99 Problems

"99 Problems"
"99 Problems"
Single by Jay-Z
from the album The Black Album
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	July 2003
Studio	The Mansion (Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles); Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research (Los Angeles);
Genre	Rap rock; hard rock;
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(s)	Rick Rubin
Jay-Z singles chronology
Music video
	"99 Problems" on YouTube

"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 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.^[4] 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.

^ Weiss, Dan (April 6, 2012). "Ten Rap-Rock Songs That Are Actually Awesome". LA Weekly. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^ Unterberger, Andrew (July 21, 2017). "Yes, We're Going to Talk About How Awesome Linkin Park & JAY-Z's 'Collision Course' Was". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^ Rolling Stone Staff (June 17, 2011). "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2022. Jigga's incredible decade-long run reached its hard-rock crescendo in this Black Album smash...
^ "Ice-T Talks New Body Count Album, Jay-Z's Remake of "99 Problems" & Much More". Radio.com, YouTube. July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

[1] Weiss, Dan (April 6, 2012). "Ten Rap-Rock Songs That Are Actually Awesome". LA Weekly. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

[2] Unterberger, Andrew (July 21, 2017). "Yes, We're Going to Talk About How Awesome Linkin Park & JAY-Z's 'Collision Course' Was". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

[3] Rolling Stone Staff (June 17, 2011). "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2022. Jigga's incredible decade-long run reached its hard-rock crescendo in this Black Album smash...

[4] "Ice-T Talks New Body Count Album, Jay-Z's Remake of "99 Problems" & Much More". Radio.com, YouTube. July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

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