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  • Blue Magic
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  • CD single
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  • 2007 singles
  • 2007 songs
  • Songs about drugs
  • Music videos directed by Hype Williams
  • Jay Z songs
  • Songs written by Jay Z
  • Roc-A-Fella Records singles
  • Pharrell Williams songs
  • Songs written by Pharrell Williams
  • Song recordings produced by The Neptunes
  • Songs written by Denzil Foster
  • Songs written by Thomas McElroy
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  • %22Blue Magic%22 is the first single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster., the song was released as a single on September 20, 2007. In the chorus Pharrell sings an interpretation of the song %22Hold On%22 by R&B girl group En Vogue, who are also featured in the song. The name %22Blue Magic%22 is a reference to a potent form of heroin sold by Frank Lucas at the height of his drug trade in Harlem, New York. An official remix features Pharrell and Trey Songz.The lyrics in Jay-Z's first verse are a reference to Eric B. & Rakim's song %22My Melody.%22 Most of the song itself is a reference to the 1980s. Jay-Z even brings up his stint as an early age drug dealer with links to the Iran-Contra scandal and CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US that rocked the 1980s and Reagan Presidency.Blame Reagan for making me into a monster Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra I ran contraband that they sponsored Before this rhyming stuff we was in concertBlue Magic also samples the 1931 horror film, Frankenstein.Chamillionaire released a freestyle of this song for his Mixtape Messiah 4 called %22What the Business Is%22. Royce Da 5'9%22 released a freestyle of this song called Blue Magic. It was a diss track on Mistah F.A.B.
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  • USUM70761553
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  • The Neptunes
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  • Def Jam Recordings
  • Roc-A-Fella Records
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  • 2007
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  • Blue Magic
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