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Track Listing
1. Intro-Hand It Down - (featuring Memphis Bleek)
2. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
3. If I Should Die - (featuring Da Ranjahz)
4. Ride or Die
5. Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) - (featuring Big Jaz)
6. Money, Cash, Hoes - (featuring DMX)
7. Week Ago, A - (featuring Too $hort)
8. Coming of Age (Da Sequel) - (featuring Memphis Bleek)
9. Can I Get A... - (featuring Amil/Ja Rule)
10. Paper Chase - (featuring Foxy Brown)
11. Reservoir Dogs - (featuring The Lox/Beanie Sigel/Sauce Money)
12. It's Like That - (featuring Kid Capri)
13. It's Alright - (bonus track, featuring Memphis Bleek)
14. Money Ain't a Thang - (bonus track, featuring Jermaine Dupri)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Amil, Beanie Sigel, Big Jaz, DMX, Da Ranjahz, Foxy Brown, Ja Rule, Jermaine Dupri, Kid Capri, Memphis Bleek, Sauce Money, The Lox, Too Short | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
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.
Producers include: Premier, Mark 45, Swizz Beats, Steven Jordan, Timbaland.
Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, Paul Falcon, Joe Quinde.
VOL. 2 HARD KNOCK LIFE won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
"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.
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.
Industry Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
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.
Q (12/01/2000)
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...
The Source (11/01/1998)
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