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Format: CD
Buy.com Sku: 60115673
UPC: 731455890228
UPC 14: 00731455890228
Release Date: 9/29/1998
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Disc 1
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1. Intro-Hand It Down - (featuring Memphis Bleek) ~ Jay-Z
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2. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) ~ Jay-Z
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3. If I Should Die - (featuring Da Ranjahz) ~ Jay-Z
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4. Ride Or Die ~ Jay-Z
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5. Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) - (featuring Big Jaz) ~ Jay-Z
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6. Money, Cash, Hoes - (featuring DMX) ~ Jay-Z
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7. Week Ago, A - (featuring Too Short) ~ Jay-Z
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8. Coming Of Age (Da Sequel) - (featuring Memphis Bleek) ~ Jay-Z
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9. Can I Get A... - (featuring Amil/Ja Rule) ~ Jay-Z
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10. Paper Chase - (featuring Foxy Brown) ~ Jay-Z
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11. Reservoir Dogs - (featuring The Lox/Beanie Sigel/Sauce Money) ~ Jay-Z
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12. It's Like That - (featuring Kid Capri) ~ Jay-Z
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13. It's Alright - (bonus track, featuring Memphis Bleek) ~ Jay-Z
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14. Money Ain't A Thang - (bonus track, featuring Jermaine Dupri) ~ Jay-Z
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Album Notes and Credits


Notes & Personnel Info
Muze PNote Personnel includes: Jay-Z (rap vocals); Wais, Half Dead, Big Jaz, Amil, Liz (vocals); Steven Jordan, Lil' Rob (various instruments); Jake Carter, Mike (guitar); Kid Capri (programming); Memphis Bleek, Da Ranjahz, DMX, Too Short, Ja Rule, Amil, Foxy Brown, Jermaine Dupri, The Lox, Beenie Siegel, Sauce Money.
Muze PNote Producers include: Premier, Mark 45, Swizz Beats, Steven Jordan, Timbaland.
Muze PNote Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, Paul Falcon, Joe Quinde.
Muze PNote VOL. 2 HARD KNOCK LIFE won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
Muze PNote "Hard Knock Life" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Money Ain't A Thang" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.
Muze PNote Personnel: Ja Rule (vocals, rap vocals); Jake Carter (guitar).
Muze PNote Audio Mixers: Eddie Sancho ; Jimmy Douglass; Joe Quinde; Kevin Crouse; Tony Black.
Muze PNote Recording information: D&D Studios, New York, NY; Hit Factory, New York, NY; Manhattan Center Studios, New York, NY; Quad Studios, Nashville, TN; Sony Studios, New York, NY.
Muze PNote Jay-Z is a rapper's rapper. He is the lyricist all other MCs want to be, and he has the beats over which every other MC wants to rhyme. His third album, VOL. 2 HARD KNOCK LIFE, further verifies Jay-Z's #1 status. Throughout his musical career, Jay-Z has shown that he has the skills to pay more than just the bills. Experimenting like few other rap artists have, Jay-Z uses the Broadway musical Annie's "Hard Knock Life" for his title track and first single. With its hardcore production, "Money, Cash, Hoes" allows Jay-Z to demonstrate his lyrical skill alongside DMX. "Paper Chase" features Foxy Brown and diversifies VOL. 2 with its Southern Timbaland-produced feel.

Musical Guests
Muze Guest Artist DMX
Muze Guest Artist Foxy Brown
Muze Guest Artist Memphis Bleek
Muze Guest Artist Da Ranjahz
Muze Guest Artist Big Jaz
Muze Guest Artist Too Short
Muze Guest Artist Ja Rule
Muze Guest Artist Amil
Muze Guest Artist The Lox
Muze Guest Artist Beanie Sigel
Muze Guest Artist Sauce Money
Muze Guest Artist Kid Capri
Muze Guest Artist Jermaine Dupri

Artist Overview

Considered one of the best lyricists to emerge in the wake of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac's deaths, Jay-Z has since carried the flag of hip-hop narrative skill. His Roc-A-Fella family had already created a solid reputation based on Jay-Z's 1997 debut. As his fame has grown, so has his tendency to bring more R&B production elements into his work, creating a club-friendly, danceable version of east coast gangsta hip-hop that hasn't diminished his reputation as a preeminent force in rap. Perhaps even more importantly, Jay-Z has become a powerful musica impresario. In his role as president/CEO of Def Jam in the early 2000s, he fostered the careers of popular R&B singers Rihanna and Ne-Yo, and enjoyed a high profile as a co-owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team. His long relationship and eventual marriage to superstar Beyonce has further endeared him to fans.

Compilation Appearances

Muze Music Compilations Life After Death (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Hardcore (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Vol. 1-Traffic Jams (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations R. (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Last Of A Dying Breed (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Girl Interrupted (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Greatest Hits (Bonus Tracks) (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations 8 Mile (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Charmbracelet
Muze Music Compilations Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Dangerously In Love (Bonus Tracks)
Muze Music Compilations Love & Life
Muze Music Compilations R. In R&b Collection Vol. 1
Muze Music Compilations College Dropout (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations College Dropout (Clean)
Muze Music Compilations Baptism
Muze Music Compilations Late Registration (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Late Registration (Clean Version)
Muze Music Compilations In My Mind (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations In My Mind (Clean Edition)
Muze Music Compilations The Breakthrough
Muze Music Compilations Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Food & Liquor(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Now That's What I Call Music! 23
Muze Music Compilations Hip Hop Is Dead (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Because Of You
Muze Music Compilations TI Vs Tip
Muze Music Compilations Ti Vs Tip (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Alive On Arrival
Muze Music Compilations Trilla
Muze Music Compilations Total Club Hits
Muze Music Compilations Here I Stand
Muze Music Compilations Good Girl Gone Bad:Reloaded
Muze Music Compilations Paper Trail (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Paper Trail
Muze Music Compilations Way I See It
Muze Music Compilations Tha Carter Iii(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Tha Carter Iii(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Tha Carter Iii(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Tha Carter Iii
Muze Music Compilations Theater Of The Mind
Muze Music Compilations Theater Of The Mind(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations The Best Of NOW That's What I Call Music - 10th Anniversary Edition
Muze Music Compilations Road To Revolution:live At Milton Key(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Good Girl Gone Bad:remixes
Muze Music Compilations Notorious (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Nortorious (Ost)
Muze Music Compilations Loso's Way
Muze Music Compilations Music Inspired By The Film More Than
Muze Music Compilations Def Jam 25:Dj Bring That Back 1984-20
Muze Music Compilations Sex Therapy
Muze Music Compilations Sex Therapy
Muze Music Compilations Teflon Don
Muze Music Compilations Teflon Don(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Soufside Red Nawfside Blue
Muze Music Compilations Raymond Vs Raymond
Muze Music Compilations Versus
Muze Music Compilations Tbd
Muze Music Compilations My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Paper Trail [PA]
Muze Music Compilations My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Explicit Version) (Deluxe Version)
Muze Music Compilations Greatest Story Never Told
Muze Music Compilations Ultimate Collection
Muze Music Compilations Greatest Story Never Told(Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Black And White America
Muze Music Compilations Cole World:sideline Story
Muze Music Compilations Talk That Talk [Deluxe] (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Talk That Talk [edited]
Muze Music Compilations Talk That Talk (Explicit Version)
Muze Music Compilations Best Of The Roots

Associated Artists and Works

Bleek, Memphis
Bloodfire
Cent, 50
Jeezy, Young
Original Soundtrack
Tapemasters, Inc.

Technical Info

Music Release Date Release Date : 09/29/1998
Music Original Release Date Original Release Date : 1998
Music CatalogId Catalog ID : 558 902
Music Label Name Label : Def Jam (USA)
Music Number of Discs Number of Discs : 1
Music Studio or Live Studio/Live : Studio
Music Mono or Stereo Mono/Stereo : Stereo
Music SPAR code SPAR Code : n/a
Music UPC UPC : 00731455890228

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.77)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Q (12/00, p.144)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Boasts Timbaland, DMX, Jermaine Dupri, Foxy Brown and an infectious title track sampling the musical Annie. It couldn't fail: the epitome of mainstream hip hop, and intentionally so."

The Source (11/98, p.190)
- 4.5 Mics (out of 5)
- "...On his third try for the trophy, the mayor of Marcy Projects took time during the offseason to perfect his method..."

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