Jay-Z Blue Magic Video – Jay-Z’s got himself a big hit with the Blue Magic video (watch it here) with it’s 80’s style hip-hop, bare bones beat by Pharrell off Jay-Z’s American Gangster CD due out November 6th.

New Jay-Z Blue Magic Video

MTV review of the new Jay Z American Gangster album and the new Blue Magic video:

The first record released to the masses has been “Blue Magic,” an ’80s-feeling ode to the name on the little blue packets of heroin Frank Lucas’ cartel used to pump throughout New York. Not only is the beat a throwback, but the hook takes from En Vogue’s “Hold On,” and Jigga’s flow on the track pays homage to Rakim.”

I was like, ‘Wow,’ ” Rakim said of “Blue Magic.” He was flattered by the tip of the cap. “Jay-Z, that’s my dude. For him to say, ‘So at that time I’m Rakim,’ that’s love right there. Jay, if you hear this, good lookin’. You’re inspiring me.”

Pharrell Williams helped create that track’s big sound. “I wanted to make something that felt like King Kong,” he explained. “You heard the drums on it? Big boulders! That sh–sounds like King Kong is waking up, like, ‘Rrrrrooar!’ We’re just trying to set a reference of the place of nostalgic drug dealing.

When Rakim said, ‘I came through the door, I said it before,’ n—as was making so much money when that was out. When that record came on, you would lean against your M3 in the Dapper Dan seats. They would come to Virginia doing that sh–, selling tons of drugs. As kids, we idolized that ’cause we ain’t know no better. So I made that record, even though the Frank Lucas story is not in the ’80s, [I set it in] the drug-dealer era I could relate to. ”

Jay Z Blue Magic video

On Friday, Jay agreed that most of his fans could better relate to the ’80s than to the late ’60s and ’70s era of the “American Gangster” movie. But here’s the quagmire he’s made for himself: “Blue Magic” doesn’t really fit the feel of the rest of the album, so Jay is contemplating where to put it on the album’s track list.

He and Pharrell shot a video for the single weeks ago, but he’s been sitting on it while trying to make up his mind. He’s also considered making “Blue Magic” a bonus track along with the “I Get Money” remix.

Original Jay Z Blue Magic video promo

And that’s the latest news on the Jay-Z Blue Magic Video.

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