New Jay Z Album with Dr. Dre.. Or Is It Kanye West?

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February 13, 2006

New Jay Z Album with Dr. Dre.. Or Is It Kanye West?

Various reports have surfaced about Jay-Z preparing a new album, with somewhat different ideas on who is producing the project.. one story has Dr. Dre helming the project, while the other has Kanye positing himself as the beatmaker.. interesting cuz I happen to know that Jigga has also worked on new material with another producer, who is not Dre or Kanye. I can't comment further except to say that I heard the beats in question, and they are beyond ridiculous. Hope those will see the light of day if and when this album materializes..

Here's the story that claims Dr. Dre is in charge. Keep in mind that historically speaking, "new album produced by Dr. Dre" has usually translated to "new album that will never come out":

Jay-z : new album with Dr Dre ?

Jay-Z is supposed to be retired and focusing his energy on running Def Jam Records, but he seems to be itching to get back in the studio. The rapper, who won a Grammy Award this week for his "Numb/Encore" collaboration with Linkin Park, is allegedly working on a new album with Dr. Dre, which he hopes to release this summer. A music business insider told the New York Post’s Page Six, "The big gossip of the Grammys is about Jay-Z. After saying he was going to retire when he became president of Def Jam so he wouldn’t compete with other artists on his label, he has a record coming out in June. To make matters worse, Dr. Dre is producing the record, which is huge because Dre hasn’t produced an album in years."

The insider added, "Dre is on rival label Interscope, and while Def Jam and Interscope are both under the Universal umbrella, people have their noses out of joint. This album will be huge. But first of all, Jay is not using a Def Jam producer, and second of all, he will be competing with his own artists. Not cool. His ego is so big he can’t not release an album. He is a president of a label and should not be doing this..."

And here's the Kanye remix of the story:

West reveals Jay-Z is on the comeback trail

Kanye West has blown rap mogul Jay-Z's big comeback surprise by announcing he's on board to produce the Def Jam Records boss' next project.

Jay-Z announced his retirement in 2003, and has been dogged by rumours of a comeback ever since. He has always maintained he has no plans to return to the charts, but now West, who produced his The Blueprint album, reveals the rap boss is staging a comeback in an interview in the new issue of men's magazine Playboy.

The Jesus Walks hitmaker says: "I'm producing Jay-Z's new album. I'm doing the whole thing." And when interviewer Rob Tannenbaum reveals Jay-Z once offered to pay him $1,000 (€836) if he ever came out of retirement, West tells the journalist: "Well, he's about to pay."

Posted by jsmooth995 at February 13, 2006 6:29 AM

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