Rapper Jay-Z talks marriage troubles on new album, 4:44

Rapper Jay-Z let his musicdo the talking with his new album,4:44on Friday as headdressed cheating on his wife Beyonc, the birth of his twinsand this year's Oscars best picture.

In the title track, Jay-Z admitted in his lyrics that he "often womanize", more than a year after R&B star Beyonc first shed light on his infidelities in her album Lemonade.

Jay-Z pens a remorseful ode to his fractured marriage in4:44, rapping that it "took for my child to be born, seethrough a woman's eyes" in reference to the couple's daughterBlue Ivy.

He also mentioned their twins, who were reported to havebeen born this month but whose arrival has yet to be officiallyconfirmed, saying it "took for these natural twins to believe inmiracles, took me too long for this song, I don't deserve you."

Jay-Z added: "What good is a mnage trois when you have asoul mate? You risked that for Blue? ... my heart breaks for theday I had to explain my mistakes."

Fans were left stunned last year when Beyoncmadeaccusations in Lemonadethat Jay-Z had cheated on her, a rarecrack in the seemingly perfect facade of one of music'shighest-profile couples.

In her song Sorry, Beyoncreferred to a mystery woman,calling her "Becky with the good hair", which is echoed in Jay-Z's trackFamily Feud, a duet with Beyoncin which he raps"let me alone Becky."

Tidal exclusive release

4:44was released exclusively on premium music streamingplatform Tidal, founded by Jay-Z, in partnership with U.S. wireless carrier SprintCorp., which purchased a 33 percent stakein Tidal this year and made the album available via a six-month Tidal subscription to Sprint mobile customers.

It can also be heard throughout Friday across 160 U.S. radiostations on iHeartRadio, the digital music service for a networkof traditional radio stations. Canadians, however, must be Tidal subscribersif they want to listen to4:44.

The 35-minute album features Blue Ivy on the track Legacy,in which the five-year-old asks "Daddy, what's a will?" as therapper expresses hope that his children use their wealth topromote "black excellence."

In Moonlight, Jay-Z tackles the impact of the film La LaLandbeing named best picture at this year's Oscarswhile in The Story of O.J., the rapper exploresblack identity in America.

The rapper, who will play a few festival dates in September and October, recently reinstated the hyphen in his stage name after dropping it in 2013.