The City Is Mine
| "The City Is Mine" | ||||
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| Single by Jay-Z featuring Blackstreet | ||||
| from the album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 | ||||
| Released | February 3, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
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| Length | 4:02 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Teddy Riley | |||
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"The City Is Mine" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on February 3, 1998 as the second single from his second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997). It features vocals from American R&B group Blackstreet and production from its founder and lead member, Teddy Riley. Riley samples "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" by The Jones Girls for the song's instrumentation, while his group interpolates "You Belong to the City" by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin for the song's chorus.
A young Chad Hugo can be heard on saxophone during the track, whose first verse is in memory of his then-recently slain friend and fellow Brooklyn native, the Notorious B.I.G.