I Know (Jay-Z song)

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“I Know”
Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell
from the album American Gangster
Released January 8, 2008
Format CD single
Recorded 2007
Genre Hip-Hop/Rap
Label Roc-A-Fella, Island Def Jam
Writer(s) Shawn Carter and Pharrell Williams
Producer The Neptunes
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."
(2007)
"I Know"
(2008)
"Swagga Like Us"
(2008)
Pharrell singles chronology
"Blue Magic"
(2007)
"I Know"
(2008)
"My Drive Thru"
(2008)

"I Know" is the third and final single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster.[1] The song was released on January 8, 2008. Pharrell is featured in the song.

Music video

The music video premiered on Yahoo! Music on February 26, 2008.[2]

The video (directed by Philip Andelman) features a young woman (played by Zoe Kravitz) walking about New York City, spending time in her apartment, then entering a night club. The videos also features colorful imagery mixed with live-action sequences envisioned by the woman. It serves on the metaphor of what drugs can do to the mind and what it feels like to be "high".

This is Jay-Z's first music video in which he does not appear at all.

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 18
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3] 26
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks[4] 11

References

  1. ^ Shake (September 20, 2007). Jay-Z to Release 'American Gangster' HipHopDX. Accessed September 27, 2007.
  2. ^ Premieres on Yahoo! Music
  3. ^ [1]. Billboard. Accessed March 6, 2008.
  4. ^ [2]. Billboard. Accessed March 6, 2008.