Jay-Z's Kingdom Come Guest List Grows

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More details have emerged about Jay-Z's closely guarded Kingdom Come album, which his Def Jam label will release on Nov. 21.

ChartAttack previously reported that Just Blaze, Dr. Dre, Timbaland, the Neptunes, Kanye West and Coldplay's Chris Martin played a part in the album, but we can now give you the names of more contributors. John Legend, Usher, Pharrell, Chrissette Michelle, Sterling Simms, Ne-Yo and Jay-Z's main squeeze, Beyonce, all lend their voices to the record. And you can add Ghettobot, Scyience, Swizz Beatz and Coldplay to its team of producers.

While Jay-Z stands to make a lot of money on this comeback album (after all, he did claim that he was retiring from recording two years ago), he may not get to keep all of it. The hip-hop mogul (real name Shawn Carter) has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by publishing company Bridgeport Music.

The publisher claims that Jay-Z violated copyright laws on the song "Justify My Thug," which was produced by DJ Quik and appeared on 2003's The Black Album. It's seeking an undisclosed amount for the alleged copyright infringement.

Bridgeport owns the rights to a number of songs by the likes of George Clinton, Funkadelic and Parliament that have been heavily sampled over the years, and the company won a court decision two years ago that stated that artists should pay for every sample included in their work. It was awarded more than $4 million U.S. in punitive damages earlier this year and halted the sale of Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready To Die debut album when it was ruled that it used part of an Ohio Players song that Bridgeport owns without permission.

Here are the songs on Kingdom Come:
"Prelude”
“Oh My God”
“Kingdom Come”
“Show Me What You Got”
“Lost One" featuring Chrissette Michelle
"Do You Wanna Ride" featuring John Legend
"30 Something”
“I Made It”
“Anything" featuring Usher and Pharrell
"Hollywood" featuring Beyonce
"Trouble”
“Dig A Hole" featuring Sterling Simms
"Minority Report" featuring Ne-Yo
"Beach Chair" featuring Chris Martin

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