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.
Jay-Z voc, *1969 album by | |
Shawn Carter , art direction, design, executive-producer, written by | |
Ed Goldson g, b, US bass, guitar | |
Mario Winans voc, bvoc, *1974 US drums, strings | |
Bashiri Johnson perc, *1955 US percussion | |
Arthur Elgort , photography by, front cover, page 2 and outside inlay | |
Sean Combs , producer, associate, written by | |
Idris Elba , *1972 GB performer on track, arranged by | |
Hector Delgado , edited by, arranged by | |
Marty Reid , guitar | |
Timon Abuptah , strings, additional | |
Angel Wood , vocals, additional | |
Aaron J. Johnson tb, tu, US bass trombone, bass clarinet | |
James Lewis g, b, US bass, guitar | |
A.J. Walker , vocals, vocals, additional | |
Adonis Shropshire , *1977 US vocals | |
Carmen Cameron , vocals, vocals, additional | |
Cheri Dennis voc, *1978 US vocals | |
Jayms Madison , vocals | |
Leisa T. Johnson , vocals | |
Shannon Jones voc, vocals | |
Beyoncé voc, *1981 US vocals, additional | |
Arden Altino , US bass, piano, strings, piano, strings, keyboards, electric piano, rhodes | |
Lil Wayne voc, *1982 US featuring | |
Big D. , performer, all instruments | |
Drew Hollywood , programmed by, additional | |
Kenneth Whalum sax, arranged by, tenor saxophone | |
Saunders Sermons tb, US trombone | |
Cameron Johnson tr, US trumpet | |
Keyon Harrold tr, voc, *1980 US trumpet | |
Cassie bvoc, *1986 US vocals, additional | |
Kanye West voc, *1977 US vocals, additional | |
Beanie Sigel acg, *1974 US featuring | |
Nas voc, *1973 US featuring | |
Pharrell Williams voc, *1973 US vocals, additional, written by | |
Andy Snitzer ts, as, sax, *1962 US alto saxophone | |
Eileen Moon vc, US cello | |
Jeanne Leblanc vc, US cello | |
Stillphil , drums | |
Canei Finch key, US piano, additional | |
Ryan West perc, hrp, key, US recorded by, live strings & horns | |
Andrew Wright , recorded by, music | |
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton , recorded by, vocals | |
Charles Pillow fl, US tenor saxophone | |
Mike David , trombone | |
Jeff Kievit tr, US trumpet | |
Dawn Hannay , US viola | |
Sue Pray vl, US viola | |
Elizabeth Lim vn, US violin | |
Jeanine Wynton vn, US violin | |
Lisa Kim vn, violin | |
Matt Lehmann vn, US violin | |
Minyoung Chang vn, US violin | |
Sandra Park vn, US violin | |
Sarah O'Boyle vn, US violin | |
Sharon Yamada vn, US violin |
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 |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Intro | Idris Elba | 2:01 | |
2 | Pray | Jay-Z | Alan Hawkshaw | 4:24 |
3 | American Dreamin' | Jay-Z | Arthur Ross, Leon Ware, Marvin Gaye | 4:47 |
4 | Hello Brooklyn 2.0 | Jay-Z | Derrick Baker, Dwayne Carter | 3:56 |
5 | No Hook | Jay-Z | Barry White | 3:14 |
6 | Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... | Jay-Z | Bosco Mann, Dave Guy, Leon Michels, Mike Deller, Thomas Brenneck | 4:12 |
7 | Sweet | Jay-Z | Rudy Love | 3:26 |
8 | I Know | Jay-Z | Pharrell Williams | 3:43 |
9 | Party Life | Jay-Z | David Stone, Willie Hale | 4:29 |
10 | Ignorant Sh*t | Jay-Z | Chris Jasper, Dwight Grant, Ernie Isley, Justin Smith, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley | 3:41 |
11 | Say Hello | Jay-Z | Aldrin Davis, Tom Brock | 5:27 |
12 | Success | Jay-Z | Ernest Wilson, Larry Ellis, Nasir Jones | 3:30 |
13 | Fallin' | Jay-Z | Jermaine Dupri, Tony Hester | 4:06 |
14 | Bonus Tracks | Jay-Z | ||
15 | Blue Magic | Jay-Z | Bernhard Kaun, Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson, Denzil Foster, Maxine Jones, Pharrell Williams, Terry Ellis, Thomas McElroy | 4:10 |
16 | American Gangster | Jay-Z | Curtis Mayfield, Justin Smith | 3:41 |