What We Know About Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail" So Far

Jay has kept most of it top secret, but we've been able to learn a few things.

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The roll-out to Jay-Z's forthcoming twelfth solo album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, is bringing his "I'm not a businessman/I'm a business, man" mantra to never-before-seen levels. Kept well under wraps so far, the album doesn't come out til Thursday. (Though people who have a Samsung Galaxy phone will be able to download it Monday.) But since that three-minute-long television commercial ran during game 5 of the NBA finals, boasting that all-star-team of legendary (if a bit long-in-their-teeth) producers, Jay and his partners at Samsung have been tag-teaming us with more commercials, lyric sheets, billboards and scavenger hunts to stoke interest in the release. (Hardly seems necessary, right?) What we'd really like, of course, is some MUSIC! But meanwhile, while we wait, here is: What We Know About Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail So Far.

Jay-Z is trolling Illuminati theorists with the title.

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Rick Rubin has the best job in the world.

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The album is already "platinum."

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It has a song featuring Beyonce, which is usually bad news for Jay.

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The tracklist was revealed through a scavenger hunt in NYC—furthering trend of everything becoming more annoying.

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Jay has been having some deep thoughts.

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The album is heavily influenced by early-'90s alternative rock.

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Justin Timberlake and Frank Ocean are both on the album.

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The album will be released on July 4 because Jay-Z epitomizes the American Dream, which is to sell things on July 4.

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