Here they go again… the funkiest white dudes performing some more hip hop classics with the Help of The Roots
Posts Tagged ‘jay z’
History of Rap IV – Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake
17 March 2013On The Road: Kendrick Lamar and T.D.E.
22 October 2012In the premiere episode of ON THE ROAD, JAY Z’s Life+Times rides out with rapper Kendrick Lamar and his T.D.E. crew. as they get ready for the release of Kendrick’s debut album “Good Kid m.A.A.d City.”
Black Hippy is the Truth. If you love Hip Hop you have to absolutely get Kendrick Lamar’s album, what a breath of fresh air this dude is.
Jay-Z’s 50 best Double Entendres
11 October 2012
Complex does it again. Always finding original ways to break down classic hiphop shit, this time with an English Professor!!! This ain’t a list of Jay-Z’s best lyrics but his best ” double entendres”. My favorites are: 49, 39, 27, 26, 23, 18, 17, 13, 12, 8, 7, 4, 2, 1…
Jay-Z Full show @ Barclays Center, Brooklyn
8 October 2012To celebrate the opening of the new Barclays Center on Sept 28, 2012 Hova decided to rock 8 shows at the New home of the Brooklyn Nets. Here is the last one from October 6th that will also be available on itunes as an EP tomorrow called Live In Brooklyn.
Obama – 99 Problems (Political Remix 2012)
30 September 2012
Props to the youtube surgeon for the precision of this video.
If you’re havin’ bank problems I feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but Mitt’s not one
Checkout the rest of the lyrics to the song here
Steve Stoute Interview with Media Beat
20 September 2012Mary J Blige singing for chicken, Social Media, advertising, Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival with Budweiser, Jay-Z and the Nets…It’s all here. When Steve Stoute speaks we listen.
How many times in your lifetime are you gonna get the chance to work on a sports team moving into a city from the ground up?
Blueprint 13
19 August 2012
Tracklist available in 30 years but we have a scoop: The album will include a song about Hova baby sitting Blue Ivy’s triplets.
Jay-Z Rewrites Celebrity Investors’ Playbook
19 August 2012
Usher with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Will Smith with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony with the Miami Dolphins — no team has come close to making as much out of a famous part-owner. Check out how Jay-Z brings “hip and cool” into the new organization, and how they rewrote a new playbook on “How to deploy a strategic celebrity investor”.
-He put in 200k$ and owns about 1/15 of 1% of the Brooklyn Nets
-The new arena will contain a 40/40 Club, a Rocawear store and will play more Roc Nation artists during games
-He helped design the team logos and choose the team’s stark black-and-white color scheme, and personally appealed to National Basketball Association officials to drop their objections to it
-He even coached them on how to screen patrons for weapons without appearing too heavy-handed.
read full NYTimes article here
Jay-Z Unravels the Meaning of ’99 Problems’
10 July 2012
Hova breaks down 99 Problems, one of my all-time favorite tracks at The New York Public Library back in 2010 with Dr Cornel West by his side.
The importance of context in Hip-Hop
The Future of the recording industry
bonus: Rick Rubin you crazy for this one
