"roc boys (and the winner is)..." is the second single from jay-z's tenth studio album, "american gangster". the song is produced by skyz muzik, diddy and two of his producers known as lv and sean c from his production team, the hitmen. it features additional vocals by beyoncé, kanye west and cassie. the song samples "make the road by walking" by the menahan street band. on december 11, 2007, "rolling stone" named it the best song of 2007.