I dont like Jay Z but...

[Embers]

The beats and what id call everything that excludes his singing on all of his tracks are awesome. The guy clearly knows how to make music even if he doesnt know to sing.

What albums has he produced lately?

 

[Gods_Son23]

He may be an executive producer on some albums like his new one but like most rappers and singers other people come in to produce the beats/music. Being an executive producer though doesn't always mean they handle the music at all it could mean they just deal with the buisness side of selling the album.

I.e. Diddy & The Hitmen, Bigg D, Chris Flame, DJ Toomp, Idris "Driis" Elba, Jermaine Dupri, Just Blaze, No I.D, The Neptunes and some others produced the tracks for his new album American Gangster.

 

[johnnyhoward]

He's not much of a true 'producer' like Timbaland, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Trackmasters etc. The production on a lot of his tracks is usually top notch though, especially on The Blueprint.

As for his "singing" abilities, he's a rapper and has one of the best flows going around, not sure why singing comes into it?

 

[Underdog]

He's not much of a true 'producer' like Timbaland, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Trackmasters etc. The production on a lot of his tracks is usually top notch though, especially on The Blueprint.

Must be tough to rap over an existing hit song

 

[betterthanu]

Most of his best tracks are done by Just Blaze, Kanye, Pharrell or Timberland. Just Blaze and Kanye are prob my 2 favourite producers along with Kno from cunninlynguists.

 

[justthedukes]

Whats his new album 'American Gangster' like????

 

[johnnyhoward]

Whats his new album 'American Gangster' like????

It's actually pretty decent, better than I expected after the average Kingdom Come. Probably one of the better hip-hop albums released in the past few years.

 

[deck]

Jay-z does not produce any songs at all. Executive producer has the the final say on what appears on the album not on the music production side of things.

 

[hans moleman]

Just Blaze and Kanye are prob my 2 favourite producers along with Kno from cunninlynguists.

I haven't heard many Just Blaze tracks, but the beats on "Breathe", "Everything's A Go" and "Just Blaze, Bleek & Free" are amazing. What other Just Blaze stuff should I be checking out?

 

[Huddo91]

Although I don't listen to much of his music, my favourite beat to Jay Z is 'Heart of the City' and was produced by Kanye West. Simply brilliant. Another good Kanye-produced song is 'Dreams' by The Game. I don't like any other songs by The Game but the background beat/rhythm in this song is also top notch.