Picks and Pans Review: Single of the Week

By CHUCK ARNOLD, RALPH NOVAK, TIFFANY McGEE, JESSICA HERNDON, STEVE DOUGHERTY

UPDATED 11/13/2006 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 11/13/2006 at 01:00 AM EST

JAY-Z, "Show Me What You Got"

"What you want me to do? I'm sorry, I'm back." So offers Jay-Z as he launches into his comeback single, a welcome return from his supposed retirement after 2003's The Black Album. This blazing, horn-blaring track from his Kingdom Come CD, due Nov. 21, shows that he's definitely still got it.