He has always had a knack for remembering things, as well. He supposedly never writes down his lyrics but composes and remembers them all. Label executives fretted over the album's release on September 11, due to the World Trade Center attacks.
Instead, The Blueprint went on to sell , copies that first week and is now considering by many to be his masterpiece and one of the greatest albums of the genre. Along with selling tons of albums and merchandise, JAY-Z has always made wise investments, including owning a share of Uber and a stake in the Brooklyn Nets basketball team as well as in the streaming service Tidal. On the eve of his birthday, he released his latest year-end playlist on the service.
In he got married to American Influencer and singer Beyonce and is happily married till today. The couple was blessed with a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter.
He was raised by his single mother. According to sources, Jay Z met his biological father at the age of 33 years and he eventually forgave his father. In , he appeared on Yo!
MTV Raps for the first time. His first debut was released by his own company that he founded with a close friend. The company was called Roc-A-Fella Records.
It was founded in His debut song sold millions of copies in the United States and eventually Jay Z was in the spotlight. During his early rapping days, he found his mentor rapper Jaz O, who was also a performer. It is this album that gave him his first Grammy. Jay-Z's most acclaimed album of this period was The Blueprint , which would later land on many music critics' lists of the best albums of the decade.
Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. Contrasting the radio-friendly sound of Jay-Z's previous work, The Blueprint features soul-based sampling and production handled primarily by Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Bink, as well as Timbaland, Trackmasters, and Eminem, who also contributes the album's sole guest feature.
At the time of the album's recording, Jay-Z was awaiting two criminal trials, one for gun possession and another for assault, and had become one of hip hop's most dissed artists, receiving insults from rappers such as Nas , Prodigy, and Jadakiss.
The album is also famous for both its producers Kanye West and Just Blaze's breakouts as major producers. West produced four of the thirteen tracks on the album, including the songs "Izzo H. The Blueprint received universal acclaim from music critics, with praise being directed at Jay-Z's lyricism and the production. It is considered one of his best albums and has also been labeled as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Despite its release coinciding with the September 11 attacks, it sold over , copies in its opening week and debuted at number one in the US, holding the spot for three weeks.
In , the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In , Jay-Z shocked the hip-hop world by releasing The Black Album and announcing that it would be his last solo record before retirement.
Asked to explain his sudden exit from rap, Jay-Z said that he once derived inspiration from trying to outshine other great MCs, but had simply gotten bored due to a lack of competition. I love that. But it ain't hot. During his hiatus from rapping, Jay-Z turned his attention to the business side of music, becoming president of Def Jam Recordings.
But his reign at the venerable hip-hop label wasn't all smooth sailing; Jay-Z resigned as Def Jam's president in , complaining about the company's resistance to change from ineffectual business models. Jay-Z's other, ongoing business ventures include the popular urban clothing line Rocawear and Roc-A-Fella films.
In , Jay-Z ended his retirement from making music, releasing the new album Kingdom Come. He soon released two more albums: American Gangster in and Blueprint 3 in This trio of later albums marked a significant departure from Jay-Z's earlier sound, incorporating stronger rock and soul influences in their production and offering lyrics tackling such mature subjects as the response to Hurricane Katrina; Barack Obama's election; and the perils of fame and fortune.
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