The critics are chiming in after a full day's worth of listening around the planet, and while there are certainly raves, the response is often chilly, with some saying Magna Carta is no Yeezus and ...

On this date in 2013, hip hop icon Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter released his twelfth studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, marking another bold chapter in his storied career. What made this drop especially ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. What was Jay-Z thinking the first time he ...

The streets, my lobby, the corner store, a casa, a castle, a brothel, dirty hotel, condos in my condos, the MoMa, the Art Basel, the Met, the Lourve, the Tate Modern ...

Def Jam Records star R&B artist and producer/songwriter The-Dream has added some context to the creation of Jay-Z’s just-released twelfth album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. In a new interview with Diddy’s ...

"In fact, the bulk of Magna Carta, which was mainly produced by Timbaland, feels overproduced. Timbaland's beats-and they are very catchy beats-have been so strident and transformable that they've ...

Jay-Z’s new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail has come a long way in a short time – for the public anyway, as one minute it was announced, the next it’s hitting 1 million Samsung users today (Wednesday, ...

“The Internet is like the Wild Wild West,” Jay-Z said in his promotional video for his latest release, “Magna Carta Holy Grail” – an album he gave away to Samsung cell phone users three days early.

On the album opener “Holy Grail,” Justin Timberlake invokes the late Kurt Cobain and sings the bridge to the tune of Nivana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The lyrics “And we all just entertainers/And we ...

It may not be reflected on the Billboard charts, but Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail is now guaranteed to be certified platinum by the RIAA soon after its early release on July 4th. The industry group ...

The rapper's new album is his first collection since becoming a father with singer Beyonce. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the album is an uneven but... Jay-Z Swings Triumphant Then Trivial On 'Magna ...

Jay-Z keeps the spectacle that is Magna Carta Holy Grail at the tip of our tongues with a grandiosely debuting the album’s official artwork. The Roc Nation CEO headed over the pond to the Salisbury ...