- Lost One
Infobox Single
Name = Lost One
Artist =Jay-Z featuringChrisette Michele
from Album = Kingdom Come
B-side =
Released =December 2006
Format =
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:43
Label =Roc-A-Fella /Def Jam
Writer = S. Carter, D. Parker, C. Payne, M. Batson, and A. Young
Producer =Dr. Dre andMark Batson
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =Upgrade U
(2006)
This single = Lost One
(2006)
Next single = 30 Something
(2006)"Lost One" is the second single from
Jay-Z 's comeback album "Kingdom Come".The video was first released on
December 4 , 2006, Jay-Z's 37th birthday and notably features the rareconcept car Maybach Exelero .ong Information
The song features
Chrisette Michele and is produced byDr. Dre andMark Batson . The song is composed by S. Carter, D. Parker, C. Payne, M. Batson, and A. Young.Dr. Dre also told Scratch magazine in a 2004 interview that he has been studying piano and music theory to create this song.
The first verse is rumored to be about
Damon Dash fact|date=July 2007, his former friend and business partner. The second verse is rumored and most reasonably aboutBeyoncé though it is also rumored to be about former girlfriendRosario Dawson as well.fact|date=July 2007. The third verse is about his nephew, Colleek D. Luckie, who died in a car accident with the car, aChrysler 300 , that Jay-Z bought him for his graduation present. [ [http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=4568 Jay-Z Interview] . AllHipHop.com.December 5 2005 . RetrievedJanuary 16 2007 .] Jay-Z makes a reference to the film "Casino" with the line: "Should've stayed in food n' beverege/ too much flossing/ too much Sam Rothstein."The beat was used in the 2006 Rap Up by
Skillz .Charts
ee also
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List of Jay-Z songs References
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