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2. Empire State of Mind - Wikipedia

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   "Empire State of Mind" is a hip-hop song that features rap verses from Jay-Z and vocals from during the song's chorus from Keys. The piano component that runs throughout the song contains a sample of the 1970 single "Love on a Two-Way Street", written by Burt Keyes and Sylvia Robinson, performed by The Moments. [7]

3. Public Service Announcement (song) - Wikipedia

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   The next day, Just Blaze played the beat he had produced to Jay-Z. The beat, which Jay described "opened with dark minor organ notes and then flooded them with brassy chords" and was "beautiful", became the foundation of the song. Jay-Z rapped two verses and no chorus over the track because of limited time and called the song "Public Service ...

4. Takeover (Jay-Z song) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

5. No Church in the Wild - Wikipedia

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   [28] Rolling Stone claimed that it is one of the most musically impressive songs on Watch the Throne and described the production as an "ominous, darkly funky bass groove and chilly synths tailor-made for Ocean's off-kilter crooning." [7] Matt Popkin from American Songwriter praised Jay-Z's needs jesus verse and the menacing vibe of the song. [29]

6. List of songs recorded by Jay-Z - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Gotta Have It (song) - Wikipedia

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   "Gotta Have It" is a song by American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z from their collaborative album Watch the Throne (2011). The song was produced by West and the Neptunes, and samples three original compositions by James Brown: "Don't Tell a Lie About Me and I Won't Tell the Truth About You", "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" and "My Thang".

8. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) - Wikipedia

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   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."

9. Heaven (Jay-Z song) - Wikipedia

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   The song indulges in religious allegory, and is one of the few songs on Magna Carta Holy Grail that touches upon existential and spiritual themes. [4] Throughout the song he ponders faith, superstition and free thinking. [5] The songs features Jay-Z rapping a lyric of rock band R.E.M.'s 1991 single "Losing My Religion". [1]