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Jay-Z referred to a widespread feeling from many hip hop critics and artists that Nas' subsequent albums after his legendary debut Illmatic were mediocre, and dissed Nas' famous song from Illmatic, "The World Is Yours". Jay-Z previously sampled some of Nas' lines for the chorus of Jay-Z's famous song "Dead Presidents II". In "Takeover", Jay-Z ...
During a spot on Bill Maher's talk show, Jay-Z revealed the song was based on a true story, about real life events that occurred during a Mary J. Blige afterparty. AllMusic's Steve Birchmeier considers "I Just Wanna Love U" to be "a fun, playful song miles away from the rugged Ruff Ryder beats Swizz Beatz had been offering Jay-Z a year earlier."
The song was released as a digital download on June 23, 2009, and as the first single from Jay-Z's 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3. The song made its world premiere on the New York radio station Hot 97 on June 5. [1] Its lyrics address the overusage of Auto-Tune in the music industry.
Jay-Z claims in his lyrics to "You Must Love Me", the closing track on his 1997 album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, that in 1982, at age 12, he shot his older brother Eric in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry.
"Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" (often referred to as "H to the Izzo") is the first single released by Jay-Z from his sixth album The Blueprint.It is among his most popular singles. This was the second song released off The Blueprint, after the diss track "Takeover", but the lead single from it.
"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).
"A Star Is Born" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Jay-Z from his eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3 (2009). The song, produced by Kanye West, Kenoe and No I.D., features a verse from American rapper J. Cole, Jay-Z's protege and the first artist to be signed to his Roc Nation label.
"Dirt off Your Shoulder" is the second single released from Jay-Z's 2003 album The Black Album. In 2004, the song was combined with the Linkin Park single "Lying from You" and released as a single for the mash-up album Collision Course.