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New Jay-Z album, anyone?

Me Neither
So wait, let me guess, the TIs at Universal spent too much on this Denzel-Ridley Scott movie American Gangster, but they figure they can still recoup if enough black people show up. You know how us blacks are about our crime movies. So now they're gonna pay Jay-Z a few million to drop several references to it in a new album, just like he did that Ace of Spades champagne on Kingdom Come.

If it works, it could be one hell of a marketing move. I'm not sure whether or not Def Jam themselves get a cut of whatever Jay-Z is being paid, but I suppose Jay himself stands to benefit regardless, even if less people run out to cop this than its dismal predecessor. Whether this is just as bad remains to be seen, but the fact that it was only recorded in the past few weeks doesn't seem to bode well for it.

Then again, the Blueprint, which people tend to idolize all out of proportion (word to Woody Allen) was supposedly recorded in the space of a weekend, so who knows.

For Jay-Z, Inspiration Arrives in a Movie [New York Times]