Jay-Z keeps doing things differently. Today, he conducted a scavenger hunt across NYC where fans received a binder which revealed the track list to his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail, set to drop on July 4th. Features aren’t listed, but you can hit the jump to see the name of all 13 songs.
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UPDATE: ‘Holy Grail’ track features Justin Timberlake. Peep some of the lyrics from the song here.
UPDATE 2: Track list is confirmed by Wow HD which suggests no more features.
UPDATE 3: The latest set of lyrics tells us there are more features to come.
UPDATE 4: Here’s the album cover via Amazon Germany. Too simple? Don’t look at us!
UPDATE 5: Added the official album cover via Life+Times. Click here to see pictures of the cover art being unveiled along side one of the four original surviving 1215 Magna Carta documents at the Salisbury Cathedral in the UK.
UPDATE 6: Final track list with correct sequencing via iTunes and full production credits.
UPDATE 7: Full production & writing credits as well as CD booklet here.
1. Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake) [S. Carter, Justin Timberlake, Terius “The-Dream” Nash, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, E.] [Sample Credits:
Contains elements of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (K. Cobain/D. Grohl/K.Novoselic), published by EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI)/Primary Wave Tunes (BMI)/The End of Music (BMI)/MJ Twelve Mu]
2. Picasso Baby [S. Carter, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, A. Younge] [Sample Credits:
“Sirens” performed by Adrian Younge. used courtesy of Wax Poetics Records. Written by A. Younge, published by Linear Labs (ASCAP)
Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc.]
3. Tom Ford [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Production, Inc. and Jerome “Jroc” Harmon for Bronze and Brainz Productions/Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side by Side/JVU Ent. and Dema]
4. FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt (Feat. Rick Ross) [Produced by Boi 1da for 1da Boi Productions and Vinylz for Vinylz Music Group
Additional production by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side by Side/JVU Ent. and]
5. Oceans (Feat. Frank Ocean) [Produced by Pharrell Williams
Additional production by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young at Jungle City Studios, NYC
Additional recording by Ramon Rivas a]
6. F.U.T.W. [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. and Jerome “Jroc” Harmon for Bronze and Brainz Productions/Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side by Side/JVU Ent. and Dem]
7. Somewhere In America [S. Carter, C. Hollis, C. Camper, M. Dean] [Sample Credits:
Embodies portions of “Gangster of Love (Part 1)” written by Johnny Guitar Watson, published by Songs of Universal, Inc. o/b/o Virjon LLC d/b/a Booty Ooty Music (BMI) Sample recreation]
8. Crown [S. Carter, J. Webster, K. Bennett, M. Dean, M. Collins, B. Dixon] [Sample Credits:
Use of “Solid As A Rock” performed by Sizzla, courtesy of VP Music Group, Inc. Embodies portions of “Solid As A Rock” written by K. Bennett, M. Collins, published by Universal PolyGra]
9. Heaven [S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream” Nash, Justin Timberlake, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, W.] [Sample Credits:
“Reverie” performed by Adrian Younge, used courtesy of Wax Poetics Records. Written by A. Younge, published by Linear Labs. Contains elements of “Losing My Religion” (Berry/Buck/Mills]
10. Versus [S. Carter, K. Dean, J. Davis, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, F. Hubbard, M. Jones, M. Ta] [Sample Credits:
Embodies portions of “Sucka Nigga,” written by Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor and Freddie Hubbard, published by Universal Music-Z Tunes LLC]
11. Part II (On The Run) (Feat. Beyonce) [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. and Jerome”Jroc” Harmon for Bronze and Brainze Productions/TimbalandProductions, Inc.
Recorded by Demacio “Demo” Castellon at Oven Studios, NYC]
12. Beach Is Better [Produced by Mike WiLL- Made It for Eardrummers Entertainment LLC
Co-Produced by Marz for Eardrummers Entertainment LLC
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side By Side/JVU Ent. at Jungle City Studios, NYC]
13. BBC (Feat. Nas, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz & Timbaland) [Produced by Pharrell Williams
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side By Side/JVU Ent. and Demacio “Demo” Castelllon at Oven Studios, NYC
Assistant Recording Engineer: Ramon Rivas]
14. Jay-Z Blue [S. Carter, J. Harmon, C. Broady, T. Mosley, Justin Timberlake, S. Combs, D. McD] [Sample Credits:
Features samples from The Notorious B.I.G. recording “My Downfall.” Produced under license from Atlantic Recordings Corp. by arrangement with Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Mus]
15 La Familia [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. and Jerome “Jroc” Harmon for Bronze and Brainz Productions/Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Demacio “Demo” Castellon at Oven Studios, NYC]
16 Nickles & Dimes [S. Carter, K. Joshua, M. Dean, S. Valentine] [Sample Credits:
Sample of “Nikels And Dimes” performed by Gonjasufi, used courtesy of Warp Records. Written by S. Valentine, published by Warp Music Limited (ASCAP)
Produced by Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshu]
Bonus: Open Letter