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In the song "Takeover", Jay-Z attacks the two Queensbridge rappers, using a sample of the song "Five to One" by The Doors [6] and an interpolation of David Bowie's "Fame". [7] On The Blueprint , Jay-Z and his producers used vintage soul as inspiration, including a vocal sample on almost every track from such artists as Al Green , Bobby "Blue ...
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (stylized as The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse) is the seventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z.It was released on November 12, 2002 by Roc-A-Fella Records and Island Def Jam Music Group as a double album.
Jay-Z's associates at the party were accused of causing a commotion within the club, which Jay-Z allegedly used as cover while he stabbed Rivera in the stomach with a five-inch (127 mm) blade. [223] He surrendered to police the following evening and was placed under arrest, although he was soon released on $50,000 bail .
Jay-Z began his music career in the 1980s, building a reputation as a fledgling rapper in his hometown of Brooklyn and collaborating with his mentor and fellow rapper Jaz-O. [2] Jay-Z later founded Roc-A-Fella Records with close friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in June 1996. [2]
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.
Jay-Z made rare comments about his wife Beyoncé and their three children after being accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl along with Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2000.. On Sunday, Dec ...
Latest on Jay-Z: Music mogul demands rape accuser reveal identity Billy Eichner shouts out Blue Ivy as co-star he most wanted to meet. Speaking with USA TODAY on the red carpet, Eichner gave Blue ...
Jay-Z is accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with fellow music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The lawsuit was first filed in October but did not list Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn ...