Jay-Z has his own way of writing songs mainly in his head and not on paper and despite his many wins with this method he’s also taken a few LS HOV sat down with Gail King this week for CBS News as part of a two-part interview that aired Thursday October 26th and Friday October
27th among many other things the Brooklyn native discussed his songwriting process and admitted he’s lost a lot of material with his approach I’ve lost a lot of songs that way he said I’ve lost a lot of material but it just came with life you know I was every night writing in that
Notebook that notebook that my mom gave me that had no lines on it when I started getting outside moving further away from my mother’s house and stopped running the streets these ideas they would come and then I would run into a store because I’m on the corner and I
Would write it on a paper bag and I would put it in my pocket until I got home then I’d transfer it to a book book he added but then ideas come more paper I’m getting further and further away I had to memorize ideas until I got back elsewhere in the extensive conversation
Jay-Z explained how his third album Volume 2 hard knock life was a turning point in his career this is the album that’s the most important album because it was the album where I honed my craft as a songwriter and that balance of creating exactly what I want he said and
Just as a writer a technical songm maker song making skills with real stories is when it all came together on this album released in September 1998 Volume 2 Hard Knock Life solidified Jay-Z as a mainstream star becoming his first no one album on the billboard 200 after
Selling over 350,000 copies in its first week it stayed at top the chart for five consecutive weeks the project which boasts appearances from the likes of DMX Ja Rule the locks Germaine Dupri and two short also one best rap album at the 41st annual Grammy Awards and remains
Hov’s highest selling album at 6X Platinum the album’s success was powered by the hit single hard knock life ghetto Anthem which reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 well can I get a also cracked the top 20 it was an instant instant record that went right to radio
Djf told Grantland of the anti sampling smash some records need to be worked some records need to be researched some records need to be tested that was one of the records that went right in like bang Hard Knock Life opened the door for everything Jay has everything he is
Known for that was the door opener right there added Kid Capri who actually had the beat first before giving it to the Brooklyn
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