“Kingdom Come” has no business following the hotness of “The Black Album.” Many of Hova’s partners in production are still hanging around, and while they did their homework, Jay-Z didn’t keep up his end of the bargain. Tired.Īll are apt adjectives in describing these records, both of which are heavy on the hot production and the lazy MC work. Think back to how most of us felt last Thursday after all that turkey and cranberries. “Kingdom Come” and “Tha Blue Carpet Treatment” were released Nov.
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Snoop is one of hip-hop’s most consistent figures: At any given point in the past decade, Snoop has had a song (or guested on a track) in the Top 10. He’s one of the original party MCs who spends more time on marijuana references and getting people’s hands in the air than on social consciousness. Snoop is as West Coast as the Oakland Raiders football franchise. And he’s signed onto giant ad campaigns with Budweiser Select and Hewlett Packard to welcome himself back. He’s an East Coast original who made headlines with his retirement after 2003’s “The Black Album.” “Kingdom Come” is his comeback record, his unretirement party.
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Jay-Z is one of the greatest MCs of all time, a fact he’ll happily share with you. Not only are the album covers visually striking – red- and blue-tinted close-ups of Jay-Z and Snoop – they are also a telling aural portrait of mainstream American hip-hop in the current era. Placed side by side, Jay-Z’s “Kingdom Come” and Snoop Dogg’s “Tha Blue Carpet Treatment” paint a potent picture. Jay-Z, Snoop snooze – The Denver Post Close Menu