Artist: Jay-Z
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop
Drum & Bass
Dance
Discography:
Jay Z Mtv Unplugged
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Blue Magic
Year: 2007
Tracks: 1
American Gangster
Year: 2007
Tracks: 15
Kingdom Come
Year: 2006
Tracks: 17
The Latin Album
Year: 2004
Tracks: 17
Jigga Ma Nigga Pugwash Dnb rem
Year: 2004
Tracks: 1
Black Is Back (The Black Album Remixes)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
Black Is Back
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
99 Problems - My 1st Song
Year: 2004
Tracks: 6
99 Problems
Year: 2004
Tracks: 1
The Brown Album
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
The Blueprint2: The Gift and the Curse CD 1
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
The Best
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
Chapter One: Greatest Hits
Year: 2002
Tracks: 17
The Blueprint
Year: 2001
Tracks: 13
The Dynasty Roc La Familia
Year: 2000
Tracks: 16
Vol. 3: Life and Times Of S.Carter
Year: 1999
Tracks: 15
Reasonable Doubt
Year: 1999
Tracks: 15
Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life
Year: 1998
Tracks: 14
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Year: 1998
Tracks: 2
In My Lifetime vol.1
Year: 1997
Tracks: 16
In My Lifetime Vol. 1
Year: 1997
Tracks: 14
Embodying the rags-to-riches belt pipe dream, Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a RPLC313% unitary of the year's biggest shoot songs, and the record record album topped many year-end best-of charts.
Jay-Z capitalized on the runaway success of The Blueprint with a number of followup projects. He collaborated with the Roots for the Unplugged album (2001) and with R. Kelly for Best of Both Worlds (2002). He so went on to record, over the course of the year, 40 or so new tracks, 25 of which appeared on his side by side record, the bivalent album The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse (2002). Though billed as a continuation, The Blueprint² was well different from its harbinger. Whereas the first volume had been personal, considered, and focussed, the bit instead offered an unapologetically sprawl double-disc extravaganza showcasing remarkable telescope. As usual, it spawned a stream of singles, light-emitting diode by his 2Pac cover "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" (featuring his glamorous girlfriend, Beyoncé Knowles from Destiny's Child). Furthermore, Jay-Z guested on a partner off of summer 2003 hits: Beyoncé's chart-topping "Unbalanced in Love" and the Neptunes' Top Five hit "Frontin'."
It was and then that Jay-Z announced his imminent retirement after the freeing of ane more album. That LP, The Black Album (2003), was rush-released by Def Jam and soared to the top spot in the album charts at the end of the year. As always, it spawned a couple crowing hits -- "Soil Off Your Shoulder" and "99 Problems" -- and divine a popular mash-up bootleg, The Grey Album, by Danger Mouse. The subsequent year (2004) was a whirlwind for the self-effacing Jay-Z. He embarked on a farewell circuit that was topped off by an prodigal Madison Square Garden performance attested on the Fade to Black DVD, and he as well embarked on an ill-omened arena duty tour with the battlemented R. Kelly that resulted in an exchange of ugly multi-million-dollar lawsuits.
With his final album behind him and his reputation punter than ever, Jay-Z accepted an offer to wear the function of united States President at Def Jam Records. The seminal rap label was struggling and needful somebody to templet it through a jumpy transitional phase. Jay-Z accepted the challenge and took over the company began by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin rough 20 days in the beginning. (As part of its deal with Jay-Z, Def Jam's parent company, Universal, bought Roc-a-Fella, which resulted in some bitter among certain associates disorder by the buyout.) Considerable fanfare met the presidential inauguration, as Jay-Z became one of the few African-American major-label executives in the stage business, and he likewise became one of the few rappers to transition into that side of the line of work. Numerous rappers owned or operated their have boutique labels, only none had ever risen to such major-label high. And the rapper-turned-president didn't take his job lightly, either, at least judgement by his initial year in office. Within months of assuming his situation, he fostered a string of newfound talents -- Young Jeezy, Teairra MarÃ, Rihanna, and Bobby Valentino, all of whom enjoyed considerable commercial success -- and only had a few setbacks (disappointing returns on albums by Memphis Bleek and Young Gunz).
In 2005 Jay-Z came out of retirement for the I Declare War concert in New York City. The challenging evidence featured a parade of high profile edgar Guest stars, including Diddy, T.I., Kanye West, and in a peacemaking move, Nas. With this longstanding bitch squashed, Jay-Z proclaimed he was approaching out of retirement for good. He made it official when Kingdom Come hit the shelves in late 2006. Less than a year later, Jay-Z returned with some other post-retirement album, American Gangster (2007), this one elysian by the cooccurring film of the same identify.
