The Black Album

The Black Album
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Álbum de estúdio de Jay-Z
Lançamento	14 de novembro de 2003
Gravação	2002-2003
Gênero(s)	Rap, Hip-Hop
Gravadora(s)	Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam
Produção	Jay-Z (exec.), Damon Dash (exec.), Kareem "Biggs" Burke (exec.), Just Blaze, Kanye West, The Neptunes, Timbaland, 9th Wonder, Eminem, Rick Rubin, The Buchanans, DJ Quik, Luis Resto, Aqua, Joseph Weinberger
Certificação	3× Platina (RIAA)
Cronologia de Jay-Z
	The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse; (2002)
Kingdom Come; (2006)

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Predefinição:Críticas profissionais The Black Album é o oitavo álbum de estúdio lançado pelo rapper Jay-Z, em 2003. Este álbum está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[1] Foi promovido como seu último álbum, o que serviu como um tema recorrente, apesar de Jay-Z ter voltado a carreira solo em 2006 com Kingdom Come.

O álbum estreou no primeiro lugar da Billboard 200, vendendo 463,000 cópias na primeira semana. Produziu três singles que conseguiram sucesso nas paradas, incluindo os top 10 hits da Billboard Hot 100 "Change Clothes" e "Dirt Off Your Shoulder". Desde seu lançamento, The Black Album recebeu aclamação geral da crítica. The Black Album foi nomeado para um Grammy Award de Melhor Álbum de Rap em 2005,^[2] mas perdeu para o The College Dropout de Kanye West.^[3]

Faixas

#	Título	Performer(s)	Compositor(es)	Produtor(es)	Samples
1	"Interlude"	Jay-Z		Just Blaze
2	"December 4th"	Jay-Z Additional vocals by Gloria Carter	Shawn Carter Justin Smith Walter Boyd Elijah Powell	Just Blaze	Contains sample from "That's How Long" written W. Boyd & E. Powell as performed by The Chi-Lites
3	"What More Can I Say"	Jay-Z Additional vocals by Vincent "Hum V" Bostic	Shawn Carter Roland Chambers A. Gonzalez S. Johnson Thom Bell Kenneth Gamble	The Buchannans	Contains sample from "Something For Nothing" as performed by MFSB Contains sample from Gladiator
4	"Encore"	Jay-Z Additional vocals by Don Crawley, John Legend, Kanye West, LiL GEE, Dexter "Consequence" Mills, and Leonard "GLC" Harris	Shawn Carter Kanye West	Kanye West	Contains a sample from "I Will" as performed by John Holt Contains a sample from "Hopeless" as performed by Thick as Blood
5	"Change Clothes"	Jay-Z Additional vocals by Danee Doty and Pharrell Williams	Shawn Carter Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes
6	"Dirt off Your Shoulder"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Tim Mosley	Timbaland
7	"Threat"	Jay-Z Additional vocals by Cedric the Entertainer	Shawn Carter Patrick Douthit Robert Kelly	9th Wonder Jay-Z	Contains sample from "A Woman's Threat" as performed by R. Kelly
8	"Moment of Clarity"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Marshall Mathers Luis Resto Steven King	Eminem Luis Resto (additional production)
9	"99 Problems"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Rick Rubin Norman Landsberg William Squier John Ventura Leslie Weinstein Felix Pappalardi	Rick Rubin	Contains sample from "Long Red" as performed by Mountain Contains sample from "The Big Beat" as performed by Billy Squier Contains sample from "99 Problems" Written by T. Marrow & A. Henderson, performed by Ice-T Contains sample from "Straight Outta Compton" as performed by N.W.A
10	"Public Service Announcement (Interlude)"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Justin Smith Ray Levin	Just Blaze	Contains sample from "Seed Of Love" as performed by Little Boy Blues
11	"Justify My Thug"	Jay-Z Additional vocals by Sharlotte Gibson	Shawn Carter David Blake Ingrid Chavez Madonna Ciccone Lenny Kravitz Darryl McDaniels Larry Smith Joseph Simmons	DJ Quik	Contains sample from "Rock Box" as performed by Run DMC Contains sample from "Justify My Love" as performed by Madonna
12	"Lucifer"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Kanye West Max Smith Lee Perry	Kanye West	Contains sample from "I Chase The Devil" as performed by Max Romeo
13	"Allure"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes
14	"My 1st Song"	Jay-Z	Shawn Carter Nicholas McCarrell Germaín De La Fuente	Aqua, Joe "3H" Weinberger	Contains sample from "Tu y Tu Mirar...Yo y Mi Canción" written by G. De La Fuente, as performed by The Los Angeles Negros Contains sample from Notorious B.I.G. interview