Anything (Jay-Z song)


"Anything" is a song by rapper Jay-Z that is found on the Vinyl 12" "Anything " 1999 with a Remix of DJ Tomekk from Def Jam Germany and later on Beanie Sigel's 2000 album The Truth. It is produced by Sam Sneed and P. Skam, who sample Lionel Bart's "I'll Do Anything" for the track's beat and chorus. The sample from Oliver! heavily popularized "Anything", as did the Annie sample on "Hard Knock Life ", "Anything" was also a bonus track on Jay-Z's album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter as is "Anything " on the Japanese version of the album.
Jay-Z admitted to Angie Martinez in a 2009 interview on the BET program Food for Thought that he hoped the song would be a success like "Hard Knock Life " due to their similarities but was surprised when it wasn't, even saying "I dropped the record and then nothing". The song did, however, achieve moderate success in the UK reaching #18 on the singles chart. A music video for the song was also released, which was directed by Chris Robinson.
"Anything "

Formats and track listings

Vinyl 12"

A-side

  1. "Anything "
  2. "Anything "

    B-side

  3. "Anything "
  4. "Anything "
  5. "Anything "

    Formats and track listings

CD

  1. "Anything "
  2. "So Ghetto"
  3. "There's Been a Murder"
  4. "Anything "

    Vinyl

A-side

  1. "Anything "
  2. "Anything "
  3. "Anything "

    B-side

  4. "Big Pimpin' "
  5. "Big Pimpin' "
  6. "Big Pimpin' "

    Charts