Decoded - Jay-Z

The next couple months are busy ones for Jay-Z as he works on his follow up to The Blueprint 3, a special project with Kanye West entitled Watch the Throne and none less important than his autobiography that interprets lyrics to 36 of his songs but also covers important events that got him to where he is today. Jay-Z's Decoded hits shelves November 16th.

Here is an excerpt that the New York Post recently published:

Almost Famous

Even though he was still dealing drugs, whenever Jay-Z came back to New York he met with his friend Jaz, another rhymer, and the two would lock themselves in a room “with a pen, a pad, and some Apple Jacks and Haagen Dazs.” Jaz got a record deal with EMI in 1989, and Jay-Z took note when the record company dropped his friend after his single flopped. “I thought to myself, ‘This business sucks.’ No honor, no integrity; it was disgusting. In some ways it was worse than the streets.” Jay-Z learned from that experience and started his own label, Roc-a-fella, in 1994, with Damon Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke.

Here is the song list that will be covered

PSA
American Dreamin’
Early This Morning
Coming of Age
Coming of Age (Da Sequel)
D’evils
99 Problems
Ignorant Shit
Most Kings
Success
Renegade
Can I Live?
Fallin’
Big Pimpin’
Streets Is Watching
Operation Corporate Takeover
Moment of Clarity
Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise)
My 1st Song
Young Gifted & Black
Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)
Beware
Blue Magic
This Life Forever
Meet the Parents
Where I’m From
Minority Report
Dynasty (Intro)
My President is Black
Regrets
This Can’t Be Life
Soon You’ll Understand
Beach Chair
Lucifer
December 4th
History