Jay-Z Magna Carta Holy Grail FULL [Interview] BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe [VIDEO] Jay-Z Talks Friendship With Obama, Concept Of 'Holy Grail', History of Roc Nation, Kanye, And More

By Dominique Zonyee (d.scott@mstarsnews.com) | Jul 18, 2013 09:21 AM EDT

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Magna Carta Holy Grail is one of the biggest albums of 2013. Jay-Z proved once again that he is an innovative businessman known for setting trends in the hip-hop community and music world alike. While promoting his record breaking No.1 certified platinum across the pond Jay-Z stopped by the iconic BBC Radio 1 for an in depth interview with Zane Lowe. Hov opened up about falling out with Timbaland, the concept behind MCHG, saving the song "Holy Grail" for the album, the history of Roc Nation, relationship with President Obama, and more.

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The full-length interview was broken down into four video segments. In part one of the hour long interview Jay-Z addressed Magna Carta Holy Grail the lyrics, and the album opener, "Holy Grail."

As we go on to Part II Hov starts to explore dealing with fame, Roca-A-Fella Records days, and Kanye West’s passion for expression and his dedication to music on a whole.

Jay said: “I’ve seen it happen before, I’ve seen all the pitfalls. I’m playing this dance with this fame, and it’s like playing with a drug. It’s very deadly. If it gets you, it’s gon’ pull you in and it takes you somewhere dark. And some people never come back from it.”

 

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On Kanye..."[Kanye's] always been striving for this moment, just to find that place of expression through whatever medium it is… Forget hip-hop, [Yeezus is] good for music."

Part III of the interview Hov gets down to business and politics. He touches on his relationship with President Obama, the pressures of moving into sports management, why clients are switching to Roc Nation Sports, and J. Cole's position in the rap industry.

Jay-Z’s 12th solo LP has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with 528,208 first-week copies sold, according to Hits Daily Double. That’s excluding the 1 million units Samsung pre-purchased, which earned MCHG instant platinum status.

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