- hip hop, east coast rap, pop rap, east coast hip hop
- 56 min
- 14 tracks
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 14, 2003, through Roc-A-Fella Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group. It was advertised as his final album before retiring, which is also a recurring theme throughout the songs, although Jay-Z resumed his recording career in 2005.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, grave, spare and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Metacritic 84/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- USA Today4/4 ★
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Interlude1:22
- 2December 4th4:34
- 3What More Can I Say4:55
- 4Encore4:11
- 5Change Clothes4:18
- 6Dirt Off Your Shoulder4:05
- 7Threat4:07
- 8Moment of Clarity4:24
- 999 Problems3:55
- 10Public Service Announcement (interlude)2:53
- 11Justify My Thug4:04
- 12Lucifer3:12
- 13Allure4:52
- 14My 1st Song4:45
14 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jay‐Z
- Label
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
- Released
- 2003
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Enhanced CD
- Country
- XE
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- God’s Son 200287% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- Monster 199487% alikeBoth spare, grave, classical in form.
- Hip Hop Is Dead 200687% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- Playing the Angel 200586% alikeBoth grave, character-led, spare.
- Ultra 199786% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Everything Must Go 199685% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, grave.
- Rated R 200084% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- Wasteland, Baby! 201984% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
Film · Both classical in form, grave, contemporary.
Stans 202573% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, spare, contemporary.