JAY-Z AND BEYONCE RELEASE JOINT ALBUM "EVERYTHING IS LOVE"

Jay-Z and Beyoncé have released their collaborative album, "Everything Is Love."

The couple also released a new music video for their track “APESHIT” and an additional single “SALUD!” that doesn’t appear on the project. 

Here is a review of the album:

Jay disses the Grammys and the NFL on the track “APESHIT”, he says “Tell the Grammys fuck that 0 for 8 shit.” (Jay was the most nominated artist at the 2018 ceremony, but was completely shut out.) 

He also confirms the rumor that he turned down a Super Bowl Halftime Show offer: “I said no to the Super Bowl / You need me, I don’t need you/ Every night we in the end zone / Tell the NFL we need stadiums too.”

Also in the album, Beyoncé calls out music streaming platform,  Spotify on the track “NICE” in it, she raps, “If I gave...two fucks about streaming numbers woulda put Lemonade up on Spotify. Fuck you.” 

In “FRIENDS,” Jay Z references Meek Mill’s recent release from prison. 

On “HEARD ABOUT US,” Beyoncé sings the iconic line from Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy”: “If you don’t know, now you know, nigga.” The couple sample Phoenix Express’ song “You Make My Life a Sunny Day” on “LOVEHAPPY.”

“APESHIT” features Migos and Pharrell, Migos confirmed. Cool & Dre contributed additional production to “SALUD!” with Dre adding vocals. The couple’s daughter Blue Ivy makes a cameo at the end of “SALUD!,” shouting out her twin siblings, as well as “BOSS.”

Rumors have long swirled about the creation of a collaborative Bey and Jay album. 

Last November, JAY also told The New York Times that a project with Bey started coming together as they worked on 4:44 and Lemonade. 

“We were using our art almost like a therapy session,” he said at the time.

“And we started making music together.” He explained that, because Bey’s music was progressing more quickly, Lemonade ended up coming out “as opposed to the joint album that [they] were working on.”

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