{"id":75342,"date":"2025-08-17T01:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/75342\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:38:06","slug":"jay-zsin-my-lifetime-vol-1-enters-the-charts-after-cardi-b-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/75342\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z\u2019s\u201cIn My Lifetime Vol. 1\u201d Enters The Charts After Cardi B Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jay-Z<\/a>‘s catalog appears to be reaping the benefits of Cardi B<\/a>‘s new single, “Imaginary Players,” which is a remake of Hov’s 1997 classic. Music Data<\/a> reported over the weekend that Jay-Z’s 28-year-old album, In My Lifetime Vol. 1<\/a>, has entered the iTunes Hip Hop charts for the first time ever. <\/p>\n

Jay-Z’s original “Imaginary Players” received a surge of new plays that landed it in iTunes Top 40, according to Music Data. Cardi B announced her new single, which samples Jay-Z’s original, last week with trailer. Cardi’s new single follows the same concept at the original where she raps about comparing the haters to her lavish lifestyle. <\/p>\n

Hov’s “Imaginary Players” was a diss track towards Mase<\/a>. At the time, the two were at odds as they climb the ranks to potentially become Hip-Hop’s coveted “King of New York.” In the track, Jay-Z would question the authencity of Mase’s lifestyle, ranging from vehicles to jewelry. Jay-Z approved<\/a> of Cardi B sampling the song, according to the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z \u00a0In My Lifetime Vol. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n

In My Lifetime Vol. 1 is Jay-Z\u2019s first release after his Roc-A-Fella Records signed a deal with Def Jam Records. Released in November 1997, the album sold 138,000 copies in its first week. The album would eventually secure platinum certification and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The album features several hit singles and classic deep cuts such as \u201cThe City Is Mine,\u201d \u201cStreets Is Watching,\u201d and \u201cFriend or Foe \u201898.\u201d The classic film, Streets Is Watching<\/a>, would support the album. Volume 1 features guest appearances by Too Short<\/a>, Lil Kim<\/a>, and Blackstreet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cardi B\u2019s Am I The Drama?<\/a> will be released on September 19. She will have to contend with Doja Cat<\/a>\u2019s upcoming album, Vie<\/a>, and Taylor Swift\u2019s anticipated album, The Life of a Showgirl.\u00a0Cardi’s sophomore album will be her first in eight years. <\/p>\n

Am I The Drama? includes hit singles “WAP,” “Up,” and “Outside.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay-Z‘s catalog appears to be reaping the benefits of Cardi B‘s new single, “Imaginary Players,” which is a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,17466,361,7894,75,42143,46304,46305,21617,341,46306,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-75342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cardi-b","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-charts","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-imaginary-players","15":"tag-in-my-lifetime-vol-1","16":"tag-itunes","17":"tag-jay-z","18":"tag-music","19":"tag-music-data","20":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}