New Jay-Z Album: Magna Carta Holy Grail

Jay-Z revealed the existence and release of his new album in a commercial during the NBA play-offs last week. This three minute long commercial featured Jay-Z rapping and working on the album in the studio with other hip-hop legends, such as Pharrell, and speaking about the inspiration for this album. 

Jay-Z describes the vibe of MCHG (Magna Carta Holy Grail) as, “It's this duality of how do you navigate your way through this whole, this whole thing... through success, through failures, through all of this, and remain yourself.” The album is, symbolically, being released this 4th of July. 

One of the biggest pieces of news regarding this album release, however, is Jay-Z’s partnership with Samsung for the release. Samsung has already purchased 1 million copies of Jay-Z’s new album. The plan is for Samsung to distribute these albums, free of charge, to users of the Samsung Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III, and the Galaxy S 4. These albums are to be released a couple of days before the main release date on July 4th, giving these Samsung consumers a sneak peak of the highly anticipated album. 

This partnership is rumored to have earned the rapper over $20 million in profit. Jay-Z is also not concerned about the 1 million albums NOT being included in record sales charts, because he believes that these 1 million free albums will not even put a dent in record sales during the first week of release, because the projected sales are exponentially larger. 

Sources: Huffington Post