These are honestly my favorite videos that I actually go out of my way to watch. I love when producers and/or artists take a moment to break down the thought process behind a track. What they were thinking at the time of creation. Changes that were made. ETC. Check No I.D. recreated D.O.A. above.
Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z is taking Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz to court over his use of the 40/40 name for a club in the Dominican Republic. In the lawsuit, which was filed in Manhattan federal court yesterday (April 15), Jay-Z claimed that Ortiz opened a venue on the island and named it »
No April Fool here. While out in Boston to promote the BeatsByDre headphones, Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre confirm the Detox single “Under Pressure.” A track with Jay-Z.
I was just reading an interview of L.A. rapper Nipsey Hu$$le where he said that 30yr old rappers who also perpetrate as gangbangers should one they selves.
College Humor decided to give Hov’s hit a new look. Watch the lilttle Ewoks get their dance on. Hilarious!
“Empire State of Mind” lyrics broken down; or the part that says “If Jeezy’s Paying Lebron…” anyway.
I love the fan reaction every time a special guest shows up. Here’s Billboards footage of Hov and Swizz Beatz surprising the crowd at the Alicia Keys concert in NY yesterday.
BROOKLYN, New York — It’s been seven years since Jay-Z announced he was bringing the New Jersey Nets back home to New York during his 2003 “Fade To Black Concert” at Madison Square Garden. On Thursday (March 11), Nets co-owner Hov, an assortment of New York politicians and executives from the Nets came to Brooklyn »
Jay-Z bragged at a show Wednesday that he’d just come from the White House, and the website Rap Radar has a photo that appears to show the rapper — who graced Obama’s campaign iPod — and friends posing around the table at what appears, from the table and the ceiling fixtures, to be the Situation »
While being overseas, Jay-Z promotes his latest album on Jonathan Ross’ Friday Night show in the UK. Check out the full interview after the jump.
MTV Shows Although we haven’t heard a lot of Memph’s music the last three years, he has constantly been performing at Jay-Z’s shows and keeping a close bond with the cat he used to borrow sugar from in the Marcy Projects. When Bleek drops his next album, The Process, later this year, things will be different. »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rap music artist, Jay-Z, on Wednesday sued an investment firm and a bank, accusing them of trying to “bleed” $3.7 million from him over a loan to help him build a hotel on Manhattan’s west side.
U2’s famed guitarist the edge has confirmed that the group will collaborate with rapper Jay-Z on an upcoming song for charity. According to The Edge, super producer Swizz Beatz reached out to U2 front man Bono with the idea of creating a benefit song for Haiti, which was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake last Tuesday (January »
Jay-Z jumps on Snoop’s “I Wanna Rock” for the G-Mix. Taken off the re-release (SMH) of Malice N Wonderland which is droppin’ in march. DOWNLOAD
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ — After a stellar 2009, surpassing Elvis as the solo artist with the most # 1 albums, scoring a # 1 single with the anthemic “Empire State Of Mind” with Alicia Keys, performing during the World Series at Yankee Stadium, winning American Music Awards, sitting down with Oprah and staging »
KRS-One & Buckshot (tho mostly KRS in this clip) talk about their song Robot, which debuted months ahead of Jay-Z’s “D.O.A.”. Both records were essentially saying the same thing. He talks about the respect that Jay-Z showed in re-using the theme, and also about naming his “Blueprint” series, years after KRS released his own album titled “Blueprint”. Via Culture 6
Timbaland speaks about his relationship with Jay-Z.
Mixtape: ArtOfficial – The Payback
Miami hip-hop ensemble ArtOfficial have linked up with DJBooth.net, RefinedHype, Illroots and Kevin Nottingham to drop a free project entitled The Payback .
The 12-track street album finds emcees Newsense and Logics performing over the live backing of bandmates Danny Perez, Manny Patino, Ralf Valencia and Keith Cooper, who recreate classic instrumentals by everyone from rock legend Jimi Hendrix (“Voodoo”) [...]
R.I.P. Guru
And another Legend leaves this place, R.I.P. Guru!
Just over a month since undergoing surgery following a heart attack, Gang Starr MC Guru (born Keith Elam) has died at age 43. According to a statement, Guru died of cancer-related causes on Monday after a long fight with the disease.
Mixtape: Rhymefest – Dangerous: 5-18
Rhymefest drops this Mixtape as a prelude to El Che, which finally in stores May 18th.