Vol 2, Hard Knock Life 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 In My Lifetime, Vol 1 and before Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. unreleased.world has 5 tracks from it: all 5 full songs — 20 min of music in all.
One of these leaks has a date on the tracker: “⭐ People's Court” surfaced Aug 29, 2000.
“Ride or Die [V1]” is the longest at 4:46.
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The community tracker documents all of these 5 tracks, with leak dates for 1 of them and producer credits for 1; it is in the tracklist below.
Tracklist
- 1Love Is LoveLow Quality3:02
- 2Ride or Die [V1]High Quality · OG4:46
- 3⭐ People's CourtLeaked Aug 29, 2000 · High Quality · prod. Shim4:45
- 4The LOX - So RightHigh Quality · OG4:41
- 5Jay-Z & Da Ranjahz - Event HorizonHigh Quality3:10
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The Vol 2, Hard Knock Life era
What has surfaced of the 13 entries the tracker files under Vol 2, Hard Knock Life: 5 in full and 7 unavailable.
JAY-Z's third studio album, Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, was released in September 1998. The album spawned his biggest hit, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", which sold over 5 million copies by 2000. The album's production features a mix of new and old collaborators, including DJ Premier, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Irv Gotti.
- December 1997Vol 2, Hard Knock life begins recording
- September 29th, 1998Vol 2, Hard Knock Life releases
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 Lifethis page
- 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 Gangster5 tracks
- The Blueprint 326 tracks
- Watch The Throne35 tracks
- Magna Carta.. Holy Grail12 tracks
- 4:445 tracks
- EVERYTHING IS LOVE13 tracks
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