99 Problems
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| Single by Jay-Z | |||||||||||
| from the album The Black Album | |||||||||||
| Released | April 27, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Format | 12" single | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2003 at The Mansion Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research Los Angeles, California |
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| Genre | Rap rock | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:54 | ||||||||||
| Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jay-Z, Norman Landsberg, Felix Pappalardi, Billy Squier, John Ventura, Leslie Weinstein, Tracy Marrow, Bernard Freeman | ||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | ||||||||||
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"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay Z in 2004 from The Black Album. 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 & Brother Marquis of Miami-based 2 Live Crew. Marquis later 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.
The track was produced by Rick Rubin, his first hip hop production in many years. Rubin provided Jay-Z with a guitar riff and stripped-down beat that were once his trademarks. In creating the track Rubin used some classic 1980s sample staples such as "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier, "Long Red" by Mountain, and "Get Me Back On Time" by Wilson Pickett.
The title and chorus are taken from Ice-T's "99 Problems" from his 1993 album Home Invasion. The song featured Brother Marquis of 2 Live Crew. The original song was more profane and describes a wide range of sexual conquests. 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 order to "reclaim" the hook from being mis-attributed to Jay-Z. Portions of Ice-T's original lyrics were similarly quoted in a song by fellow rapper Trick Daddy on a track also titled "99 Problems" from his 2001 album Thugs Are Us. 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.
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