Magna Carta Holy Grail different rap albums have consecutively spent weeks at number one, after Kanye West's "Yeezus", Wale's "The Gifted" and J. Cole's "Born Sinner". "Magna Carta Holy Grail" also became Jay-Z's 13th studio album in a row to top the "Billboard" 200, extending his record for the most chart-toppers by a solo act in "Billboard"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s history. In 2013, "Magna Carta Holy Grail" was ranked as the 12th most popular album of the year on the "Billboard" 200. On June 22, Jay-Z held a viral scavenger hunt around Brooklyn, New York as part of his "#NEWRULES" venture with Samsung. The 100 winners of
Magna Carta Holy Grail "Magna Carta Holy Grail" received generally mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 60, based on 42 reviews. In "The New York Times", Jon Pareles wrote that Jay-Z was trying to transition from his pop sensibilities but had not yet found a "reliable alternative" on "Magna Carta Holy Grail", where his raps were often mismatched with rigidly produced tracks. AllMusic's Andy Kellman believed the record was hastily produced and despite occasionally impressive lyrics, Jay-Z's pop culture references sounded reflexive. "Spin" magazine's