He is one of the most financially successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. Jay-Z is one of the most successful examples of the growing power of hip-hop. He has sold over 26 million units in the USA and 50 million copies worldwide. His critically acclaimed album The Blueprint was written in only two days. After announcing his retirement from recording music in 2003, he returned in late 2006. Jay-Z is worth an estimated $547 million, regaining his position as the richest Hip-Hop artist in the world, which was held in 2006 by Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Reasonable Doubt is the debut album by Jay-Z. It was released on June 25, 1996 by Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. The album features production from DJ Premier, Ski and Clark Kent, and guest vocals by Memphis Bleek, Sauce Money and The Notorious B.I.G. It peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200, received platinum status in 2002, and sold 1.4 million copies as of 2006.
Tracklist
1. Can’t Knock the Hustle
2. Politics as Usual
3. Brooklyn’s Finest
4. Dead Presidents
5. Feelin’ It
6. D’Evils
7. 22 Two’s
8. Can I Live
9. Ain’t No N*gga
10. Friend or Foe
11. Coming of Age
12. Cashmere Thoughts
13. Bring It On
14. Regrets
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Meldaproduction MDrummer 2 Large Standalone VSTi 2.17
MDrummer is a highly sophisticated percussion workstation which combines features of all of current products on the market into one single instrument. MDrummer is so splendid that we could talk about it for hours, but maybe it would be ⦠can play acoustic jazz swing with brushes, bossa nova, pop, r’n'b, hip-hop, drum’n'bass… If you can imagine it, MDrummer can play it.
Changes From v2.16
* Stylable and resizable GUI engine.
* Switched to keyfile licensing.
* Kernel optimizations.
* Fix: Rhythm system wasn’t working properly, when commands were slightly out of first quarter.
* Fix: Rewind didn’t cause MDrummer to stop.
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Outkast
About Outkast
Outkast (typeset as OutKast) is a Grammy Award-winning American hip hop duo based out of East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia. The duo was originally known as The OKB (The OutKast Brothers) but later changed its name to Outkast. The group’s original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk.Since then, however, funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues elements have been added to the group’s musical palette.The duo consists of Atlanta native André “André 3000″ Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan “Big Boi” Patton.
The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Over 25 million copies have been sold of Outkast’s eight releases: six studio albums, a greatest hits release, and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album containing a solo album from each member. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only three hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 million units. Along with Outkast’s commercial success, it has maintained an experimental approach in their music and is widely praised for its originality and artistic content.
ATLiens
Track Listing:
1. You May Die (Intro)
2. Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)
3. ATLiens
4. Wheelz of Steel
5. Jazzy Belle
6. Elevators (Me & You)
7. Ova Da Wudz
8. Babylon
9. Wailin’
10. Mainstream
11. Decatur Psalm
12. Millennium
13. E.T. (Extraterrestrial)
14. 13th Floor/Growing Old
15. Elevators (ONP 86 Remix)
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Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (2009)@ 320kbps
The Blueprint 3 is the upcoming eleventh studio album by American rapperJay-Z, set to be released in the US on September 11, 2009 (UK released September 14), which is 8 years after the release of the first Blueprint. It will be the final installment in The Blueprint trilogy, preceded by the critically acclaimed The Blueprint (2001) and the commercially successful The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse (2002). On May 20, 2009 Jay-Z confirmed that he bought out the remainder of hits contract from Def Jam Records in order to start his contract with Live Nation, and therefore The Blueprint 3 will be released under Roc Nation and distributed by Atlantic Records.
Tracklist:
01. What We Talkin About (4:04)
02. Thank You (4:10)
03. D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-tune) (4:15)
04. Run This Town (Featuring Rihanna And Kanye West) (4:27)
05. Empire State Of Mind (Featuring Alicia Keys) (4:36)
06. Real As It Gets (Featuring Young Jeezy) (4:12)
07. On To The Next One (Featuring Swizz Beatz) (4:17)
08. Off That (Featuring Drake) (4:06)
09. A Star Is Born (Featuring J.Cole) (3:48)
10. Venus Vs. Mars (3:10)
11. Already Home (Featuring Kid Cudi) (4:29)
12. Hate (Featuring Kanye West) (2:31)
13. Reminder (4:18)
14. So Ambitious (Featuring Pharrell) (4:12)
15. Young Forever (Featuring Mr Hudson) (4:13)
Artist: Jay-Z
Title: The Blueprint 3
Label: Roc Nation, Atlantic
Release Date: 2009-09-11
Genre(s): Hip-Hop, Rap
Details: 60 mins | MP3 @ 320kbps
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