- hip hop, pop rap, gangsta
- 43 min
- 11 tracks
- Jay‐Z
American Gangster is the tenth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was conceived as a concept album—inspired by the 2007 film of the same name—and was released on November 6 of that year through Roc-A-Fella Records.
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Character
Grave, classical in form, bleak and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 83/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Irish Times4/5 ★
- NME2.5/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.6/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Intro2:01
- 2Pray4:24
- 3American Dreamin'4:48
- 4Hello Brooklyn 2.03:56
- 5No Hook3:14
- 6I Know3:43
- 7Party Life4:29
- 8Ignorant Shit3:41
- 9Say Hello5:27
- 10Fallin'4:06
- 11American Gangster3:41
11 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jay‐Z
- Label
- Jay‐Z
- Released
- November 6, 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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