Jay’s 4th studio album, and the final in his Vol. series. The record was released December 28, 1999, and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, selling 462k copies in it’s first week on it’s way to a total of 3 million in the US alone, certifying it triple platinum. The album was preceded by the single “Jigga My Nigga,” which was released in May 1999. That track was added as a bonus, along with “Girl’s Best Friend,” and “Anything,” which isn’t on the track listing and is a hidden song after the “Hova Song (Outro)” outro. The album features Jay’s biggest stylistic departure thus far, moving stridently away from the Mafisio theme of his first three records and embracing his life as a crossover artist. Although both DJ Premier and Irv Gotti remain, most of the record is crafted by both Timbaland and Swizz Beatz. Despite the more commercial bent of the album, the singles fared quite poorly until April 11, 2000, when he dropped the massive, country-spanning “Big Pimpin'”. The video cost, according to Jay in Decoded, a million dollars, and propelled him yet again to the top of the charts. Controversy surrounded the release of this record. It was leaked nearly 3 months before release, and Jay eventually earned probation for an altercation with Word Association, who he believed responsible for the leak. This is why the record has different track listings. In the US, “Watch Me” and “There’s Been a Murder” replaced “Hova (Interlude)” and “Is That Yo Bitch?”. International releases were entirely without tracks “Watch Me” and “There’s Been A Murder.” Jay ranked this album in 2013 at number 10.