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the Razz: Jay-Z admits he's not fading just yet.

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HIP HOP mogul Jay-Z is fed up announcing his retirement from the music scene.

Jay-Z, who last announced he was retiring four years ago, admits he's 'pulled the retirement ripcord rip·cord  
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 too many times.'

He said: "I want to never say that again. People looking at me like, 'Please shut up.'

"I was looking at my retirement movie Fade to Black the other day. I was embarrassed. I couldn't watch.

"I had to turn it off. I was cringing."

On November 6, Jay-Z will issue American Gangster LP - the second album he has put out since making the 'retirement' announcement in 2003.
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Publication:Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Oct 23, 2007
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