2 was certified five times platinum by the RIAA and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 1999. The album featured the international hits " Can I Get A." and " Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", which both reached top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100.
Hard Knock Life was released in September 1998 and became his first number-one album in the United States. 1 (1997), which saw Jay-Z collaborating with producers such as Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and Teddy Riley, peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Its singles included " Dead Presidents", " Ain't No Nigga" and " Can't Knock the Hustle", all of which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. The album peaked at number twenty-three on the United States Billboard 200 record chart and has since been recognized as a seminal work of the hip hop genre. 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. 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. As of December 2014, Jay-Z has sold 29,179,000 studio albums in United States. “On to the Next One” (featuring Swizz Beatz)ġ5.American artist Jay-Z has released thirteen solo studio albums, four collaboration albums, one live album, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, two extended plays, one hundred and fifteen singles (including forty-five as a featured artist), nine promotional singles and eighty-two music videos. “Real As it Gets” (featuring Young Jeezy)ħ.
“Empire State of Mind” (featuring Alicia Keys)Ħ. “Run This Town” (featuring Kanye West and Rihanna)ĥ. “What We Talkin’ About” (featuring Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun)Ĥ. And of course, The Blueprint 3 is out on September 11th, exactly eight years after the release of the original Blueprint.ġ. The following day, Jay-Z will jump from New York to Los Angeles to perform “Run This Town” on the debut episode of The Jay Leno Show with Rihanna and Kanye West. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun, whose debut was one of our favorite albums from last year, appears on opener “What We Talkin’ About.”Īs Rock Daily previously reported, Jay-Z will perform one of Blueprint 3‘s 15 tracks at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards on September 13th.
(They still might serve as producers on one of the BP3 tracks.) Another notable name that has disappeared from the unconfirmed track list from June is Nas, who was rumored to feature on the track “Empire State of Mind.” The song remains on the album, only now it stars Alicia Keys. Noticeably absent from the features listed on the Blueprint 3 track list are MGMT, who Jay-Z had previously said would be contributing to a song on BP3. Kanye, who served as producer for a bulk of the tracks on BP3, will also appear on the track “Hate.” In addition to contributions from Kanye West and Rihanna on “Run This Town” and the previously reported collaborations with Drake, Kid Cudi and Mr Hudson, The Blueprint 3 will also feature appearances from Alicia Keyes, Young Jeezy, Swizz Beatz and Pharrell. Of the record’s 15 tracks, only three songs find Jay-Z going it solo - the rest boast a kind of hip-hop all-star team. With less than a month until the release of Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3, Jigga has revealed the track list for his highly anticipated album on his official Website.
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