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“Hits,” for the sake of this 2010 anthology, tends to refer to crossover singles, which might explain why it pays no attention to Jay-Z's first two albums, Reasonable Doubt and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. The emphasis is on his pop-leaning singles that reached the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, beginning with 1998’s “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and concluding with 2009’s “Empire State of Mind.” It doesn’t include every Top 20 hit -- neither “Excuse Me Miss” nor “Young Forever” appear -- and not every selection qualifies as a hit. For instance, the Black Album tracks “Public Service Announcement” and “Encore” weren’t even issued as singles, though the latter might be the stand-in for the Linkin Park collaboration “Numb/Encore,” which did hit the Top 20. Regardless, this is a decent overview, but it’s far from definitive and more a celebration of the man’s popularity, while also serving as a tie-in with Decoded, his memoir. The Hits Collection, Vol. 1 is lavishly packaged, containing a 32-page booklet of black-and-white photos. This might be the first time that a track list has used asterisks for the sake of denoting Grammy winners.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Just Blaze, Producer - David Brown, RecordingEngineer - Raymond Levin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Wilson, Transcriber - Kanye West, Producer, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Robyn Fenty, ComposerLyricist - Rihanna, FeaturedArtist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Jeff Bhasker, ComposerLyricist - Gimel Keaton, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Marcos Tovar, RecordingEngineer - Athanasios Alatas, ComposerLyricist - No-ID, Producer
℗ 2009 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Beyoncé Knowles, FeaturedArtist - Ricky Rouse, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Wrice, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Prince, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Jason Goldstein, MixingEngineer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, RecordingEngineer - Eric Johnson, Other - Tupac Shakur, ComposerLyricist - Darryl Haper, ComposerLyricist - Shane "Bermuda" Woodley, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2002 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Harris, AdditionalVocalist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist, AdditionalVocalist - Jimmy Douglas, MixingEngineer - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - John Legend, AdditionalVocalist - Don Crawley, AdditionalVocalist
℗ 2003 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Chad Hugo, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Todd Shaw, ComposerLyricist - James Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Sparks, Producer - Kitt Walker, ComposerLyricist - Mike Flowers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, RecordingEngineer - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, MixingEngineer - Kamel Adbo, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2001 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
S. Carter, ComposerLyricist - P. Leka, ComposerLyricist - E. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Engineer, MixingEngineer - D. Frashuer, ComposerLyricist - D. Sucky, ComposerLyricist - G. DeCarlo, ComposerLyricist - J. Nilovic, ComposerLyricist - No-ID, Producer
℗ 2009 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Felix Pappalardi, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Weinstein, ComposerLyricist - John Ventura, ComposerLyricist - Norman Landsberg, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Jason Lader, ProgrammingEngineer - Andrew Scheps, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Alphonso Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Tracy Marrow, ComposerLyricist - William Squier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Alicia Keys, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Bert Keyes, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Ifill, MixingEngineer - Angela Hunte, CoProducer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Shux, Producer - Gimel Keaton, RecordingEngineer - A. Hunte, ComposerLyricist - Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, CoProducer - Jordan Young, MixingSecondEngineer - Alexander Shuckburgh, ComposerLyricist - Ann Mincieli , RecordingEngineer - Janent Sewell-Ulepic, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Tim Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Marcella Araica, RecordingSecondEngineer - Timbaland, Producer - Demacio "Demo" Castellon, RecordingEngineer - Jimmy Douglas, MixingEngineer - Jay-Z, MainArtist
℗ 2003 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - CHARLES STROUSE, ComposerLyricist - Martin Charnin, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, MixingEngineer - The 45 King, Producer - Mark Howard James, ComposerLyricist - DJ Mark the 45 King, Producer
℗ 1998 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - E. Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Lamar Edwards, Organ - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, ComposerLyricist - Just Blaze, Producer, CoMixingEngineer, AdditionalKeyboard - Ryan West, RecordingEngineer, CoMixingEngineer - David Brown, RecordingEngineer - Dr. Dre, MixingEngineer - Larrance Dopson, Piano - James Henry Boxley III, ComposerLyricist - M. McEwan, ComposerLyricist - Chucc 1500, BassVocalist - Kenneth "Bam" Alexander, DrumKit
℗ 2006 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - B. MANN, ComposerLyricist - LV, Producer - LeVar Coppin, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Brenneck, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, AdditionalVocalist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion - Matt Testa, RecordingSecondEngineer - MARIO WINANS, DrumKit - Diddy, Producer - Cassie, AdditionalVocalist - Sean C, Producer - David Guy, ComposerLyricist - Leon Michels, ComposerLyricist - Steve Dickey, RecordingEngineer, MixingSecondEngineer - Ed Goldson, BassGuitar - Gimel Keaton, RecordingEngineer - Saunders Sermons, Trombone - Deleno Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Michael Deller, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet - Cameron Johnson, Trumpet - Victor Abjaoudi II, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Kenneth Whalum, TenorSaxophone, RecordingArranger - Beyoncé, AdditionalVocalist
℗ 2007 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Tim Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Timbaland, Producer - Jay-Z, MainArtist, RapVocalist - Tatsuya Sato, Engineer - UGK, FeaturedArtist - Kyambo R. Joshua, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
DISC 2
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Marlon Williams, ComposerLyricist - Antonio Hardy, ComposerLyricist - Marley Marl, Producer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Gimel Keaton, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer
℗ 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Justin Smith, ComposerLyricist - Robert Bell, ComposerLyricist - George Brown, ComposerLyricist - Joe Budden, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Ronald Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Claydes Smith, ComposerLyricist - Richard Westfield, ComposerLyricist - Nick Howard, RecordingEngineer - Ronald Nathan Bell, ComposerLyricist - Just Blaze, Producer - Gimel Keaton, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Robert Spike Mickens, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, MixingEngineer
℗ 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
N. Jones, ComposerLyricist - J. Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - C. Whitacre, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, MixingEngineer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - Tha Bizness, Producer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Muzzy Solis, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mike Miller, MixingSecondEngineer - Nicholas Solis, RecordingEngineer - Justin Trawick, MixingSecondEngineer
℗ 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
S. Carter, ComposerLyricist - Luis Diaz, MixingEngineer - K. West, ComposerLyricist - A. Harr, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, FeaturedArtist - Javier Valverde, RecordingEngineer - T-Pain, FeaturedArtist - Jay-Z, MainArtist - K. Khaled, ComposerLyricist - F. Najm, ComposerLyricist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - James Auwarter, RecordingEngineer - The Runners, Producer - Jermaine Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Ben Diehl, RecordingEngineer - Derek Garcia, MixingSecondEngineer - Nick Bubnich, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - B. Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Ty Fyffe, Producer - Raw Deal, RecordingEngineer - Jay-Z, MainArtist - T. Fyffe, ComposerLyricist - Don Elliott, MixingEngineer - E. Darby, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
Album review
“Hits,” for the sake of this 2010 anthology, tends to refer to crossover singles, which might explain why it pays no attention to Jay-Z's first two albums, Reasonable Doubt and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. The emphasis is on his pop-leaning singles that reached the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, beginning with 1998’s “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and concluding with 2009’s “Empire State of Mind.” It doesn’t include every Top 20 hit -- neither “Excuse Me Miss” nor “Young Forever” appear -- and not every selection qualifies as a hit. For instance, the Black Album tracks “Public Service Announcement” and “Encore” weren’t even issued as singles, though the latter might be the stand-in for the Linkin Park collaboration “Numb/Encore,” which did hit the Top 20. Regardless, this is a decent overview, but it’s far from definitive and more a celebration of the man’s popularity, while also serving as a tie-in with Decoded, his memoir. The Hits Collection, Vol. 1 is lavishly packaged, containing a 32-page booklet of black-and-white photos. This might be the first time that a track list has used asterisks for the sake of denoting Grammy winners.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:13
- Main artists: Jay Z
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Roc Nation - Jay-Z
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC. ℗ 2010 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC.
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