Shortly after the release of his highly-acclaimed new album, 4:44, JAY-Z provided the backstory for each of the album's 10 tracks.
As it pertains to the album's titular track, JAY-Z wrote the following:
"'4:44' is a song that I wrote, and it's the crux of the album, just right in the middle of the album. And I woke up, literally, at 4:44 in the morning, 4:44 AM, to write this song. So it became the title of the album and everything. It's the title track because it's such a powerful song, and I just believe one of the best songs I've ever written."
If JAY-Z says the album title 4:44 was inspired by the titular track, which itself was inspired by the time on the clock the morning JAY-Z woke up to write the record—so much for JAY-Z mythologically never writing down his rhymes—who are we to call him a liar.
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