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By now you should know that I  Beyoncé   has released a new album, her fifth,  aptly titled Beyoncé .  The album was very hush hush, we knew she was working on one but what we didn't know was when it was dropping. Bey's new album hit iTunes at 12 am (Dec 13...1+3= 4 ) for $15.99 with very little promotion only an Instagram post alerting the BeyHive. The album is being pushed as a visual album with 14 new songs and 17 videos. According to her Bey's label physical copies of the album will be available Thursday with a CD/DVD becoming available before the Christmas holiday. The album features production by Timbaland, The Dream, Hit Boy and Pharrell Williams as well as features from Jay Z, Blue Ivy, Drake, Frank Ocean and more. Former bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams along with some of the album features including Blue Ivy will make an appearance on the visual album. You may ask why she did this and I have a great answer. Marketing genius...

Jay Z chose to exclusively debut his new video " Holy Grail " featuring Justin Timberlake to his 17 million fans via his Facebook page becoming the first artist to ever to do so. I didn't even know Jay had a legitimate FB page let alone one he would actually use but that's another post. WATCH "HOLY GRAIL" Anywho, the gritty yet glitzy video featuring a bearded Justin Timberlake and Jay in his signature arrogant boss guy attitude accompanied by urban sign language gestures is only suppose to be available exclusively via FB for the first 24 hours but well worth the no man's land travel to see it. Check out the video as well as it's flip in format from the original song featured on Jay's Magna Carta Holy Grail and let me know your thoughts. Is Jay trying to bring back some much needed hype to Facebook? I guess we're still witnessing the new rules...

A couple weeks ago, the same week that Magna Carta Holy Grail was released, Jay Z filmed a performance art  inspired video for his track " Picasso Baby ". Fast forward a couple days from now and Jay will debut the highly anticipated video on HBO immediately following a guest appearance on Bill Maher 's HBO show Real Time on August 2. Picasso Baby Video Shoot It's just different...

Remember when Jay Z took the train to his final of 8 Barclays Center performances last year? If not watch it HERE Now that we're all caught up, check out the elderly lady  from the train ride, Ellen Grossman , as she gives her review of Jay's latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail . Get More:  Jay-Z , Music News Coincidence? MTV also got a chance to speak with Wondagurl a sixteen year old young girl who produced Jay Z's " Crown " on MCHG. Get More:  Music News

Straight from Life + Times ... "Located in the United Kingdom,  The Salisbury Cathedral , home to one of the four surviving original 1215 Magna Carta documents, has become the site which debuted JAY Z’s  Magna Carta… Holy Grail  album cover art.   The installation will be on display at the Salisbury Cathedral Chapter House through the month of July." Is this too much? A hip hop album cover next to one of the original Magna Carta documents...? If it's anything, it's definitely history... New rules.

I found it highly odd that the Magna Carta Holy Grail albums given away to some 1 million fans before it's actual release date wouldn't count towards actual album sales but now that the RIAA has looked into the matter  determining the albums will count I actually think this is a bit unfair. Check out a statement issued by RIAA July 01, 2013 By now, many of us in the music business, as well as Jay-Z fans, know that Samsung has purchased one million “Magna Carta Holy Grail” digital albums to be given away to the phone maker’s customers.  It is a novel and creative marketing move and it has rightly stimulated a healthy conversation about the sale’s meaning and implications for the modern music business.    For us, the move prompted a re-examination of our historic Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program award rules.  As we dug through the records of audits, re-reviewed rules and consulted with our auditing firm of more than thirty years, Gelfand, ...

This guy is a lyrical genius...I see more self penned books in his future. Did you guys know that the free music Jay Z is giving away to 1 million lucky fans in advance to release of Magna Carta Holy Grail on July 4 will not count towards actual album sales? How confident (and cocky) is that! And speaking of Frank Ocean , he debuted new material earlier this week in Munich, Germany while in concert. There is no word at this time where the music is from and when we can expect a new studio album from the Grammy award winner. Check out Frank's debut of new music.

I'm really feeling these new rules and wanting to see how Jay Z creates and abides by them. This dude is a trendsetter among all trades. Although I take shots at Jay and Kanye West's attempts at implying they are beyond the basic promotional stages in their career, what they are doing is a form of press and promotion but they are doing it on their terms which is simply going to markets and media outlets that the average rapper/artist couldn't. Once again, simply shitting on people and careers. How dope is it that Jay is releasing on the fourth of July? The hoods across America will be so ratchet this Independence Day. This is promotion but not your average promotion...who promotes their album less than 30 days before it's release with no music? Shit, when did he start recording? #newrules BTW, congrats to Jay Z and Roc Nation for acquiring Kevin Durant as their newest client to add to the roster of their growing sports agency. Now all I have to d...

Jay Z made time stop for a couple minutes today on Twitter after he sent out a few cocky tweets. If 1 Million records gets SOLD and billboard doesnt report it, did it happen? Ha. #newrules #magnacartaholygrail Platinum!!! VII IV XIII — Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 17, 2013 Kanye West "lead single" projected on buildings worldwide #newrules #magnacartaholygrail — Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 17, 2013 J Cole app for listening session. Don't talk just listen.. #newrules — Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 17, 2013 Wale up next week #newrules — Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 17, 2013 And just like that he was gone... Ok that was my yearly allotment see ya'll 2014.. #newrules #magnacartaholygrail — Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 17, 2013 I can't say much about these tweets because the guy can back them up...but I would like to place a couple bets on whether Jay will tweet again before 2014. I'm thinking right before his Magna Carta Holy Grail album drops...