I Know (Jay-Z song)

Infobox Single
Name = I Know
Artist = Jay-Z featuring Pharrell
from Album = American Gangster
Released = January 8, 2008
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Hip-Hop/Rap
Label = Roc-A-Fella, Island Def Jam
Writer = Shawn Carter and Pharrell Williams
Producer = The Neptunes
Artist = Jay-Z
Type = singles
Last single = "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."
(2007)
This single = "I Know"
(2008)
Next single = "Swagga Like Us"
(2008)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Pharrell
Type = singles
Last single = "Blue Magic"
(2007)
This single = "I Know"
(2008)
Next single = "Playground"
(2008)

"I Know" is the third single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, "American Gangster".Shake (September 20, 2007). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.5728/title.jay-z-to-release-american-gangster Jay-Z to Release 'American Gangster'] "HipHopDX". Accessed September 27, 2007.] The song was released on January 8, 2008. Pharrell is featured in the song.

Music video

The music video premiered on Yahoo! Music on February 26, 2008. [ [http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/premieres/ Premieres on Yahoo! Music ] ]

The video (directed by Philip Andelman) features a young woman (played by Zoe Kravitz) walking about New York City, spending time in her apartment, then entering a night club. The videos also features colorful imagery mixed with live-action sequences envisioned by the woman. It serves on the metaphor of what drugs can do to the mind and what it feels like to be "high".

This is Jay-Z's first music video in which he does not appear at all.

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