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They later took the suggestion of an EMI Music Publishing associate and resubmitted it to Jay-Z, who kept the "New York" singing part on the hook, changed the verses, and recorded it. The song's title, similar to "New York State of Mind" by Billy Joel and "N.Y. State of Mind" by Nas, is a play on and tribute to New York's nickname "Empire State".
"Welcome to New York City" is the seventh track from Cam'ron's third album Come Home with Me. [1] The song featured fellow Roc-a-Fella labelmates Jay-Z and Juelz Santana.The song was produced by Just Blaze (along with him providing additional vocals), who also produced other songs in this album such as "Losing Weight, Pt. 2" and the hit single Oh Boy.
"Let's hear it for New York," Alicia Keys sings on her collaboration with Jay-Z, "New York State of Mind." The iconic and Grammy-winning song was the state delegation's choice as its musical ...
A protégé of fellow New York City-based rapper Jaz-O, Jay-Z began his musical career in the late 1980s; he co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1994 to release his first two studio albums Reasonable Doubt (1996) and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997), both of which were met with critical acclaim.
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. Next to the song titles is the album, soundtrack or single on which it appears.
"Doin It" by LL Cool J "Doing the New York" (music by Ben Oakland; lyrics by J.P. Murray and Barry Trivers) "Dominick The Donkey" by Lou Monte "The Don" by Nas "Don Jose (From Far Rockaway)" (from the musical Wish You Were Here) "Donnellan Square" by Howard McGhee All Stars "Don't Be Upset" by Jeffrey Lewis "Don't Believe the Hype" by Public Enemy
"Brooklyn Go Hard" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, featuring guest vocals from American indie singer Santigold, released as a promotional single by Bad Boy Records/Fox Searchlight Pictures on December 1, 2008 for the Notorious B.I.G. biopic, Notorious.
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).