Entries tagged with: Jay-Z
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Amazon says Neko Case put out the best album in 2009
Best of 2009: Top 10 Amazon Picks1) Neko Case 2) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3) Phoenix 4) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 5) The Avett Brothers 6) Girls 7) Animal Collective 8) K'Naan 9) Jay-Z 10) Camera ObscuraTwo...
Posted on November 6, 2009 10:19 AM
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys moving censored World Series show to Thursday (whether that be Game 1 or Game 2)
rainy Yankees Stadium (Kevin H.) The lyrics to Jay'z "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean up that language when he performs his city anthem at the World...
Posted on October 28, 2009 3:14 PM
World Series kicks off Wed., Jay-Z predicts Yankees take it in 7, singing 'Empire State of Mind'w/ Alicia Keys
On the World Series, which he'll be kicking off on Wednesday with a performance of "Empire State of Mind": Jay-Z: I actually predicted the Yankees in six with the Angels, so I think I'm like Jigga the Greek. I'm gonna...
Posted on October 27, 2009 2:54 PM
Pitchfork announces the top 20 albums of the decade
Daft Punk's first album had helped refresh house music in the mid 1990s; the second went further, rewriting electronic pop's pleasure principles to such a degree that when it came out a lot of people thought Discovery must be a...
Posted on October 2, 2009 1:26 AM
Jay-Z (and DJ Hero) @ Gramercy Theatre in NYC - pics
photos by Brian Ach/WireImage "It was 09.09.09, a date burned into the popular consciousness as an almost astrological convergence of music and technology marketing. The date had been set, the branding tie-ins had been tied in, and the product was...
Posted on September 10, 2009 2:35 PM
Jay-Z - new album out - playing NYC' Gramercy Theatre Wed.
Jay-Z's new album, The Blueprint 3, is out today (September 8, 2009). Jay-Z is playing a free MySpace Music Show tomorrow (September 9th) at Blender (Gramercy) Theatre, presented by the video game DJ Hero. Entry for the public is...
Posted on September 8, 2009 4:08 PM
Jay-Z 9/11 show tickets on presale (and general sale @ noon)
Tickets for the 9/11 Jay-Z show are now on Citi Presale. They go on general sale at noon. As they pointed out in the press conference, every seat in the house costs $50 $54.50 + fees (the best seats are...
Posted on September 8, 2009 10:42 AM
What's going on Tuesday?
Screaming Females @ The Yard last Saturday (more by Sarahana) tonight in NYC * DANCE * David Bazan on the LES * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Pet Shop Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom * The Killers & Wolfmother @...
Posted on September 1, 2009 6:16 PM
Grizzly Bear, Jay-Z & Beyonce @ the Williamsburg Waterfront Pool Party - a few pics & videos
photo by Tim Griffin The story of the day, Sunday, August 30th, would have been that, after an opening set by Beach House (who played after Vega) followed by a brief introduction by Senator Chuck Schumer, Grizzly Bear closed out...
Posted on August 31, 2009 2:00 AM
Jay-Z playing 9/11 benefit show @ MSG, the first in a series of Absolut-sponsored shows ++ it will air on Fuse
Jay-Z @ All Points West 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) "ABSOLUT(R) VODKA, the world's most iconic vodka, announces a creative collaboration with Madison Square Garden that will offer music fans an unparalleled series of high-profile concerts at the iconic venue....
Posted on August 25, 2009 3:30 PM
a letter from MCA (had surgery, about to start radiation)
"GET WELL MCA" (more by Tim Griffin) hey all, hope you are doing well. so i'm about a week and a half out of surgery now and rapidly recovering from it. i haven't taken any of the pain meds, which...
Posted on August 5, 2009 9:40 AM
All Points West Day 1 outtakes (another set of photos)
photos by Tim Griffin For his opening song, Jay-Z paid respect by opening to the Beastie Boys's classic record, "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn." "Everybody just started going nuts as soon as they heard the guitars," recalls Lamont Caldwell, a touring...
Posted on August 4, 2009 2:07 PM
All Points West 2009 - Day One in Pictures
photos by Tim Griffin and Chris La Putt "It was announced during Vampire Weekend's rain-soaked but well-attended 6 p.m. set on the main "Blue Comet" stage that due to the weather, single-day Friday tickets would be accepted for festival entry...
Posted on August 1, 2009 12:01 PM
Jay-Z closes out rainy Day 1 of All Points West (pic, video)
Jay-Z @ APW in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ - 7/31/09 (photo by Tim Griffin) Brooklyn's own Jay-Z opened up his headlining set at All Points West on Friday night with a cover of the Beastie Boys classic "No...
Posted on August 1, 2009 2:07 AM
Clipse & Lykke Li (and Kanye West?) are playing the Diesel show w/ The Roots & Passion Pit (who played Fallon)
The big Diesel show happens at Webster Hall in NYC tonight (7/30). Hopefully you already have a ticket or wristband. Special guests at the show will in fact be Lykke Li (who is here to play All Points West...
Posted on July 30, 2009 4:29 PM
Jay-Z replaces Beastie Boys as All Points West headliner
Jay-Z has replaced the Beastie Boys as the headliner of the first night of All Points West in Jersey City (the dates is Friday, July 31).This show will mark the U.S. festival debut of Jay-Z, who last year performed...
Posted on July 23, 2009 1:11 AM
a list of all the 2009 Grammy winners, Radiohead, MIA video
TMZ can confirm that Chris Brown just entered an LAPD station, where he turned himself in to police. Chris is being investigated by the LAPD for an alleged domestic violence felony battery that occurred early this morning near Hancock Park...
Posted on February 9, 2009 12:09 AM
Radiohead (and others) playing the Grammys...
Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Justin Timberlake and the quadruple threat of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West have been added to the performance lineup for the 51st annual Grammy Awards, to be held Feb. 8 at Los Angeles' Staples Center....
Posted on January 26, 2009 3:25 PM
Arcade Fire, Jay-Z & President Obama @ the Obama Staff Ball (pictures & text by Bao Nguyen) (and the setlist)
words & photos by Bao Nguyen ...this was the Obama Staff Ball - the final official event put on by the Presidential Inauguration Committee. Arcade Fire and Jay-Z preformed. The actor Kal Penn, who everyone in the crowd knew as...
Posted on January 22, 2009 2:30 AM
Arcade Fire playing for Obama staff as we speak (and Jay-Z), Bruce Springsteen's new album streaming @ NPR
So how lucky it is to be one of the staffers working for President Barack Obama over these past two years? Forget the fact that you worked for a presidential candidate who won (most don't). Or that you probably got...
Posted on January 21, 2009 7:56 PM
Jay-Z helped welcome Obama last night @ Warner Theater
An Evening with Jay-Z, January 19, 2009 8PM (kepkanation) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With George W. Bush all packed up and out of the White House, and Barack Obama ready to move in, hip-hop has never felt more patriotic. And the...
Posted on January 20, 2009 10:57 AM
the Thermals, Antibalas, Busta Rhymes, Thievery Corporation, Marc Maron, other tickets & stuff
That 2nd Thievery Corporation show at Terminal 5 (Feb 26) is now on presale (password=thieveryretaliation). Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra are playing two shows at Southpaw in Brooklyn this month. Tickets are on sale for January 30th and 31st. Busta Rhymes...
Posted on January 7, 2009 2:55 AM
Wale, Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Chrisette Michele, Mark Ronson, Jim Jones & others @ Highline Ballroom, NYC - pics
photos by Leia Jospe Clipse's Pusha T & Wale Wednesday night, in downtown Manhattan, Mark Ronson's Allido Records and Hot 97 hosted a show featuring Colin Munroe, Wale, and Kid CuDi at the Highline Ballroom. Hot 97 on air-personalities Cipha...
Posted on December 12, 2008 3:53 PM
MIA 'takes On world', starts label, releases Vote Fix Mix, etc
The World Wakes Up To M.I.A. "Paper Planes" Enters Top Five; How Many Votes Fix Mix Released M.I.A. Takes On World Opens School; Starts Label; Launches Clothing Line "Everyone's a winner now, we're making that fame/Bona fide hustler, making my...
Posted on November 4, 2008 5:01 PM
Jay-Z, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Diddy & friends in Philly - pics
On a stage outside a North Philadelphia theater where some of the greatest R&B artists once performed, Jay-Z and other members of the hip-hop elite exhorted 10,000 young people yesterday to become part of history by voting for Sen....
Posted on November 4, 2008 9:55 AM
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