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The sales week was thirty-percent more than the first-week sales of Jay-Z's previous album, Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998). [12] On February 14, 2001, it was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [13] In 2009, the album reached sales of 3,093,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [14]
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]
Hard Knock Life is the third studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on September 29, 1998, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings . It went on to become his most commercially successful album, selling over 6 million copies in the United States.
"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" is a single from American rapper Jay-Z's third album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, released on October 27, 1998.It features a vocal and pitch-modified instrumental sample [1] of the song "It's the Hard Knock Life" from the 1977 musical Annie.
Roc-A-Fella went on to independently release Jay-Z’s debut album, “Reasonable Doubt,” in 1996. Key albums (1995 – 2005) In the span of just 10 years, Jay-Z became a global rap sensation ...
The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation and Roc-A-Fella, through distribution from Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. It is the third album in the Blueprint series, preceded by The Blueprint (2001) and The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002).
The American rapper Jay-Z has released 68 singles as a lead artist, 51 singles as a featured artist, and 14 promotional singles."Can't Knock the Hustle" was the rapper's breakout hit, serving as lead single for his debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt (1996).
Jay-Z’s last solo album, 4:44, was a critical and commercial success. Upon its June 2017 release, Pitchfork awarded the album Best New Music and called it “a Shawn Carter retrospective ...