American Gangster is one of the 16 eras on the community Jay-Z tracker, which runs from Preasonable Doubt to EVERYTHING IS LOVE. The tracker places it after Kingdom Come and before The Blueprint 3. unreleased.world has 5 tracks from it: all 5 full songs — 23 min of music in all, played 7 times on the site.
The tracker dates 3 of these leaks from 2008 to 2024; the most recent, “⭐Kanye West - Building”, surfaced July 31st, 2024.
The most played cuts are “⭐Eminem - Syllables [V3]”, “Ain't I” and “Rihanna - Umbrella [V1]”. “⭐Eminem - Syllables [V3]” is the longest at 5:11.
Every track streams free in the player; open the EP to hear it start to finish.
The community tracker documents all of these 5 tracks, with leak dates for 3 of them and producer credits for 1; it is in the tracklist below.
Tracklist
- 1Ain't ILeaked January 30th, 2008 · High Quality · prod. Timbaland4:39
- 2⭐Eminem - Syllables [V3]Leaked December 28th, 2010 · CD Quality · Feature7 plays5:11
- 3Rihanna - Umbrella [V1]High Quality · Feature4:28
- 4⭐Kanye West - BuildingLeaked July 31st, 2024 · Lossless · Feature4:03
- 5Rihanna - Umbrella [V2]High Quality · Ref Track4:23
Play American Gangster in the player— every track, free, in order.
Featured on American Gangster
The artists on these tracks who have an unreleased tracker of their own on unreleased.world.
Most played from American Gangster
- 1⭐Eminem - Syllables [V3]7 plays
- 2Ain't I0 plays
- 3Rihanna - Umbrella [V1]0 plays
- 4⭐Kanye West - Building0 plays
- 5Rihanna - Umbrella [V2]0 plays
The American Gangster era
What has surfaced of the 11 entries the tracker files under American Gangster: 5 in full and 4 unavailable.
After watching an early screening of "American Gangster" starring Denzel Washington, Jay Z was inspired to create a companion album. The film sparked memories and emotions, and he began writing and recording on the spot. The album, released in November 2007, received widespread critical acclaim, earning an 83 on Metacritic and selling 425,000 copies in its first week.
- 2007American Gangster begins recording
- November 6th 2007American Gangster is released
All 16 Jay-Z eras
In the order the community tracker lists them.
- Preasonable Doubt21 tracks
- Reasonable Doubt6 tracks
- In My Lifetime, Vol 14 tracks
- Vol 2, Hard Knock Life5 tracks
- Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter4 tracks
- The Dynasty: Roc La Familia2 tracks
- The Blueprint5 tracks
- The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse11 tracks
- The Black Album8 tracks
- Kingdom Come8 tracks
- American Gangsterthis page
- The Blueprint 326 tracks
- Watch The Throne35 tracks
- Magna Carta.. Holy Grail12 tracks
- 4:445 tracks
- EVERYTHING IS LOVE13 tracks
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Eras from the trackers Jay-Z's listeners play most on unreleased.world.
