Even though a lot has already been written about it, I had to speak on Jay-Z’s new album, American Gangster. For those that don’t know, Jay-Z saw an early cut of Ridley Scott’s film of the same name recently and became so inspired that he set out to record a concept album based on scenes from the film, as well as his own experiences in the dope game. The movie is an instant classic in my mind, but is the album classic material as well?

Info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

A young gangster goes to a record company to collect debt and only finds out the owner has run away, leaving a rock band behind to take the fall. The gangster than takes over the business and only finds out the entertainment industry is more dangerous than the gang world…