One of the rare times the inception of a hit song is caught on camera 🤌 Jay-Z hearing the "Dirt off Your Shoulder" beat from Timbaland for the very first time was captured during the making of the 2003 documentary Fade to Black. Dirt off Your Shoulder was released March 2, 2004 as the second single from The Black Album, it peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 📈 For The Black Album, Jay-Z set out to work with a different elite producer on every track, and this session became one of the album's defining moments.