"99 Problems" | ||||
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Single by Jay-Z | ||||
from the album The Black Album | ||||
Released | April 27, 2004 | |||
Recorded | July 2003 | |||
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Genre | Rap rock[1][2] | |||
Length | 3:54 | |||
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Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |||
Jay-Z singles chronology | ||||
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"99 Problems" on YouTube |
"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z from The Black Album. It was released on April 27, 2004. The chorus hook "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one" is taken from the Ice-T single "99 Problems" from the album Home Invasion (1993). The hook was coined during a conversation between Ice-T and Brother Marquis of Miami-based 2 Live Crew.[3] Marquis used the phrase in the 1996 2 Live Crew song "Table Dance".
In the song, Jay-Z tells a story about dealing with rap critics, racial profiling from a police officer who wants to search his car, and an aggressor. The song reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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