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
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