Leave it to to come in and steal Kanye West’s thunder. Jigga definitely pulled one of those Kanye/Taylor Swift, “Imma let you finish,” moments with major news of a album out next month. During Sunday’s NBA Finals playoff game, Jay-Z aired a snippet of a video showing himself and master producer Rick Rubin in the studio. Watch the trailer below.
What’s more interesting is that this new Jay-Z album marks the second major release this year that Rubin has worked on. Kanye’s new album with Rubin is due out on Tuesday. The last album Jay-Z and Rubin collaborated on was “The Black Album.”
The roster of collaborators on the new Jay-Z album is what you would suspect. , check. , check. Swizz Beatz, check. The guest appearances are along the trajectory of typical Jigga henchmen, unlike Kanye’s list of accomplices that includes , and Chief Keef.
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Julio Enriquez is a Denver writer and photographer, editor of the blog and a regular contributor to Reverb.
