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Personnel?includes:?Jay-Z?(rap?vocals);?Sharlotte?Gibson,?Vincent?"Hum?V"?Bostic,?John?Legend,?Don?Crawley,?Leonard?Harris,?Kanye?West,?Danee?Doty,?Cedric?The?Entertainer.?Producers?include:?The?Neptunes,?DJ?Quik,?Eminem,?Rick?Rubin,?Just?Blaze.?In?what?he?claims?to?be?his?final?release?as?a?musical?performer,?Jay-Z?drops?THE?BLACK?ALBUM,?a?sprawling,?ambitious?effort?that?rivals?the?best?work?of?the?rapper's?already?legendary?career.?Working?with?a?who's?who?of?hip-hop's?most?high-profile?producers,?the?outrageously?talented?MC?adjusts?his?flow?and?subject?matter?to?the?wildly?varied?tracks,?proving?once?again?just?how?gifted?he?is?as?a?wordsmith.?From?the?epic?"What?More?Can?I?Say"?(a?collaboration?with?the?Buchannans)?to?the?brutally?honest,?Eminem-produced?"Moment?of?Clarity,"?THE?BLACK?ALBUM?bleeds?with?inspiration.?Other?highlights?include?the?fuel-injected?"Dirt?Off?Your?Shoulder"?(featuring?Timbaland?behind?the?board),?the?club-ready?"Change?Clothes"?(which?sports?the?Neptunes'?trademark?beats),?and?the?old-school?stomp?of?"99?Problems"?(with?pioneering?hip-hop?producer?Rick?Rubin).?It?makes?one?wonder?how?an?artist?at?the?peak?of?his?craft?could?willingly?put?the?microphone?down.?Hopefully,?time?out?of?the?spotlight?will?remind?Shawn?Carter?why?he?became?successful?in?the?first?place,?and?find?him?back?in?the?studio.