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At the time of The Dynasty Roc la Familia's release, Jay-Z had already established himself as a towering figure in the rap world. His previous two albums -- Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life and Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter -- spawned numerous gigantic hits and were filled the brim with the biggest hitmakers in rap: producers like Timbaland and Swizz Beatz; rappers like Juvenile and DMX. So rather than try to one-up these albums with yet more super-producers and big-name rappers, Jay-Z took a different approach on The Dynasty. He brought in a stable of up-and-coming producers (the Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West) and handed the mic to his in-house roster of Roc-a-Fella rappers (Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Freeway) with the intention of bolstering his rap "dynasty" (i.e., Roc-a-Fella). The approach works well. The Dynasty Roc la Familia still sounds like a Jay-Z album, but it's different enough from his past work to make it exciting and unique. In particular, the productions set Jigga apart from his peers in 2000, especially "I Just Wanna Love You (Give It 2 Me)" by the Neptunes, a fun, playful song a world apart from the rugged Ruff Ryder beats Swizz Beatz had been offering Jay-Z a year earlier. In terms of rapping, the omnipresence of Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek spices up "Parking Lot Pimpin'," another album highlight, but is a drag on other songs, where Jay-Z seems like a guest on his own album. Guest appearances by Snoop Dogg and Scarface are much more welcome, two of only three non-Roc-a-Fella guest features here. The Dynasty plays overall like a Roc-a-Fella mixtape rather than a Jay-Z album, which means you'll have to endure a lot of promotional posse tracks, particularly toward the end of the album. Still, the few standout tracks here are career highlights for Jay-Z and well worth wading through the occasional filler to find.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Woody Cunningham, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Just Blaze, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Garrett, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rock, Producer - Static, Unknown, Other - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Memphis Bleek, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Chad Hugo, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Todd Shaw, ComposerLyricist - James Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Sparks, Producer - Kitt Walker, ComposerLyricist - Mike Flowers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Just Blaze, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, MainArtist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Scarface, FeaturedArtist - Beanie Sigel, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rock, Producer - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Memphis Bleek, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Just Blaze, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - N. Ingram, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Bink, Producer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Roosevelt "Bink" Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Dynasty, MainArtist - A. Whitehead, ComposerLyricist - Willie Albert Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Harry Ray, ComposerLyricist - Walter Morris, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Dana Stinson, ComposerLyricist - Rockwilder, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - R. Kelly, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Robert Kelly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rock, Producer - Cynthia Loving, ComposerLyricist - LIL' MO, FeaturedArtist - Jay-Z, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, FeaturedArtist - Memphis Bleek, FeaturedArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Memphis Bleek, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - B. Biggs, ComposerLyricist - Brian Biggs, ComposerLyricist - B-High, Producer
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Bink, Producer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Doug Wilson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Freeway, FeaturedArtist - Beanie Sigel, MainArtist - Aram Schefrin, ComposerLyricist - Michael Zager, ComposerLyricist - Memphis Bleek, FeaturedArtist - Leslie Pridgen, ComposerLyricist - Roosevelt "Bink" Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Shane "Bermuda" Woodley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chauncey Mahar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Malik Cox, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Just Blaze, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Memphis Bleek, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Al Kooper, ComposerLyricist - Just Blaze, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rock, Producer - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - T. T., Producer - Rafael Garcia Perez Botija, ComposerLyricist - R. Garcia Perez Botja, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Delahoz, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Delaltoz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Album review
At the time of The Dynasty Roc la Familia's release, Jay-Z had already established himself as a towering figure in the rap world. His previous two albums -- Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life and Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter -- spawned numerous gigantic hits and were filled the brim with the biggest hitmakers in rap: producers like Timbaland and Swizz Beatz; rappers like Juvenile and DMX. So rather than try to one-up these albums with yet more super-producers and big-name rappers, Jay-Z took a different approach on The Dynasty. He brought in a stable of up-and-coming producers (the Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West) and handed the mic to his in-house roster of Roc-a-Fella rappers (Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Freeway) with the intention of bolstering his rap "dynasty" (i.e., Roc-a-Fella). The approach works well. The Dynasty Roc la Familia still sounds like a Jay-Z album, but it's different enough from his past work to make it exciting and unique. In particular, the productions set Jigga apart from his peers in 2000, especially "I Just Wanna Love You (Give It 2 Me)" by the Neptunes, a fun, playful song a world apart from the rugged Ruff Ryder beats Swizz Beatz had been offering Jay-Z a year earlier. In terms of rapping, the omnipresence of Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek spices up "Parking Lot Pimpin'," another album highlight, but is a drag on other songs, where Jay-Z seems like a guest on his own album. Guest appearances by Snoop Dogg and Scarface are much more welcome, two of only three non-Roc-a-Fella guest features here. The Dynasty plays overall like a Roc-a-Fella mixtape rather than a Jay-Z album, which means you'll have to endure a lot of promotional posse tracks, particularly toward the end of the album. Still, the few standout tracks here are career highlights for Jay-Z and well worth wading through the occasional filler to find.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:19
- Main artists: Jay Z
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Roc Nation - Jay-Z
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC. ℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
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