damn, G. the retail version is forbidden from being shared. WTF ????

10/31/2007 7:40:43 AM

gracias! I'll be bumpin this shit all day long

10/31/2007 8:15:51 AM

I agree there is some filler shit on the album ("Sweet" and "I Know") and I dont really like "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" or "Ignorant Shit"

but I think there are a lot more good songs than bad on the album. I'm really feeling "Pray", "Party Life" and "Fallin"

overall I really like the album..... 4.5/5

10/31/2007 12:42:16 PM

ignorant shit is a decent song imo, but i feel like it belongs more on blueprint 2 than AG....also granted its "green" aka recycled from way back around black album or prior

should have replaced it with the bonus track "people talkin'" from the end of the unplugged album...still one of my favorite Jay tracks ever

i hate the wayne song though. it's exactly what i feared the little brother wayne song would sound like, all hype and "omg collaboration" and no substance...whereaas the LB/Wayne collabo, while not strong turned out acceptable, but hello brooklyn is just terrible

10/31/2007 12:45:02 PM

I can deal with Ignorant Shit (i.e. I'll probably skip it 2 out of 3 times it starts playing) but yeah, that Lil Wayne shit is bad

I really like the overall vibe on the album, a good bounce back after Kingdom Come

10/31/2007 12:51:35 PM

the sites that host the files tend to catch hell fairly quickly so this late in the game that link functionality is dodgy @ best.

10/31/2007 3:28:25 PM

fallin is my favorite after one listen through

10/31/2007 4:57:06 PM

so what's worse, me posting a webrip that's been out for 2 days, or someone posting a retail that's been encoded at 128kbps

10/31/2007 5:00:41 PM

can someone re-upload and not put http in the address?

thanks-

10/31/2007 6:18:25 PM

I agree that "Sweet" isn't that great, but "I Know" is a lot of fun.

10/31/2007 7:41:30 PM

"Hello Brooklyn" sounds good on a system with good bass. "Say Hello" and "Success" are the ones I can't get out of my head though.

11/1/2007 11:20:34 AM

whats a good link for the retail album. the other doesn't work anymore.

11/1/2007 2:40:34 PM

torrents, b

11/1/2007 2:45:01 PM

what is this torrent that you speak of, G ? i just need a link or hit me on AIM at BiggerThomas718

11/1/2007 3:09:31 PM

Quote :

"I used to give a Fuck, Now I give a fuck less What do I think of suc-cess? It sucks Too much stress I guess I blew up quick"

Quote :

"I'm not a biter I'm a writer"

11/6/2007 4:38:05 PM

^you left off "for myself and others. I say a BIG verse, I'm only big-gin up my brother."

Please, don't use Hov lyrics to knock him, I'll simply use his to win the argument.

Smarten up Nas.

11/6/2007 6:39:54 PM

ha this thread just got cool.

It isn't like he's trying to pass the rhymes off as his own original idea.

11/6/2007 6:43:55 PM

compilation of all the songs sampled for AG track by track

http://rapidshare.com/files/68015989/Jay-Z2007HipHopIsReadAmericanGangsterTheSamples.zip

shouts out to HHIR for putting it together

http://hiphopisread.blogspot.com/

great overall blog btw

11/7/2007 2:57:38 PM

yea, that has been a pretty nice site

dude used to be with The Rap Up blog, and he's doing his own thing now

11/7/2007 3:53:45 PM

yeah

i pretty much stick to rapup, nahright and now HHIR

HHIR is good though for the technical aspects. nahright is good for breaking news/songs/on the cusp type shit, and then rapup is a little more about the "news" and reporting events

11/8/2007 11:36:23 AM

also the Smoking Section and my personal favorite, Straight Bangin

11/8/2007 2:10:34 PM

straight bangin is ok, a little too preachy for me

but yeah SS is good too

11/8/2007 3:19:39 PM

haha

http://www.jamphat.com/rap/

11/8/2007 4:36:30 PM

just listened to track 1 and thought it was obie trice

11/8/2007 8:51:44 PM

the VH1 performance was awesome . . .

11/8/2007 10:38:10 PM

Yeah I liked it.

11/8/2007 11:39:38 PM

"say hello" is my shit

burn the cd without hello brooklyn and blue magic and it's a good listen, overall

11/9/2007 12:51:25 PM

who wats to send me the album/

11/17/2007 2:00:35 PM

i love "blue magic". listen to the lyrics. "barnum and bailey with the pies / no matter how you slice it . . . etc." it's GENIUS.

11/17/2007 2:46:37 PM