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Rappers Are Reacting to Jay-Z's '4:44' All Over Social Media

Yup—even Hollywood is watching the throne.

When New York’s hip-hop business mogul and top-tier rap veteran Jay-Z drops an album, you take a seat, plug in your aux cord and you listen.

Many fans found themselves in this fortunate predicament on Friday (June 30) when Mr. Carter dropped the 10 revelatory tracks of his 4:44 album upon us, a move he cryptically warned us about weeks earlier.

Now that fans have finally taken a listen, they aren’t the only ones on 10 tracks worth of a cloud nine for Jay’s thirteenth studio project, as Hollywood was brought together in a universal listening of the full-length TIDAL exclusive as well. From Hov’s fellow hip-hop New Yorkers like Nicki Minaj, to West Coast’s territory keepers like Kendrick Lamar all the way down to the A with Atlanta trap VIP 2 Chainz, a collective kudos is waiting at Jay’s front door after other hip-hop artists have hit play on the crisp new album.

See some of the thumb-ups we caught from the rap circle below. 

  1. Kendrick Lamar

  2. Fat Joe

  3. Ludacris

  4. Snoop Dogg

  5. T.I.

  6. A$AP Ferg

  7. Nipsey Hussle

  8. 2 Chainz

  9. Nicki Minaj

  10. Rick Ross

  11. Memphis Bleek

  12. Meek Mill

  13. Talib Kweli

  14. Joe Budden

  15. Future

    We know Fewtch got through at least the album's first track, "Kill Jay Z,"...

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