Word is Jay-Z will soon be coming out of retirement and has been working on a new album with A-list producers like Dr. Dre, The Neptunes, Cool & Dre, Timbaland and Kanye West.

Though the God emcee has secretly been working on his comeback, Kanye and The Neptunes have hinted to be working on the project in various interviews. In Playboy Magazine's August Issue, red hot production team Cool & Dre revealed that they contributed to Jigga's project. Earlier today (July 24th), the New York Daily News reported that the Brooklyn lyricist had been recording in a Chelsea (Manhattan, NY) studio.

While it doesn't look like Jay will release the rumored Sean Carter album via Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, the legendary producer is expected to produce on the CD.

"Dre will E-mail Jay some new beats," a source told the Daily News. "Jay will E-mail him the lyrics, then Dre will E-mail him the mix."

The untitled album would mark Jay's first release since 2003's The Black Album. To date, Jigga has released eight solo albums: 1996's Reasonable Doubt, 1997's In My Lifetime Vol. 1, 1998's Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2, 1999's Vol. 3...Life and Times Of Sean Carter, 2000's Roc La Familia compilation and 2001's The Blueprint, 2002's The Blueprint 2 and the aforementioned Black Album.

The album could hit stores as early as Thanksgiving or early 2007.

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I got this like 6 months ago. He got tracks with Nas on it and everything.

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word. thats hype. i cant wait. it better be better then black album

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Kontroverzy's Myspace

FUCK YES!

i cant wait

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ehhh.. i might cop it. depends on what the hype sounds like

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Proud OYD member again . <------- That is whassup

Jay-Z must be a master illusionist. how do you come out of something you never went into?

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meh, article sounds a bit fishy... where was that from?

but word, if he does put out another album, shiiiiiiiiiiit!!
dude would shut the industry down again...

When did he retire?

I dunno... I've never been much of a Jay-Z fan. I might download the songs with nas.

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coo Jays returnin.

werd..... Jay never left the game in the first place....

niggas been on trackss wit sooooooooooo many people since he supposedly hung up the mic in 03!

Dudes pulling a Jordan wearin the 45'

^^ and he said he was gonna come back to the game in one of his tracks off the black album... "what more can i say" or "dear summer" ... i cant remember which...

but he was like..." i come back like Jordan Wearing the 4-5"

so... it wasnt a matter of ... will Jay come back...

it was when... nahmean??

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Full Metal Bronsky Dropin 1st Quarter 08'

brush yo shouldaz off.

encore....

but yea..i posted this bout a week ago...but whatever...you can't see everything...

i just didn't know if it was true...pharrell been slipping up on tv saying he working on tha new jay-z project...
then be like, im under oath, i cant talk about it...but, this shit might be tha hottest thing since reasonable doubt...oh, and most likely he will drop it in 06...10 years later from wen he stepped in tha game.

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