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V olume 3...L ife and T imes of S. C arter (Released December 28, 1999)

on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. It sold 557,000 copies the first week. Billboard also ranked it the twentieth highest-selling R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the 2000–2010 decade. With over 2 million copies sold, the album was ranked double Platinum by RIAA. Famous rappers Snoop Dogg, R. Kelly, and Scarface appear on the album. The debut single, I Just Wanna Love You (Give It to Me), was released October 17, 2000. Collaborations Change the Game, featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek Streets Is Talking, featuring Beanie Sigel This Can’t Be Life, featuring Scarface Get Your Mind Right, Mami, featuring Snoop Dogg Guilty Until Proven Innocent, featuring R. Kelly 1-900-Hustler, featuring Freeway T he B lueprint (Released September 11, 2001) Kanye West produced five of the thirteen tracks on this successful album, and the sales helped to establish Kanye’s career as a producer. In 2003, T he B lueprint was ranked number 464 on Rolling Stone’s list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In a revised 2012 version, it moved up to 252. Rolling Stone also ranked it number four on the list of 100 Best Albums of the 2000s.

This fourth album also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Chart. It sold 462,000 copies in the first week and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. The third single from the album, Big Pimpin, was released on April 11, 2000. It ranked number thirty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart for the year 2000. Collaborations

Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up), featuring Beanie Sigel and Amil Things That U Do, featuring Mariah Carey

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Snoopy Track, featuring Juvenile S. Carter, featuring Amil Pop 4 Rock, featuring Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, and Amil

Watch Me, featuring Dr. Dre Big Pimpin, featuring UGK T he D ynasty : R oc L a F amilia (Released October 31, 2000) Released less than a year after V olume 3 …, this was another Jay-Z album to debut at the number one spot

Watch the video for I Just Wanna Love You (Give it to Me)

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