Jay-Z – American Gangster
Tracklist
| 1 | Idris Elba– | Intro | 2:01 |
| 2 | Jay-Z– | Pray | 4:24 |
| 3 | Jay-Z– | American Dreamin' | 4:47 |
| 4 | Jay-Z– | Hello Brooklyn 2.0 | 3:56 |
| 5 | Jay-Z– | No Hook | 3:14 |
| 6 | Jay-Z– | Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... | 4:12 |
| 7 | Jay-Z– | Sweet | 3:26 |
| 8 | Jay-Z– | I Know | 3:43 |
| 9 | Jay-Z– | Party Life | 4:29 |
| 10 | Jay-Z– | Ignorant Sh*t | 3:41 |
| 11 | Jay-Z– | Say Hello | 5:27 |
| 12 | Jay-Z– | Success | 3:30 |
| 13 | Jay-Z– | Fallin' | 4:06 |
| Bonus Tracks | |||
| 14 | Jay-Z– | Blue Magic | 4:10 |
| 15 | Jay-Z– | American Gangster | 3:41 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC
- Copyright © – Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC
- Manufactured By – Island Def Jam Music Group
- Marketed By – Island Def Jam Music Group
- Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
- Pressed By – EDC, USA
Credits
- A&R – The Carter Administration
- Art Direction, Design – JP Robinson, Shawn Carter
- Bass, Guitar – Ed "Wolverine" Goldson* (tracks: 5 to 7, 9)
- Drums – Mario Winans (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
- Executive-Producer – Antonio "LA" Reid*, Shawn Carter
- Mastered By – Tony Dawsey
- Mixed By – Supa Engineer Duro* (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14), Victor Abjaoudi II* (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9)
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 12, 14), Steve "Rock Star" Dickey* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9)
- Percussion – Bashiri Johnson (tracks: 5 to 7, 9)
- Photography By [All Other] – Hype Williams
- Photography By [Back Cover And Cd Label] – JP Robinson
- Photography By [Front Cover, Page 2 And Outside Inlay] – Arthur Elgort
- Producer – LV (2) (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9), Diddy* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9), Sean C* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9)
- Producer [Associate] – Sean "Diddy" Combs*, The Hitmen (2)
- Recorded By – Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 9, 11 to 14), Steve "Rock Star" Dickey* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9), Victor Abjaoudi II* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9)
- Strings – Mario Winans (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
- Written-By – D. Matthews* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9), L. Coppin* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9), S. Combs* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9), S. Carter* (tracks: 2 to 15)
Notes
Inspired by the Denzel Washington / Russell Crowe movie "American Gangster", but it is not a soundtrack for the movie.
The 16-page booklet contains lyrics.
"Intro", "No Hook", "Success" and "Blue Magic" contain excerpts from "American Gangster" used courtesy of Universal Studios.
"Pray" contains a sample from "New Earth" by Hank Marvin, written by Alan Hawkshaw.
"American Dreamin'" contains a sample of the recording "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again" as performed by Marvin Gaye, written by M. Gaye, A. Ross, L. Ware.
"Hello Brooklyn 2.0" contains excerpts from "Hello Brooklyn" performed by The Beastie Boys.
"No Hook" contains a sample of the recording "Love Serenade" as performed by Barry White (B. White).
"Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..." contains a sample of "Make the Road by Walking" performed by The Menahan Street Band, written by T. Brenneck, D. Guy, M. Deller, L. Michels, B. Mann.
"Sweet" contains a sample of "Does Your Mama Know" written by Rudy Love and performed by Rudy Love & The Love Family.
"Party Life" contains a sample from "Get into the Party Life" by Little Beaver, written by W. Hale and D. Stone.
"Ignorant Sh*t" contains a sample of "Between the Sheets" performed by The Isley Bros., written by R. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley, M. Isley, E. Isley and C. Jasper.
"Say Hello" contains a sample of the recording "The Love We Share Is the Greatest of Them All" as performed by Tom Brock, written by T. Brocker.
"Success" contains a sample of the recording "Funky Thing Pt. 1" written by Larry Ellis and performed by Larry Ellis and The Black Hammer.
"Fallin'" contains samples from "Fell for You" performed by The Dramatics, written by T. Hester.
"Blue Magic" embodies portions of "Hold On" written by D. Foster, T. McElroy, T. Ellis, C. Herron, M. Jones and D. Robinson, also contains excerpt from the motion picture "Frankenstein", score by Bernard Kaun.
"American Gangster" contains samples from the Curtis Mayfield recording "Short Eyes", written by Curtis Mayfield.
The 16-page booklet contains lyrics.
"Intro", "No Hook", "Success" and "Blue Magic" contain excerpts from "American Gangster" used courtesy of Universal Studios.
"Pray" contains a sample from "New Earth" by Hank Marvin, written by Alan Hawkshaw.
"American Dreamin'" contains a sample of the recording "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again" as performed by Marvin Gaye, written by M. Gaye, A. Ross, L. Ware.
"Hello Brooklyn 2.0" contains excerpts from "Hello Brooklyn" performed by The Beastie Boys.
"No Hook" contains a sample of the recording "Love Serenade" as performed by Barry White (B. White).
"Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..." contains a sample of "Make the Road by Walking" performed by The Menahan Street Band, written by T. Brenneck, D. Guy, M. Deller, L. Michels, B. Mann.
"Sweet" contains a sample of "Does Your Mama Know" written by Rudy Love and performed by Rudy Love & The Love Family.
"Party Life" contains a sample from "Get into the Party Life" by Little Beaver, written by W. Hale and D. Stone.
"Ignorant Sh*t" contains a sample of "Between the Sheets" performed by The Isley Bros., written by R. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley, M. Isley, E. Isley and C. Jasper.
"Say Hello" contains a sample of the recording "The Love We Share Is the Greatest of Them All" as performed by Tom Brock, written by T. Brocker.
"Success" contains a sample of the recording "Funky Thing Pt. 1" written by Larry Ellis and performed by Larry Ellis and The Black Hammer.
"Fallin'" contains samples from "Fell for You" performed by The Dramatics, written by T. Hester.
"Blue Magic" embodies portions of "Hold On" written by D. Foster, T. McElroy, T. Ellis, C. Herron, M. Jones and D. Robinson, also contains excerpt from the motion picture "Frankenstein", score by Bernard Kaun.
"American Gangster" contains samples from the Curtis Mayfield recording "Short Eyes", written by Curtis Mayfield.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 602517499898
- Barcode (Text): 6 02517 49989 8
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [EDC logo] B00 102 2902 01@ H MADE IN USA BY EDC
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI L006
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0316
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [EDC logo] B00 102 2902 01@ R
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0319
- Other (Variant 2 Mould Stamp): MADE IN USA BY UML
Other Versions (5 of 24)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | American Gangster (CD, Album, Super Jewel Box) | Roc-A-Fella Records | 602517499898(11) | Europe | 2007 | ||
Recently Edited | American Gangster (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | Roc-A-Fella Records | B0010229-01 | US | 2007 | ||
Recently Edited | American Gangster Acappella (2×LP, Album) | Roc-A-Fella Records | B0010522-01 | US | 2007 | ||
New Submission | American Gangster (CD, Album) | Roc-A-Fella Records | 1749989 | Australasia | 2007 | ||
New Submission | American Gangster (CD, Album) | Roc-A-Fella Records | 460502601380 | Russia | 2007 |
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Reviews
- I didn't expect much from this one ater the mild disappointment with Kingdom Come . The video to American Gangster made a good + lasting impressin recently, so i went back to check out this CD with new confidence and it didn't disapoint me at all....
His rapstyle and delivery is in a class of his own - you hear that Lay-Z is in a zone and the lyics come from his dome directly to the microphone. His voice sits tight in the middle of the Stereo - Mix. A fantastic production + excellent mastering comes as a Bonus. The guests are well chosen, as usual : Lil' Wayne, Nas and his old buddy Beanie Sigel are on the harder tracks. Kanye West and Pharrel do appear on the more playful songs. Even his wife Beyoncè makes a few nice appearances here as a Background Singer.
What makes this album so fantastic is the music ! I never heard a Rap album with so much going on musically. The samples are sounding so familiar, that you often think HIT even before the song is thru. And then the producers : Diddy and the Hit Makers LV & SEAN C produced most of the stuff and their tracks sound so good. You have a lot of real instruments , a drummer and a guitar player; sometimes even a Horn section, Pianos and so on. To make this album even better there still are a hand full of hardcore tracks by Just Blaze (on the Beanie Sigel collaboration) DJ Toomp and others. The Neptunes and even Jermaine Duprie add their special flavour to the product (JD produced the Nas / Jay-Z Track) . This LP is easily twice as good as the rushed Kingdom Come, close to The Blueprint + on the same level as The Black Album.
Release
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