99 Problems - wikipedia 99 Problems For the Supernatural episode, see 99 Problems ( Supernatural ). For the single by Ice - T, see Home Invasion ( album ). `` 99 Problems '' Single by Jay - Z from the album The Black Album Released April 27, 2004 Format 12 '' single Recorded July 2003 Studio The Mansion Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research Los Angeles, California Genre Rap rock Length 3 : 54 Label Roc - A-Fella Def Jam Songwriter ( s ) Jay - Z Norman Landsberg Felix Pappalardi Billy Squier John Ventura Leslie Weinstein Tracy Marrow Bernard Freeman Producer ( s ) Rick Rubin Jay - Z singles chronology `` Dirt off Your Shoulder '' ( 2004 ) `` 99 Problems '' ( 2004 ) `` Big Chips '' ( 2004 ) `` Dirt off Your Shoulder '' ( 2004 ) `` 99 Problems '' ( 2004 ) `` Big Chips '' ( 2004 ) Audio sample file help `` 99 Problems '' is the third single released by American rapper Jay - Z in 2004 from The Black Album. The chorus hook `` I got 99 problems, but a bitch ai n't one '' is taken from the Ice - T single `` 99 Problems '' from the album Home Invasion ( 1993 ). The hook was coined during a conversation between Ice - T & Brother Marquis of Miami - based 2 Live Crew. Marquis later used the phrase in the 1996 2 Live Crew song `` Table Dance ''. In the song, Jay - Z tells a story about dealing with rap critics, racial profiling from a police officer who wants to search his car, and an aggressor. The song reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. Contents 1 Production 2 Analysis 3 Reception 4 Covers and performances 5 Music video 6 Track listings 6.1 99 Problems / My 1st Song 6.2 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Pt. 1 6.3 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Pt. 2 6.4 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Vinyl 7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 7.3 Certifications 8 References 9 External links Production The track was produced by Rick Rubin, his first hip hop production in many years. Rubin provided Jay - Z with a guitar riff and stripped - down beat that were once his trademarks. In creating the track Rubin used some classic 1980s sample staples such as `` The Big Beat '' by Billy Squier, `` Long Red '' by Mountain, and `` Get Me Back On Time '' by Wilson Pickett. The title and chorus are derived from Ice - T 's `` 99 Problems '' from his 1993 album Home Invasion. The song featured Brother Marquis of 2 Live Crew. The original song was more profane and describes a wide range of sexual conquests. Ice - T would re-record his version of the song with the Rubin / Jay - Z guitar riff for Body Count 's 2014 album Manslaughter in order to `` reclaim '' the hook from being mis - attributed to Jay - Z. Portions of Ice - T 's original lyrics were similarly quoted in a song by fellow rapper Trick Daddy on a track also titled `` 99 Problems '' from his 2001 album Thugs Are Us. Jay - Z begins his third verse directly quoting lines from Bun B 's opening verse off the track `` Touched '' from the UGK album Ridin ' Dirty. Analysis The song has been one of the most discussed songs of the decade. The second verse, describing Jay - Z 's traffic stop, has received much more attention than the rest of the song. The second verse was based on an actual experience of Jay - Z in the 1990s in New Jersey. Jay - Z wrote that in 1994 he was pulled over by police while carrying cocaine in a secret compartment in his sunroof. Jay - Z refused to let the police search the car and the police called for the drug sniffing dogs. However, the dogs never showed up and the police had to let Jay - Z go. Moments after he drove away, he wrote that he saw a police car with the dogs drive by. Jay - Z 's contention that he was pulled over for being black was later confirmed to have been common practice by the New Jersey police. In 2011 Southwestern Law School Professor Caleb Mason wrote an article with a line - by - line analysis of the second verse of the song from a legal perspective referencing the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, citing it as a useful tool for teaching law students search and seizure law involving search warrants, Terry stops, racial profiling, the exclusionary rule, and the motor vehicle exception. The article notes the song lyrics are legally incorrect in indicating that a driver can refuse an order to exit the car and that police would need a warrant to search a locked glove compartment or trunk. In 2012, Professor Emir Crowne of the University of Windsor 's, Faculty of Law wrote the Canadian Response to Professor Mason 's article. In it, he concludes that Jay - Z 's lyrics may be legally correct under Canadian Law. While the song 's meaning is widely debated, the chorus `` If you 're having girl problems, I feel bad for you son / I 've got 99 problems but a bitch ai n't one '' was defined in Jay - Z 's book, Decoded, as referring to something different in each verse. In verse two, it refers to a police dog. President Obama quipped, in his humorous monologue at the White House Correspondents ' Dinner on April 27, 2013 : `` Some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy about Jay - Z going to Cuba - it 's unbelievable. I 've got 99 problems and now Jay - Z is one. '' Reception The song garnered widespread acclaim. The song came in at # 2 on Rolling Stone 's top 100 songs of the ' 00s. On the updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the song was added and came in at # 172. The song was listed at # 14 on Pitchfork Media 's top 500 songs of the 2000s ( decade ) and in October 2011, NME placed it at number 24 on its list `` 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years ''. Jack White has hailed the song, describing it as `` the story of America... in a nutshell, ( it 's ) the story of all the struggles in America, black or white, ( and of ) class systems ''. The song won Best Rap Solo Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards. Covers and performances In 2008, the song was memorably covered by Barry Chuckle of British children 's comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers as part of BBC Radio 1 's Scott Mills show. Mills described the cover as `` superior, in essence, to the original ''. On January 21, 2009, Jay - Z performed the song as part of his set at the Staff Ball, the last official event of Barack Obama 's inauguration. The ball was exclusively for 4,000 staffers who had worked on Obama 's campaign. Jay - Z tweaked the lyrics to suit the historic atmosphere, and the crowd sang along : `` I got 99 problems but a Bush ai n't one '', replacing `` bitch '' with the name of the former President. At a rally for President Barack Obama in November 2012 Jay - Z changed the lyrics of the song to `` If you having world problems I feel bad for you son / I got 99 problems but Mitt ai n't one. '' Eminem referenced the lyrics in his song `` So Much Better '' track, part of The Marshall Mathers LP 2 album, with `` I got 99 problems and a bitch ai n't one / She 's all 99 of ' em ; I need a machine gun ''. Danger Mouse famously remixed this song with samples from `` Helter Skelter '' by The Beatles as part of his oft - bootlegged album The Grey Album. The track was also remixed with Linkin Park for the EP Collision Course, being mixed with the Linkin Park songs `` Points of Authority '' and `` One Step Closer ''. The thrash metal group Body Count combined the lyrics of Ice - T 's `` 99 Problems '' with the guitar riff from Jay - Z 's `` 99 Problems '' for the song `` 99 Problems BC '' on the album Manslaughter. Big Sean referenced the lyrics in Drake 's `` All Me '' with the line `` I got 99 problems, getting rich ai n't one ''. Iggy Azalea referenced the lyrics in Ariana Grande 's `` Problem '' with the line `` I got 99 problems but you wo n't be one ''. In 2009, fellow rapper and collaborator Kid Cudi, referenced the song in the opening verse of his song `` Soundtrack 2 My Life '' with the line `` I got 99 problems and they all bitches ''. The singer Hugo recorded a bluegrass cover of the song in 2011. There have been several remixes of the track including versions by The Prodigy and Linkin Park. In particular, Jay - Z had been quoted as saying that The Prodigy remix is one of his favorites by keeping the main guitar riff but more heavier and darker which in turn was the inspiration for The Prodigy track ' Spitfire ' written by Liam Howlett and released in 2005. Music video The music video premiered in April 2004 and was directed by Mark Romanek. It received praises from critics such as Armond White, and was nominated for four MVPA awards in 2005, of which it won three. It also won the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Cinematography, as well as gaining nominations for Video of the Year and Best Male Video. It was criticized, however, by the Humane Society of the United States for scenes in the video that glorified dog fighting. The video accompanied The Black Album which, at the time, was to be Jay - Z 's final release. Jay - Z has stated that he wanted the video to be as auto - biographical as the rest of the album. The goal for the video was to create a portrait of where Jay - Z grew up. In a conversation with the video 's director, Jay - Z stated that he wanted the video to `` make a pissy wall look like art ''. The job of directing this video was originally intended for Quentin Tarantino, however Rick Rubin suggested that Jay - Z offer the job to Mark Romanek. Due to the research and influence of Romanek and the videos cinematographer, Joaquin Baca Asay, the video borrows visual characteristics from many New York street photographers and black and white photographs ( Martin Dixon and Eugene Richards to name a few ). The video is shot entirely on black - and - white film. It consists mainly of scenes filmed in close proximity to Jay - Z 's childhood home, The Marcy Houses in Bedford Stuyvesant. These include : Jay - Z and Rubin in a Lexus GS300 being stopped by the police ( lyrical reenactment ). Jay - Z in the Marcy Houses housing project where he grew up. Break dancers and a group doing a rhythm choreography. Jay - Z performing in Transit Wheelers Motorcycle / Van Club House. Jay - Z on the Brooklyn Bridge. A woman putting on makeup. Inmates of a prison in the Bronx known as Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center. Rick Rubin walking with Vincent Gallo. A funeral director making preparations. A rabbi praying. A dogfight with many spectators, and the owners of the dogs taunting them in preparation for the fight. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha performing a complex Stepping routine. Jay - Z 's lawyer, facilitating bail then reacting to news of his death. African - American motorcycle clubs in front of Transit Wheelers MC Club House in Brooklyn, NY, performing street stunts. Jay - Z being shot with multiple bullets by unseen assailants. This final scene was very controversial as music video networks normally remove any scenes with violent content. On MTV, every airing of the video featured an introduction by John Norris explaining why the network felt it was proper to air the video unedited. The introduction also featured Jay - Z explaining why he felt the scene was important to the video. Jay - Z also made a special introduction for BET. Jay - Z explained that the depiction of a shooting is analogous to the `` death '' of Jay - Z, and the `` rebirth '' of Shawn Carter. Track listings 99 Problems / My 1st Song A-Side 99 Problems ( Clean ) 99 Problems ( Main ) 99 Problems ( Instrumental ) B - Side My 1st Song ( Clean ) My 1st Song ( Main ) My 1st Song ( Instrumental ) 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Pt. 1 99 Problems Dirt Off Your Shoulder 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Pt. 2 99 Problems Dirt Off Your Shoulder 99 Problems ( Video ) Dirt Off Your Shoulder ( Video ) 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Vinyl A-Side 99 Problems 99 Problems ( Clean ) B - Side Dirt Off Your Shoulder Dirt Off Your Shoulder ( Clean ) Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 2004 ) Peak position Germany ( Official German Charts ) 67 Ireland ( IRMA ) 23 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 12 UK R&B ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 30 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 26 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 37 US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) 10 Year - end charts Chart ( 2004 ) Peak position UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 164 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United Kingdom ( BPI ) Gold 400,000 United States ( RIAA ) 2 × Platinum 2,000,000 shipments figures based on certification alone sales + streaming figures based on certification alone On July 6, 2008, more than four years after the song 's initial release, `` 99 Problems '' entered at # 35 ( after reaching # 12 on initial release ) in the United Kingdom. This was attributed to Jay - Z 's appearance at Glastonbury and the O2 Wireless Festival, two popular British summer music festivals. References Jump up ^ Weiss, Dan ( April 6, 2012 ). `` Ten Rap - Rock Songs That Are Actually Awesome ''. LA Weekly. Retrieved August 9, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ice - T Talks New Body Count Album, Jay - Z 's Remake of `` 99 Problems '' & Much More ``. Radio.com, YouTube. July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014. Jump up ^ Ice - T on the Return of Body Count, D&D Tongue - Twisters, and Wimpy Tweeters Vulture.com.ca June 9, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014 Jump up ^ Farmer Jr., John J. ; Zoubek, Paul H. `` FINAL REPORT OF THE STATE POLICE REVIEW TEAM '' ( PDF ). www.state.nj.us. The State of New Jersey. Retrieved September 11, 2015. ^ Jump up to : Mason, Caleb ( 2012 ). `` Jay - Z 's 99 Problems, Verse 2 : A Close Reading with Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps '' ( PDF ). Saint Louis University Law Journal. 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Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- Jay - Z -- 99 Problems ''. British Phonographic Industry. Enter 99 Problems in the search field and then press Enter. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Jay - Z -- 99 Problems ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links Entry on mvdbase.com Page on Mark Romanek 's official site. Includes screenshot gallery, treatment, credits and production stills. Music video for `` 99 Problems '' on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Jay - Z songs Reasonable Doubt `` Dead Presidents '' `` Ai n't No Nigga '' `` Ca n't Knock the Hustle '' `` Feelin ' It '' In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 `` ( Always Be My ) Sunshine '' `` Wishing on a Star '' `` The City Is Mine '' Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life `` Can I Get A... '' `` Hard Knock Life ( Ghetto Anthem ) '' `` Money, Cash, Hoes '' `` Nigga What, Nigga Who ( Originator 99 ) '' Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter `` Jigga My Nigga '' `` Girl 's Best Friend '' `` Do It Again ( Put Ya Hands Up ) '' `` Things That U Do '' `` Big Pimpin ' '' The Dynasty : Roc La Familia `` I Just Wanna Love U ( Give It 2 Me ) '' `` Change the Game '' `` Guilty Until Proven Innocent '' The Blueprint `` Izzo ( H.O.V.A. ) '' `` Girls, Girls, Girls '' `` Jigga That Nigga '' `` Song Cry '' The Best of Both Worlds `` Honey '' The Blueprint 2 : The Gift & The Curse `` ' 03 Bonnie & Clyde '' `` Hovi Baby '' `` Excuse Me Miss '' The Black Album `` Change Clothes '' `` Dirt off Your Shoulder '' `` 99 Problems '' Unfinished Business `` Big Chips '' Collision Course `` Numb / Encore '' Kingdom Come `` Show Me What You Got '' `` Lost One '' American Gangster `` Blue Magic '' `` Roc Boys ( And the Winner Is )... '' `` I Know '' The Blueprint 3 `` D.O.A. ( Death of Auto - Tune ) '' `` Run This Town '' `` Empire State of Mind '' `` On to the Next One '' `` Young Forever '' Watch the Throne `` H A M '' `` Otis '' `` Niggas in Paris '' `` No Church in the Wild '' Magna Carta Holy Grail `` Picasso Baby '' `` Holy Grail '' `` Tom Ford '' `` Part II ( On the Run ) '' 4 : 44 `` The Story of O.J. '' Featured singles `` Show & Prove '' `` I 'll Be '' `` Be Alone No More '' ( Remix ) `` Money Ai n't a Thang '' `` Heartbreaker '' `` Best of Me Part II '' `` Is That Your Chick ( The Lost Verses ) '' `` Do My... '' `` Fiesta '' ( Remix ) `` Beware of the Boys ( Mundian To Bach Ke ) '' `` Back in the Day '' `` Crazy in Love '' `` Frontin ' '' `` Go Crazy '' `` Get Throwed '' `` Déjà Vu '' `` Umbrella '' `` Roc - A-Fella Billionaires '' `` Hot Tottie '' `` XXXO '' ( Remix ) `` Monster '' `` I Do '' `` Talk That Talk '' `` Suit & Tie '' `` Bitch, Do n't Kill My Vibe '' ( Remix ) `` Drunk in Love '' `` The Devil Is a Lie '' `` They Do n't Love You No More '' `` Seen It All '' `` Pop Style '' `` I Got the Keys '' `` Shining '' `` Top Off '' Promotional singles `` Shake It Off '' ( Remix ) `` Upgrade U '' `` Rehab '' ( Remix ) `` Mr. Carter '' `` Put On '' ( Remix ) `` Bye Bye '' ( Remix ) `` Brooklyn Go Hard '' Other singles `` In My Lifetime '' `` Who You Wit '' `` It 's Alright '' `` Anything '' `` Hey Papi '' `` Swagga Like Us '' `` Jockin ' Jay - Z ( Dopeboy Fresh ) '' `` Glory '' `` Clique '' `` All the Way Up '' ( Remix ) `` Lost+ '' `` Stranded ( Haiti Mon Amour ) '' `` Power '' ( Remix ) `` So Appalled '' `` Biking '' Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=99_Problems&oldid=830925669 '' Categories : 2004 songs 2004 singles Jay - Z songs Songs written by Jay - Z Songs written by Felix Pappalardi Songs written by Billy Squier Song recordings produced by Rick Rubin Rap rock songs Roc - A-Fella Records singles Songs against racism and xenophobia Songs based on actual events Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance Black - and - white music videos Music videos directed by Mark Romanek Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from June 2017 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Ireland Singlechart usages for UK Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for UKrandb Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardrapsongs Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Polski Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 17 March 2018, at 18 : 44. 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Question: when did the song 99 problems come out
Answer: April 27, 2004