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Jay Z's latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail, shows that like Kanye West, Jay Z is moving toward larger-than-life production, and amphitheater-worthy tracks-and compared to his earlier work, diving into weirder samples (including referencing Nirvana and REM in his lyrics). It makes sense. Hip-hop has become stadium music, and Jay Z is the icon of this movement. But at his core, he's all about the basics of hip-hop: beats, flow and clever wordplay. Even when he headlined Coachella, he managed to make everyone feel like they were in an intimate club, watching him rock the mic like it was 1993. (Aaron Carnes)
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