TheGuardian.com:
Reports are mounting that Jay Z and Beyoncé are working on a “top secret” collaboration album. Following the success of this year’s On the Run joint tour, the most famous couple in music are said to be recording their first full-length team-up for release between now and early 2015.RELATED: Beyonce radio station: Houston company lays off 47 staff and plays pop star's songs non-stop
On Wednesday 8 October, the New York Post’s Page Six posted a new report claiming that Beyoncé and Jay Z are “secretly recording ... a surprise album”, to be accompanied by “simultaneous videos and even a movie”. This would follow the same promotional strategy as Beyoncé’s self-released LP last December: “no advance promotion, marketing or fanfare”.
The Post’s sources mirror an earlier report by DJ Skee, one of hip-hop’s best-connected radio DJs. “The biggest couple in music, maybe entertainment, maybe the world ... they’re working on an album together,” Skee declared in mid-September. “You know who I’m talking about: Jay Z and Beyoncé.” Skee said he had “confirmed” the news with “a couple sources”. “This secret would top [everything] – even that new U2 album,” he said.
Jay Z and Beyoncé finished their stadium tour on 13 September. They played 21 dates and ticket sales grossed almost $100m. Despite ending the tour in France, they haven’t rushed home to the United States: Paris is where the pair got engaged and, Jay Z revealed on stage, “where baby Blue was conceived”. They have been spotted repeatedly across the city – visiting the Louvre, shopping for real estate near Elysée Palace – fuelling speculation that they are also undertaking recording sessions.
While this would be Jay Z and Beyoncé’s first full-length collaboration, their past team-ups include four UK top 10 singles: ’03 Bonnie & Clyde, from 2002; Crazy in Love from 2003; Déjà Vu from 2006; and last year’s hit, Drunk in Love. They have been married since 2008.
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