Andwith “Empire State of Mind” he is shooting not only for popularity butalso for a symbolic crown: the king of New York music.

利用“纽约印象”这首歌，jay-z不仅要得到公众的认可，更想要得到纽约音乐之王的皇冠。

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It was an empire, not of land and gold, but of the mind.

不是土地黄金，而是一个思想的帝国。

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In a Spain consumed by ambition and power, the future of an empire depends of the mind state of a single woman.

在雄心和动力消耗了西班牙，一个帝国的未来取决于一个单身女人的心灵状态。

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For more on the business of Jay-Z, check out my new biography of the rapper: Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office.

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