en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gangster_(album)
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This would be Jay-Z's last album released under Def Jam Recordings before signing with Live Nation two years later.
Jay-Z's Live Nation deal was reported in April 2008, not two years after this album's November 2007 release.
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The timeline in this sentence is off.
- American Gangster was released on November 6, 2007.
- Major coverage of Jay-Z's Live Nation deal appeared on April 3, 2008, only about five months later, not "two years later."
- CNBC's report says Jay-Z was close to a $150 million deal with Live Nation and that he planned to leave Def Jam for it.
So while American Gangster may indeed have been his last Def Jam album, the claim that he signed with Live Nation two years later is contradicted by contemporaneous reporting placing the deal in April 2008.
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- Jay-Z Close to $150 Million Deal with Live Nation
Published Thu, Apr 3 2008 ... Jay-Z is close to reaching a $150 million deal with Live Nation ... Jay-Z ... plans to leave Def Jam for the deal.
The album features production from Diddy & the Hitmen, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Danja and the Neptunes, among others.
Full album credits do not show Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, or Danja as producers on American Gangster.
Full reasoning
This producer list does not match the album's credited production.
Two detailed credits sources for American Gangster list the album's producers as names such as Bigg D, Chris Flame, DJ Toomp, Jermaine Dupri, Just Blaze, Mario Winans, No I.D., The Neptunes, Sean Combs/The Hitmen, plus Idris Elba as a co-producer on "Intro." They do not credit Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, or Danja on the album.
The Good Ol'Dayz page gives a consolidated producer list for the album, and Qobuz provides track-by-track credits for all 15 tracks. Across those full credits, none of the tracks are produced by Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, or Danja. That makes the sentence's claim that the album "features production" from those three producers incorrect.
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- American Gangster by Jay-Z (CD 2007 Roc-A-Fella Records) in New York City | Rap - The Good Ol'Dayz
PRODUCER Bigg D, Chris Flame, DJ Toomp, Jermaine Dupri, Just Blaze, Mario Winans, No I.D., The Neptunes; PRODUCER [ASSOCIATE PRODUCER] Sean Combs, The Hitmen.
- American Gangster, Jay Z - Qobuz
Track-by-track credits list producers including Chris Flame, Diddy, LV, Sean C, Bigg D, The Neptunes, Just Blaze, DJ Toomp, No-ID, and Jermaine Dupri across the album's 15 tracks; Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, and Danja do not appear in those producer credits.