JAY-Z RELEASES HIS 10TH SOLO ALBUM AMERICAN GANGSTER
 
AMERICAN GANGSTER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON ITUNES

5 CITY AMERICAN GANGSTER TOUR KICKS OFF IN LOS ANGELES

JAY-Z VH1 “STORYTELLERS” premieres November 8th

JAY-Z TAKES OVER CHANNEL EXCLUSIVELY ON SIRIUS RADIO

"ROC BOYS," DIRECTED BY CHRIS ROBINSON, DEBUTS ON THE NETWORKS

“The real black superhero here is JAY, and with AMERICAN GANGSTER… Hova is back in black.”  - Rolling Stone

(New York, NY, Monday, November 5, 2007): Tuesday, November 6th, JAY-Z will release his 10th studio album.  Already receiving rave reviews, AMERICAN GANGSTER, is JAY-Z’s first conceptual work of art.  Separate from the official motion picture soundtrack, this collection of all-new original material is a musical journey and lyrical interpretation of snapshots from the upcoming motion picture American Gangster.
 
The album will not be sold on iTunes to respect JAY-Z's creative vision of AMERICAN GANGSTER being experienced as a complete story.  “As movies are not sold scene by scene, this collection will not be sold as individual singles,” stated JAY-Z. The album is available in its entirety in traditional retail stores as well as at rocafella.com, Amazon.com and rhapsody.com.
 
In support of the AMERICAN GANGSTER album, JAY-Z will embark on an up close and personal 5 city tour.  Each city selling out in less than a minute, Philadelphia in 30 seconds, Los Angeles on 11 seconds and Chicago in 8 seconds, the intimate performances will feature songs from the new collection. 
 
JAY-Z Nation, launching on November 5th at 5pm (EST) will air a special live concert playback from the forthcoming performance at the House of Blues in Chicago (11/7) as well as special editions of Street Certified, DJ Green Lantern: The Invasion, and The Nation's Top 20 Hip Hop Countdown hosted by JAY-Z.
 
The channel will feature music from American Gangster as well as other JAY -Z songs and will include personal introductions by the artist himself. JAY-Z will also play some of his other favorite Hip Hop artists and discuss what each means to him.
 
Fans will be able to hear the story behind AMERICAN GANGSTER when a special edition of VH1’s “Storytellers” airs on Thursday, November 8th. In a rare and intimate performance, JAY-Z performs and shares the inspirations behind each of the songs, which serve as scenes from this cautionary tale.

Also, this week, JAY-Z will debut the video for "Roc Boys," his newest visual component of the AMERICAN GANGSTER tale. This video will be an excerpt from the AMERICAN GANGSTER film currently being filmed.
 

AMERICAN GANGSTER TOUR DATES

Tuesday, November 6th        Los Angeles    House Of Blues
Wednesday, November 7th    Chicago        House Of Blues
Friday, November 9th            Baltimore      Ram’s Head Live
Sunday, November 11th        New York       Hammerstein Ballroom
Monday, November 12th       Philadelphia   Fillmore TSA
Tuesday, November 13th      New York       The Apollo