Jay-Z Joins U2 In Berlin

In conjunction with yesterday's 16th annual European Music Awards, MTV set up a special, free U2 concert at the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the 20th anniversary of tearing down the Berlin Wall. And in order to secure the premises or... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z JOINS U2 IN BERLIN»

Posted on November 6, 2009 in Photo, Video (16 comments)
Tags: Broadcast | CMJ | Jay-Z | U2

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Played The World Series

With "Empire State Of Mind" Jay-Z's cast himself as the Jeter generation's Billy Joel. His NYC's all about pills ("MDMA got you feeling like a champion, the city never sleeps, better slip you an Ambien") and his song might pack... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z & ALICIA KEYS PLAYED THE WORLD SERIES»

Posted on October 30, 2009 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Alicia Keys | Jay-Z | Treasure Island

Jay-Z's NYC Theatre Day Takes Him To Ed Sullivan, Blender

Two days before his big 9/11 show at MSG, Shawn Carter took a theatre tour through the city to promote his Blueprint 3 LP. His first stop was Letterman's couch, where Jay-Z and Dave-Z traded words (well, a word) about... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z'S NYC THEATRE DAY TAKES HIM TO ED SULLIVAN, BLENDER»

Posted on September 10, 2009 in Concert, Photo, Video (12 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Jay-Z | U2

Jay-Z Hearts Grizzly Bear, Empire Of The Sun

Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on Real Time (where Bill... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z HEARTS GRIZZLY BEAR, EMPIRE OF THE SUN»

Michael McDonald Covers Grizzly Bear

One day after closing out this year's Pool Parties (with Jay-Z and Beyoncé in attendance), Grizzly Bear continue crossing over in every direction with today's release of the "While You Wait" single ... with a b-side where Rossen's vocal is... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL MCDONALD COVERS GRIZZLY BEAR»

New Jay-Z (Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) Video - "Run This Town"

A portrait of a dystopian future: there will be fires, rituals, and scary masks, but a few things will stay the same: Rihanna still looks great in a garter belt and Jay-Z still attracts crowds when he raps. Murderous, freaky,... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEAT. RIHANNA & KANYE WEST) VIDEO - "RUN THIS TOWN"»

Posted on August 20, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West | Rihanna

New Jay-Z LP To Feature Empire Of The Sun?

The surprising list of cameos on The Blueprint 3 apparently grows. Alongside an MGMT credit, Jay also got vocals from Luke Steele (Sleepy Jackson/Empire Of The Sun) according to The Sun. His iPod must be fascinating. (Thanks for the tip,... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z LP TO FEATURE EMPIRE OF THE SUN?»

Posted on August 13, 2009 (10 comments)
Tags: Empire Of The Sun | Jay-Z | Metric

All Points West Wet 2009 In Photos

When APW presented its inaugural festival last year, we weren't alone in taking issue with the experience: lack of food options, a fair but generally recycled undercard which played more like "a bunch of bands opening for Radiohead," an extremely... CONTINUE READING ALL POINTS ~~WEST~~ WET 2009 IN PHOTOS»

New Jay-Z (Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) - "Run This Town"

The Jay-Z news cycle's sped up in anticipation of The Blueprint 3, between "Death Of Auto-Tune," replacing the Beasties at APW, and having MGMT guest on the new LP. Get used to it. And while the auto-tune eulogy came as... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEAT. RIHANNA & KANYE WEST) - "RUN THIS TOWN"»

Posted on July 24, 2009 (115 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West | Rihanna

Jay-Z Replaces Beasties At APW

The circumstances under which Jay-Z is making his first American festival appearance are unfortunate, but the fact that it's happening is pretty exciting for Friday ticket holders: All Points West welcomes Jigga as Friday headliner. MGMT is on the bill,... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z REPLACES BEASTIES AT APW»

Posted on July 23, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: All Points West | HEALTH | Jay-Z

MGMT Guest On Jay-Z's Blueprint 3

The kids will be one of a few artists turning up on Jigga's anticipated, third Blueprint LP (others include Rihanna, Mr. Hudson, Drake, and Kid Cudi). Some more album details are in this Reuters piece. (Thanks for the tip, Reggie.)... CONTINUE READING MGMT GUEST ON JAY-Z'S BLUEPRINT 3»

Posted on July 22, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | Jay-Z | MGMT

New Jay-Z Video - "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)"

The clip for Jigga's auto-tune eulogy plays like a day with the world's loneliest billionaire. Except for when he's hanging with Harvey Keitel, because everyone needs to have someone to play high stakes poker with on some overturned pickle buckets... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z VIDEO - "D.O.A. (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE)"»

Posted on June 29, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Harvey Keitel | Jay-Z

New Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)"

Proving again that he is a man after Stereogum commenters' hearts, the first track from Jay-Z's forthcoming The Blueprint 3 is "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)," a fight song against what Antares and T-Pain hath wrought on our ears for the... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z - "D.O.A. (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE)"»

Posted on June 8, 2009 in Video (45 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West

The 2009 Grammys: Just The Good Parts

NARAS's flirtation with attempting to matter in 2009 went alright last night. There was so much promised we had Videogum come over to help us log our reactions across as many internet platforms as possible, and even with all that... CONTINUE READING THE 2009 GRAMMYS: JUST THE GOOD PARTS»

Liveblogging The 2009 Grammys

Welcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2009 GRAMMYS»

Arcade Fire, Jay-Z Perform For Team Obama

Win Butler and crew made it well known through words and live actions that the Arcade Fire were backing Obama, so it's not surprising that the band's still playing shows for the man now that he's our 44th President. Last... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE, JAY-Z PERFORM FOR TEAM OBAMA»

Posted on January 22, 2009 (12 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Barack Obama | Jay-Z

Jay-Z + Radiohead = Jaydiohead

Considering the publicity wonders The Grey Album worked for Danger Mouse, we're surprised it's taken so long for someone to cook this one up. (Girl Talk did it for like 30 seconds, so that doesn't count.) Enter the enterprising DJ... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z + RADIOHEAD = JAYDIOHEAD»

Posted on January 5, 2009 (59 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Radiohead

New Jay-Z (Featuring Santogold) Video - "Brooklyn (Go Hard)"

That Jay-Z/Santogold/Kanye West BK fight song from the Notorious OST now has itself a video dedicated to Brooklyn, to the letter. Director Evan Roth uses typographic illustration, spelling out "Brooklyn" in cascading typeface, the component parts meshing and building full... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEATURING SANTOGOLD) VIDEO - "BROOKLYN (GO HARD)"»

Posted on December 3, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Asher Roth | Holy Fuck | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Santigold

New Jay-Z (Featuring Santogold) - "Brooklyn (Go Hard)"

That B.I.G. biopic Notorious will have an OST likely dominated by Biggie Smalls cuts, especially since his estate is so creepily enamored with the project, but here's at least one track for the collection from some of Brooklyn's other residents.... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEATURING SANTOGOLD) - "BROOKLYN (GO HARD)"»

Posted on December 1, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: Fleet Foxes | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Notorious B.I.G. | Santigold

New Coldplay (Feat. Jay-Z) Video - "Lost+"

They say Jay repurposed his rap on this "+" version of "Lost" from a Hot 97 freestyle in '06. Well in keeping with the spirit of recycling, Coldplay reuses their official video for "Lost" and Jiggafies it by superimposing his... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY (FEAT. JAY-Z) VIDEO - "LOST+"»

Posted on November 18, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Jay-Z | Sonic Youth

New Jay-Z - "History"

After exhausting all the talk about the hope and the optimism for our country's future and the realization of its highest ideals on Tuesday night, a blogger-friend and I got down to the campaign result's most immediate and significant impact:... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z - "HISTORY"»

Posted on November 7, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Future Of The Left | Jay-Z | Nine Inch Nails

New Coldplay (Feat. Jay-Z) - "Lost+"

The latest in the ongoing "I discovered Coldplay first" drama between Jay-Z and Kanye finds Hova dropping in for a guest verse on Viva La Vida single "Lost!" It's been retitled "Lost+" and appears on the forthcoming Prospekt's March EP.... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY (FEAT. JAY-Z) - "LOST+"»

Posted on October 16, 2008 (26 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Coldplay | Jay-Z

M.I.A. Gets Mashed-Up By Diesel, Remixed By Jay-Z

Last year's Clash-sampling, terror-ific "Paper Planes" found a second life this summer, thanks to Pineapple Express and a bunch of hot rappers. Maya tells Rolling Stone, "The way human beings hear stuff, it's like, suddenly a song sounds better to... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. GETS MASHED-UP BY DIESEL, REMIXED BY JAY-Z»

Coldplay EP Now With Jay-Z

Much like when Coldplay released the b-side "Death Will Never Conquer," which drummer Will Champion sang live at MSG, Chris Martin has gotten folksy on us, making like Mark Twain and pulling out his pen to give the fans a... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY EP NOW WITH JAY-Z»

Posted on October 6, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Jay-Z | Throbbing Gristle

T.I., Jigga, Yeezy, Weezy Sample M.I.A.

"Swagger Like Us," a leaked track from T.I.'s forthcoming Paper Trail, samples M.I.A.'s similarly fibrous "Paper Planes" then throws Jay-Z, Kanye, and Weezy into the mix. T.I.'s clearly bummed about the early appearance of the West-produced track, telling MTV he's... CONTINUE READING T.I., JIGGA, YEEZY, WEEZY SAMPLE M.I.A.»