Jay-Z

Jay-Z Cancels Tour Dates, Raises Eyebrows

source: Idolator

Jay-Z’s tour of college campuses and arenas was supposed to end Friday night in El Paso Texas, but Hova canceled the rest of his tour dates due to an “unforeseen scheduling conflict.” Obviously it’s because Beyoncé is pregnant, folks. Okay, proooobably not, but neither Jay nor concert pro...

Published Tue, Nov 17

Jay-Z & Young Jeezy Set For 2010 North American Tour

source: BET.com

Find out if Jay-Z and Young Jeezy are coming to your town in 2010.Directly on the heels of his college “Blueprint 3″ tour, Young Hova and Live Nation announce the 2010 North American Blueprint 3 excursion. However, instead of listing N.E.R.D, Wale and J.Cole as opening acts, Young Jeezy has been...

Published Thu, Nov 5

Podcast: All Points West Recap

source: MOG

Performance of the Weekend goes to one Jay-Z. Hova was in a difficult position, filling in for the Beastie Boys, as at least some portion of the crowd had bought their tickets for the original headliners. While he didn't bring out a bunch of guests as he has done in the past at shows in New York, h...

Published Sat, Aug 8

Podcast: Countdown: EAR FARM Checks in With the Elbo.ws Top 10

source: EAR FARM

Jay-Z turns 40 this year. I can think of no better test to the “old rappers are bad rappers” theorem than to watch Jay attempt to remain relevant over the course of his next three albums. The new song posted below, while not “bad” per se, doesn’t exactly offer a glimpse at Hova at the top of his gam...

Published Mon, Feb 2

Top Ten Mixtapes Of 2008

source: MOG

10 Russell Simmons & DJ Green Lantern Present: Barack Obama - Yes We Can Viva La Hova is one of many Jay Z remix albums/mixtapes and along with DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album, this has to be among the best. Read my entire review here . Download here .

Published Tue, Dec 30

Jay-Z x Coldplay x Mick Boogie x Terry Urban - Viva La Hova (Review)

source: oghiphop.com

Via ThisIsHipHop Mash-ups are like Hansel from Zoolander, ‘so hot right now‘. The craze of The Grey Album by Danger Mouse caused everyone and their aunties to develop a remix album of their own to the not-so-rare Jay-Z a cappellas. Fact: The album was a work of genius. Fact: Many of the other remix albums that were attempted were tacky, cheesy, obvious and silly. Regardless, it led to the widely publicized and popular Collision Course done by Linkin Park with Jay’s participation and acceptance. Hova’s willingness to reach out to artists outside of hip-hop continued with his collaboration with Coldplay’s Chris Martin on the song “Beach Chair” from the Kingdom Come album.

Published Mon, Nov 17

Opinion: Viva La Hova

source: everythingallofthetime (WordPress)

Nonetheless, it comes from notable mixtape producers Terry Urban and Mick Boogie and features production from the likes of 9th Wonder and 6th Sense. And actually, it's not really so much a mashup album as a Jay-Z remix album that only samples Coldplay. This may sound dumb in theory, but basi...

Published Sun, Nov 2

Opinion: Hear Rolling Stone’s Favorite New Tracks including Jay-Z, Britney Spears, and R.E.M.

source: Rolling Stone

Jay-Z “I Know” Hova breaks out of his post-retirement slump with this 1970s funk ode to heroin and busts out his best rhymes since The Black Album. Listen]-[Review]

Published Thu, Nov 8