Rating: 6.3 This seems to be the year of great marketing and mediocre music. Following the example of Justin Timberlake, Daft Punk, and Kanye West, Jay-Z has put out an album that's far more notable for its marketing campaign than for its content. I can't believe Samsung's already paid Jay-Z $5 million for this. He doesn't deserve it. Never mind The Blueprint 3 , this album doesn't even beat out Kingdom Come . Why couldn't Samsung have thrown a few million dollars in Vampire Weekend's direction? I suppose I'll just pretend this is delayed compensation for American Gangster . Anyways, about the actual music: Jay-Z turns in a pretty good rap on "Jay-Z Blue," but, otherwise, he's just cruising along. There's none of the focus and the joy that he brought to almost all his verses on Watch the Throne . The hooks are also pretty uniformly awful. Jay-Z's never been particularly good with writing hooks, and, without Kanye aroun