{"product_id":"jay-z-empire-state-of-mind-og-edition-12-inch","title":"JAY-Z - Empire State of Mind (OG Edition) [12-inch]","description":"\u003cp\u003eJAY-Z's \"Empire State of Mind\" gets the OG Edition treatment here, a four-track vinyl single built around his 2009 anthem with Alicia Keys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken from The Blueprint 3, the song became an unofficial soundtrack to New York almost overnight, with Keys' huge, piano-led hook turning a victory lap into a love letter to the city. Producer Al Shux built the track on a classic soul sample, giving JAY plenty of room to run through the city's history and his own, from Brooklyn street corners to courtside seats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the record digs into the catalogue. \"Heart of the City\" pairs JAY with an early Kanye West production built on a weeping blues sample, a highlight of The Blueprint, while \"Jockin' Jay-Z\" finds the pair reuniting for a tougher, more swaggering cut. The late-90s track \"Murdergram\" rounds things out with a harder, grittier edge from his early Roc-A-Fella years, a reminder of how hungry he sounded before the stadium anthems arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor collectors, it is a tidy way to own one of the biggest hip-hop records of its era on wax, with three deeper cuts that trace his evolution from the late 90s to the end of the 2000s, all on a single disc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57109925462321,"sku":"840571800551","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/JAY-Z-Empire_State_of_Mind_OG_Edition_12-inch.jpg?v=1793182360","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/jay-z-empire-state-of-mind-og-edition-12-inch","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}