‘The Black Album’: A Musical Documentary Of Jay-Z’s Life

Hartley Goldstein of Popmatters reviewed Jay-Z’s new album, ‘The Black Album’, calling it “a record that is all things to all people.” Goldstein said, “Whether ‘The Black Album’ is truly, as Jay has continuously proclaimed, his final record or not, he has most definitely constructed an inspired musical documentary of his life, as both a business man and an artist, that will last as an inspiration for emcees years in the making. While ‘The Black Album’ does have the overall urgency of closure, it also possesses the celebratory spirit of more great music to come.” Read more.