Every Reported JAŸ-Z in 8 Song, Chapter by Chapter

The reported JAŸ-Z in 8 episode song list contains 32 chapter entries across Chapters 1–6 and 8; Chapter 7 has no published song list. HBO scheduled two episodes for September 18, September 25, October 2 and October 9, 2026. These are advance dates, and the assignments come from entertainment reporting rather than an official HBO track guide.

Choose a chapter or scheduled date to isolate its songs and check what the sources actually confirm.

All Eight Chapters and Their Reported Songs

Variety published the detailed chapter slate, including songs for seven of the eight chapters. Its list contains one duplicated title, no selections for Chapter 7 and a featured-artist discrepancy involving a Chapter 3 song.

A reported selection is a song associated with the chapter’s discussion. The available evidence does not establish that every studio recording plays, plays in full or receives equal time.

Chapters 1 and 2 Were Scheduled for Opening Night

Chapters 1 and 2 were scheduled back-to-back for September 18, 2026. Their seven entries represent six distinct titles because “What More Can I Say” appears in both chapters.

Chapter 1 Has Four Reported Selections

1. “Intro”
2. “Meet the Parents”
3. “Can’t Knock the Hustle”
4. “What More Can I Say”

The complete opening list also appears in the Rolling Stone trailer report. Rolling Stone displays the third title as “Can’t Knocks the Hustle.” Its Yahoo syndication reproduces that wording, so those pages are not independent confirmations. Variety and Billboard use the normalized title “Can’t Knock the Hustle.”

Chapter 2 Repeats a Chapter 1 Song

1. “Brooklyn’s Finest”
2. “I Love the Dough” featuring JAŸ-Z and Angela Winbush
3. “What More Can I Say”

Variety places “What More Can I Say” in Chapters 1 and 2 without explaining the repetition. It could be revisited in a different context, or the second entry could be an editorial error. Preserving both assignments without choosing an explanation reflects the published evidence.

Chapters 3 and 4 Were Set for September 25

The second scheduled pair contains nine reported entries: four in Chapter 3 and five in Chapter 4. Those totals do not establish chapter runtimes or the amount of attention given to each selection.

Chapter 3 Contains a Featured-Artist Discrepancy

1. “Lyrical Exercise”
2. “This Can’t Be Life” featuring Beanie Sigel
3. “You Must Love Me”
4. “4:44”

Variety’s structured slate names Beanie Sigel on “This Can’t Be Life,” while related prose also mentions Scarface. The chapter list here follows the structured slate. An official episode page, on-screen credit or first-party track guide would be needed to settle the discrepancy.

Chapter 4 Has Five Reported Songs

1. “Where Have You Been”
2. “Allure”
3. “Where I’m From”
4. “Can I Live”
5. “Don’t You Know”

No official chapter theme accompanies the list. Connections inferred from the titles should not be presented as an HBO synopsis.

Chapter 6 Has the Longest Published Slate

Chapters 5 and 6 were scheduled for October 2. Chapter 5 ties Chapter 2 for the fewest reported songs, while Chapter 6 has the most.

Chapter 5 Has Three Selections

1. “U Don’t Know”
2. “Politics as Usual”
3. “Regrets”

Chapter 6 Has Eight Selections

1. “Jail”
2. “Ignorant Shit”
3. “Hovi Baby”
4. “Kill Jay-Z”
5. “99 Problems”
6. “Threat”
7. “Dead Presidents II”
8. “Public Service Announcement (Interlude)”

The difference between three and eight selections does not show that Chapter 6 runs longer. Some songs may receive shorter discussions or serve different roles in the conversation.

Earlier announcement coverage discussed “99 Problems” in the context of Jay-Z and Rick Rubin’s history without placing it in an episode. Variety’s later chapter slate is the evidence assigning it to Chapter 6. The Hollywood Reporter announcement supplies production context but no episode-level song lists.

Chapter 7 Remains Unresolved

No reliable Chapter 7 song list appears in the cited reporting. Variety scheduled the chapter for October 9, 2026, from 8:00 to 8:47 p.m. ET/PT but supplied no selections.

Songs named in general previews cannot be moved into the gap. Trailer music, unofficial playlists, soundtrack databases, fan posts and album-based theories also do not establish a Chapter 7 assignment.

The missing list should remain unavailable or TBA until HBO publishes an episode page, on-screen credits or another first-party chapter guide.

Chapter 8 Has Five Reported Finale Selections

Chapter 8 was scheduled with Chapter 7 on October 9. Its reported songs are:

1. “New York (Concept de Paris)”
2. “The Story of O.J.”
3. “No Church in the Wild”
4. “Family Feud”
5. “Legacy”

General series previews name some of these songs, but Variety provides the chapter-level assignment. That distinction matters because a song’s presence somewhere in an eight-part series does not identify its episode.

The Four-Friday HBO Schedule Was Announced in Advance

The opening pair was scheduled to premiere back-to-back on HBO and stream on HBO Max at 8 p.m. ET. Two more chapters were planned for each following Friday through October 9. Billboard reported the platform, opening time and two-episode cadence.

The reports establish an intended rollout, not a completed release history. Current availability and whether every chapter arrived as scheduled require later HBO listings or episode pages.

The Cited Reports Do Not Map Every Song to an Album and Year

Billboard identifies eight Jay-Z projects represented across the series:

1. “Reasonable Doubt”
2. “Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter”
3. “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia”
4. “The Blueprint”
5. “The Black Album”
6. “American Gangster”
7. “Watch the Throne”
8. “4:44”

That is a series-wide project list, not a song-by-song chapter map. The cited reporting does not supply release years for those projects or identify the source album for every listed selection. Some titles also require version-level clarification. The album and year fields in the tracker therefore remain marked with an em dash rather than being filled from inference.

The published selections should not be rearranged to create a one-project-per-chapter structure. Nothing in the reports establishes that format.

Rick Rubin Selected the Discussion Material

JAŸ-Z in 8 was described as an eight-part HBO docuseries structured around conversations between Jay-Z and Rick Rubin about music, lyrics, life experiences, career and creative process.

Rubin reportedly selected the songs organizing the conversations. He was also identified as director, interviewer or host, and an executive producer. Jay-Z and Daniel Kaluuya were named as executive producers alongside him.

The program was presented in connection with the 30th anniversary of “Reasonable Doubt,” but reporting describes a broader catalog survey rather than a series confined to that project. Rubin’s selection role does not mean he produced every song discussed, and the eight-part structure does not give each song its own episode.

The Remaining Conflicts Require First-Party Evidence

Until HBO publishes episode-level credits or an official track guide, the supportable list remains Chapters 1–6 and 8, with Chapter 7 unconfirmed.