Yesterday saw the release of the most highly anticipated Hip Hop album of recent times. Two of Hip Hop’s biggest names joined forces to make one album, Jay-Z and Kanye West together.

Whilst some very horrible scenes take place in London at the moment I’ve had little time to sit and listen to the whole album, this being the story for most DJ’s who live in London, the pointless and sickening behaviour has taken over everyones time, everyone in London and the UK are glued to the news channels. Having said that I have quickly lisened to a few tracks including those featuring Frank Ocean who appears twice and Mr Hudson, expect to hear three tracks on Podcast 103 which is out on Saturday.

I can already tell from my quick listen that this album has taken on a whole new sound for Jay, it seems that Kanye has had a big influence on the sound with a lot of production done by Ye. Theres a lot of dark, electronic and breakbeat production with some grime influences and even samples from Cassius and Flux Pavillion – crazy!

The album has gone into the number 1 spot in 23 countries in one day, the anticipation for this album was like no other.

Picture from Semtex.