Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)

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"Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" is a 1998 Jay-Z hip-hop track featuring Big Jaz, known for its rapid-fire flows and Timbaland-produced beat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nigga What, Nigga Who ⓘ
artist Jay-Z ⓘ
belongsToEra late 1990s hip hop ⓘ
chronology Jay-Z singles chronology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuredArtist Big Jaz ⓘ
Jaz-O ⓘ
followsInStyleOf Originators ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasBeatProducer Timbaland ⓘ
hasGuestVerse Big Jaz ⓘ
Jaz-O ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle double-time rapping ⓘ
rapid-fire flow ⓘ
hasNotableFeature call-and-response verses between Jay-Z and Big Jaz ⓘ
complex internal rhymes ⓘ
stuttering hi-hat patterns typical of Timbaland ⓘ
hasPrimaryVocalist Jay-Z ⓘ
hasSubgenreElement bounce-influenced production ⓘ
hasTitle Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) ⓘ
hasTrackType collaboration ⓘ
hasVersion a cappella ⓘ
album version ⓘ
instrumental ⓘ
radio edit ⓘ
influencedBy Jaz-O’s fast-rap style ⓘ
isAssociatedWithArtistCareerPhase Jay-Z commercial breakthrough era ⓘ
isAssociatedWithProducerSignature Timbaland’s syncopated drum programming ⓘ
isOnLabel Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
isPartOfDiscographyOf Jay-Z ⓘ
Jaz-O ⓘ
Timbaland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme braggadocio ⓘ
skillful wordplay ⓘ
partOf Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life ⓘ
performer Big Jaz ⓘ
Jay-Z ⓘ
Jaz-O ⓘ
producer Timbaland ⓘ
recordedBy Jay-Z ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ

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Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life → containsTrack → Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) ⓘ
Jaz-O → notableWork → Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) ⓘ
Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) → hasTitle → Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) ⓘ
Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) → alsoKnownAs → Nigga What, Nigga Who ⓘ
linked to: Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)