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|Last album = ''Collision Course'' (2004) |This album = ''Kingdom Come'' (2006) |Next album = ''American Gangster'' (2007) |Misc = }} ''Kingdom Come'' is the ninth studio album by American rapper Jay Z. It was released on November 21, 2006. It was considered a "comeback album" for the established rapper, as 2003's ''The Black Album'' was slated to be his final release. ''Kingdom Come'' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album,〔(List of Grammy Award Nominess ). Retrieved on 2011-5-10.〕 losing to Kanye West's ''Graduation'' at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.〔(Grammy Award Winner 2008 ). Retrieved on 2011-5-10.〕 The album received generally positive reviews and was a commercial success, selling about 680,000 copies in its first week, making it Jay Z's highest selling album within a one-week period. Many of the CD pressings were released in a translucent red jewel case. Despite its commercial success and positive reviews, Jay-Z considers ''Kingdom Come'' to be his worst album, based on a ranking of all of his studio albums that he gave in 2013. ==Music== ''Kingdom Come'' was the first Jay Z album released since 2003's ''The Black Album'', which had been widely hyped as Jay Z's "retirement" album. The video for that album's hit single "99 Problems" had ended with Jay Z going down in a hail of gunfire. Jay Z stated in interviews that that scene represented the "death" of Jay Z and the "rebirth" of Shawn Carter. Because of this, Jay Z had originally planned to release ''Kingdom Come'' under his real name of Shawn Carter, but decided in the end to release it under his more-famous stage name Jay Z. The album's second single, "Lost One" (produced by Dr. Dre) addresses Jay's split with Roc-A-Fella co-founder Damon Dash, the death of his nephew, and supposedly his relationship with singer Beyoncé. Past collaborators Kanye West and particularly Just Blaze made significant contributions to the album's production. This is the first time Dr. Dre has played a substantial role in a Jay Z album, as he produced four beats and mixed every song on the album. Relatively unknown newcomers B-Money, Syience, and DJ Khalil also contributed to the album's production, as well as Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin. ''Kingdom Comes opening track "The Prelude" features additional vocals from Pain in da Ass who featured on some of Jay Z's earlier album introductions, impersonating characters from films such as ''Scarface'', ''Goodfellas'', and ''Carlito's Way''. Baseball star Carl Crawford uses "Dig a Hole" as one of his entrance songs when he comes up to bat. Fox used an instrumental version of "Oh My God" in a promo leading up to the 6th season premiere of ''24''. The title track "Kingdom Come" was not released as an official single but still received high enough digital sales in the U.S. to peak at #98 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,〔(Billboard Hot 100 chart listing for Kingdom Come ), billboard.com〕 and #99 on the Pop 100.〔(Pop 100 chart listing for Kingdom Come ), billboard.com〕 The Dr. Dre's produced track "Minority Report" received a MTV video. It was dedicated to the victims of Katrina. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingdom Come (Jay Z album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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