Jay-Z releases ‘The Black Album,’ his eighth album featuring ’99 Problems’ (2003)
Jay-Z ‘s ‘The Black Album’ is his eighth studio album featuring ’99 Problems’ and released on November 14, 2003, by Roc-A-Fella Records
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1 . Change Clothes (w/ Pharrell)
2 . Dirt Off Your Shoulder
3 . 99 Problems
4 . December 4th (“The Fade To Black Concert,” 2004)
5 . What More Can I Say?
6 . What More Can I Say? (Live, 9/29/2012)
7 . Numb / Encore (“The Live Lounge”)
8 . Encore w/ Kanye West, Montreal, 2011
9 . Dirt Off Your Shoulder / Lying From You (w/ Linkin Park)
10 . Wonderwall / 99 Problems (Glastonbury, 2008)
11 . The Making Of |Allure| (w/ Pharrel)
Track Listing : 1.Interlude – 01:22 . 2.December 4Th (Shawn Carter, Justin Smith, Walter Boyd, Elijah Powell) – 04:32 . [Sampling : “That’S How Long” By The Chi-Lites] . 3.What More Can I Say (Shawn Carter, Andre Gonzalez, Simon Johnson, Thom Bell, Kenneth Gamble, Roland Chambers) – 04:55 . [Sampling : “Something For Nothing” By Mfsb; “Keep Your Hands High” By Tracey Lee Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.] . 4.Encore (Shawn Carter, Kanye West) – 04:11 . [Sampling : “I Will” Performed By John Holt] . 5.Change Clothes (Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo) – 04:18 . 6.Dirt Off Your Shoulder (Shawn Carter, Timothy Mosley) – 04:05 . 7.Threat (Shawn Carter, Patrick Douthit, Robert Kelly) – 04:05 . [Sampling : “A Woman’S Threat” By R. Kelly] . 8.Moment Of Clarity (Shawn Carter, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Steve King) – 04:24 . 9.99 Problems (Shawn Carter, Rick Rubin, Norman Landsberg, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, Leslie Weinstein, William Squier, Tracy Marrow, Alphonso Henderson) – 03:55 . [Sampling : “Long Red” By Mountain; “Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9” By Wilson Pickett; “The Big Beat” By Billy Squier; “99 Problems” By Ice-T; “Touched” By Ugk; “Children’S Story” By Slick Rick] . 10.Public Service Announcement [Interlude] (Shawn Carter, Justin Smith, Raymond Levin) – 02:53 . [Sampling : “No One Can Do It Better” By The D.O.C.; “Seed Of Love” By Little Boy Blues] . 11.Justify My Thug (Shawn Carter, David Blake, Darryl Mcdaniels, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith, Ingrid Chavez, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna Ciccone) – 04:05 . [Sampling : “Rock Around The Clock” By Bill Haley & His Comets; “Rock Box” By Run-Dmc; “Justify My Love” By Madonna] . 12.Lucifer (Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Hugh Perry, Armend Cobi, Maxie Smith) – 03:12 . [Sampling : “Chase The Devil” By Max Romeo] . 13.Allure (Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo) – 04:52 . 14.My 1St Song (Shawn Carter, Nicholas Mccarrell, Germain De La Fuente) – 04:45 . [Sampling : “Tu Y Tu Mirar…Yo Y Mi Canción” By Los Angeles Negros]
Chris Robinson
Musicians : Jay-Z – Vocals . Vincent “Hum V” Bostic – Vocals . Cedric The Entertainer – Vocals . Don Crawley – Vocals . Danee Doty – Vocals . Sharlotte Gibson – Vocals . Leon Harris – Vocals . John Legend – Vocals . Kanye West – Vocals . Keenan “Kee Note” Holloway – Bass . Steve King – Bass, Guitar . Jason Lader – Programming . Luis Resto – Keyboards
Mark RomanekProduction : Produced By Shawn Carter, 9Th Wonder, Aqua, The Buchanans, Eminem, Dj Quik, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Luis Resto, The Neptunes, Rick Rubin, Timbaland .
Package : Walik Goshorn – Photography . Jonathan Mannion – Photography . Lenny Santiago – Photography . Robert Sims – Art Direction
Video Director(S) : Chris Robinson 
For “Change Clothes” . Mark Romanek 
For “99 Problems”
Recorded July – October 2003 At Baseline Studios, New York; The Hit Factory, Miami; The Mansion, Los Angeles; 54 Sound Studios, Detroit
Released November 14, 2003 By Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam
(Source Jay-Z – The Black Album | Rocnation)
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