Kingdom Come (Jay-Z song)
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| "Kingdom Come" | ||
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| Single by Jay-Z | ||
| from the album Kingdom Come | ||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop | |
| Length | 4:23 | |
| Label | Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam | |
| Writer(s) | Carter, S./James, R./A. Miller/L. Parker/Smith, J. | |
| Producer(s) | Just Blaze | |
| Jay-Z singles chronology | ||
| "Minority Report/Beach Chair" (2006) |
"Kingdom Come" (2007) |
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Kingdom Come is the title track from Jay-Z's 2006 comeback album, Kingdom Come. The track's beat was produced by Just Blaze, and uses a chopped-up sample of Rick James's '80s hit "Super Freak," which was also sampled in MC Hammer's hit single "U Can't Touch This."
References to popular Superheroes are made throughout "Kingdom Come." For example, Jay-Z says "The Bruce Wayne of the game, have no fear. When you need me, just throw your roc signs in the air, yeah" which is a reference to Batman, who's real name is Bruce Wayne. Jay-Z also says "Peter Park Spiderman, all I do is climb the charts," and "Up in the office you might know him as Clark, but just when you thought the whole world fell apart, I take off the blazer, loosen up my tie, step inside the booth, Superman is alive."
[edit] Release history
It was premiered by Funkmaster Flex on Hot 97 on October 6, 2006. It was also played in Clinton Sparks' Smash Time Radio and Geneziz Hours: Geneziz Radio Show. The beat of the song was originally played on Just Blaze's Myspace page as "Bored" before the album was released and is still up there today. The song is set to be released as a single in March of 2007, and will become the final single release on Kingdom Come.
The Game had released a track entitled "Soundscan" over this instrumental track to diss Lloyd Banks and his poor "Rotton Apple" soundscan appearance.
