Oct 15, 2012
The Power Of Our Voice
Jay-Z shares why it is important to exercise your right to vote and how President Obama represents the power of our voice.
Oct 10, 2012
"Live in Brooklyn" EP on iTunes Available Now
Available on Itunes Now is a eight track optic EP titled "Live in Brooklyn". The EP will be available only on iTunes and can be preordered now for $9.99. Click on the link below to preorder. Oct 7, 2012
Jay-Z Takes Subway To Barclays Center
Check out Hov catching the Subway on his way to Barclays Center before his final concert there on yesterday.
Oct 6, 2012
Night 8 Jay-Z x Beyonce x Barclays Center
Jay-Z brought BK to BK...well BKC now for the final night of his Barclay's concert. Check the video(s).
Bonnie & Clyde x Diva
Diva x Crazy In Love
Excuse his lateness...He says he was watching on the monitors backstage and was like "oh, shit I should probably be rapping here." lol
Jay-Z Gets Beyonce to Grace Stage for Barclays Center Finale (mtv)
Bonnie & Clyde x Diva
Diva x Crazy In Love
Jay-Z Gets Beyonce to Grace Stage for Barclays Center Finale (mtv)
Oct 5, 2012
Jay-Z @ Barclays Center Live Stream 10.6.12
Jay-Z's final show at Barclays Center on Saturday, October 6 will be streamed live on Jay-Z's Life + Times beginning 9:30 PM ET. Thanks Hov!
via Life + Times | Jay-Z expands his brand to YouTube with New Channel (USA Today)
via Life + Times | Jay-Z expands his brand to YouTube with New Channel (USA Today)
Jay-Z Featured in Pharrell's New Book
Hova discusses the effect of grunge in Pharrell's new book, 'The Places and Spaces I've Been'
In his upcoming coffee-table book Pharrell: The Places and Spaces I've Been (Rizzoli), human hyphenate Pharrell Williams includes interviews between him and notables ranging from Buzz Aldrin to Kanye West to Anna Wintour to Jay-Z. For the most part, they're of the tell-me-how-you-do-what-you-do variety, but the back-and-forth between producer-designer-rapper Williams and Jay-Z quickly reaches Nirvana. Literally.
"So, where were you mentally and physically when grunge music hit?" Pharrell asks Jay-Z. "Like where were you when you first heard, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit?'"
Coincidentally, Hova was in Pharrell's home state of Virgina when he heard the generation-defining song for the first time. But he's more interested in discussing why the song hit so hard than where he was when it got going. "First we got to go back to before grunge and why grunge happened," reasons Jay. "'Hair bands' dominated the airwaves and rock became more about looks than about actual substance and what it stood for—the rebellious spirit of youth....That's why 'Teen Spirit' rang so loud because it was right on point with how everyone felt, you know what I'm saying?"
Jay-Z then goes on to say that grunge actually stalled the rise of hip-hop in popular culture. "It was weird because hip-hop was becoming this force, then grunge music stopped it for one second, ya know?" he says. "Those 'hair bands' were too easy for us to take out; when Kurt Cobain came with that statement it was like, 'We got to wait awhile.'"
Next, Pharrell mentions that he used to see Jay-Z in his old Virginia stomping ground of Newport News, but Jay-Z is still focused on the Kurt tip. "I have always been a person who was curious about the music and when those forces come on the scene, they are inescapable," Jay says. "Can't take your eyes off them, can't stop listening to them. [Cobain] was one of those figures. I knew we had to wait for a second before we became that dominant force in music." From there, the conversation moves on to '90s hip-hop, the death of the Notorious B.I.G., and what makes a great record. It's not a bad attention-grabber for an opening chapter.
Pharrell: The Places and Spaces I've Been is out October 16.
via Spin
"So, where were you mentally and physically when grunge music hit?" Pharrell asks Jay-Z. "Like where were you when you first heard, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit?'"
Coincidentally, Hova was in Pharrell's home state of Virgina when he heard the generation-defining song for the first time. But he's more interested in discussing why the song hit so hard than where he was when it got going. "First we got to go back to before grunge and why grunge happened," reasons Jay. "'Hair bands' dominated the airwaves and rock became more about looks than about actual substance and what it stood for—the rebellious spirit of youth....That's why 'Teen Spirit' rang so loud because it was right on point with how everyone felt, you know what I'm saying?"
Jay-Z then goes on to say that grunge actually stalled the rise of hip-hop in popular culture. "It was weird because hip-hop was becoming this force, then grunge music stopped it for one second, ya know?" he says. "Those 'hair bands' were too easy for us to take out; when Kurt Cobain came with that statement it was like, 'We got to wait awhile.'"
Next, Pharrell mentions that he used to see Jay-Z in his old Virginia stomping ground of Newport News, but Jay-Z is still focused on the Kurt tip. "I have always been a person who was curious about the music and when those forces come on the scene, they are inescapable," Jay says. "Can't take your eyes off them, can't stop listening to them. [Cobain] was one of those figures. I knew we had to wait for a second before we became that dominant force in music." From there, the conversation moves on to '90s hip-hop, the death of the Notorious B.I.G., and what makes a great record. It's not a bad attention-grabber for an opening chapter.
Pharrell: The Places and Spaces I've Been is out October 16.
via Spin
Oct 2, 2012
Cake representing highlights from Jay-Z's Career!
Last night, Jay was presented with a Cake representing highlights of his career. Notice everything from the fundraiser dinner with President Obama last month, charity work in Africa to Baby Blue's Marc Jacob mouse slippers. Let's say it together, "Aww!". This is what I call a cake. Great job @BCakeNY .
Check out more pictures after the jump.
Oct 1, 2012
Sep 29, 2012
14 Years Ago Today...
"I feel like, that song, that record, that album took Jay to another level," former Roc-A-Fella recording artist DJ Clue told MTV News.
Read More: Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life Took Him To Another Level
Sep 28, 2012
Jay-Z Concerts at Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Check this twitter list for show updates: Barclays (List) || Random Pictures
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| Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams, Jr. |
- Jay-Z Holds Court in Brooklyn For Barclays Center Opening: Show Recap (xxl)
- Jay-Z Puts The Focus On Brooklyn At First Barclays Show (mtv)
- Photo Opp: JAY-Z Hosts D’USSE VIP at Barclays Center and 40/40 Club After Party
- Wide-eyed fans descend upon Brooklyn to christen Barclays Center for soldout Jay-Z show
- Video: Jay-Z Performs New Verse During Opening Night Concert at Barclays Center
- Jay-Z's Inaugural Barclays Show To Wrap Up 'Happy' Week In Brooklyn (mtv)
- Barclays Center To Boost Jay-Z's Bottom Line From Many Angles ... (forbes)
- Jay-Z's Barclays Shows Have Experts Hoping For Kanye, Obama Cameos (mtv)
Jay-Z Opens 40/40 inside of Barclays Arena
The new 40/40, located in the sprawling confines of the Barclays is a unique twist on the Manhattan flagship location. The ambiance is the same, but the new digs are tailor-made for the arena with the Brooklyn Nets hardwood in full view for club patrons.
"I walked around here earlier and I just seen everybody busy and at work trying to finish up and it was a great feeling," Jay-Z told gathering press as he entered the 40/40 for its grand opening. "A guy stopped me in the hallway and said, 'Man this is a great thing for New York City.' And that's what the whole thing was about.
Rihanna, J. Cole, Lyor Cohen and Hov's close friends and family all attended the first party at the eye-popping club. The opening comes just a night before Jigga will christen the Barclays with an inaugural performance on Friday. The multiplatinum rap star will follow with seven more shows.
The Barclays features 101 luxury suites, four bars and lounge destinations, three clubs and of course Jay-Z's 40/40 Club and Restaurant. There will be eight retail shops as well. In the coming months, the multi-billion dollar complex will not only house the Nets, but also open its doors to an array of artists like Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Green Day and Barbra Streisand. College basketball and boxing events will also bring fans through the door. Not since Ebbets Field, the Major League park which the Dodgers called home until they moved to Los Angeles in the late 1950's, has Brooklyn had an entertainment complex of this magnitude. [mtv]
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