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Young Jeezy “The Inspiration” (Def Jam/Corporate Thugs...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD OF THE WEEK: Young Jeezy | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

Ghostface Killah “More Fish” (Def...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MUSIC REVIEW: Ghostface Killah | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...stand against prejudice. This fall JAY-Z and RUSSELL SIMMONS filmed a public-service announcement calling anti-Semitism "a long word for racism." The ad has been translated into four other languages, and will be broadcast in the U.S., Europe and South America in January. Simmons drafted his Def Jam pal to help out on the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding project because "Jay-Z's got a bigger mouth than anybody," says Simmons. "If he says it's cool, it is." Next is an ad about anti-Islamic bias. "What we have to focus on," Simmons says, "is the sameness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 11, 2006 | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...having said everything by saying everything a little differently. Where once his delivery had the ring-a-ding-ding smoothness of Sinatra--another vocalist who made callousness seem like charm--Jay recognizes that, at 37, with a girlfriend beloved by the public (Beyonc Knowles) and a company to run (Def Jam Records), that act is a lot harder to pull off. So on Lost One and the brilliant thinking-about-cheating song Trouble ("If my hand's in the cookie jar know one thing/ I'ma take the cookie, not leave my ring"), he introduces new vocal dynamics, pausing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Un-Retirement of Jay-Z | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...having said everything by saying everything a little differently. Where once his delivery had the ring-a-ding-ding smoothness of Sinatra-another vocalist who made callousness seem like charm-Jay recognizes that, at 37, with a girlfriend beloved by the public (Beyonce Knowles) and a company to run (Def Jam Records) that act is a lot harder to pull off. So on "Lost One" and the brilliant thinking-about-cheating song "Trouble" ("If my hand's in the cookie jar know one thing / I'm a take the cookie, not leave my ring") he introduces new vocal dynamics, pausing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Un-Retirement of Jay-Z | 11/24/2006 | See Source »

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