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Jay-Z's 12th album "Magna Carta Holy Grail"

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On June 16, 2013, during the NBA Finals game, Jay-Z gave it's first look of the new album "Margna Carta Holy Grail" though Samsung Galaxy advertisement. It's weird why Jay-Z release it's "sneek-peek" of his new album through tech advertisement, but it sure got lot of people's attention knowing NBA Finals is a greatly watched event. Also, The album is released on July 4, 2013 but Samsung Galaxy users can get them earlier than official release date, due to it's partnership with Jay-Z and Roc Nation. Ad showed musicians and producers Jay was working with: Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and last but not least, Rick Rubin. The advertisement gives some sniff off the song and how it's going to sound. The trend in music business is to use live instruments (i.e. Justin Timberlake, Macklemore) and seems like, his new album will have that same usage of real instruments. The titled Magna Carta is not something new, Magna Carta is Latin that c