![]() Reasonable Doubt is suffused with a mixture of regret and pride at Jay-Z’s street exploits. Jay-Z and Linkin Park, “Numb/Encore” (2004).Up until then our records sold 5,000-10,000 copies American Gangster sold a million copies. “Then being credited as a songwriter on a Jay-Z song does a lot for the songwriters. “A record being sampled is like a needle in the haystack, and the chances of it being a hit song is even slimmer, so it was a real fortunate thing that happened to us,” the group’s guitarist and leader Thomas Brenneck told Life and Times. Diddy and the Hitmen – and Jay-Z raps about amassing vast wealth: “Let ya hair down baby, I just hit a score/Pick any place on the planet, pick a shore/Take what the Forbes figure, then figure more.” One group that got to share the wealth was the Brooklyn soul outfit the Menahan Street Band, who were sampled for the track. I Just Wanna Love You (feat.“Roc Boys (And the Winner Is…)” reaches back to the dazzling, horn-blasting sound of iconic Jay-Z hits like “U Don’t Know.” Gleaming brass lines ricochet around the track – produced by P. Missy Elliott, Twista, & Memphis Bleek)ġ8. Check the tracklist, download, and enjoy.ġ2. ![]() And there are some gems here: From the Amil-less version “You Me Him Her” to the Ghostface & Beyoncé version of “Summertime” to even the studio sessions with Rick Rubin, Kanye West, & Timbaland (Just to name a few). Most people know that this is from the Jay-Z documentary Fade To Black. I got the audio from the film a while ago but never figured out why it was never officially released. ![]() I then remembered how much I like that version. Halfway through the beat changed to David Banner’s “Like A Pimp”. The other day I was listening to a live version of “Big Pimpin'” on my iPod.
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