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"Big Pimpin'" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on April 11, 2000 as the third and final single from his fourth studio album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (1999). It features a guest appearance from Southern hip hop duo UGK and production from Timbaland.
Fellow Voice critic Miles Marshall Lewis called Jay-Z "the best MC in hip hop" and Vol. 3… "the quintessential 2000-model hip hop album". [16] Soren Baker was less impressed in the Los Angeles Times , writing that the record lacks the "biting humor and spectacular wordplay" of his previous albums.
The song's existence, along with several other tracks from the album, was confirmed during a listening session hosted by Jay-Z. [105] The album was first released on the iTunes Store, five days prior to its being released in physical format, a strategy Jay-Z later said was used to block an internet leak. It debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Store ...
“Big Pimpin” (1999): A huge song with the Houston duo UGK, “Big Pimpin” emphasizes a life of opulence and power. It garnered a ton of radio play for both Jay-Z and UGK and helped catapult ...
before "Big Pimpin'/Papercut", or Shinoda saying "This is fun" before "Izzo/In the End". Collision Course was the first album of Linkin Park that contained a Parental Advisory sticker, since most of Jay-Z's verses contain profanity (although Shinoda and Chester Bennington are also heard using vulgar language on the album). This album was also ...
The Big Issue in Jay-Z's 'Big Pimpin' Lawsuit. ... They were being sued by the nephew of Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, who argued that the song contained an uncleared sample of Hamdi's "Khosara ...
“The first thing [Jay-Z] asked me to do was get plastic surgery,” M.I.A. said in a short clip posted by the Instagram account Livebitez a little over a week ago.
[1] [2] Referencing his opponents' "textbook Washington" tactics, focusing on personal attacks and trivial issues, Obama used Jay-Z's hand signal to "brush the dirt" off his shoulders. [3] When asked whether Obama was deliberately referencing the song, a campaign spokesman said, "He has some Jay-Z on his iPod ."