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"Lift Off" is a song by American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z featuring the latter's wife, American singer Beyoncé. It was written by rappers, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean, Bruno Mars, and Seal, while production was handled by West, Bhasker, and Mike Dean with Pharrell, Q-Tip, and Don Jazzy receiving co- and additional production credits.
The following is a list of songs by Jay-Z organized by alphabetical order. ... "Face Off" Featuring Sauce Money ... (D'Influence Full Vocal Remix) ...
List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s) "I Can't Get Wid Dat" 1994 Abdul Malik Abbott [1] "In My Lifetime"
Jay-Z's comeback single, "Show Me What You Got", was leaked on the Internet in early October 2006, scheduled to be released later on that month, received heavy air-play after its leak, causing the FBI to step in and investigate. [73] Jay-Z worked with video director Hype Williams, and the single's video was directed by F. Gary Gray.
The highly surreal music video, directed by Sam Brown and filmed in black-and-white and at a 4:3 aspect ratio in November 2009, [5] premiered on January 1, 2010 on New Year's Eve with Carson Daly. Although uploaded to YouTube the previous day, New Year's Eve 2009, [6] it has been called the first music video of the decade. [7] [8]
Jay-Z described the recording process as having a "minimalist approach" to give Magna Carta Holy Grail a "1990s feel". [15] While working on Beyoncé's fifth studio album, frequent collaborator Timbaland played Jay-Z the instrumental for what would become "Picasso Baby". According to Jay-Z, that song built the sound of the album.
"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 .
The lyrics in the first verse refer to Eric B. & Rakim's song "My Melody". Most of the song itself is a reference to the 1980s. Most of the song itself is a reference to the 1980s. Jay-Z brings up his time as an early age drug dealer with links to the Iran-Contra scandal and CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US that rocked the 1980s ...