It was the first major project recorded at Baseline Studios, and the album sees Jay continue to flirt with both gangster rap and radio-friendly pop. The first single was the smash hit “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me),” making it to number 1 on the Hot Hip Hop Charts and helping Dynasty debut yet again at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 557k in it’s first week on the way to 2.3 million in the US alone. The decision was made for Jay to release it as a solo album, and it helped launch the careers of Just Blaze, Kanye West, Bink!, and Beanie Sigel. It would feature tracks from the majority of the Roc-A-Fella stable with Jay Z as guest rapper to tie the whole thing together. ![]() ![]() Dynasty is now regarded as Jay’s 5th solo album, although there was a time when it was seen as a Roc-A-Fella posse album, with Jay being a “guest”:
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