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"Empire State of Mind" is a hip-hop song that features rap verses from Jay-Z and vocals 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]
Fellow Voice critic Miles Marshall Lewis called Jay-Z "the best MC in hip hop" and Vol. 3… "the quintessential 2000-model hip hop album". [16] Soren Baker was less impressed in the Los Angeles Times , writing that the record lacks the "biting humor and spectacular wordplay" of his previous albums.
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.
"Big Pimpin'" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on April 11, 2000 as the third and final single from his fourth studio album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (1999). It features a guest appearance from Southern hip hop duo UGK and production from Timbaland.
Jay-Z began his music career in the 1980s, building a reputation as a fledgling rapper in his hometown of Brooklyn and collaborating with his mentor and fellow rapper Jaz-O. [2] Jay-Z later founded Roc-A-Fella Records with close friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in June 1996. [2]
In December 2024, Jay-Z, along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, was accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000. Jay-Z denied the allegations and described it as a blackmail attempt. [232] Jay-Z responded to the plaintiff's lawyer Tony Buzbee on social media that "No sir, it had the opposite ...
Can I Live (Jay-Z song) Can't Knock the Hustle (Jay-Z song) Caught Their Eyes; Change Clothes; Change the Game; The City Is Mine; Clique (song) Come Fly with Me (Foxy Brown song) Come On Baby (Saigon song) Coming Home (Diddy – Dirty Money song) Crazy in Love
The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, with 557,789 copies sold in its first week. The album is certified double platinum by the RIAA . The album received positive reviews from critics, and became the 20th highest-selling R&B/Hip-Hop album of the 2000–2010 decade according to Billboard .