Back in the Day (feat. Jay-Z) by Missy Elliott, JAY-Z Song Details

Missy Elliott, JAY-Z's ' "Back in the Day (feat. Jay-Z)" was released on its scheduled release date, November 12, 2002. This song is quite longer than the average track at 4 minutes and 55 seconds. With that being said, this track is also considered explicit and may be offensive to some people. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Under Construction". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Back in the Day (feat. Jay-Z) is currently below average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Back in the Day (feat. Jay-Z) by Missy Elliott, JAY-Z having a BPM of 93 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 186 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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