"It's Alright" is the only single by

Memphis Bleek Malik Deshawn Cox (born June 23, 1978), known by his stage name Memphis Bleek, is an American rapper who was a protégé of fellow New York rapper Jay-Z. Cox started his own labels: Get Low Records in 1998, and Warehouse Music Group in 2016. He ...

and Jay-Z that was released from the '' Streets Is Watching'' soundtrack for the film of the same name. It was later featured as a bonus track on Jay-Z's third album, '' Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life''. It is produced by Damon Dash and Mahogany Music, who sample " Once in a Lifetime" by the

Talking Heads Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.Talki ...

and "The Hall of Mirrors" by Kraftwerk for the track's beat. Its B-side is "The Doe" by Diamonds in da Rough.

Music video

The video was filmed in Cancun, Mexico. Cameo appearances are made by Damon Dash, Kareem "Biggs Burke,

Ja Rule Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule (), is an American rapper and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he debuted in 1999 with '' Venni Vetti Vecci'' and its lead single " Holla Holla". Dur ...

and

DJ Clue Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975), better known as DJ Clue, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, radio personality and record executive. Early life DJ Clue was born in Queens, New York City to Panamanian and Jamaican immigran ...

Formats and track listings

CD

# "It's Alright" (Clean Version) (4:04) # "The Doe" (Clean Version) (4:14)

Vinyl

A-side

# "It's Alright" (Clean Version) # "It's Alright" (Dirty Version) # "It's Alright" (

TV track A TV track is usually a song or a sequence used as accompaniment during a scene or visual sequence on television (i.e., commercials or television show). If a song has vocals, part of the vocals may be removed for voice-over or dialogue, while th ...

)

B-side

# "The Doe" (Clean Version) # "The Doe" (Dirty Version) # "The Doe" (TV track)

Charts

References

{{authority control 1998 singles 1998 songs Jay-Z songs Memphis Bleek songs Songs written by Brian Eno Songs written by Tina Weymouth Songs written by David Byrne Songs written by Jerry Harrison Songs written by Chris Frantz Songs written by Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella Records singles