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Dirt Off Your Shoulder
JAŸ-Z
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- Album
- The Black Album
- Released
- 2003
- Genres
- east coast hip hop, hip hop, rap
- Length
- 4:05
- Tempo
- 164 BPM
- Label
- Roc Nation / Jay-Z
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About this song
"Dirt off Your Shoulder" is the second single from Jay-Z's 2003 album The Black Album. In 2004 it was combined with Linkin Park's single "Lying from You" and released as a single for the mash-up album Collision Course.
What it's about
In the song, "dirt" stands for people who try to bring Jay-Z down out of jealousy of his success. He talks about his accomplishments and lavish lifestyle, treating those critics as nothing more than dirt to brush off his shoulder.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 43 other songs, like “Way I Be Leanin' by Juvenile (Ft. Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Skip (U.T.P.) & Wacko (UTP))”.
- Covered 2 times, including “Dirt Off Your Shoulder by COCONA (XG)”.
- Written by JAŸ-Z and Timbaland.
- Produced by Timbaland.
- Recorded at The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami).