Jay-Z opens his 14th studio album 4:44 with this freestyle, whose title is not to be taken at face value. The Brooklyn rapper explained to iHeartRadio: "Obviously, it's not to be taken literal. It's really about the ego. It's about killing off the ego, so we can have this conversation in a place of vulnerability and honesty."
The song samples The Alan Parsons Project I Robot track "Don't Let It Show" as we hear the words "They say I'm to blame" being repeated throughout the track.
4:44 was produced entirely by Chicago beatsmith No I.D., whose previous collaborations with Jay-Z include the Blueprint 3 hit tunes "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" and "Run This Town."
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