Jay-Z has announced the release date of his first solo studio album in
four years.
The 43-year-old rapper relayed the news in a commercial for Samsung cell
phones which aired during Sunday night's NBA Finals. The new record is
called Magna Carta Holy Grail and will be released on July 4.It will be Jay-Z's
12th studio album and comes two years after Watch the Throne - his
critically acclaimed collaboration with Kanye West. The three minute commercial
begins with the star chatting on his cell phone before the camera moves on to
capture him in the studio.
'It’s about this duality of, how do you navigate your way through this
whole thing, through success, through failure, through all of this, and remain
yourself?' the rapper muses about the new album. The hip hop star is then seen
working on new music with Rick Rubin, Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beats and
Timbaland. 'We don't have any rules, everybody is trying to figure it out,' he
says at one point. 'That's why the internet is like the Wild West. We need to
write the new rules.' Samsung Galaxy Smartphone users will be able to download
an app on June 24 that that allows the first one million users to unlock the
album for free July 4 at 12:01 am - three days before its official release.
Jay-Z's last solo effort The Blueprint 3 claimed number one spot in the U.S.
back in 2009, selling more than two million copies.
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