In conjunction with the movie of the same name, Jay-Z released the concept album American Gangster in 2007. The movie is about 1970s Harlem drug dealer Frank Lucas and he is played by legendary ...

Jay-Z's lines snapping off with a free-associative wit that recalls his first album, 1996's Reasonable Doubt. Where Kingdom Come strained to offer a grown-up version of hip-hop, American Gangster ...