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Hard Knock TV is a multi-platform video production and entertainment company founded in 2005 by Nick Huff Barili. The LA-based media outlet reports on Hip-Hop and urban music, culture, sports and lifestyle news via video interviews and editorial features.
Slant Magazine listed "Hard Knock Life" at number 84 in their ranking of "The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s" in 2011, writing, "Jay-Z’s co-opting of a discordant, already famous showtune is a rare novel endeavor in a genre generally defined by following the leader; it’s pulled off so seamlessly that it’s easy to forget what a ballsy move ...
In 1996, Washington, D.C.–based go-go artist DJ Kool had a hit with the song "Let Me Clear My Throat". It was call-and-response vocals over a chopped half of the "900 Number" beat. DJ Kool did not just sample the track: he also acknowledged James as the song's originator. [7] In 1998, James produced "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" for Jay-Z.
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Hard Knock Life may refer to: "It's the Hard Knock Life", a song from the musical Annie; Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, a 1998 album by Jay-Z "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", a song from the album, which samples the showtune from Annie
References to the show appear in films such as Austin Powers in Goldmember, where Dr. Evil and Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) perform Jay-Z's version of the song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"; and in the 1994 John Waters dark comedy Serial Mom, where Mrs. Jenson (Patsy Grady Abrams) is bludgeoned to death with a leg of mutton by the titular serial ...
In 2002, from his lair behind the Hollywood Sign, Dr. Evil unveils to Number 2, Mini-Me, Frau Farbissina, and Scott Evil, his plan for world domination: traveling back in time to 1975 and partnering with the Dutch, gold-obsessed Johann van der Smut, who, after losing his genitalia in a smelting accident, is known by the alias "Goldmember".
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