::::: The Spill, Hip Hop's Counter Culture :::::: A Little Less Blue Magic, But A Little More Gangsta

OK OK OK!! So we are less than a month away from the Jay-Z concept album that is coming out. There are two reasons I am excited about this movie. One Jay-Z has not dedicated himself to an album of this caliber since Reasonable Doubt or the Blueprint. Second American Gangster the album is being inspired by American Gangster the movie that is starring Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas one of the baddest sons of a SHUT YO MOUTH, in the 70's. Enough playing around lets get to what I was here for.

Well after doing some searching around I figured out who was doing beats for the album, who was not, who is on the album, and the track listing. It looks like the usual suspects are behind Hova beat wise. The Neptunes make a trip from outer space to Earth to bless Hov a little, but according to Jay he does not know if Blue Magic will make the final cut and he might just make it a bonus track. Just Blaze is back in the building and hopefully he will give us some dope ass beats now that the stuff for Saigon is done for the time being. Kanye's new friend DJ Toomp is making an appearance on the album as a producer, which to me is so off base that it is perfect!! Speaking of Kanye, I heard he submitted two beats to Jay but Hova passed on them. Buuuuut Kanye's mentor and Jay-Z's friend No ID is on the album, which is a complete surprise to me. Grind Music partners Sean C and LV are doing a majority of the album. To top things off Jermaine Dupri has also done tracks for American Gangster AND P.Diddy and his Hitman Squad are involved as well. That is quite a list lil buddies! But there is no word if Dr. Dre will make a return appearance or Swizz Beats for that matter. It looks like the only guest appearances on the album are going to be Beanie Sigel on "Ignorant Shit" and Bilal on a track called "Fallen" which is not seen on the track listing I gave you last week. Sooo it looks like American Gangster might be getting an overhaul.

SO there you have it. Instead of one bonus track it looks like we are getting two or more according to Hov, and the list of producers is the same but a little different than we as Jay-Z fans are use to. Stick with me through if there are any changes in this grand scheme of things I will be sure to report it.

In the mean while in joy this American Gangster movie trailer and the video for "Blue Magic."

"Blue Magic" video