Diddy and two of his producers known as LV & Sean C, who are from his production team, The Hitmen, are responsible for six tracks on the album. The Neptunes provide production twice on the album, with the first single 'Blue Magic' which is the fourteenth track, and the eighth track 'I Know'. Once we got the vocals back, we brought in all the extra candy'. Jay probably just heard a sample and some drums. This percussion dude, he was coming in with bottles, banging on bottles, just sprinkles of shit. From having live horns, live strings, live drummers. We'd fill in the blanks as far as making them full records. In an interview with MTV, producer LV from The Hitmen said 'Jay would have the beats.He'd do the record, and he'd send it back to us. Jay-Z would have the film – American Gangster – playing on the monitors above the recording booth as a source of motivation during the recording sessions. Recording and production Īmerican Gangster was recorded in sessions at Audiovision Studio and South Beach Studios in Miami SoundTrap Studios in Atlanta Hot Beats Recording Studios in Atlanta and Baseline Studios, Daddy's House, KMA Studios, and Rock The Mic in New York. American Gangster received widespread critical acclaim and was viewed by critics as a return to form for Jay-Z after the 2006 album Kingdom Come. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 425,861 copies in its first week, while tying Elvis Presley for the second most American number-one albums. Guest appearances include Beanie Sigel, Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Nas.Īmerican Gangster was released to commercial success, despite being pulled from the iTunes Store at Jay-Z's request, at the time of its initial release. The album features production from Diddy & The Hitmen, Just Blaze, and The Neptunes, among others. It was conceived as a concept album-inspired by the 2007 film of the same name-and released on November 6 of that year by Roc-A-Fella Records. American Gangster is the tenth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z.

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