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What Should’ve Been on Jay-Z’s Greatest Hits?

As Pitchfork points out this morning, the track list for Jay-Z’s new greatest-hits compilation is strictly beginners-only: “Public Service Announcement,†“Run This Town,†“Encore,†“I Just Wanna Love U,†“Bonnie & Clyde,†“Izzo (H.O.V.A.),†“99 Problems,†“Empire State of Mind,†“Dirt Off Your Shoulder,†“Hard Knock Life,†“Show Me What You Got,†“Roc Boys,†and “Big Pimpin.†Please! Where’s “Brooklyn’s Finest� And “Takeover� And “22 Two’s� If you’d been in charge of summarizing the Jiggaman’s career on a standard 80-minute compact disc, which tracks would you have included, and in what order?

What Should’ve Been on Jay-Z’s Greatest Hits?