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Late last week, when Jay-Z decided to finally confirm the rampant rumors of the end of his "retirement", he went straight to the streets...by granting an exclusive interview to Entertainment Weekly. E-to-the-Dub got H-to-the-Izzo to admit that yes, a new album will be released this fall, yes, it's called Kingdom Come, and yes, Coldplay's Chris Martin produced one of its tracks.

Said Hova of the Martin collaboration, "We met at a charity dinner and just really kept in touch. He sent me these beautiful chords for this song called 'Beach Chair'. I had [Dr.] Dre put some drums on it. It's really, really incredible."

In the time it took to read that quote, Cam'ron wrote five new diss tracks, including one about how he used to pimp Gwyneth Paltrow.

Jigga also revealed to EW that Timbaland, Kanye West, and Dre have done production work for the album, and that he hopes to also work with Rick Rubin and Eminem. Lyrical inspirations include Superman ("Take off the blazer/ Loosen up the tie/ Step inside the booth/Superman is alive!"), a Basquiat painting (a track called "Most Kings"), and the death of his nephew. The album, he said, is "more in the vein of The Black Album than The Blueprint. I've been experimenting with things, different types of music."

He also continued his long-running denial of a relationship with Beyonce. C'mon, dude, it's getting really, really annoying.