***News Flash*** Cleveland still has some ill feelings towards a certain basketball player. Of course, said basketball player could give two sh*ts about anything Cleveland thinks because lately, his new team have put it together while the Cavs, on the other hand, are doing their best impression an imploding meteorite. So go figure that since they can't exact revenge on the court the next best thing would be to defer the cause to another, more capable set of hands. Now there is a reason, I haven't been [...]
Takeover. That's the only word that perfectly describes what the pop landscape has seen in the eighteen months or so. You have Jay-Z officially putting himself in that rarefied air where only the true pop superstars reside with the release of the game-changing The Blueprint 3 last year which spawned hit upon hit which culminated in the home and home shows with Eminem. Throw in the recently released singles collection and his book Decoded as well as his Roc Nation empire pushing things forward with the breakout hit Whip My Hair by Willow Smith, [...]
Being invited to appear on a record with hip hop royalty certainly isn't a bad way to kick-start a career . Ask J.Cole, the newish kid on the block who broke through in a big way last year by going toe-to-toe with Jay-Z on 'A Star Is Born' from Blueprint 3 . Despite that cut being a little on the average side, it seems that the song title for Cole's big time debut could potenitally be a touch on the prophetic side.The North Carolina native has since [...]
Huey Mack going in over The Blueprint 3 classic. I can highly respect anyone who uses the word " Kekumba's " in a song (Hardball, don't tell me you forgot what movie that was from!). Anyways, he kills it. The kid's got some legitimate talent. DON'T SLEEP! mp3: Huey Mack- A Star Is Born
While The Blueprint 3 was far from classical Jay-Z, this Concerto in Roc minor certainly brings the symphony to the Hip-Hop radio halls. It's Bach meets Brooklyn, Rossini meets RiRi! No Kanyeezy though. His verse was much too vulgar for high society. If you're unfamiliar with E.S. Posthumus, check their background . This is what they do best. Jay-Z Feat. Rihanna & E.S. Posthumus - "Run This Town (Posthumus Zone)" | Download And if this sounds remotely familiar, it should. It was commercial [...]
Last spring saw the release of NY-Z , a 15-minute documentary that takes you behind the scenes of Jay-Z's September 11 benefit concert at Madison Square Garden. In tandem with the release of his latest effort, Blueprint 3 , an album that celebrates the majesty of New York City, the concert raised money for the NYC fire department, and the 9/11 widows and children's fund. The film, beautifully directed by Danny Clinch of the MILKT Films team, gives an intimate inside look at the icon himself in the days leading up to the show, [...]
Tornano a incrociarsi le strade di M.I.A. e Jay-Z dopo alcuni remix per il precedente Kala, ecco che Shawn "Jigga" Carter torna a fare la sua comparsa su un pezzo di M.I.A.: il recente XXO secondo singolo estratto dal suo prossimo disco MAYA. Ultra-pop ma riuscitissimo, XXO è il pezzo più convincente tra quelli ascoltati finora del nuovo disco di M.I.A.; con una produzione catchy e d'impatto: da fare invidia alla Madonna di Confessions on a dancefloor. La strofa di Jay-Z poi, per quanto breve, aggiunge valore [...]
We've never really been all that moved by "Young Forever" . Jay's hip-hop-ization of the Alphaville '80's pop standard "Forever Young" mostly comes across as bland and unnecessary, unless you're a high school senior searching for a theme song for this year's prom that is. Seeing that same record brought to life on the Coachella 2010 stage with a tired-sounding Jay and surprise guest Beyonce subbing in for Mr. Hudson on hook duties though, completely changes our tune. Mrs. Carter doing her soul-pop diva thing on the [...]
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It's been a good few months since Jay-Z released The Blueprint 3 , but that hasn't stopped Jigga-Man teaming up with Absolut Vodka to release a quality mini-documentary entitled NY-Z . After watching the first few minutes of this 15-odd minute film, it will become clear as to why this might have been delayed a little - namely, because some real time has been put into production. Director Danny Clinch has created a beautifully shot clip that offers the viewer a fly on the wall perspective as Jigga plays the media game in the [...]
Jay-Z performs "A Star Is Born" along with J. Cole on his BP3 tour.
We like quality footage. We also like J. Cole , the "lil broke nigga from the Ville." Both are reasons why we post this footage of Jay and his protege J. performing "A Star Is Born" during The BP3 tour's stop in Greensboro, NC. The only thing essential that's missing is the crowd noise because there's nothing like a packed arena hand-clapping in unison during that chorus. Spotted: Y2K
I can already hear the bags rustling as you reach for tomatoes to throw. But this excerpt of Hovito's sitdown with Interview gives a fuller explanation than the headline depicts. The whole interview is actually a good read if you have time to kill today. Mitchell: If you think about all the guys in hip-hop that you came up with, you're one of the only ones who is still here—and part of the reason is that a lot of those guys didn't break out of that box you're [...]
The album may have decreased in monetary significance over the years, but few can deny the calibration it stacks onto an artist's creative worth. Who can come the most original, pick the best beats, wedge through that sliver of possibility of reinventing the wheel, all of those ideals factor into who's really running this rap ish. Which bring us to this point. As the final entry for our look back into the last year of the previous decade, we give props to the ones that still honor the original template that allow the ever [...]
New York 's favorite Illuminati-Devil-worshipping-F ree-Mason , Jay-Z is back with a video for On To The Next One , featuring Swizz Beatz off the Blueprint 3 album.
" FREEEEEZE !!!" Somebody care to interpret please?!? Perfect song to usher in the new decade... or any year for that matter. There's a lot going on in the video, but the song still knocks and BP3's shelf life just got extended another couple of months off the strength of this one. Hat tip: Roc 4 Life
Jay-Z keeps the black & white filter in tact for yet another video from The Blueprint³ . The video is for "On To the Next One," featuring and produced by Swizz Beatz. This song seemed to be one of the few from the album that was overlooked. We thought the production alone made this one a standout so when we saw the little notification a few days ago stating the video for this song would premiere on New Year's, we were all smiles. The video is a visual piece with lots of black and white [...]
Esta canción es un sencillo del disco mas reciente de Jay-Z titulado Blueprint 3 , en realidad la canción no es inédita, mas bien se trata de una nueva versión de "Forever Young", la canción original interpretada en 1984 por Alphaville . En este tema, Jay-Z colabora con Mr. Hudson y básicamente podemos ver imágenes en blanco y negro durante todo el video , con muy buena fotografía por cierto.
Drake - Man Of The Year feat. Lil Wayne Song: Man Of The Year feat. Lil Wayne Drake No matter if you're his biggest fan or find him annoying and bland, there is no possible way you can deny Drake's impact this year. After dropping So Far Gone, a mixtape that some respected sites and critics went so [...]
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