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"Blue Magic"
Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell
from the album American Gangster
Released	September 20, 2007
Format	CD, digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	East Coast hip hop, hip hop
Label	Roc-A-Fella, Island Def Jam
Writer(s)	Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster
Producer	The Neptunes
Jay-Z singles chronology
Pharrell singles chronology

"Blue Magic" is the first single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster.^[1], the song was released as a single on September 20, 2007. In the chorus Pharrell sings an interpolation of the song "Hold On" by R&B girl group En Vogue. The name is a reference to a potent form of heroin sold by Frank Lucas at the height of his drug trade in Harlem, New York. An official remix features Pharrell and Trey Songz.

The lyrics in Jay-Z's first verse are a reference to Eric B. & Rakim's song "My Melody." Most of the song itself is a reference to the 1980s. Jay-Z even brings up his stint as an early age drug dealer to links with the Iran-Contra scandal and CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US that rocked the 1980s and Reagan Presidency.^[2]

"Blame Reagan for making me into a monster/ Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra/ I ran contraband that they sponsored/ Before this rhyming stuff we was in concert"

Chamillionaire released a freestyle of this song for his Mixtape Messiah 4 called "What the Business Is". Royce Da 5'9" released a freestyle of this song called Blue Magic. It was a diss track on Mistah F.A.B.

[edit] Music video

The music video was directed by Hype Williams and debuted on BET's 106 & Park on October 11, 2007. It also appeared at the bottom of BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 on December 31, 2007. The video^[3] was noted for prominently featuring wads and a suitcase full of 500 Euro notes, and it was noted that the video gives the euro media attention at a time when the U.S. dollar has sharply lost in value against most major world currencies such as the euro, pound Sterling and Canadian dollar.^[4]

[edit] Chart position

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100^[5]	69
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[6]	55
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs^[7]	31
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks^[8]	17
U.S. Billboard Pop 100^[9]	52

[edit] References

^ Shake (September 20, 2007). Jay-Z to Release 'American Gangster'. HipHopDX. Accessed September 27, 2007
^ Mixtape Maestro | Blue Magic
^ Jay-Z - Blue Magic, universalmusicgroup, official Universal Music Group YouTube channel
^ Rappers join models in insisting on euros as greenbacks fall further out of fashion, by David Usborne, The Independent, published 17 November 2007, accessed 19 November 2007
^ Canadian Hot 100 – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.
^ The Billboard Hot 100 – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.
^ Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.
^ Hot Rap Tracks – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.
^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=396&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Pop+100&ci=3087112&cdi=9436030&cid=10%2F20%2F2007

[edit] External links

Music video for "Blue Magic" at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)

[hiphop-0] Shake (September 20, 2007). Jay-Z to Release 'American Gangster'. HipHopDX. Accessed September 27, 2007

[1] Mixtape Maestro | Blue Magic

[2] Jay-Z - Blue Magic, universalmusicgroup, official Universal Music Group YouTube channel

[3] Rappers join models in insisting on euros as greenbacks fall further out of fashion, by David Usborne, The Independent, published 17 November 2007, accessed 19 November 2007

[4] Canadian Hot 100 – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.

[5] The Billboard Hot 100 – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.

[6] Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.

[7] Hot Rap Tracks – Blue Magic. Billboard. Accessed October 11, 2007.

[8] ttp://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=396&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Pop+100&ci=3087112&cdi=9436030&cid=10%2F20%2F2007

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[edit] Chart position

[edit] References

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