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- ↑ Premieres on Yahoo! Music Archived January 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Concrete Loop || Video: Jay-Z – "I Know" http://concreteloop.com/2008/02/video-jay-z-i-know Archived June 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Jay-Z Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Jay-Z Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Jay-Z Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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