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6, 2007): Just before the official end to his Def Jam tenure, Jay came back strong with his tenth studio album.

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So I have to give her free time even if it hurts').ДЄmerican Gangster (released Nov. Regardless of all that, the album proved he still had the skills and an eager audience, churning out hits like 'Show Me What You Got' and 'Lost One,' the latter of which gave us some insight into how being with Beyonce has probably kept him from settling down in his work life (''Cause what she prefers over me, is work. So while a few foolish fans heralded his comeback as being Jordan-esque, as though they didn't know it would happen all along, some of his artists looked at him more as a Little League dad batting himself in the cleanup spot.

Jay may never have had a more controversial album, not due to content, but because several Def Jam artists voiced their disapproval at Jay's decision to create and promote his own material instead of working for them. 21, 2006): Yes, this was Jay-Z's official 'comeback' studio album, despite coming just three years after The Black Album - not a particularly long break at all, especially considering his collaborations and presidency.

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He would eventually step down in late 2007, but was able to jumpstart the careers of stars like Rick Ross, Rihanna, and Ne-Yo, while also overseeing two successful Kanye albums ( Late Registration and Graduation), avoiding the Auto-Tuned whining of 808s and Heartbreaks. In charge of several of rap's biggest acts at the time, including budding superstar Kanye West, he was basically the bawse. 8, 2004): If there was ever a moment when Jay could have truly given up the rap game to become a businessman perpetually puffing Cubans in a corner office, it was his official appointment to president of Def Jam in 2004. Most tracks are catchy and pumped new life into the originals ('Numb/Encore' and 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You'), while a couple didn't bring anything of interest to the table (like 'Izzo/In the End'). Plus, it continued Linkin Park's moneymaking scheme of putting out a new album and then remixing said album (see: Hybrid Theory and Reanimation) before making fresh material. Despite a thoroughly non-creative title, this six-track piece allowed Jay to continue to stave off the draw of making new music, while allowing Linkin Park to work with the biggest legend in the industry (as was Jay's request upon being approached by MTV's Mash-Ups show). 30, 2004): The brief mash-up EP put together by Jay-Z and Linkin Park was definitely a worthwhile effort in a pre-Girl Talk world, when combining two hit songs in one (let alone dozens of them), was still a novel idea. Here's a rundown of Jigga's most impressive post-retirement accomplishments.Д¬ollision Course (released Nov. Jay probably wanted to emulate Jordan's flair for the dramatic - leaving the game on top only to reclaim the throne a few years later - but the fact is, he never really left the spotlight long enough to reemerge in it. Still, maybe we should have known he was just taking a page out of idol Michael Jordan's fake-retirement book, as alluded to in The Black Album's 'Encore' ('When I come back like Jordan/Wearing the 4-5'). It was a few years before he started regretting 'the worst retirement in history,' in his words, also saying that he cringed and felt embarrassed while watching footage from Fade to Black. The extravagant sendoff is well covered in the documentary Fade to Black (an apt name to coincide with the fake-retirement album), which combined performances from his star-studded, thought-to-be-final performance with cutaways that went through Jay's history, and made it seem like his career as an artist was history as well.

To refresh, remember that it was on Novemthat he held a charity concert at Madison Square Garden meant to be his 'retirement party.' Coming off the release of The Black Album, he decided he had reached the summit - despite being just 33 years of age. MCHG is, in other words, just another in a long list of post-retirement accomplishments Jay has amassed over the years. Holy Grailcame out last week to mixed reviews and became the first album ever to go platinum before hitting the shelves (technically, through a deal with Samsung).