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| "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" | ||||
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| Single by Jay-Z | ||||
| from the album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | ||||
| Released | March 1, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Gangsta rap | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
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| Producer | Timbaland | |||
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| Amil singles chronology | ||||
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| Big Jaz singles chronology | ||||
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"Nigga What,Nigga Who (Originator 99)" (or its edited title "Jigga What,Jigga Who (Originator 99)" for the song's title to avoid hearing the word "Nigga") is a single by rapper Jay-Z from his third album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life . It was released on March 1,1999. The song is produced by Timbaland and features two artists:Big Jaz,who raps one verse and Amil,who speaks the track's chorus.
In 2004,the song was mashed with Linkin Park's "Faint" in the six track EP Collision Course .
B-Side
In 2015, NME ranked the song number seven on their list of the ten greatest Jay-Z songs, [1] and in 2019, Rolling Stone ranked the song number eight on their list of the 50 greatest Jay-Z songs. [2]
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 84 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [4] | 23 |