Gianni Lee and Mike Blub, the duo behind the Kanye West Yeezus sample album, are back again to provide us with a history in music with their Jay-Z Magna Carta…Holy Grail full length sample album. The selection of samples, which you can find below show the extent and depth of knowledge Jay-Z and his collaborators have. Magna Carta…Holy Grail includes soundbites from Nirvana, Mase, R.E.M., Sizzla, Gonjasufi, M.I.A. and many more. It’s really rather interesting. Go ahead and stream the album below.
1. Holy Grail Commercial Intro
2. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (Holy Grail)
3. Adrian Younge – Sirens (Picasso BabY)
4. Johnny Guitar Watson – Gangster Of Love (Somewhereinamerica)
5. Sizzla – Solid As A Rock (Crown)
6. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (Heaven)
7. Adrian Younge – Reverie (Heaven)
8. A Tribe Called Quest – Sucka Nigga (Versus)
9. One Way – Believe In Me (Part II On The Run)
10. Mase – Feel So Good (BBC)
11. The Notorious B.I.G. – My Downfall (Jay Z Blue)
12. Gonjasufi – Nikels and Dimes (Nickels and Dime)
13. M.I.A. – Bad Girls (Tom Ford)
14. Holy Grail Commercial Outro