and ten tracks. The strength in 4:44 lies in it’s simplicity and rawness. 4:44 is his response, and not only is it a well produced and performed album, but its JAY’s most introspective project to date.
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Lemonade shocked the world last year with its revelations of infidelity by JAY-Z, and the whole world has been holding its breath, awaiting what JAY has to say. Coming out of yet another fake retirement, Carter has seemingly emerged from the shadows not only to respond to last year’s hit album, Lemonade (an album produced by his equally famous wife, Beyoncé), but to kill any past image people may have had of him.
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That’s just what happens, however, on “Kill JAY-Z”, the first song on 4:44, JAY-Z’s most recent album, released June 30, 2017. It says a lot when your first song on your album directly references your own death, especially when you’re as big an artist as Sean Carter, aka the world famous JAY-Z. (By: Thomas Rodriguez) JAY-Z releases his most emotional and impressive set of songs in over a decade.