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"Dead Presidents" is a 1996 song by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released as the first promotional single for Jay-Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt, though it did not directly appear on the album: a different version of the song with the same backing track and chorus but with different lyrics called "Dead Presidents II" appeared on Reasonable Doubt.
Dead Presidents is the first of two soundtracks to the 1995 film, Dead Presidents. It was released on September 26, 1995, by Capitol Records and consists of 1970s R&B, funk and soul music. The soundtrack was very successful, reaching #14 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, and was certified gold on December 1, 1995.
List of songs with title, first recorded by, year, and subsequently recorded by; Title First recorded by Year Subsequently recorded by "29 Ways" Willie Dixon: 1956 Koko Taylor, Marc Cohn, The Blues Band "As Long as I Have You" Little Walter: 1960 The Ford Blues Band, John P. Hammond, George Thorogood "Back Door Man" Howlin' Wolf: 1960
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The song was also featured in the 1995 film Dead Presidents. In 2017, the song was used as the opening credits theme song for the first season of the HBO drama The Deuce. [6] The Detroit rapper and producer Black Milk released a 2014 album with the referential name If There's a Hell Below. He samples the song on "What It's Worth" from that ...
The song was released worldwide as the third single from The Presidents of the United States of America. It peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Worldwide, the song reached number one in Iceland and the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Barack Obama has dropped the long-awaited list of his favorite music in 2023. The former president, 62, shared his 28 favorite songs from the past year in an Instagram post, which included tracks ...
Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film co-written, produced and directed by the Hughes Brothers. The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis ( Larenz Tate ), focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate and his experiences during the Vietnam War as a Recon Marine .