- hip hop
- 58 min
- 14 tracks
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 is the second studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on November 4, 1997, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified Platinum by the RIAA, selling over 138,000 copies in its first week of release.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- The Source4/5 ★
- Spin5/10
- USA Today3/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Intro / A Million and One Questions / Rhyme No More3:22
- 2The City Is Mine4:03
- 3I Know What Girls Like4:51
- 4Imaginary Player3:57
- 5Streets Is Watching3:59
- 6Friend or Foe ’982:09
- 7Lucky Me5:00
- 8(Always Be My) Sunshine4:43
- 9Who You Wit II4:30
- 10Face Off3:32
- 11Real Niggaz5:07
- 12Rap Game / Crack Game2:40
- 13Where I’m From4:27
- 14You Must Love Me5:48
14 tracks, 58 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jay‐Z
- Label
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
- Released
- 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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