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Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
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| Single by Jay-Z from the album The Blueprint |
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| Released | July 2001 | ||||
| Format | 12" Single CD Single |
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| Genre | East Coast hip hop | ||||
| Length | 04:03 | ||||
| Label | Roc-A-Fella Records | ||||
| Writer | Jay-Z, A. Mizzell, B. Gordy, D. Richards, F. Perren, K. West | ||||
| Producer | Kanye West | ||||
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"Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" (often referred to as "H to the Izzo") was a single released from Jay-Z in 2001 from his sixth album The Blueprint. It is among his most popular singles. This was the second song released off The Blueprint, after the diss track "Takeover".
This song was also used in Jay-Z and Linkin Park's mashup album, Collision Course. It was featured against Linkin Park's "In the End", creating a new song, "Izzo/In the End", which is track 5 on the album.
The first verse deals with the rapper's early career as a drug dealer, including his escape from conviction, and a reference implying he sold drugs to the basketball team of the University of Maryland ("home of the Terrapins"). The second verse narrates his struggles with the exploitative recording industry, while in the last verse he reverts to his childhood growing up in the Marcy Houses housing projects.
The song's lyrics "H to the Izzo, V to The Izza" spell out H.O.V.A. which refers to Jay-Z's alias, "Hova".
This song uses the -izz- infix originated by Frankie Smith on his song "Double Dutch Bus", and then popularized as -izzle by Snoop Dogg.
The song prominently features a sample of "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5.
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