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Jay-Z preps Kingdom Come
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
September 13, 2006 at 11:23:00 AM | more stories by this author

Rapper reveals details of long-rumored "comeback album, which will reportedly hit stores November 14, with the first single, "Show Me What You Got," getting the F. Gary Gray treatment.

With recent sales disappointments and rumors of rappers plotting exits, Def Jam honcho Jay-Z appears ready to take the bottom line of his label into his own hands.

Unfinished business. Unfinished business.

The rapper-turned-mogul, who said he was retiring from the rap game with 2003's The Black Album, is set to deliver his long-rumored "comeback" album, according to several media reports.

Jay-Z revealed details of the album, dubbed Kingdom Come, in a cover story in Entertainment Weekly which hits newsstands Friday.

"It was the worst retirement, maybe, in history," Jay tells EW. "I believed it for two years."

The album will reportedly hit stores November 14 and will feature production from Kanye West, Dr. Dre, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, and Coldplay's Chris Martin. West will be featured on the album, as will Jay-Z's girlfriend Beyonce. Nas, the veteran Queens rapper with whom Jay-Z struck a much-publicized truce by signing him to Def Jam in January, is also set to appear on the album. Nas plans to release his first Def Jam album, Hip-Hop Is Dead, on November 21.

The release of Kingdom Come will be preceded by the single "Show Me What You Got," for which the video will be directed by F. Gary Gray, the acclaimed music video director who has gone on to direct feature films like Friday, Be Cool, and The Italian Job. Hype Williams, who was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, is also set to direct a video off the album.

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charlenavavrick
Quel est ton numero?
Posted 05/30/2009 9:15am
theodoraeaves
i like it
Posted 05/23/2009 2:42pm
donybrasco
"Wat more can i say",Jigga is a livin legend.I gast ta hear th Nas project tho!
Posted 11/26/2006 8:40am
CrunchBandicoot
I'm anticipating both albums......
Posted 09/15/2006 5:28pm
firebreathing
I bet you rap will be the downfall of man. Aliens will come ot our planet and say "You actually listen to this **** We will then all be heated from the inside until our hearts melt and we **** them out of our melting asses >_> .............................True story
Posted 09/15/2006 6:43am
symlink
um. yeah. Like we never saw this one coming.
Posted 09/14/2006 5:35pm
Equilibrium_340
I hope he doesn't make this album too commercialised. Reasonable Doubt was a good album. But look at his poor cross-over attempts. I hope this album is like a timeline of his life from 1996 until present. When he first started as a simple rapper to CEO.
Posted 09/14/2006 6:22am
big_old_tom
i can't wait for both cd's. it's gon' be good to hear Nas minus the Jay-Z beef. Jay-Z needs to get this going strong. I want to get it as soon as it is released.
Posted 09/13/2006 9:56pm
bigcfk
its the ROC!

im anticipating Nas' album a bit more though
Posted 09/13/2006 2:35pm
crowdermp3
It's not a "comeback" album if your last release was only three years ago.
Posted 09/13/2006 1:07pm
SirKriS_360
oh here we go again.
Posted 09/13/2006 1:04pm
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