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2004 single by Jay-Z

"99 Problems"
Jay-Z - 99 Problems+Dirt Off Your Shoulder (CD2).jpg
Single by Jay-Z
from the anthology The Black Album
Released April 27, 2004
Recorded July 2003
Studio The Mansion
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research
Los Angeles, California
Genre Rap rock[1]
Length 3:54
Label
  • Roc-A-Fella
  • Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Shawn Carter
  • Fredrick Rubin
  • Norman Landsberg
  • Felix Pappalardi
  • William Squier
  • John Ventura
  • Leslie Weinstein
  • Tracy Marrow
  • Alphonso Henderson
  • Bernard Freeman
Producer(due south) Rick Rubin
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Dirt off Your Shoulder"
(2004) 		"99 Problems"
(2004) 		"Big Fries"
(2004)
Music video
"99 Problems" on YouTube

"99 Bug" is the tertiary single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 from The Black Album. It was released on April 27, 2004. The chorus claw "I got 99 problems, only a bitch own't one" is taken from the Ice-T single "99 Problems" from the album Home Invasion (1993). The claw was coined during a conversation between Ice-T and Brother Marquis of Miami-based 2 Live Crew.[2] Marquis used the phrase in the 1996 2 Live Coiffure song "Tabular array Trip the light fantastic".

In the song, Jay-Z tells a story about dealing with rap critics, racial profiling from a police officeholder who wants to search his motorcar, and an assailant. The song reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Product [edit]

The track was produced past Rick Rubin, his first hip hop production in many years. Rubin provided Jay-Z with a guitar riff and stripped-downwards beat that were once his trademarks. In creating the runway Rubin used some classic 1980s sample staples such as "The Big Crush" by Baton Squier, "Long Red" past Mountain, and "Get Me Back On Time" by Wilson Pickett. Featuring the same Billy Squier drum shell sample, Dizzee Rascal released "Set Up, Look Sharp" in Baronial 2003 prior to The Black Album'south release.

The title and chorus are derived from Water ice-T's "99 Problems" from his 1993 album Abode Invasion. The vocal featured Brother Marquis of 2 Live Crew. The original vocal was more profane and describes a wide range of sexual conquests. Water ice-T would re-record his version of the song with the Rubin/Jay-Z guitar riff for Body Count's 2014 album Manslaughter in guild to "repossess" the hook from being mis-attributed to Jay-Z.[3] Portions of Ice-T's original lyrics were similarly quoted in a song by fellow rapper Play a trick on Daddy on a runway also titled "99 Problems" from his 2001 album Thugs Are Usa. Jay-Z begins his third verse directly quoting lines from Bun B's opening verse off the track "Touched" from the UGK album Ridin' Dirty.

Assay [edit]

The second verse, describing Jay-Z's traffic finish, has received much more attention than the rest of the song.

The second verse was based on an actual experience of Jay-Z in the 1990s in New Bailiwick of jersey. He wrote that in 1994 he was pulled over past police while carrying cocaine in a underground compartment in his sunroof. He refused to let the constabulary search the car and the police chosen for drug-sniffing dogs. However, the dogs never showed upward and the police had to let him go. Moments after he drove abroad, he saw a police force car with the dogs bulldoze by. His contention that he was pulled over for being blackness was subsequently confirmed to have been common do by New Jersey police.[four] In a discussion at the Celeste Bartos Forum at the New York Public Library,[5] Jay-Z described the second verse of the vocal as representing "a contest of wills" between the car's driver who is "all the way in the wrong" for conveying illegal drugs, and a racist police officer who pulls over the driver not for whatsoever infraction but for being African-American. "Both guys are used to getting their style" and thus reluctant to back downward, Jay-Z notes, and the driver "knows a bit about the law considering he's used to breaking it" and asserts his legal rights.

In 2011 Southwestern Law Schoolhouse Professor Caleb Mason wrote an article with a line-past-line analysis of the second poesy of the song from a legal perspective referencing the Fourth Subpoena to the U.s. Constitution, citing it equally a useful tool for education law students search and seizure police involving search warrants, Terry stops, racial profiling, the exclusionary rule, and the motor vehicle exception.[6] Mason writes that some of Jay-Z's lyrics are legally authentic and depict prudent behavior (due east.chiliad., identifying when law ask for consent to search, specifically request if 1 is under abort, and complying with the police society to stop rather than fleeing which would certainly result in a search of the machine and might qualify police to use lethal force to stop a high speed chase). Withal, Mason also notes the song lyrics are legally wrong in indicating that a driver can refuse an order to exit the machine[7] and that constabulary would need a warrant to search a locked glove compartment or trunk—in fact, police would but demand probable crusade to search a machine.[6] [eight] In 2012, Professor Emir Crowne of the University of Windsor Kinesthesia of Police force wrote an article concluding that Jay-Z's lyrics may be legally correct under Canadian law.[9]

While the song's meaning is widely debated, the chorus "If you're having girl problems, I experience bad for you son/I've got 99 bug only a bowwow ain't one" was defined in Jay-Z'due south book, Decoded, as referring to something different in each poetry. In poesy two, it refers to a law dog.[ten]

President Obama quipped in his monologue at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 27, 2013: "Some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy almost Jay-Z going to Cuba. It's unbelievable. I've got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is ane."[xi]

Reception [edit]

The vocal garnered widespread acclamation. The vocal came in at No. 2 on Rolling Stone 's top 100 songs of the '00s. On the updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension, the song was added and came in at No. 172.[12] In 2019, they ranked the song number four on their list of the 50 greatest Jay-Z songs.[xiii] The song was listed at No. 14 on Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s (decade) and in October 2011, NME placed it at number 24 on its listing "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[14]

Jack White has hailed the song, describing it as "the story of America ... in a nutshell, [it's] the story of all the struggles in America, black or white, [and of] class systems".[15]

The song won Best Rap Solo Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards.

Covers and performances [edit]

In 2008, the song was memorably covered by Barry Chuckle of British children's one-act duo The Chuckle Brothers as part of BBC Radio 1's Scott Mills evidence. Mills described the cover as "superior, in essence, to the original".

On January 21, 2009, Jay-Z performed the song as function of his set at the Staff Ball, the last official effect of Barack Obama's inauguration. The ball was exclusively for 4,000 staffers who had worked on Obama's campaign. Jay-Z tweaked the lyrics to suit the historic atmosphere, and the crowd sang forth: "I got 99 problems just a Bush own't 1", replacing "bitch" with the name of the former President.[xvi] At a rally for President Barack Obama in November 2012 Jay-Z inverse the lyrics of the song to "If yous having world issues I feel bad for you son / I got 99 problems but Hand own't one."[17]

Eminem referenced the lyrics in his song "So Much Meliorate" rails, role of The Marshall Mathers LP ii album, with "I got 99 bug and a bitch ain't one/ She's all 99 of 'em; I need a machine gun".[eighteen]

Danger Mouse famously remixed this song with samples from "Helter Skelter" past The Beatles every bit role of his oft-bootlegged anthology The Gray Album. The rails was also remixed with Linkin Park for the EP Collision Course, existence mixed with the Linkin Park songs "Points of Authority" and "One Step Closer". The thrash metal grouping Body Count combined the lyrics of Ice-T's "99 Bug" with the guitar riff from Jay-Z's "99 Problems" for the song "99 Problems BC" on the anthology Manslaughter. Large Sean referenced the lyrics in Drake's "All Me" with the line "I got 99 problems, getting rich own't one". Iggy Azalea referenced the lyrics in Ariana Grande's "Problem" with the line "I got 99 bug but you won't be one".[19] In 2009, young man rapper and collaborator Kid Cudi, referenced the vocal in the opening verse of his song "Soundtrack 2 My Life" with the line "I got 99 problems and they all bitches". The singer Hugo recorded a bluegrass cover of the song in 2011. In that location have been several remixes of the track including versions by The Prodigy and Linkin Park. In detail, Jay-Z had been quoted every bit proverb that The Prodigy remix is one of his favorites by keeping the main guitar riff but heavier and darker which in turn was the inspiration for The Prodigy track 'Spitfire' written by Liam Howlett and released in 2005.

Music video [edit]

The music video premiered in Apr 2004 and was directed by Mark Romanek. It received praises from critics such as Armond White,[20] and was nominated for four MVPA awards in 2005, of which it won three. Information technology also won the MTV Video Music Awards for All-time Rap Video, All-time Manager, Best Editing[21] and Best Cinematography, as well every bit gaining nominations for Video of the Year and Best Male Video. Information technology was criticized, notwithstanding, by the Humane Society of the United States for scenes in the video that glorified domestic dog fighting.

The video accompanied The Black Album which, at the fourth dimension, was to exist Jay-Z's terminal release. Jay-Z has stated that he wanted the video to be as machine-biographical as the residual of the album.[22] The goal for the video was to create a portrait of where Jay-Z grew upwards. In a conversation with the video'southward director, Jay-Z stated that he wanted the video to "make a pissy wall wait like fine art".[23] The job of directing this video was originally intended for Quentin Tarantino, nonetheless Rick Rubin suggested that Jay-Z offer the job to Marker Romanek.[24] Due to the research and influence of Romanek and the videos cinematographer, Joaquin Baca Asay, the video borrows visual characteristics from many New York street photographers and black and white photographs (Martin Dixon and Eugene Richards to proper name a few). The video is shot entirely on blackness-and-white film. It consists mainly of scenes filmed in shut proximity to Jay-Z'southward childhood home, The Marcy Houses in Bedford Stuyvesant. These include:

  • Jay-Z and Rubin in a Lexus GS300 being stopped by the police (lyrical reenactment).
  • Jay-Z in the Marcy Houses housing project where he grew up.
  • Interruption dancers and a grouping doing a rhythm choreography.
  • Jay-Z performing in Transit Wheelers Motorbike/Van Club House.
  • Jay-Z on the Brooklyn Span.
  • A adult female putting on makeup.
  • Inmates of a prison in the Bronx known as Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center.
  • Rick Rubin walking with Vincent Gallo.
  • A funeral director making preparations.
  • A rabbi praying.
  • A dogfight with many spectators, and the owners of the dogs taunting them in preparation for the fight.
  • Members of Blastoff Phi Alpha performing a circuitous stepping routine.
  • Jay-Z's lawyer, facilitating bail then reacting to news of his death.
  • African-American motorcycle clubs in front of Transit Wheelers MC Club House in Brooklyn, New York, performing street stunts.
  • Jay-Z being shot with multiple bullets past unseen assailants. This final scene was very controversial equally music video networks commonly remove any scenes with violent content. On MTV, every ambulation of the video featured an introduction by John Norris explaining why the network felt it was proper to air the video unedited. The introduction also featured Jay-Z explaining why he felt the scene was important to the video. Jay-Z also fabricated a special introduction for BET. Jay-Z explained that the depiction of a shooting is analogous to the "death" of Jay-Z, and the "rebirth" of Shawn Carter.[25]

Track listings [edit]

99 Bug/My 1st Song [edit]

A-Side

  1. 99 Problems (Clean)
  2. 99 Issues (Main)
  3. 99 Problems (Instrumental)

B-Side

  1. My 1st Vocal (Clean)
  2. My 1st Song (Main)
  3. My 1st Song (Instrumental)

99 Problems/Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Pt. 1 [edit]

  1. 99 Bug
  2. Dirt Off Your Shoulder

99 Problems/Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Pt. 2 [edit]

  1. 99 Problems
  2. Dirt Off Your Shoulder
  3. 99 Problems (Video)
  4. Dirt Off Your Shoulder (Video)

99 Issues/Clay Off Your Shoulder, Vinyl [edit]

A-Side

  1. 99 Problems
  2. 99 Problems (Clean)

B-Side

  1. Dirt Off Your Shoulder
  2. Clay Off Your Shoulder (Clean)

Charts and certifications [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Weiss, Dan (April 6, 2012). "X Rap-Rock Songs That Are Actually Crawly". LA Weekly . Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ice-T Talks New Body Count Anthology, Jay-Z'southward Remake of "99 Problems" & Much More". Radio.com, YouTube. July 7, 2014. Retrieved December eleven, 2014.
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  4. ^ Farmer Jr., John J.; Zoubek, Paul H. "FINAL Written report OF THE Land POLICE REVIEW Team" (PDF). state.nj.usa. The Country of New Jersey. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Jay-Z Unravels 99 Problems DailyMotion.com, accessed 01 November 201
  6. ^ a b Mason, Caleb (2012). "Jay-Z'south 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading with Fourth Subpoena Guidance for Cops and Perps" (PDF). Saint Louis University Law Journal. Saint Louis Academy School of Law. 56 (ii): 567–85. Archived from the original (PDF) on July ten, 2012. Retrieved July eleven, 2012.
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  8. ^ California v. Acevedo , 500 U.South. 565, 580 (1991).
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  10. ^ Jay-Z (2011). Decoded. New York: Random Business firm. pp. 56, 61. ISBN978-0-8129-8115-5.
  11. ^ Boardman, Madeline (Apr 28, 2013). "Obama's '99 Problems' Joke At WHCD Jabs Jay-Z". The Huffington Post . Retrieved Apr 28, 2013.
  12. ^ Hermes, Will; Hoard, Christian; Rosen, Jody; Sheffield, Rob (Dec 24, 2009), "100 Best Songs of the Decade". Rolling Stone. (1094/1095):59-62
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  14. ^ 150 Best Tracks of the Past fifteen Years, NME.com
  15. ^ Interview in Zane Lowe: Masterpieces 2010: Jay-Z - The Blackness Album, broadcast on BBC Radio 1, 7pm November 23, 2010.
  16. ^ "Jay-Z - 99 Problems But a Bush-league Own't I @ Obama Staff Ball". YouTube. January 21, 2009. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  17. ^ Austin, Christina (November 6, 2012). "Jay-Z Raps '99 Bug (But Mitt Own't Ane)' At Ohio Rally". Business Insider. Axel Springer SE. Retrieved Oct two, 2016.
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  20. ^ "YouTube - (Part fourteen) Armond White on Jay-Z "99 Problems" - Marking Romanek". Tw.youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  21. ^ Editor: Robert Duffy, Spot Welders
  22. ^ "Jay-Z, Rick Rubin recording "99 Issues"". YouTube. November 26, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  23. ^ "Director Mark Romanek, Jay-Z'due south "99 Problems" Music Video". MVWire. September 14, 2004. Retrieved Apr six, 2015.
  24. ^ Rotter, Jeffrey (May 9, 2004). "Music Video; Jay-Z Wants to Impale Himself". The New York Times . Retrieved April six, 2015.
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  26. ^ "Jay-Z – 99 Problems" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved Oct xiv, 2018.
  27. ^ "Nautical chart Track: Calendar week 20, 2004". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
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External links [edit]

  • Entry on mvdbase.com
  • Folio on Mark Romanek's official site. Includes screenshot gallery, treatment, credits and production stills.
  • Music video for "99 Issues" on YouTube

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Problems

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