Our friend Agallah The Don Bishop reviews the latest release from Jay Z.
Magna Carta Holy Grail Review
by Agallah The Don Bishop
Ight yall the moment hip hop has been waiting for the release of Jay -z's 5th studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail . this is the first album that a rapper teams up witha corporation (SamSung) to release a lp / the myth is corporations feed off our culture so jay z is cashing in on just that with magna carta which only samsung users get to have first . the downloaders will be a frenzy getting this on other platforms when it releases but here is what i think of this album and knowing jay dont give a fuck what i think anyway cause he probably celebrating somewhere with rick rubin twinkling his toes and didnt even produce on the album just gave jay some advice after he gave kanye some not so good advice lol . well here goes my review enjoy !
1.Holy Grail" (featuring Justin Timberlake)
prod by Timbaland
this joint straight up sound like he on his yatch sippin ace of spades sporting his tom ford clothes on sandals on thinking about how he got where he at how many people he snaked and got the white boy justin in his suit n tie timbarland on the beat one of many on this lp. i singin in the back like im a make em see this hustle shit is real i cant even take blue to the store g fuck the world type shit , hustler daddy blues hov welcome to fatherhood lets hope no divorce is in sight g cause ya next album will be man carter holy shit !
2."Picasso Baby"
prod Timbaland
here is hov gettin rich comparing himself to pablo picasso known for his art
comparing his flows to leonardo davinci knowing damn well he aint know none of that shit in marcy projects , where no paintings hang just goons waitin on that ass nahmeen ,but here a beat flips which a rock tune comes in like he was doin peyote with rick rubin n shit taking advice from him like re do 99 problems w the same riffs hov ! picasso runnin out of ideas lol
3."Tom Ford"
prod Timbaland
i cant imagin me rocking anything another rapper wears .I just dont dickride become a label whore like most of this generation will after this album drops and go buy some shit that they dont look right in at all and fuck up the culture somemore so this shit is wack. maybe these rich rappers can floss in some shit they got no business buying like thats fly but like my man roc marci said you rich but still corny for shit like that . fuck tom ford i aint wit that building some business that dont cater to blacks or ricans.
4."FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt" (featuring Rick Ross)
prod by Boi-1da
Now Rick Reebok Ross Why Is You still talking About ReeBoks After They Dropped You Like bad habit and kept its pushing on you fatboy ? this nigga must of had a moment with all the fly kicks they gave em and worn out his last pair of ones with the straps the birds used to rock feel me ? hov be playing these cats out like ight fam shout reebok out so hov can get a check instead of him now damn thats some snake moves . 101 dont shout out brands on records that aint paying you ! some fucked up shit here so fuck with me you know i know !
5."Oceans" (featuring Frank Ocean)
Pharrell
this nigga frank ocean must think he was born in the ocean after this song hova must of had a epihany in the studio while making this with the lights dim with hova like yo son i aint gonna tell no body you a funny dude feel me just sing a certain way for me i know you gangsta in ya own way but the water is where i breath and bring sand to the beach g just surf with me see if we can catch a rainbow over this bond style beat from oceans 11 pharell track and we good. all i can say is trickknowledgy at its finest .
6."F.U.T.W."
prod by Timbaland
back on his hip hop beats which is crazy cause i know tim is a kind of a diff producer to do joints like this but it aint grabbing me like that its just odd i find it maybe they was like yo lets take it back when you was w mcgoo trying to make hard body shit g word lol .timbaland eating his check looking sick ! fuck up the world with this wack shit too !
7."Somewhere in America"
prod by Mike Dean
somewhere in america someone is saying im tired of this guy patronizing america and talking about house warmings man stay at your mansion bro . i know for a fact that hov brought the sales with the money given to him from samsung. somewhere in america you can sell water to whales if miley cirus twerkin so he speaks .
8."Crown"
prod by Mike Dean
overall the thrown aint enuff. he want the crown . he sold a mill a million times. overall im just gonna say if its like that why ya restaurant closed a few months back ? some shit dont be adding up . i know hov in that big pimpin video he was faking it until he made it. that wasnt his yatch yall .They Was frontin. Bun b dont own a yatch g.
9."Heaven"
prod by Timbaland
Conspiracy theorist will eat this up. he talking islam , illuminati , christianty , religeon . he clearly has no heart or care for what people think of him. he definitly is embracing the fact that he is a phophet and even gettina lil devil worship on this its scary in a bad way saying his versus is from the bible . the church must of rubbed him the wrong way .
10."Versus"
prod by Timbaland
i know this sample and the lines he using come from a old school rap song .once again its 55 seconds for short attention span people who cant listen long and bar work on here is mediocre. im not excited.
11."Part II (On the Run)" (featuring Beyoncé)
prod by Timbaland
im tired of they romantic duets next thing you know its gonna be a album with her and him love duets featuring blu ivy get this shit outta here b.next thing you know niggas gonna be getting married to this song n shit behind bars on some dewey bozella shit feel me ? rap ballads n salad dressing for everybody .i aint fucking with this shit b.
12."Beach Is Better"
prod by Mike Will Made It[31]
someone went low end theory .hov taking a page outta yeezus i see. rick rubin in the building again twinklin his toes hov just rocked this for 55 seconds i guess it was a gaff o well i cant say much after 55 seconds.
13."BBC" (featuring Nas)
prod by Pharrell
this song is weaksauce on a fatburger g. i would rather hear nas on better production for one pharellio. hov think he still 30 something too talking hustling rhymes sittin with oprah ? what a manipulator of society jay is. nothing special about this record i just know that theres checks invovled this is a wack party anthem i wont be in the club trying to dance to this shit but bet a chick gonna twerk like she aint know no better . flip flop at its finest
14."Jay-Z Blue"
prod by Timbaland
im a say this beat sounds like biggie spirit came in and told everyone to leave the room . this is the marketing piece of the album saying he wouldnt be a good pops to his seed blu ivy . and using big verses like he always borrows from big i think this is the millionth time he stole from big and gets away with it . i guess being a crook is better than a thief.
15."La Familia"
prod by Timbaland
is the most rachet record on this album . he on his three six mafia impersonation juicy jay type beat but on his hovito i beat cases and im head of the family mr big bad hovito well hova all that shit you talking and im still not scared g so it dont work on me maybe them fans but i know this dude it dont work on me.
16."Nickels and Dimes"
prod by Kyambo Joshu, Mike Dean
now somewhere in my heart goes out to him listening to this melancoly sad shit i may shed a tear but overall he crying bout how he do all this and that for the homies man i got a list of niggas he need to holla at dehaven is one of em and calvin klein is another one . i just dont know if this is what we expected to say the least but his die hards will bandwagon asap .
i give this album 3 fucks outta five its not a classic album it has its moments but not every song is that crack and i can only relate but so much to a man with that much power and money when im trying to drop my red velvet album . this is a competition and im not scared of a dude with big budgets and connects when i got the same going for me feel me ? but overall he cooking right now with 16 joints and glad i aint drop my shit cause im already tired of it . the funk master flex mix hypes up alot of records BUT when you take a listen by itself without FLex The album lacks luster no bombs being dropped and just think that it was hyped up by flex and he needs to stop doing that shit on every joint. wonder how much he got paid to do that lol , anyway this is my review like it or not . stay tuned for #RedVmixtape And#RedVelvetAlbum and #AgalitosWAy
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