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Titolo: >>Is Jay-Z really retiring?<<

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      Nov. 17 -  Is Jay-Z really retiring? Listening to the "The Black
Album," it truly looks like this world-class hustler is leaving the rap game
like he left the drug game: on top.
     'The Black Album,' full of complex, witty raps and soulful beats, is as
good as anything Jay-Z's ever done.
             JAY-Z AND DRUG dealing are like the needle and the groove.
Starting with the 1996 classic "Reasonable Doubt," Jay-Z spent seven albums
building his whole style and persona on a cocaine connection. "You already
know what I'm about," he raps on the new track "What More Can I Say," then
proceeds to recite a list of felonies and related vices that would give C.
Dolores Tucker an instant seizure.
             "What More Can I Say" begins with a clip of Russell Crowe in
the "Gladiator," roaring "Are you not entertained?" to a bloodthirsty crowd.
It's an apt analogy for today's criminal-minded rap music - men from the
bottom acting out a deadly spectacle.
             Drug dealers are always struggling with the right moment to
retire. Jay-Z escaped that life with enough money to launch his rap career.
Now he plans to escape the rap race without ending up like Michael Jordan in
his final low-flying season. And "The Black Album," full of complex, witty
raps and soulful beats, is as good as anything Jay-Z's ever done.
             "December 4" is the same story Jay-Z's told throughout his
career - the story of his life - but he makes it fresh with his trademark
verbal dexterity and by adding his mother's voice to the chorus. It's
another potent installment in Jay-Z's career-long justification of his old
lifestyle, his explanation to the world of why he is who he is. On "The
Black Album," with song titles like "Justify My Thug" and demands to "feel
my truth," the man wants you to understand, literally, where he comes from.
      THE BEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME?
             Jay-Z also spends considerable time claiming to be the best
rapper of all time (he may have a point, if you consider consistency) and
talking about retirement ("They never really miss you 'til you dead or you
gone/ So on that note I'm leaving after this song"). And he stops briefly to
take aim at critics who've accused him of a variety of offenses, hitting
dead-on each time.
             To those who don't like him quoting Biggie Smalls: "I'm not a
biter, I'm a writer for myself and others/ I sell you Big's verse, I'm only
biggin' up my brother/ Biggin' up my borough, I'm big enough to do it/ I'm
that thorough, plus I know my own flow is foolish." And then he immediately
quotes Biggie yet again.
             To those who don't like his subject matter: "I dumb down for my
audience and double my dollars/ They criticize me for it but they all yell
'Holla!'/ If skills sold truth be told I'd probably be/ lyrically Talib
Kweli." Whether or not you've heard of Kweli, Jay's point is proven.
             He's still gangsta, of course, shooting and stabbing and quick
to "leave your smarts on the side of your garment." But Jay's voice sounds
deliberately weary at times, and at others simply amazed at himself, at how
good he's become and how much money he's made. Like the pimp on "Threat"
says, he's sincere. Maybe that's why it's easy to believe this is his last
album.
             Then again, Jordan came back not once but twice, and Jay-Z has
clearly stated his intention to become a music executive. "No I'm not
through with it/ In fact I'm just previewing it/ This ain't the show I'm
just EQ-ing it," he says. As "The Black Album" comes to an end with Jay-Z
reminiscing over a bluesy track, you don't know whether to tip your hat or
start clapping for an encore.

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