Carter : Jay personifies diamonds to fit the plot of the cop comedy Blue Streak this song also appears on the soundtrack. But this cut seems more like cubic zirconia compared to harder Swizz-produced singles of the era i. Here he presents his unlikely success as a disruptive force, likening himself to Muhammad Ali and Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. How could you not root for this guy? Still, this beat is plodding, and the track slows the momentum of Vol. It approaches gimmicky ground when he introduces his own rap prospect, but J. Instead it became a stand-alone short that finds Hov announcing his partial ownership of the Brooklyn Nets.
There are some important messages about the struggle of being a black creative on here, mixed with ideas on acceptable Instagram etiquette, according to Shawn Corey Carter. Kelly express the confusion that comes with fake friends, both sounding conflicted.
You can hear the latter here in references to Yasiin Bey a. The final draft retained some subliminal shots, but ultimately sounds like Hov is shadowboxing with himself.
Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z lend their support by splitting a verse. This is one of his more overt examples — over a dreary piano backdrop, he compares the plight of soldiers to that of street hustlers. Blige sample. He boasts about his maturity, which entails everything from smoking Cuban cigars to maintaining an excellent credit score.
Kelly and Jay-Z. On the track, Jay skims through his life story, from growing up without a father to sonning his rap competition. The two rappers, with their different yet harmonious approaches, conquer a bubbly curveball of a beat by Q-Tip. Carter : Ironically, Jay ended up in trouble with the law around the time of the release of this extended metaphor comparing his musical rise to a high-profile criminal trial.
Carter : The one-minute intro to this song shines brightest, as Jay makes clear just how comfortable he is with handling and using his gun. The song samples the theme music from its titular TV series, but Jay neglects to name-drop another Brooklyn-born hardass: the Honorable Judge Judy.
Jay examines that repetition, mulling over the influence of his own criminal activities on the nephews who look up to him. Yet this hot-and-heavy track evokes a lazy, lovemaking vacay in a remote location, thanks to lustful songwriting, funky bass strings, and sleepy brass. Jay singles out his ego, separating himself from the persona that led him to shoot his own brother as a young teen, or cheat on his wife.
Dre, who recorded the original track, along for the ride. The electric guitar-powered beat during the second half would sound at home on Vol. He returned home to a mess. Also, Nas had tried to lynch an effigy of his former rival at Summer Jam before being blocked by Hot Kelly, of all people, to sing about innocence.
Shawn Carter plays hype man for his better half on this standout from Everything Is Love. He goes at it for less than four minutes, but I could listen to Hov spit over this beat for hours. Here, he opens up about a close friend and fellow hustler who snitched once he got snagged by police.
Jay is a ghetto griot here, sharing a story about how a group of tenacious kids with big aspirations and limited options find themselves in the coke game. Ball till your days is up. The song ends in a place of peace, acceptance, and forgiveness. Jay, Beans, and Bleek indulge their love for hot wheels over a thumping beat, saluting the road warriors and auto aficionados who know the real party goes down at the let out.
DJ Toomp provides a stirring, cinematic backdrop — these two really should work together again. But music matchmaker DJ Khaled paired them up proper, allowing Hendrix to lay down an inescapable hook and Hov to spit cloth talk of only the highest thread count. And this final song on the collaborative album is a neat, bow-wrapped resolution that leaves the past in the past. Over a crescendoing organ riff, the two rap legends grumble about the misfortunes that come along with being filthy rich.
These horn flourishes and xylophone taps are the perfect sound-bed for a retelling of how a kid from Marcy Projects massively succeeded against all odds. Jay is nervous, unsure, maybe even neurotic — a type of vulnerability previously unseen, a tip of the transparency iceberg that was to come. Blue Ivy is gonna be. The Marcy lyricists narrate scenarios that prove in the streets, wolves can take on many different forms. While Kanye rotates women and extols the merits of birth-control pills, Jay gives all glory to Gloria Carter, his mom.
But the track is heavy-handed in its execution, an approach that Jay reveals was intentional in his book, Decoded. The trio brings exactly that over this bouncy Rick Rock production — the best example of their gratifying synergy. But as his storied career proves, he could never definitively say good-bye to music. Jay-Z preys on cultural stereotypes to describe his many women and — perhaps most shamefully — reveals himself to be a viewer of sophomoric comedy flick Deuce Bigalow.
Still, the chipmunked Tom Brock sample is undeniable. Simpson as a worst-case scenario. Jay pays it forward, urging listeners to strive for investment, ownership, and wealth that can be passed down to descendants. But producer B-Money helped make a solid first impression by hooking up an alluring clarinet melody that could charm a cobra. Hov slithers about, lamenting the plummeting stock of rap lyricism. Jay had a pimp name and persona — Cashmere Jones — that he employs here, setting out to drop the slickest rhymes he could think of.
Either way, this is another masterful pairing with the great Frank Ocean. The rapper has since been crushing the game for nearly 25 years, earning himself 80 Grammy nominations and a total of 22 Grammy wins! Despite being as decorated as he is, Jay-Z managed to score his first-ever Billboard Hot in , however, it was not from a song on his own album. While Jay has made his mark in the music industry, there is one diva that helped soar Jay-Z to the top of his career, earning himself his official first number one song, and it's all thanks to none other than Mariah Carey.
Here's how Mimi and Jay topped the chart with this hit song of theirs! Jay-Z is without a doubt one of the most prolific rappers of our time! The artist is most known for his work on several smash hit songs such as 'Otis', 'Big Pimpin', and 'Young Forever', to name a few. Despite having success in his own right, Jay-Z didn't earn his first Billboard Hot until he was three years into his career.
After the release of his debut album 'Reasonable Doubt', Jay-Z soared to the top of the rap charts, however, fans were beginning to wonder when the time would come that Jay would find himself at the top of the Hot Well, that day officially came in He wound up getting shut out when the winners were announced the following January, though he did receive the Salute to Industry Icons Award. The tour kicked off in Cardiff, Wales, on June 6, and 10 days later, the couple gave their fans another reason to get excited with the release of a joint album, Everything Is Love.
After staying out of the political arena for much of his career, Jay-Z emerged as a strong supporter of Obama during his first campaign for president in He appeared at rallies and had only high praise for the African American candidate.
Martin Luther King walked so that Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly. Jay-Z once again backed Obama for his re-election bid. That same year, he stepped forward as a supporter of gay marriage.
As he told CNN, denying same-sex couples the right to wed "is no different than discriminating against Blacks. It's discrimination plain and simple. Additionally, the two sides agreed to work together on social activism efforts through the NFL's Inspire Change initiative.
The announcement was criticized by supporters of Colin Kaepernick , the quarterback who hadn't played in the NFL since igniting a national anthem-kneeling controversy in , but the hip-hop mogul expressed a belief that he could affect the social change sought by Kaepernick by working with the powerful sports league. We seek to identify things that we want to be a part of and things that we believe that we can add value to, and we step in and we come with these ideas.
The couple even managed to keep the press away from their small wedding, which was held on April 4, , in New York City. Shortly after the birth of his daughter, Jay-Z released a song in her honor on his site. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. The Carters," she posted. Although the couple didn't immediately confirm the twins' birth or their names, People magazine reported that they had filed trademark documents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the names Sir and Rumi.
In an article published by T: The New York Times Style Magazine in November , Jay-Z opened up about his marital problems, acknowledged his infidelity and discussed how he and his wife were able to rediscover their bond through therapy. Every emotion is connected and it comes from somewhere. And just being aware of it. To give our kids a different outcome. To break that cycle for Black men and women. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Sean Combs has produced big-name artists like Mariah Carey, created the Sean John clothing line and recorded his own platinum albums, starting with 'No Way Out' in
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