Young Guru Speaks On New Jay-Z Album And “Watch The Throne” Sequel

Young Guru sat down with Complex to speak on Jay-Z’s next solo LP and “Watch The Throne 2”. On Jay-Z’s upcoming solo album: “Jay-Z is always working on stuff, it’s a concept that I can’t talk about but I’m marveled at how smart this guy is. When he told me the concept, I was like ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ It was just so simple. It’s not a concept album though. It’s not like American Gangster, it’s not a Beatles concept album. It has a concept and a title, and the title and the concept fit him so well that people are going to be like ‘Wow.’” “I like certain writers because it takes me 8,000 paragraphs to get my full point across. When somebody can take what I just said and condense it into two sentences and still have the same effectiveness, that’s a good writer. The simplicity of the title and the concept that it conveys is incredible.” “I can’t tell you the title, it’s so good it’s like, ‘Oh my god why didn’t I think of that? What made you think of that and why haven’t we done that before?’ It’s just staring us in the face all these years, we could’ve been put that out as an album concept.” On the possibility of Watch The Throne 2: “It’s definitely a serious consideration. Hasn’t been underway yet but definitely serious consideration. Has been talked about but hasn’t been executed yet. Definitely could happen. A lot of

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Rain – The Magic Hour 3 [Mixtape]

Download: Rain – The Magic Hour 3 Tracklist 01. Intro (Prod. by DJ Pain 1) 02. Live Fast, Die Young (Prod. by Jake One) 03. Blunt Full Of Loud, Cup Full Of Lean (feat. Keep Pushin) (Prod. by Rain) 04. Mean (Prod. by Rain) 05. My Story (Prod. by Rik Marvel) 06. Light’s Down Low (feat. Cardi) (Prod. by DJ Pain 1) 07. Interlude (Prod. by Rain) 08. I’ll Stay (Prod. by DJ Pain 1) 09. Angel (Prod. by 14KT) 10. If I Do (feat. Nesby Phips) (Prod. by Street Orchestra) 11. Get It Off (Prod. by Nottz) 12. It’s Got To Be Love (Prod. by Bink!) 13. Under The Lights (feat. Keep Pushin) (Prod. by Risingson) 14. You Were Here (Prod. by DJ Pain 1) 15. Gotta Be Magic 16. Taxicab Confessions (Prod. by The Stuyvasants) Previously: Rain – Live Fast, Die Young (Video)

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