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Mixed or average reviews- based on 370 Ratings
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Positive: 183 out of 370
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Mixed: 120 out of 370
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Negative: 67 out of 370
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Jun 21, 2018This album literally has no skips. On of my favorite Hov albums. User score deserves to be way higher.
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Feb 1, 2018
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Jul 17, 2017okay album............................................................................................................................................................
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Apr 19, 2017Magna Carta May Be Jay's lyrically dumbed downed work to date but it delivers a personal message in the album. The message that no matter how much you accomplish in life, you should never lose sight of where you came from. Personal songs like "Jay-Z Blue" and "La familia" shows Jay-z drive what keeps his drive and his insecurities about fatherhood. As A Unit "Magna Carta" Is a solid album.
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May 2, 2016I found this album refreshing and it was a good reminder to how life is from Jay Z point of view. A good album shame it could of been more original!!!
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Jan 6, 2016
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Jan 6, 2016I don't understand why there's so much hate on this album. OK it's not his best album, but it's modern and nice album. It's just Hova, what more can I say?! Best track: 'Heaven' :)
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Apr 29, 2015
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Apr 24, 2015Hova may be giving his weakest lyrical performance of his career on this album, by the redundancy of his verses, but still, all the songs are well crafted and very enjoyable.
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Mar 26, 20156.2/10................................................................................................................................................
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Jan 16, 2015A horrible album one of the worst JAY Z Albums I have ever heard with only a few moments then and their it shows that JAY Z needs to rely on better production and needs to not use Timbaland beats and go back to the route he took on Blueprint III
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Oct 30, 2014The album is strong lyrically, with impressive beats and hooks that compliment this in the majority of the tracks here. However, some pointlessly short songs (Versus, Beach is Better) and a lack of variation in general makes "Magna Carta Holy Grail" fall short of its full potential.
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Aug 11, 2014Thus far, it certainly isn't the most amazing effort of Jay Z's career, but despite what so many are saying, I don't think its half bad either. I will happily say there are moments that I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Aug 4, 2014Easily the most disappointing rap release of the past decade. Jay-Z may have not always been as innovative as artists like Kanye, but he knew how to throw together a solid beat, and back it with his signature flow. Everything he tries on this album pretty much falls completely flat.
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Jul 15, 2014
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Jun 3, 2014Crown, Somewhereinamerica, Tomford, Picasso baby, FWTMYKIGI's beats are so nice
but other songs were not enough to attract audience.......
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May 3, 2014
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Feb 5, 2014
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Jan 27, 2014
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Jan 16, 2014
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Jan 10, 2014
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Jan 10, 2014Besides the first two tracks, this album is wack...
Besides the first two tracks, this album is wack...
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Nov 20, 2013
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Nov 4, 2013JAY Z once again pushes the envelope with this album. He succeeded once again to sell me the dream with this album! I never thought I'd see Justin Timberlake and the king of rap make emsemble collaboration. JAY Z keep it up bro!
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Nov 3, 2013
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Oct 23, 2013
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Oct 8, 2013All the songs in the album aren't well-done, but Holy Grail is definitely the best. I give a 10/10 for that song alone. It has a personal message and is very exhilarating. Normally I don't appreciate that type of music, but there's something about this song that stands out from the rest of the bunch.
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Oct 7, 2013
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Sep 25, 2013The production definitively is the major attraction of this album, while Jay Z might have dumb down his flow and lyrics on some tracks, but he makes up for those ones on several tracks such as Heaven, Nickles and Dimes and Jay Z Blue.
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Sep 20, 2013This ablum sucks to me. I dont know it doesnt seem like Jay-Z. Some of songs on this album sound like he wants to sound like these young rappers out here that all use the same flow. Made the mistake of buying this album twice CD and Playstore. Wish i can get a refund. Only Four songs on the album are worth the time to listen to.
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Sep 6, 2013Jay-Z's new album lacks what his other albums clearly exhibited; a hunger to be great. With his fame and persona already known world-wide, a wife and kid, and more money than god, it felt like this album was produced and released only to get his name once again in the mainstream.
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Aug 31, 2013
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Aug 25, 2013My favorite songs from this album were:
* Holy Grail
* ****
* Somewhere in America
* Heaven
* Nickels and Dimes
The rest of the songs were pretty meh. This album doesn't really come together the way Blueprint 3 did. Holy Grail has some really low replay value, while makes for some great running music (I could listen to it all day). -
Aug 21, 2013Nothing progressive in the hip hop world, but it is full of hits that never seem to get old!! If you like the fusion of rap and r&b, or just love catchy hooks then this album is for you.
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Aug 12, 2013
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Aug 1, 2013Oh how the mighty have fallen. By far jayz worst album. I couldn't even get through it. All you jayz fans who give this a good album rating need to relisten to reasonable doubt and the blueprint and remember jay at his finest moments. Because there is one or two songs that don't make me wanna vomit ill give it a one
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Aug 1, 2013Ok. The first few songs were listenable. Then he kept the same verse scheme. "blah blah (hustler) blah...(pause)...blah blah blah-blah" through the whole album. He even had Nas do it for a few bars. It was bad...real bad.
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Jul 31, 2013The entire album is a grower with a couple of classic tunes, but record itself is miles away from the consistent richness of his previous albums.
Buy Tom Ford, Nickels and Dimes on iTunes, don't waste your money on the album. -
Jul 29, 2013
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Jul 25, 2013
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Jul 25, 2013In Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z demonstrates his lack of inspiration now after more than 15 years of career. The production of this album (Timbaland) is trivial and confusing. PLEASE save Jay-Z from himself.
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Jul 23, 2013
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Jul 22, 2013T of Toilette, R of Rigg, A of Astonish, S of Sucker and H of Horrible. This album is a perfect T-R-A-S-H, fans shoulda deal with it. Kiss kiss I'm leavin'.
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Jul 20, 2013
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Jul 19, 2013The album producers are widely recognized. but this time fail to capture the public, is a bad album, I'm definitely with The Blue Print 3.I think the next time they will need to do much more
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Jul 17, 2013
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Jul 15, 2013
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Jul 13, 2013
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Jul 13, 2013Great album, lyrics were on point mostly, production was amazing, guest appearances were limited but meaningful and subject matter varied. Overall his best post-retirement release #go Hov!
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Jul 12, 2013
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Jul 11, 2013
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Jul 11, 2013Disappointing. A set back in some of the growth he has shown lyrically. You're happily married, have a beautiful baby daughter, and are in your mid-40s. Why are you still so concerned with material boasts?
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Jul 11, 2013
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Jul 11, 2013MCHG is classic Jay, though the strong production is constantly weighed down by his inconsistent lyricism and foggy direction. It's a shame, but it's not easy matching arguably his best work, Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint.
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Jul 10, 2013
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Jul 10, 2013
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Jul 9, 2013It's just not very good. I keep seeing mentions of how this was knocked out in 2 weeks. Yeah, you can tell when you listen to it. It's not nearly on par with any of his previous work, sounds half hearted, and frankly the content is just dull and boring.
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Jul 8, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 8, 2013
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Jul 8, 2013critics make my d!ck hole itch. This album is 10x better than Kanye's garbage album. There are plenty of songs that i keep on repeat. It's a solid 8/10. Jay's best album since American Gangster.
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Jul 8, 2013
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Jul 8, 2013
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Jul 7, 2013The beats are semi decent, but the lyrics are some of the dumbest Hov' has ever done. My favorite song has to be the Holy Grail one specifically because of JT who kills it. However Jigga still fails to even try to one up any of the features on this. This would be an okay album, but I will not accept this from an artist who released The Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt.
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Jul 7, 2013
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Jul 6, 2013
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Jul 6, 2013Jay through out this entire album is telling us he's the "king", and rightly so. We're gonna need to come up with some sort of Magna Carta to stop him from putting a beating on everyone in the game as he sips from his holy grail.
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Jul 6, 2013Honestly I don't understand all the hate on this album. I'd say this is in the top 3 albums released of 2013. If you actually listen to his flow and lyrics then get the album.
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Jul 6, 2013Genious! The LyricalKing of rap strikes again. Great melodier on nearly every track. He is able to use other great artists in an amazing way. Personally I would put in a top 3 of his studio albums together with reasonable doubt and The blueprint.
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Jul 6, 2013This is Jay's best album since American Gangster, it has great production and it shows a growth in his lyrical ability. I am not comparing it to classics like Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint, but the album is simply a great Jay-Z album and it's an album that will be played in the next 5 years.
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Jul 6, 2013
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Jul 5, 2013
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Jul 5, 2013An overrated album with nothing special. Songs are garbage. Lyrics are pathetic. The man has no talent and needs to learn how to rap. Not worth buying.
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Awards & Rankings
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The SourceDec 19, 2013Despite lackluster showings on the title track, and the anti-climactic first two verses of "Picasso Baby," a track presence that has stood the test of time for almost two decades eventually shines though. The second half of the aforementioned "Picasso Baby" shows off Jay-Z at his peak. [Sep 2013, p.97]
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013Magna Carta... Holy Grail isn't a dreadful record but it's a redundant one. [Sep 2013, p.103]
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Aug 13, 2013Give it up to the one where Beyonce pledges gangsta devotion and, best of all, the one where the "billionaire" (he says) looks back at the betrayals of his own departed head of family with something that feels like dread.