Kingdom Come

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Few retirements are as short-lived as that of New York rap mogul Jay-Z. Barely two years after bowing out in 2004, he’s back with Kingdom Come - and if he's set down the mic for a minute, it doesn't show. Backed by a dream team of producers (Just Blaze, Kanye West, Dr Dre, The Neptunes), with special guests including Pharrell, Beyonce, and Coldplay's Chris Martin, it's an A-list cast. Naturally, though, it's the Hova who's the star attraction, slightly older and prone to pontificating on his ten years in the game (see "30-Something"), but certainly no wiser: as he raps on "Trouble", he's still got "hands in the cookie jar". The first few tracks are pure consolidation, gleaming and boastful productions that remind you just how great Jay-Z is on the mic. Further in, though, Kingdom Come branches out in style: "Hollywood", the duet with Beyonce, is a jaded take on celebrity culture, while "Minority Report" relives the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with the Bush Administration in the metaphorical sights. Finally, the Coldplay-produced "Beach Chair" concludes the album on a spiritual note, Jay-Z announcing "life is but a dream" as Chris Martin trills like an angel atop echoing drums and distorted, music-box guitar. If you thought it could never work, you were clearly underestimating.--Louis Pattison

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2007-09-06 rating:
Dissapointing.
I was anticipating this album so much. Jay-Z has never failed to deliver an album that I've enjoyed but this one was a big dissapointment.

It's not up to his usual standard, that's for sure. And while it's not a bad album, it's not exactly a good one. It's the type of album I'll listen to once in a while and then put on my shelf for months on end untill I remember it's there.

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review by: date: 2007-07-12 rating:
Yes, Kingdom of Incompetence comes ...with you !!! We know it !!!!
Dear Jay-Z,
It's a great mistery of this earth how people shoud buy your albums !!!
I don't have this album and I never will own it.
For this rating I used the examle tracks of tha Amazon.com and it is enough to say that THIS IS A FLOP LIKE ALL YOUR ALBUMS.
I sincerely have to tell you that I appreciate you just and only when you are a guest in the albums of the other rappers . So be guest from here to your day of death.
Fortunately there are rappers like Redman, Camp Lo, Icarus, Mally G, Da Ranjahz, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, M.O.P., Onyx and GangStarr that maintain high the banner of the rap music !!!
JUST WITH YOU HIP HOP IS DEAD. This would be the title of your next album : " Just with me Hip Hop is dead !"

P.S:
If you want to buy a nice rap album, please check up my rap listmania, just clicking on my nickname and clicking above my listmania. Here there are 40 Hip-Hop albums choosed by me just for winning people and not for fans of the mortal masochism rap !!!
I assure that in my rap albums' list you will find the best American Hip-Hop albums. There are dance beats and strong ones and lyrics just for the winninf person in the life !!!

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review by: date: 2007-06-25 rating:
Just Listen to the Intro
In myopinion the albumm intro is one of the hottest tracks I have heard from him. I have played it so much that Its almost unheallthy. That and Lost One far and away the best tracks, but i seem to be the only one who thinks this looking at these reviews.

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review by: The King Of The UK date: 2007-04-14 rating:
Liking the return
I have never really been a huge fan of Jigga, i bought his Greatest Hits album and liked most tracks, but this in my opinion is better. I love the Dr Dre produced 30 Something, as the lyrics are great and it has an amzing hook, really intelligent. Also i like Lost One, as again i love the beat and lyrics. I don't think Jay Z will ever produce another Blueprint or Reasonable doubt, but this is a very good effort!
Jay Z has made a great album, just not the best of his career.


review by: date: 2007-03-09 rating:
not great
This is a disappointing album. Jay Z has made worse but he's also made better. There are 4 main reasons to buy it: (1)Show Me What You Got - starts with a familiar horn loop used once by Public Enemy and a soul sample used by El Da Sensei on his album from last year basically making this track sound identical to his track (called 'Up In Da Spot!' if you're interested check it out), but its a good track and there's an element of chaos to it which is missing from a lot of commercial rap lately. (2)Lost One ft.Chrisette Michele - Above average Dr.Dre beat (if you consider the stuff he's done lately) with a laid back piano, reminiscent of Naughty By Nature's "Would Have Done The Same For Me" and a nicely sung hook by Chrisette Michele who appears to be Def Jam's new in-house chaunteuse because she appears on Nas's album as well. A solo album from her would be cool because she's got a really good voice. (3)30 Something - Another Dr.Dre beat and another piano loop, but slightly edgier this time. Good track. (4)I Made It - the best beat on the album by a mile and proof that commercial beats don't have to suck, it's just coincidence and unfortunate that most of them do. Except for those four tracks every other track on this album is rubbish, which is a real shame. Kanye West contributes a substandard (by his standards) beat, the overrated Neptunes try and reinvent the concept of a hip hop beat at 4000bpm. and fail on their track, and the track with Chris Martin from Coldplay is one of the most ill-advised pop/rap crossover tracks ever attempted. All the rest of the tracks are generic commercial rubbish not even worth commenting on. From an emceeing standpoint Jay-Z is consistent on this album and remains one of the top commercial rappers out there but predictably the beats let this album down, and coming from the boss of arguably the most important hip-hop label of all time that's slightly hard to swallow. I would also have to ask serious questions about the design of the CD case/inlay card regarding the special red plastic casing that means you see extra designs on the front cover when you take the inlay out, that disappear when you put it back again. Has someone at Def Jam been O.D.ing on mushrooms? Jay-Z should watch who he employs to market his product as well as who makes his beats on this evidence.

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