Public Service Announcement (song)
In his 2010 autobiography and memoir Decoded, Jay-Z described the interaction with Berry: After we listened to the album the reporter came up to me and said the strangest thing: "You don't feel funny?"I was like, Huh?, because I knew she meant funny as in weird, and I was thinking, Actually, I feel real comfortable; this is one of the best albums of my career.[3] Before leaving, Berry gave Jay-Z a copy of a critical essay she wrote on his albums Reasonable Doubt, Vol.The beat, which Jay described "opened with dark minor organ notes and then flooded them with brassy chords" and was "beautiful", became the foundation of the song.Jay-Z rapped two verses and no chorus over the track because of limited time and called the song "Public Service Announcement".