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Jay-Z pays tribute to multiple deceased rappers in his verses on the song, including Tupac Shakur. In the lyrics of "Welcome to the Jungle", Jay-Z discusses personal losses and overcoming his struggles as he admits to experiencing depression. [7] [12] [13] Jay-Z details the impact of his uncle and father's deaths, recalling the pain left him ...
The song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 53rd Grammy Awards, marking Jay-Z's 13th Grammy Award overall as well as Swizz Beatz's first Grammy Award win and making Jay-Z the first artist to have all four singles from one album win six Grammy Awards in their respective category.
The song was produced by The 45 King and at the time of its release was the most commercially successful Jay-Z single. The RIAA certified it as a gold single in March 1999, and it reached platinum status on July 15, 2015. In addition, it was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999.
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 ...
It is Jay-Z's best selling album as of 2013 and was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA in 2000. By 2013, the album had sold 5,400,000 copies in the United States. [19] The album won Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards. Though he won the award, he boycotted the ceremony, citing what he sees as the Grammys' continuing ...
Later that same year, Combs repaid the favour by appearing on Jay-Z’s second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, co-writing the track “I Know What Girls Like” with Carter and Lil’ Kim.
"The City Is Mine" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on February 3, 1998 as the second single from his second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997). It features vocals from American R&B group Blackstreet and production from its founder and lead member, Teddy Riley.
I. I Ain't Heard of That; I Can't (Foxy Brown song) I Do (Young Jeezy song) I Got That; I Got the Keys; I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) I Know (Jay-Z song)