Song

Run This Town

Artist: Jay‐Z + Rihanna + Kanye West

Album: The Blueprint 3

2009 (release year; edition unverified)

Run This Town is track 4 of JAŸ-Z's The Blueprint 3 (2009), where MusicBrainz credits Ye as producer and featured artist.

Catalog context only, from MusicBrainz; no reviewed critical source describes this song yet.

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Sources & recording details

Explanation & sources

An original summary of documented musical or release context. Reviewed 11/8/2026.

The Blueprint 3 (release 6e18c5c8)
MusicBrainz · Track 4
Track position, artist credit and recording-level producer relationships.

Track 4 of The Blueprint 3. Other producers credited by MusicBrainz: No I.D..

Listen

Song links to the listed streaming catalogs. A particular mix, master or archive edition is not verified. Availability may vary by country and account.

Listening link checks

Spotify: Run This Town · JAŸ-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West · The Blueprint 3. Catalog source (opens in a new tab). Song and album identity checked; playback not tested.
Apple Music: Run This Town (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) · JAŸ-Z · The Blueprint 3. Catalog source (opens in a new tab). Song and album identity checked; playback not tested.

Music video

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JAŸ-Z - Run This Town ft. Rihanna, Kanye West

Official artist or label upload · JAŸ-Z

Official artist-channel reissue of the music video; upload date is not the song release date.

Video link check

YouTube indexed metadata identifies the uploader as an Official Artist Channel and identifies the named official video through its title, music-video description, or creative/directing credits.

Music-video identity checked from primary YouTube metadata. Playback and regional availability were not tested. Video edits may differ from the audio catalog.

Credits

Recording-specific Ye role: artist, producer (documented)
Evidence applies to the cited recording only, not every track or the whole catalog.

Related people

Imported associations may describe a feature or another contribution. Exact roles and recordings have not been independently reverified.

Date & editorial context

Date context: 9/8/2009 (edition unverified) · linked release
Inherited from the linked release, not independently verified as this track's first release date. Imported catalog-date claim with a linked reference. The exact territory, edition and date have not been independently reverified for this release record.
Editorial era: 808s & Heartbreak · 2008–2009
Editorial grouping, not a sourced historical boundary.

Sources & evidence

MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8)MusicBrainz

View field-level evidence (6 claims)

Title
Archive summary: Track 4 is titled Run This Town.
Claim confidence: documented
Source location: Track 4: Run This Town
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8) →
Release status · field status
Archive summary: The track appears on an official release.
Claim confidence: documented
Source location: Track 4: Run This Town
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8) →
Release membership · field releaseIds
Archive summary: The track is on The Blueprint 3.
Claim confidence: documented
Source location: Track 4: Run This Town
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8) →
Catalog artist attribution · field primaryArtistIds
Archive summary: The track artist credit reads Jay‐Z + Rihanna + Kanye West.
Imported catalog artist attribution. The artist identity, display name and recording credit have not been independently reverified.
Recorded claim, not reverified
Source location: Track 4: Run This Town
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8) →
Ye role on this recording · field yeRoles
Archive summary: Kanye West appears in the track artist credit and the recording has a producer relationship to Ye.
Scope note: Scoped to this recording on this release; co-producers are listed in the track notes and no sole-production claim is made.
Claim confidence: documented · Scope: recording
Source location: Track 4: Run This Town
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8) →
Person association · field featureArtistIds
Archive summary: The track artist credit reads Jay‐Z + Rihanna + Kanye West.
Imported person association. It may describe a feature or another contribution. The exact role and recording have not been independently reverified.
Recorded claim, not reverified
Source location: Track 4: Run This Town
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Blueprint 3 (JAŸ-Z, release 6e18c5c8) →

Archive detail

Record ID: trk-the-blueprint-3-run-this-town

Evidence is assessed claim by claim. An association or a source confidence label does not establish a recording credit.

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