{"id":6502,"date":"2013-07-09T06:27:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T05:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2013-07-08T21:22:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T20:22:22","slug":"jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/desire\/jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today sees the release of Jay-Z\u2019s latest blockbuster album Magna Carta Holy Grail<\/i>. Fresh from a long Twitter Q&A, Jay-Z<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> revealed much about his new album, future albums and even his favourite cereal!<\/p>\n

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Despite rumours that this would be his last album, Jay-Z made clear that he had tried that before and it hadn\u2019t worked. So what do we make of his latest album? Lets start from the basics. The title.<\/p>\n

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Magna Carta Holy Grail<\/i>\u00a0is not intended to signify a legal document that first limited the power of kings, it’s meant to trigger more online debate about whether the world is in fact\u00a0run by an all-powerful cabal obsessed with triangles.<\/p>\n

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“Conspiracy theorists screaming ‘Illuminati’\/ They can’t believe this much skill is in the human body,” a mischievous Jay-Z declares on his track Heaven. Elsewhere, there’s a talking-point lift from REM’s Losing My Religion, while the title track riffs on Nirvana on the track Holy Grail featuring Justin Timberlake.<\/p>\n

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The tingle of a triangle does introduce Oceans, where R&B man of the moment Frank Ocean provides\u00a0the album\u2019s best track. The title \u2013 Oceans<\/i> (feat Frank Ocean) \u2013 may clang, but Oceans is one good reason why this album is more than just a marketing coup with Samsung.<\/p>\n

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“I hope my black skin don’t tear this white tuxedo,” muses Ocean, as a boat docks in the Ivory Coast. Jay-Z’s wide-ranging verses take in champagne, the BP oil spill, the slave trade and the Santa Maria, all carried along on the same element. “This water tells my story,” confirms Ocean.<\/p>\n

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Jay-Z takes it to generation X with “Fuck hashtags and retweets,” runs one offhand soundbite\u00a0from Tom Ford<\/i>, a juicy cut from the album. In it, Jay-Z is in a youthful, playground taunt mode, flaunting his wealth as per his own brand requirements. The production \u2013 sonar bloops, shivers and tickly beats \u2013 grabs the ear even harder. The track features one of the freshest beats on the album.<\/p>\n

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Magna Carta Holy Grail<\/i>\u00a0is Jay-Z\u2019s\u00a012th\u00a0studio-release and has already been praised by some music critics as the rapper\u2019s greatest work to date. It has become his \u201cmagnum opus\u201d, so to speak, and it is an album that has really brought out the\u00a0a-game of Jay-Z again.<\/p>\n

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Jay-Z spared no expense on the album, as you would expect, as he has enlisted practically all of\u00a0the current top-of-the-line Hip-Hop producers\u00a0to work with him\u00a0(including Timbaland, Pharrel Williams, Swiss Beatz and The-Dream)\u00a0and has numerous guest spots for some of the hottest artists of today (Justin Timberlake, Frank Ocean, Rick Ross and Mrs Carter – Beyonce).<\/p>\n

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We think it\u2019s a great album, one that will be here to stay for sometime.<\/p>\n

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Album rating: 4\/5<\/h3>\n

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What do you think of the album? Let us know on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>. Magna Carta Holy Grail<\/i>\u00a0 is released on 9 July 2013 and is available on iTunes.<\/p>\n

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Jay-Z releases his 12th studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, Elysium Magazine reviews the album that everyone with a Samsung mobile has been waiting for. What do we think? Read on to find out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[269,271],"tags":[2123,2127,2129,2126,2124,780,2122,35,2128,2131,2125,2130,690],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t