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JAY-Z - Kingdom Come
| AbsolutePunk | | Jay-Z came back to the rap life with haters immediately dismissing his efforts before he even wrote them. Critics of his catalogue and luminary position in the hip-hop universe called him out on his brief “retirement” and rival artists continued churning out attacks harping on the thievery of lyrics and other such frowned upon habits of Hova’s....full text |
| | NME | | The Hova's back from retirement, and Chris Martin's the first to welcome him...full text |
| | The Independent | | As retirements go, Jay-Z's paltry three-year absence from the rap game seems more like an extended vacation - although the workaholic Shawn Carter has doubtless spent the time not lounging pool-side, but poring over balance sheets and strategy documents as the chief executive and president of Def Jam. Indeed, one wonders at what point it was that he and his fellow executives decided that the company's waning profile required the return of its leading player, like the Chicago Bulls tempting Michael Jordan back from his brief flirtation with minor-league baseball....full text |
| | MusicOMH.com | | For arguably one of the most eagerly anticipated hip-hop releases of all time, Jay-Z's Kingdom Come opens in an incredibly low key manner. While The Prelude is lyrically spot on, the beat is unsuited to being the track that confirms what we all knew anyway - that the Jigga man's retirement was an impossible farce....full text |
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