Song Stuck in Our Heads Today: Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents” (1996)

February 18, 2019 Albumism Staff

ARTIST: Jay-Z
TITLE: “Dead Presidents”
ALBUM: Reasonable Doubt (1996) (*Note: A modified version of the single—“Dead Presidents II”—appears on the album)

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