Speaking of which, Jay-Z has been talking about his new album to MTV. And as previously reported, the new long player, 'Kingdom Come', out 20 Nov, features collaborations with the likes of Dre, Timbaland and Kanye West, but also, perhaps more surprisingly, with Coldplay's Chris Martin.
Speaking about the record, and his work with Martin, the hip hopper said: "With this one, I didn't record with anyone. I didn't record with one producer. I went in with Timbaland, but we wound up using the stuff he sent me. With Dre...our phone conversations were the studio session. Same with Chris Martin. He sent me these wonderful chords one day, and he said he knew they were good because he almost didn't tell me about them. He was gonna keep them for himself. For one second, he said, 'I'm not sending this to him'. With Kanye, same thing, he dropped the track off."