"Jay just released Magna Carta Holy Grail. Or at least he released it to Samsung phone owners and the rest of us got it from them. I’d like to say its an interesting album but it isn’t. In fact, by my estimation, it is his worst album. Yes. I said it. His worst album. That’s not to say its a terrible album. A mediocre Jay album (Vol. 3, Blueprint 3, Kingdom Come) is still going to have some straight up gems on it…though rarely does he perform any songs from those albums. It’s just wildly underwhelming from both a lyrical and a production standpoint. In fact, I feel like nobody involved in this effort put their best foot forward. MCHG is what happens when a bunch of very accomplished, very rich, very talented, and very bored people get together to make an album because well, that’s what accomplished, rich, talented people who make music do. I’m very sure many people will love this album. And that’s aces. The good thing about a Jay album is that it still maintains its cultural significance of being a thing. The idea of a Jay album is possibly more important than the output at this juncture. Same thing with Yeezus, at least Yeezus took risks and you keep listening despite telling yourself there’s no reason to. Timbaland stated this in a recent interview about MCHG and I was like, “yes honey chile boo boo…” Except I totally didn’t." verysmartbrothas/the-one-where-i-write-about-magna-carta-holy-grail/
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:30:48 +0000