Decoded
Authors: Jay-Z
Tags: #Rap & Hip Hop, #Rap musicians, #Rap musicians - United States, #Cultural Heritage, #Jay-Z, #Entertainment & Performing Arts, #United States, #Music, #Rich & Famous, #Biography & Autobiography, #Genres & Styles, #Composers & Musicians, #Biography
Copyright © 2010 by Shawn Carter
All rights reserved.
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Song lyric credits are located beginning on
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jay-Z.
Decoded / Jay-Z.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-679-60521-8
1. Jay-Z. 2. Rap musicians—United States—Biography. I. Title.
ML420.J29A3 2010 782.421649092—dc22 [B] 2010015063
v3.1
To Gloria Carter and Adnis Reeves
Without your love and love for music none of this would be possible
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Public Service Announcement (
The Black Album
)
American Dreamin’ (
American Gangster
)
Early This Morning (unreleased)
Coming of Age (
Reasonable Doubt
)
Coming of Age (Da Sequel) (
Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life
)
Ignorant Shit (
American Gangster
)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Star
Can I Live? (
Reasonable Doubt
)
Big Pimpin’ (
Vol. 3 … Life and Times of S. Carter
)
Streets Is Watching (
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
)
Beat the System Before It Beats You
Operation Corporate Takeover (Mix Tape Freestyle)
Moment of Clarity (
The Black Album
)
Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise) (
The Blueprint
)
Young Gifted and Black (
S. Carter Collection
)
Hell Yeah (Pimp the System) (
Revolutionary But Gangsta
)
Blue Magic (
American Gangster
)
This Life Forever (
Black Gangster
)
Meet the Parents (
The Blueprint
2
: The Gift & the Curse
)
Where I’m From (
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
)
Minority Report (
Kingdom Come
)
Dynasty (Intro) (
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
)
My President Is Black (unreleased)
The Voice in Your Head Is Right
This Can’t Be Life (
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
)
Soon You’ll Understand (
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
)
December 4th (
The Black Album
)