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In July 2009, Jay-Z confirmed The Blueprint 3 as the album's title during an interview with radio station Shade 45. [5] By November 2008, he had finished the album but with lengthy negotiations with Def Jam, he went on to reworking it. [6] In January 2009, Jay-Z confirmed continued production of the album and admitted the leak of several songs.
The following is a list of songs by Jay-Z organized by alphabetical order. The songs on the list are all included in official label-released, albums , soundtracks and singles , but not white label or other non-label releases.
Billboard hailed it as "the most ambitious and most fully realized album of his career", [22] while Q felt it surpassed his previous album. [14] In the opinion of Spin critic Chris Ryan, The Blueprint 2 found Jay-Z "tightening the screws of his delivery" and discovering a "bruising poetry in a flow that once seemed clumsily conversational". [16]
Reasonable Doubt is the debut studio album by American rapper Jay-Z.It was released on June 25, 1996, by his own record label Roc-A-Fella Records and distributed by Priority Records.
According to American journalist Miss Info, Jay Electronica knew Jay-Z was serious when he attached a recorded verse to his second reply email. [6] Jay-Z's verse lead to their first collaboration, "Shiny Suit Theory". [6] On November 12, 2010, Jay Electronica officially announced that he had signed to Roc Nation. [7]
After West played "H•A•M" to Lil Wayne in March 2011, the rapper declared that from his wit and personality he "would probably play off of" Jay-Z's lyrics alluding to him. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Lil Wayne strayed away from competing with Jay-Z on the subject to not "box with the god", while refraining from asking West about these lyrics since they ...
Gen Z workers are using the increased focus on in-office presence to “task mask” and look busier than they are—but experts warn it could lead to further stress and burnout.
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 ...