Jay Z And D’Angelo Take A Funk tastic Voyage On Jeymes Samuel’s ‘I Want You Forever’ From ‘The Book Of Clarence’

It looks like Jay Z’s new thing is packing a year’s worth of rhymes into his sporadic appearances via really long songs. In 2022, he dominated the eight minute DJ Khaled track “ ,” taking over half its runtime for an epic verse that got a . Today, he appears on a nine minute track from the , contributing a vibey, almost spoken word ish verse to a spacey, funk soul voyage also featuring the elusive neo soul icon D’Angelo.

It’s very groovy, black lights and incense style P Funk, complete with epic guitar solos and overlapping harmonies; Jay’s verse, while it might not be what people would expect from him, fits right in and has all the hallmarks of era Outkast. The soundtrack, which is out today via Universal, also features appearances from dancehall staples Buju Banton and Shabba Ranks, who appear with Lil Wayne on “ ,” Kodak Black and Doja Cat on “Jeezu” with Adekunle Gold, Jorja Smith, Alice Smith (no relation), and Kid Cudi.

The film itself is also out in the theaters. It follows a poor citizen of Jerusalem, Clarence, who is inspired by a contemporary Jesus Christ to start his own religion in the hopes of rising out of poverty. He inadvertently starts a revolution..