Magna Carta...Holy Grail
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Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Magna Carta Holy Grail (alternatively written and stylized as Magna Carta... Holy Grail) is the twelfth studio albumby American rapper Jay-Z. It was made available for free digital download for Samsung customers via the Jay-Z Magna Carta app on July 4, 2013. It was released for retail sale on July 8, 2013, by Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation, and Universal Music Distribution. The album features guest appearances by Justin Timberlake, Nas, Rick Ross, Frank Ocean and Beyoncé. Most of the album was produced by Timbaland and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, while other producers included Boi-1da, Mike Will Made It, Hit-Boy, Mike Dean, No I.D., The-Dream, Swizz Beatz, and Pharrell Williams among others. The album was promoted through various commercials presented by Samsung and was not preceded by any retail singles. "-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Magna Carta…Holy Grail offers a jumbled juxtaposition of the regal and divine
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Exclaim
Jay-Z co-opts and redefines current trends to reassert his ongoing cultural potency.
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The Guardian
Surprisingly vexed topics of fatherhood and charitable giving.
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Variety
A few poignant glimpses of Jay struggling to deal with his recent fatherhood, too much of the album is stymied by Jay’s unwillingness to evolve.
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Consequence of Sound
a legacy album
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Focus HipHop
It’s mediocre.
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Hot New Hip Hop
MCHG is an album by the last man standing victorious.
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TimeOut
Gods don’t make music like they used to.
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Spin
Overwrought yet somehow still undercooked
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The Washington Post
“Magna Carta” is packed with his patented American dreaming at its most unimaginative.
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Stereogum
These beats are lovely and remarkable, but they’re not going to annihilate your car speakers anytime soon.
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Slant Magazine
An album without a functional center, anchored by a half-interested rapper stripped of his hunger and ambition.
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Sputnik Music
It sounds like what it is, a business leader for whom the personal proves troublingly difficult to connect with.
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Drowned in Sound
Magna Carta… Holy Grail marks a turning point.
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Chicago Tribute
isn’t an artistic statement so much as a laundry list of acquisitions and accomplishments.
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Daily Tribute
doesn't have the pop or mainstream appeal his past records have offered.
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Luddite Stereo
Magna Carta, Holy Grail feels like an album that wants to be big but never leaves Jay Z’s signature stamp
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NY Daily News
He questions his faith in God, curses the emptiness of most entertainment, admits his terror
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