9th knocked it out and it was incredible. Jay-Z’s eighth studio album was released on November 14, 2003.Hov and Roc-A-Fella Records promoted it as his finale where he would fade in black.Retirement is a recurring theme throughout the. Jay really put 9th Wonder on the spot, like, Do this. It wasn’t a replacement for Premier’s song, but it was that feel that Jay was looking for. That’s how the 9th Wonder record came about. The Black Album is essentially Jay-Z taking a victory lap before retiring for about three years. Jay had a specific song that he wanted Premier to do and I think he came with something else. Ultimately, the Dre thing didn’t happen and the DJ Premier thing didn’t happen. We went down to see Timbaland in Miami, or Pharrell in Virginia, and Rick Rubin in L.A. From that point on, we just went on trips. The other shit was obvious: Kanye and Just. We always wanted to do something with Rick Rubin or Dr. 2 (2007) Black Is Back is an album by hip hop producer 9th Wonder.It is an unofficial remix of Jay-Zs 2003 The Black Album. Though probably not his best LP, its his most personal and revealing album to date. The Black Album is Jays final testament to hip-hop. We thought The Black Album was going to be his last, so the concept was, “Let’s work with the producers we’ve worked with, and producers we’ve never worked with before.” It was going to be like the ultimate wish list-Jay’s list and my list. Black Is Back (2004) The Dream Merchant Vol. Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2003.

In The Fader’s oral history of The Black Album, Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua talked more about the 12 producer idea and why it didn’t ultimately pan out. The other producers all contributed one beat each. Just contributed the most, producing “Interlude,” “December 4th” and “Public Service Announcement (Interlude),” while Kanye and The Neptunes produced two each. Instead, we got 14 songs produced by 10 names: Just Blaze, Kanye West, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Rick Rubin, DJ Quik, Eminem, 9th Wonder, The Buchanans and Aqua. Unfortunately this idea didn’t pan out for the final product. Dre, DJ Premier, Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Kanye West, Trackmasters, Eminem, DJ Quik, Ski and Timbaland. There was even a flyer floating around during the early stages of the album’s marketing campaign which featured the slogan “12 songs… 12 producers…” and listed the names: The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Dr. To help with this, Hov wanted to have 12 songs produced by 12 different producers. After being in the rap game for over a decade and running it for more than five years, Jay Z’s eighth studio album, The Black Album, was supposed to be his last record and he was determined to go out with a bang.

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