Nearly 15 years into his career, Jay-Z has decided it's time to look back, releasing this hits collection right on the heels of his memoir, Decoded. But where Decoded attempts to dig deep, this album barely scratches the surface of Hova's output — partly because most of his great songs aren't hits. But Jay is the most mercurial of the rap titans, and each track here offers fresh rhyme schemes and different personae: from bootstrapping hustler ("Hard Knock Life [Ghetto Anthem]") to "the new Sinatra" ("Empire State of Mind"). What's been consistent through all these years is the virtuosic skill and the unflappable attitude.

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“Tonight's the Night”

The lead cut and title track from this girl group's debut album, "Tonight's the Night" was written by 19-year-old bandmember Shirley Owens, who sings lead, and producer Luther Dixon. The band from Passaic, New Jersey met in high school, first calling themselves the Pequellos. The song's frank thoughts about sexual and emotional surrender was racy for the time, but that didn't stop the Chiffons from cutting a similar version immediately after the original came out. "We were the first female group to write some of our own material," band member Beverly Lee recalls. "We did have some say-so in our writing."