Although JAY-Z’s well received album 4:44 was released on iTunes at midnight on Friday (July 7), the three bonus songs engineer Young Guru promised — “Adnis,” “Blue’s Freestyle/We Family” and “ManyFacedGod” — are not available as part of the purchase. The only way to hear the bonus tracks in full, aside from low-quality leaked versions online, is by purchasing a physical copy of the album.
One of the most talked about tracks is “Blue’s Freestyle/ We Family,” which begins with Beyoncé and JAY’s 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy spitting her own rhymes. “Boom shakalaka boom shakalaka /everything in shaka /everything in faka,” she raps, inadvertently becoming the latest seed to follow in their parents’ footsteps.
Though the bootlegs are disappearing from the internet, at least we still have the now non-exclusive version of the video for “The Story Of O.J.” Revisit that below before taking off to the local record store.
(The original version of the article was published July 6, 2017 and can be found below.)
With the physical release of JAY-Z’s new album 4:44 less than 24 hours away, three bonus songs from the celebrated project have made their way online, including the previously teased single “Adnis,” “Blue’s Freestyle/ We Family” and “ManyFacedGod” featuring British singer James Blake.
Universal Music posted the full tracklist to its website earlier this week, revealing 4:44 is in fact a 13-track effort.
Hov’s 13th studio album was released on June 30 as TIDAL exclusive and has already gone Platinum thanks to a deal with Sprint, the company that initially bought 1 million downloads.
Produced by No I.D., the album’s beats were reportedly heavily influenced by JAY’s private playlists, which led to samples from musical icons like Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder. In an interview with Rolling Stone published on June 30, I.D. said, “There’s three more songs that are coming out as bonuses. James Blake came in and joined into the process. There’s more coming shortly that’s equally as revealing.”
Listen to a clip of “Adnis” above and cop the 10-track album on iTunes here.
Jay-z can adjust to times better than probably any rapper ever. His timing and marketing is crazy. Lyrics still up to par. He way ahead of the game. Sound corny but dude really is the blueprint. If I was a rapper I would study it.
Some people say he’s overrated but when you’ve got 11 #1 albums, all platinum albums, countless classic tracks and albums, impeccable reputation, came from nothing and own your own shit, power moves and business savvy etc etc etc etc i can go all day about this man he truly is an inspiration to not only rappers but to everybody. If Jigga is overrated then who better than him?
Countless classic albums? You betta be jokin
Sadly these bonus tracks cannot be found on iTunes. I’m tired of these Pirate Bay Exclusives.
People still use pirate bay?
He can add 20 bonus tracks and it’s still gonna be trash.
Go listen to migos, young thug or lol uzi. You clearly don’t know shit about hip hop.
Or maybe you don’t know hip hop. Your comment is based on what you think thus guy’s perception of hio hop is. You can’t just single out the music. Hip hop is more than radio. The fact that we all can have a artistic preference is the very essence of hip hop. Just because he thinks Jays album is trash, you automatically condescend with that bullshit, it’s not right man
Anyone who doesn’t like 4:44 or get a message from it was a fan of Jay, isn’t mature enough to understand most of things he’s talking about, only wants to hear about hood shit, can’t do some weird homo looking dances to the beats or super young.
Adnis is greatness
Adnis is meh i don’t liek it
Sadly this bonus tracks are bad. Jay should stick to 10 tracks. Now with 3 bad tracks on 4:44 this can’t be album of the year or classic.
dummy bonus tracks don’t go against your album. If it did they would not review it until they herd the bonus tracks.
Bonus songs are really boring. This whole album is one big mess. Used to be big Jay Z fan but this album is just terrible.
How the hell is 4:44 a big mess? Did you actually listen to the lyrics? I seriously doubt you did.
The lyrics were ok, but his delivery was terrible. Something was off, almost like he was jus talking over the beats, not even on rhythm. I’m still confused why people reviewed 4:44 positively, its not listenable.
Adnis been over hyped. The other 2 songs are also bad…
Haven’t Heard d song yet but 4rm ma mean view i think d song will be dope…
Hes just talking …srry jay is dope as fuck ..but no way is this album bettrr than NEW WAVES..bone thug summer
shut the fuck up. spamming every comment section will not make me want to listen to youngthugs n panties.
Bone is the CORNIEST group EVER!!
packin the outhouse more, aye?
This was posted at 3:33, reporting 3 new tracks for 4:44. What does it mean??!!!!
He’s only #1 thanks to Samsung, Sprint, and Live Nation?! Wake up everybody, this is a win for capitalism – NOT HIP HOP That Tom Ford song sucked and I’m sure this entire album will too. Fuck Jay-Z
Only to Hip Hop do people rip and post songs from an artist’s album like this. Never seen this happen in other genres.
Damn! These songs are hopeless.
Haven’t taken the time to listen to this. What is he making songs about? Arthritis and playing cribbage at the retirement home?
I got about 35 seconds into the first track and it sucked. Stick to the real hip hop, not this shitty corporate shit.
went platinum without appearing on billboard? sounds weird right? yes because is all fake numbers and jay z is boring as fuck
U must B 16 yrs old
Doesnt matter. Are those fake $$ in his account. He winning
And they say ,,,Eminem aint ,,,the G.O.A.T……
Glad these tracks were left out, it would have been a disaster, they are not that good, typical fillers
Best bonus tracks ever! King HOV adds three more classic songs to his classic album to add to his classic discography. Ask Russell Simmons why King HOV keeps dropping better music than broke ass Nas.
Hows it feel to ride camel dick into the sunset?
he shoulda just left these in the vault .. did anyone see the picture jay-z took with chris paul yesterday? sun had leggings on ,, cmon sun! smh
Pedophilia is a serious problem across the world. Supporting an artist such as Jay-Z, who is supported and being funded by known pedophiles, is in essence supporting pedophilia. Boycott Jay-Z, Boycott Pedophilia
He could have put ManyFacedGod on there. The other ones, nah.
And they say ,,,Eminem aint ,,,the G.O.A.T……HA ???
He is not
He stopped being a goat in 2004. Get over it.
I’m still waiting for a Classic 5 mic Em album. He hasn’t made one yet.
I don’t want to hear Blue Ivy rapping. Sorry.
Blue Ivy with them bars, though. Talent runs in the Carter family. Broke ass Nas’ children don’t have an ounce of talent in their body and are lame, just like their father. Ask Russell Simmons why Nas has a wack ass family.
I think Nas’s daughter has a lipgloss company that is doing pretty well. But what do I know… please continue your hating.
Nas does songs with Damian Marley, then Jay does a song with him. Nas does a grown man introspective album with “Life Is Good” then Jay does the same. Nas dropped Illmatic, then Jay slows his flow down after rapping like Fu Schnickens. Nas bangs Carmen first, then Jay wants a piece. Jay wanted Nas on RD, but Nas ignored him, causing Jay to catch feelings and ended up getting ethered. “Name a rapper that I ain’t influenced”
Then Jay signed nas and became his boss.
Just because he signed Nas doesn’t mean he’s better than Nas when it comes to rhymes. Hov is just a smart bizness man. Nas proved he waz better than him a long tym ago n hip hop will alwayz remember dat
Then I signed your mom and became your dad.
Jay isn’t a business man. He’s a business, man.
When you listen to Jay-Z, you can see he doesn’t write. Doodoo rhymes all the way. This guy been on autopilot for years and need a big company to buy his records in order to have a plaque LOL.
Mind boggling. You must not be able to comprehend what this man said in 4:44. There’s no way you actually believe what you just said.
Last good album was the black album, last good real hip hop song with bars was threat produced by 9th, after jay rapped what’s 50 grand to a mother f@@ker like me please remind me he isolated most of his fanbase.
Last good album was American Gangster…that album is classic. This one is too.
You forgot American Gangster.
4:44 better than Black Album
Why are people all over this trash?
Somebody gotta save “Real Hip Hop” from these garbage ass mumble rappers
Did you guys listen to Adnis? Nah i mean like really listen to the message and emotion behind that track? Wow! It’s really a pleasure to know that music like this still exists. Thanks Hov. #4:44!