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Jay-Z Songs

(with biography below if available)

Below is a list of Jay-Z songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Roc A Fella 283
chart position: RandB #10, US #15, UK #2
written by: Jay Z, Martin Charnin, Mark James [Mark Howard James] and Charles Strouse
album: Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
1998 Roc A Fella
2 record label: Roc A Fella 314 572 666
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #17
written by: Jay Z, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, The Notorious B.I.G., Too Short, D Dot, Diddy, Mase and J.Johnson
album: The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Jay-Z I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)
2000 Roc A Fella
3 record label: Roc a Fella
chart position: RandB #4, US #8, UK #21
written by: Jay Z , Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Fonce Mizell, K. West
album: The Blueprint
Jay-Z Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
2001 Roc a Fella
4 record label: Roc A Fella 001936
chart position: RandB #3, US #5
written by: Jay Z and Timbaland
album: The Black Album
Jay-Z Dirt Off Your Shoulder
2004 Roc A Fella
5 record label: Roc A Fella/Def Jam 588793
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, UK #11
written by: Tom J. Brocker, Jay Z , Bob Relf (as Robert Nelson Relf) and Just Blaze (as Justin Smith)
album: The Blueprint
Jay-Z Girls, Girls, Girls
2001 Roc A Fella/Def Ja
6 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #3, US #8, UK #38
written by: Jay Z, J. Smith, Johnny Pate, Eric Sadler, Chuck D, James Boxley and Michael McEwan
album: Kingdom Come
Jay-Z Show Me What You Got
2006 Roc A Fella
7 record label: Ruff Ryders 6623
chart position: RandB #6, US #28
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and Swizz Beatz (as Kasseem Dean)
album: Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter
Jay-Z Jigga My Nigga
1999 Ruff Ryders
8 record label: Roc A Fella 562670
chart position: RandB #19, US #55, UK #18
written by: S. A. Anderson, Lionel Bart, Jay Z and J. Wright
album: The Truth
Jay-Z Anything
2000 Roc A Fella
9 record label: Roc A Fella 001936
chart position: RandB #26, US #30
written by: Jay Z, Norman Landsberg, Felix Pappalardi, Rick Rubin, Billy Squier, John Ventura and Leslie Weinstein
album: The Black Album
Jay-Z 99 Problems
2004 Roc A Fella
10 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #15, US #63, UK #117
written by: Deleno Matthews, Levar Coppin, Thomas Brenneck, David Guy, Michael Deller, Leon Michels and Bosco Mann
album: American Gangster
Jay-Z Roc Boys (And the Winner Is) ...
2007 Roc A Fella
11 record label: Northwestside 1
chart position: RandB #35, UK #30, US #73
written by: Jay Z, Marcus Miller and Jerome Foster
album: Reasonable Doubt
comments: [hip hop] featuring Mary J. Blige
Jay-Z Can't Knock The Hustle
1996 Northwestside
12 record label: Northwestside 47484
chart position: UK #31
written by: Jay Z , Foxy Brown, Jaz O, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Tyrone Thomas and August Moon
album: Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z Ain't No Playa
1997 Northwestside
13 record label: Roc A Fella 53233
chart position: RandB #74, US #50
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) , David Willis, Lonnie Liston Smith, Nasand Pete Rock
Jay-Z Dead Presidents
1996 Roc A Fella
14 record label: Epic
chart position: RandB #19, US #52
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and Swizz Beatz (as Kasseem Dean)
album: Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter
Jay-Z Girl's Best Friend
1999 Epic
15 record label: Roc A Fella/Def Jam Digital
chart position: RandB #31, US #55
written by: Jay Z, Pharrell Williams, Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron
album: American Gangster
Jay-Z Blue Magic
2007 Roc A Fella/Def Ja
16 record label: Roc A Fella 314 558
chart position: RandB #23, US #84
written by: Jay Z, Jaz O and Timbaland
album: Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)
1999 Roc A Fella
17 record label: Qwest 43883
chart position: RandB #25, US #84, UK #65
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter)
album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Jay-Z Who You Wit
1997 Qwest
18 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #21, US #107
written by: Jay Z, Dr. Dre, Mark Batson and Dawaun Parker
album: Kingdom Come
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z 30 Something
2007 Roc A Fella
19 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #27, US #66
written by: Jay Z and Swizz Beatz
album: The Blueprint
Jay-Z Jigga That Nigga
2002 Roc A Fella
20 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #26, US #118
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and Pharrell Williams
album: American Gangster
Jay-Z I Know
2008 Roc A Fella
21 record label: Roc A Fella 53272
chart position: RandB #46, US #79
written by: Sean Carter and Rev. Dan Willis
album: Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z Feelin' It
1997 Roc A Fella
22 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #30, US #106
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and Kanye West
album: The Black Album
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z Encore
2004 Roc A Fella
23 record label: Roc A Fella/Def Jam Digital
chart position: RandB #52, US #98
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Corey Carter) , J. Smith, R. James, A. Miller and L. Parker
album: Kingdom Come
Jay-Z Kingdom Come
2006 Roc A Fella/Def Ja
24 record label: Bad Boy 21009 2
chart position: RandB #37, US #112
album: Bad Boys II
Jay-Z La-La-La (Excuse Me Again)
2003 Bad Boy
25 record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #43, US #24
written by: Jay Z, No I.D., Paul Leka, Janko Nilovic and Dave Sucky
album: The Blueprint 3
Jay-Z D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
2009 Atlantic
26 record label: Roc A Fella 15569
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Jay Z, Douglas Gibbs, Randolph Johnson and Just Blaze
album: The Blueprint
Jay-Z Song Cry
2001 Roc A Fella
27 record label: Roc A Fella 1651 11
chart position: RandB #48
Jay-Z What More Can I Say
2003 Roc A Fella
28 record label: Roc A Fella 226
chart position: RandB #49
Jay-Z A Million and One Questions
1998 Roc A Fella
29 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #51
written by: Jay Z, Kanye West and DJ Run
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z Jockin' Jay-Z
2008 Roc A Fella
30 record label: Roc A Fella 398 11
chart position: RandB #53
Jay-Z Stop
2003 Roc A Fella
31 record label: Roc A Fella/Def Jam
chart position: RandB #56
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and Ne Yo (as Shaffer Smith)
album: Kingdom Come
Jay-Z Hollywood
2007 Roc A Fella/Def Ja
32 record label: Def Jam (UK)
chart position: UK #185
Jay-Z Def Jam UK Mix Tape 1
2007 Def Jam
33 record label: Bad Boy
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) , Kanye West and Santogold
album: Notorious: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture
Jay-Z Brooklyn Go Hard
2008 Bad Boy
34 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Jay Z, Just Blaze and Babyface
album: The Blueprint 2: The Gift and The Curse
Jay-Z Hovi Baby
2002 Roc A Fella
35 record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #77
album: Unplugged
comments: [album cut]
Jay-Z People Talking
2002 Roc A Fella
36 record label: Virgin EMI
chart position: RandB #90
album: The Blueprint 3 [Clean]
Jay-Z Venus vs. Mars
2009 Virgin EMI




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