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Jay-Z’s New Album, ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail,’ Is an Overhyped Mess
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Jay-Z’s new album is filled with banal lyrics and doesn’t hold a candle to “Yeezus,’ writes Marlow Stern.
Marlow Stern
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Jul. 5 2013
5:00AM EDT
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