Jay-Z

By J.R. In a recent interview with Angie Martinez of Hot 97, rap artist Jay-Z revealed his thoughts about the state of rap and spoke on rap artist Soulja Boy aka Dre.

By Paul MacInnes, Rosie Swash Rosie rushes back to the pod to join Paul MacInnes and guest Will Dean to review new music from Discovery, Magnolia Electric Co and Jay-Z (hopefully a diverse enough group to keep you lot happy). Everyone likes Discovery, but opinions are split on the latest output from both Jason Molina's...

By J.R. First single off of Jay-Z’s album Blueprint 3 which is scheduled to release September 11, 2009. “You rappers singing too much, get back to rap you T-Pain’ing too much.”

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Jay to the Z drops some dope versus when he spits on the death of the dastardly Autotune. Which I seriously hate. Yo, is Zapp to autotune as James Brown is to hip hop? Big ups to those cats over at 95Flavas for hooking us with this goodie! Death of Autotune

By ANGEL ♫ Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death Of Autotune) [ ALTERNATE LINK ] Billboard recently announced that Jay’s 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3 will be released on September 11th, 8 years to the day of dropping the original Blueprint album. Shout out to Rap Radar and Nah Right for the info & links

Whoa! Jay Z "Blue Magic" feat. Pharrell (Audio) Super Phat Diary #3 - Gypsy Yo, this one is for all my producers and beat makers. This cut has got serious swagger along with a twist of Middle Eastern flava... "I Love New York" Shines Whoa! Jay Z "Blue Magic" feat. Pharrell (Audio)

By Contra™ Regardless, there was a time when Roc-A-Fella reigned. Now, Dame Dash is a joke, Jay-z is a married man, Kanye is a gay fish and the rest are dogs off their leashes at best. The times, they are a changing. Freeway Feat. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel - “What We Do”

By Gotty™ No tags, courtesy of eskay, who also provides the backstory to this unfinished version. Hit the break. Jay-Z Feat. P. Diddy - “Maybe” (Produced by Sean C & LV) No tags, courtesy of eskay, who also provides the backstory to this unfinished version. Hit the break. Produced by Sean C & LV)

By Denise Rapper Jay-Z on the track Maybe featuring Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. more…) ShareThis Rapper Jay-Z on the track Maybe featuring Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. ShareThis

By Dona Asher Roth keeps it real. Having come from the ‘burbs his associated privilege is never slid under the doormat in his rhymes or lyrics.  He raps about Harry Potter: muggles, wizards, quidditch, witches, and snitches. He raps about eggs benedict aka eggs benny aka MY FAVORITE BREAKY EVER! He...

By Gotty™ Hey Gotty™, can you add this to the blog or make a new one. Jay-Z - History (Inaugural Version) Previously Posted — “You Need To Grow Up…DJ’ing Will Get You No Where.” POSTSCRIPT You want to know how I know Neil stays true to his Hip-Hop roots?

By stefan_triffo Artist: Jay Z Song: Best Rapper Alive [Remix] Featurings: Eminem Artist: Jay Z Song: Best Rapper Alive [Remix] Featurings: Eminem

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By amherstdam I won’t be back again until 2009, so I’ll just leave you with the last mashup weekend of 2008. “The World Has Turned and Left Me Here” by Weezer vs. “Change Clothes” by Jay-Z. I sort of feel like the world has turned and left me here; I’ve been jet- lagged out of my mind for days.

By mimi Jay-Z & Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard Lee Ranaldo Feat. The Lazy 8 Chorale - The Singing Bridge Of Memphis, Brooklyn Bridge Version/The Coelcanth Jay-Z & Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard Santogold and Diplo - Guns of Brooklyn (Doc and Jon Hill d

DOWNLOAD: Jadakiss - 4 Da Fam Freestyle (No DJ) Here we go… we got a wicked freestyle titled “4 Da Fam” from MR. Kiss My Ass. Jadakiss say’s he ain’t done with that album yet, but he coming though! We ready Kiss, drop that hotness already, but i hope that Jay-Z ain’t turn that grimey material soft...

By Denise 2. Jay-Z - Brooklyn 3. Jadakiss - Pop Champagne 7. Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz - In This Club (Exclusive) 15. Chris Brown Feat Lil Wayne - Forever Remix 16. Ryan Leslie Feat Jadakiss - How Its Suppsoe To Be Remix 17. Jadakiss - Get Off Me 18. Jadakiss & Lil Wayne - Deathwish

By ldnx10 LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z feat. Santogold - Brooklyn (Go Hard) ++++ LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Jay Electronica - Haglar [produced by Jay Electronica] LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Jay Electronica - Not Too Far From Nothing [produced by Jay Electronica] ++++

By jvrabel7 Billboard — Just because you don’t have a new album coming out doesn’t mean you can’t be part of Black Friday, so Coldplay is offering this EP with an expanded edition of “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” plus all by its lonesome. Six tracks are leftovers from the Brian Eno-produced...

By xxlstaff Luda, Jay-Z and Nas do it for the culture...

By PopSense At Kanye’s concert that I went to, Jay-Z showed up at the end. And we all screamed and cried and whatnot. Wait a minute. Kanye looks up to Jay-Z, everyone flipped when Jay-Z showed up. Does that mean that…maybe Jay-Z saved hip-hop? Let’s see… He released his first album over a decade ago and has in...

By RealTalkNY Song was defintely overhyped, and I’m thinking that Jay-Z verse must be old. Jay-Z was recently on DJ Khaled radio show in Miami. New Uncle Murda & Jay-Z(Going At Fat Joe & DJ Khaled?) Song was defintely overhyped, and I’m thinking that Jay-Z verse must be old. Jay-Z was recently on DJ...

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By Des Jadakiss Sav just sent this joint over and commads tou to stop everything and listen. I was kind of hoping to hear an actual verse from Jay, but Kiss does enough. DL link coming soon. Jadakiss feat. Jay-Z - “Who Run This” Sav just sent this joint over and commads tou to stop everything and listen. I w...

By noreply@blogger.com (SDSU) An M.I.A. vocal sample cradles four verses by four of the biggest rappers out there. Kanye West put a little, well...a lot of T-Pain on his vocals and surprisingly delivers the strongest verse of the whole track. Lil' Wayne put even more T-Pain on himself. T.I. finally gets a little lyrical again. And I j...

By trickledown Inspired sampling of non-mainstream music in hip hop happens all too infrequently, but has a strong lineage with Grandmaster Flash sampling Liquid Liquid, many acts sampling ESG's UFO, etc. Seems like no recent producers have really been sampling much good new wave, no wave, etc. So big p...

By noreply@blogger.com (SDSU) Jay-Z takes the opportunity to shoot a little line or two at Oasis' Noel Gallagher over this Kanye West producing first track off of Blueprint 3. That bloke from Oasis said I can’t play guitar/Somebody should've told him I’m a f*cking Roc star/Today is gonna be the day I'm gonna throw it back...

By Rap-Up The Internet has been fiendin’ for it, now here’s “Jockin’ Jay-Z” in its entirety off Jay-Z’s upcoming Blueprint 3. Jigga premiered the Kanye West-produced song last week at Kanye’s Madison Square Garden show. Hov cannot be stopped!

By jackpot The God MC joins Jeezy on this "G mix"...

By Rap-Up Young Jeezy gets Jay-Z on the official remix to “Put On,” which features new verses from both rappers. “Put a little T-Pain on my shit too,” Jigga says before going into his rap where he takes credit for putting Fabolous back on the charts and bringing Nas to Def Jam. As much as [...]

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By universoulproductions 01 - DJ Spinna feat. Busta Rhymes "dillagence" 03 - Declaime "the movement" 04 - Pete Rock "made man" 07 - Busta Rhymes & Raekwon "baggage handlers" 09 - Jay Dee "in yo face" 11 - BR Gunna "get cha guns" 12 - Jay-Z vs Madvillain "get that blunt off your shoulder"

By Nigel D Prod. by Just Blaze) I already know people are going to be saying who killed who on the track, smh. ShareThis Lil Wayne ft. Jay-Z - Mr. Carter (Prod. by Just Blaze) I already know people are going to be saying who killed who on the track, smh. The CARTER 3 In stores June 10th….

By Gotty™ Jay Electronica & The New Royales - “Posers” [Sweeney Kovar] What Did John McCain Say to Young Jeezy? [Vulture] Jam Master Jay Murder: Friend Recalls Legendary DJ’s Last Hours, Reveals New Evidence [MTV] The best is behind us: Vintage Jay-Z and old cassette tapes! [MissInfoTV]

By universoulproductions For those who don't know, I will be releasing "THE GREEN ALBUM" the same day Al Green will be releasing "Lay It Down".  THE GREEN ALBUM is a project I've had mostly finished for 3 years now. It's a full-length hip hop remix album over all Al Green sample-made beats.  Most of the songs being remixe...

By Zack Yeah, you’ve heard me say it before, but I’ll say it again: Wale is the second coming (no, not this WALE). He is the face of the growing Washington D.C. music scene (take that Ian McKaye) and is set to explode onto the national scene after what seems to be an eternity of waiting for his debut album. U...

By ANGEL ♫ Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige - “You’re Welcome” - You’re Welcome ( Shout out to Nahright & LOWKEY, for the track!! ) These two superstars released the Swizz Beatz produced track in anticipation of their ‘Heart of the City’ tour, which starts this month. Some of the tour dates are located af...

By SDSU Fat Joe: Absolutely. It’s like, the room is hip hop, and the elephant is me. Every time I see these countdowns of, who are the top ten rappers, they never want to mention my name. If you look at the longevity of an artist, somebody comes out and is an overnight sensation, and by the next album, its w...

By SDSU Sheek Louch: Oh, I know. You know what, Z? I apologize, it's been too long for this Lox album. And I definitely thought it was comin' at the time. We just ripped down a big, big show in New York at BB King's. The reviews were ridiculous. They called it the best show of '08. Kiss just made his move over the...

By ANGEL Jaiden - Paradise I’m sure some of you remember our Artist Spotlight feature on Jaiden from last year. Well this NYC based singer has been on his grind since the last time we spoke on him. He recently got off a run singing back-up for Jay Z’s American Gangster tour and sent this new track exclusi...

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By Rizoh Today marks the 1st anniversary of Disco D’s death. During his last month in New York, Disco created a track for Nas & Jay-Z, but Def Jam didn’t buy it because of clearance issues. So, Disco gave the joint to longtome friend Mr. Johnson, who decided to rhyme over the track in his honor. Enjoy.

By Zack First off, check out this awesome hour long mix put together by a man who seems to owns the internets these days, none other than Diplo. The I Like Turtles Mixed CD takes it’s name from the YouTube zombie Jonathan, and is chock-full of awesomeness, including Soulja Boy laced over DJ Shadow an...

By SDSU Peedi Peedi adds his name to the growing list of petty jealous rappers who should concentrate more on their own game than on the haterade in Jay-Z's direction. Will people like you better now? Hm, probably not. Will your records be any better now you got this off your chest? Hm, probably not. Wi...

By Rizoh Oh yeah, Beans is still a beast on the mic. A severely underrated one for that matter. [See post to listen to audio] ::Jay-Z ft. Beanie Sigel - “Ignorant Sh*t” A lot of people criticize Jay-Z for not addressing socio-conscious topics like, say, Nas or Talib. Funny thing is, he does…on his own ter...

By nospam@example.com (Marc Vander Maas) UPDATE: Jay’s interview wrapped up a little bit ago. If you missed it, it looks like there’s a chance that it may be archived on this page today or tomorrow. UPDATE: Anthony Bradley talks Hot Ghetto Mess on KFBK in Sacramento, California (850K mp3 file).

By Laron Cue If that wasn’t enough From L.A. With Love managed to get a clip of the late DJ Dusk, well known L.A. party wrecker and music lord, as he emceed the crowd with his patented “Let Me Knoooooow”. Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson contribute a dedication to J Dilla with their “Nag Champa”, clos...

NEW YORK Federal prosecutors have alleged that a lowlevel career bandit may hold the key to one of the more highprofile mysteries of the hiphop world Who killed rap pioneer Jam Master Jay?

By address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid () Sounds like Rihanna hits back Beyoncé's "Upgrade U" track! Looks like Jay-Z can't get enough of my bajan girl Rihanna. Fiyah! Here's the Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Upgrade U track. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella # 1 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella # 2 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella # 3

Rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty Monday to the assault of two nail salon workers in 2004, then minutes later, tried to get the judge to withdraw her plea claiming she was rushed into the decision.  Is it really true this time? Star magazine is citing a source that claims Beyonce Knowles and J...

AUDIO CLIP: today we talked about what happened over the weekend. I went out to NJ to judge the King Magazine model search with Cipha Soundz and DJ Camilo for Funkmaster Flex's Celebrity Car Show. And then on Sunday, it was time for the Jay-Z "Reasonable Doubt" concert at Radio City Music Hall....

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