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Jay-Z
American Gangster

Album US 2007 on Roc-A-Fella Records label
Hip-Hop/Rap

14 and 15 are bonus tracks. Inspired by the Denzel Washington / Russell Crowe movie "American Gangster", but it is not a soundtrack for the movie. "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.

     
Musicians
PortraitJay-Z voc, *1969
album by
PortraitShawn Carter ,
art direction, design, executive-producer, written by
PortraitEd Goldson g, b, US
bass, guitar
PortraitMario Winans voc, bvoc, *1974 US
drums, strings
PortraitBashiri Johnson perc, *1955 US
percussion
PortraitArthur Elgort ,
photography by, front cover, page 2 and outside inlay
PortraitSean Combs ,
producer, associate, written by
PortraitIdris Elba , *1972 GB
performer on track, arranged by
PortraitHector Delgado ,
edited by, arranged by
PortraitMarty Reid ,
guitar
PortraitTimon Abuptah ,
strings, additional
PortraitAngel Wood ,
vocals, additional
PortraitAaron J. Johnson tb, tu, US
bass trombone, bass clarinet
PortraitJames Lewis g, b, US
bass, guitar
PortraitA.J. Walker ,
vocals, vocals, additional
PortraitAdonis Shropshire , *1977 US
vocals
PortraitCarmen Cameron ,
vocals, vocals, additional
PortraitCheri Dennis voc, *1978 US
vocals
PortraitJayms Madison ,
vocals
PortraitLeisa T. Johnson ,
vocals
PortraitShannon Jones voc,
vocals
PortraitBeyoncé voc, *1981 US
vocals, additional
PortraitArden Altino , US
bass, piano, strings, piano, strings, keyboards, electric piano, rhodes
PortraitLil Wayne voc, *1982 US
featuring
PortraitBig D. ,
performer, all instruments
PortraitDrew Hollywood ,
programmed by, additional
PortraitKenneth Whalum sax,
arranged by, tenor saxophone
PortraitSaunders Sermons tb, US
trombone
PortraitCameron Johnson tr, US
trumpet
PortraitKeyon Harrold tr, voc, *1980 US
trumpet
PortraitCassie bvoc, *1986 US
vocals, additional
PortraitKanye West voc, *1977 US
vocals, additional
PortraitBeanie Sigel acg, *1974 US
featuring
PortraitNas voc, *1973 US
featuring
PortraitPharrell Williams voc, *1973 US
vocals, additional, written by
PortraitAndy Snitzer ts, as, sax, *1962 US
alto saxophone
PortraitEileen Moon vc, US
cello
PortraitJeanne Leblanc vc, US
cello
PortraitStillphil ,
drums
PortraitCanei Finch key, US
piano, additional
PortraitRyan West perc, hrp, key, US
recorded by, live strings & horns
PortraitAndrew Wright ,
recorded by, music
PortraitGimel "Young Guru" Keaton ,
recorded by, vocals
PortraitCharles Pillow fl, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitMike David ,
trombone
PortraitJeff Kievit tr, US
trumpet
PortraitDawn Hannay , US
viola
PortraitSue Pray vl, US
viola
PortraitElizabeth Lim vn, US
violin
PortraitJeanine Wynton vn, US
violin
PortraitLisa Kim vn,
violin
PortraitMatt Lehmann vn, US
violin
PortraitMinyoung Chang vn, US
violin
PortraitSandra Park vn, US
violin
PortraitSarah O'Boyle vn, US
violin
PortraitSharon Yamada vn, US
violin
Producers
The Carter Administration a&r
JP Robinson art direction, design, photography by, back cover and cd label
L.A. Reid executive-producer
Tony Dawsey mastered by
DURO mixed by
Victor Abijaoudi II mixed by, recorded by
Jordan Young mixed by, assistant, recorded by, additional
Steve Dickey mixed by, assistant, recorded by
Hype Williams photography by, all other
LV producer
P. Diddy producer
Sean Cane producer
The Hitmen producer, associate
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton recorded by, mixed by
Idris Elba co-producer
Hector Delgado mixed by
Chris Flame producer
Seth Firkins recorded by
Andy Geel engineer, assistant
Keon Bryce backing vocals
Mario Winans co-producer
Big D. producer
Angel Aponte recorded by
Ced Hollywood recorded by
Drew Money recorded by
Heather Boyden engineer, assistant
Michelle Figueroa engineer, assistant
Matthew Testa engineer, assistant
Chad Hugo mixed by
The Neptunes producer
Andrew Coleman recorded by
Hart Gunther recorded by, assistant
Anthony Palazzole mixed by, assistant
Andrew Wright mixed by, assistant
Just Blaze producer
Daren Smith recorded by
Rhonda Robinson backing vocals
DJ Toomp producer
Derrick Selby recorded by
Juan Perez backing vocals
Jermaine Dupri co-producer, mixed by
No I.D. producer, co-producer
Bilal backing vocals
Phil Tan mixed by
Josh Houghkirk mixed by, assistant
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1IntroIdris Elba2:01
2PrayJay-ZAlan Hawkshaw4:24
3American Dreamin'Jay-ZArthur Ross, Leon Ware, Marvin Gaye4:47
4Hello Brooklyn 2.0Jay-ZDerrick Baker, Dwayne Carter3:56
5No HookJay-ZBarry White3:14
6Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...Jay-ZBosco Mann, Dave Guy, Leon Michels, Mike Deller, Thomas Brenneck4:12
7SweetJay-ZRudy Love3:26
8I KnowJay-ZPharrell Williams3:43
9Party LifeJay-ZDavid Stone, Willie Hale4:29
10Ignorant Sh*tJay-ZChris Jasper, Dwight Grant, Ernie Isley, Justin Smith, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley3:41
11Say HelloJay-ZAldrin Davis, Tom Brock5:27
12SuccessJay-ZErnest Wilson, Larry Ellis, Nasir Jones3:30
13Fallin'Jay-ZJermaine Dupri, Tony Hester4:06
14Bonus TracksJay-Z
15Blue MagicJay-ZBernhard Kaun, Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson, Denzil Foster, Maxine Jones, Pharrell Williams, Terry Ellis, Thomas McElroy4:10
16American GangsterJay-ZCurtis Mayfield, Justin Smith3:41
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