Although Hov had prior successes with “Dead Presidents” and “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” widely became accepted as the song that erupted Jay-Z into ...

By Evan McGarvey The first 15 seconds of Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)” sound like the song is assembling itself in real time: First, a rolling, clanking beat. Then a snippet ...

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Here are 10 Little Known Facts About Jay Z’s “Hard Knock Life” from the article. The 45 King corroborates that Jay Z lived up to his “One Take Hov” moniker and knocked out the song in ...

“I just wanna party,” the rapper announces on the song ... Krazy Life.” “I don’t wanna hurt nobody.” YG’s then quick to point out however, that he will, in fact, knock you out ...

Through songs like “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard-Knock Life," the tuner written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin has continued to inspire little girls around the world to take to the ...