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Larry Collins, The Seeds of Misery – Crack, Sunday Times, November 14, 1993.
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Jay Z, December 4th, The Black Album, Roc-A-Fella Records, 2003.
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Terry Williams, Crackhouse: Notes from the End of the Line (New York: Penguin, 1993), p. 8.
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Майкл MC Serch Беррин в электронном письме автору, август 2010.
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Дональд Дэвид в телефонном интервью автору, июль 2010.
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Патрик A Kid Called Roots Лоуренс в интервью автору, Нью-Йорк, ноябрь 2009.
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Туре в телефонном интервью автору, декабрь 2009.
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Jay Z, Dead Presidents, Reasonable Doubt, Roc-A-Fella Records, 1996.
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Richard Harrington, Jay Z’s Rhymes of Passion // Washington Post, January 2, 2000.
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Toure, The Book of Jay // Rolling Stone, December 15, 2005.
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Kanye West featuring Jay Z, Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix), Late Registration, Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella Records, 2005.
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Christian Koch, Nice Threads // Evening Standard, March 15, 2010.
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Victoria Newton, Becks Sees Stab Victim // Sun, July 15, 2003.
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Дэймон Дэш в телефонном интервью автору, январь 2010.
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Элизабет Мендес Берри, интервью автору, Нью-Йорк, май 2010.
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Дональд Дэвид в телефонном интервью автору, июль 2010.
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Патрик A Kid Called Roots Лоуренс в интервью автору, Нью-Йорк, ноябрь 2009.
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Майкл MC Serch Беррин в интервью автору, декабрь 2009.
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Jay Z, Can’t Knock the Hustle, Reasonable Doubt, Roc-A-Fella Records, 1996.
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XXL Staff, The Making of Reasonable Doubt, XXL, August 2006.
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Майкл MC Serch Беррин в интервью автору, декабрь 2009.
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Ryan Schinman, telephone interview by author, June 2009. Note: Excerpts from this interview appeared in my article Michael Jackson’s Estate Sale // Forbes, June 27, 2009, http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/26/michael-jackson-beatles-business-media-estate.html.
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Jay Z, No Hook, American Gangster, Roc-A-Fella Records, 2007.
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Майкл MC Serch Беррин в электронном письме автору, август 2010.
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Eric Konigsberg, Why Damon Dash Hates Mondays // New York magazine, June 11, 2006.
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Jon Caramanica, Jay Z, in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ed. 4, ed. Nathan Brackett and Christian Hoard (New York: Fireside, 2004), p. 424.
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VH1 staff, 100 Greatest Songs of the «90s // VH1, December 13, 2007, http://blog.vh1.com/2007-12-13/top-100-songs-of-the-90s/.
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Recording Industry Association of America database, Gold and Platinum (Jay Z), Recording Industry Association of America, http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS.
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Jay Z, Moment of Clarity, The Black Album, Roc-A-Fella Records, 2003.
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Дональд Дэвид в интервью автору, июль 2010.
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Allison Samuels and David Gates, Rap Takes Another Big Hit // Newsweek, December 5, 1999.
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Samuel Maull, Rapper Jay Z Pleads Guilty to Assault in Knife Attack; Gets Probation // Associated Press, October 17, 2001.
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Ellis Henican, He Won’t Let His Client Take the Rap // Newsday, December 5, 1999.
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Samuel Maull, Rapper Jay Z Pleads Guilty to Assault in Knife Attack; Gets Probation // Associated Press, October 17, 2001.
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Robert Sandall, Destiny’s Children // Sunday Times, August 9, 2009.
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Jim Farber, Rap for the Holidays // New York Daily News, January 6, 2000.
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Recording Industry Association of America database, Gold and Platinum (Jay Z), Recording Industry Association of America, http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS.
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