Kingdom Come (Jay-Z song)
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| “Kingdom Come” | |||||
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| Single by Jay-Z from the album Kingdom Come |
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| 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 | Just Blaze | ||||
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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." "The Bruce Wayne of the game, have no fear. When you need me, just throw your roc signs in the air, yeah" is a reference to the bat signal which summons Batman, whose real name is Bruce Wayne. Jay-Z also says "Peter Park(er) Spider-Man, 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." In fact, the album and track title are a direct allusion to a DC Comics graphic novel of the same name.
[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 was released as a single in March of 2007, and was the final single release off Kingdom Come.
The Game released a track, entitled "Soundscan", over this instrumental track to dis Lloyd Banks and his poor "Rotten Apple" SoundScan performance.
