Last night Jay-Z kicked off his Glastonbury headline set with what we hope will be the final word in this ongoing Oasis feud. A few months back, Noel Gallagher claimed it was "wrong" to feature hip-hop at the fest. Jay-Z... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z COVERS "WONDERWALL" AT GLASTONBURY»
Posted on June 29, 2008 in Video (99 comments)
Tags: AC/DC | Glastonbury | Jay-Z | Oasis
As we mentioned, Jay-Z's playing overseas festivals this summer ... like, for another instance, headlining Glastonbury. Noel Gallagher, for one, doesn't think a hip-hop artist should be playing the top Saturday night slot because it screws with the history and... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z RESPONDS TO NOEL'S OPINION THAT HAVING RAPPERS AT GLASTONBURY IS "WRONG"»
Posted on May 14, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (89 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Noel Gallagher | Oasis
Brandon can attest, last year's Roskilde was a glorious mud bath. We're guessing it can't rain as much this time around, but even if it does, the lineup's intriguing enough that if you can find a way to get to... CONTINUE READING JUDAS PRIEST AND SLAYER JOIN MBV, RADIOHEAD, JAY-Z, AND NEIL YOUNG AT ROSKILDE '08»
Posted on April 17, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Judas Priest | My Bloody Valentine | Neil Young | Radiohead | Roskilde | Slayer
Director Philip Andelman gives American Gangster's most smoothed out nighttime track a fittingly low-lighted, evening air -- "four separate and unrelated stories, four unique trips taken on by four girls in one night in New York City," is the pitch... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEAT. PHARRELL) - "I KNOW"»
Posted on February 27, 2008 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Pharrell
Welcome to Stereogum's sarcastic play-by-play of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. We're moments before showtime and Amy Winehouse has already won Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and a new set of teeth. Tonight promises an exciting... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2008 GRAMMYS»
Posted on February 10, 2008 (174 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Beyoncé | Daft Punk | Dave Stewart | Feist | Foo Fighters | Grammys | Herbie Hancock | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Kid Rock | Rihanna | Ringo Starr | The Beatles | Tina Turner | will.i.am
In this rousing Jason Goldwatch-directed live video, that Connect Four playa Jay-Z spits a spirited take on the Diddy and the Hitmen-produced American Ganster tune "Pray." No matter how times we hear and love it, still kinda wish it was... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z VIDEO - "PRAY"»
Posted on January 30, 2008 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
We already started this campaign, so we're duty bound to see it through. Kanye posts YouTube of Jay-Z's Connect Four matchup with Consequence. Guess how it turned out. One hint... Speech!
"First of all I'd like to thank my Connect..."
Posted on January 23, 2008 (2 comments)
It's (Consumer Electronics) Show time in Vegas, and last night's keynote address came packing a pop culture-savvy video designed to give some morale back to the John Hodgmanized ranks of the Microsoft fanboys, by putting their fearless leader in cute... CONTINUE READING BILL GATES PLANS TO SPEND RETIREMENT WITH BONO, JAY-Z, JON STEWART, AND LOTS OF DEMOCRATS»
Posted on January 7, 2008 in Video, Video Games (7 comments)
Tags: Al Gore | Barack Obama | Bill Gates | Bono | George Clooney | Guitar Hero | Hillary Clinton | Jay-Z | Jon Stewart | Slash | Steven Spielberg
In what's fast becoming a Stereogum tradition, we've once again conspired with master bootlegger team9 for a celebration of the year in singles. Of course "the year in singles" is a loaded term coming from us... CONTINUE READING TEAM9 VS. STEREOGUM PRESENTS... MYSPLICE 2.0: 2007 MASHED UP»
Posted on December 31, 2007 in MP3 (37 comments)
Tags: 2 Live Crew | Arcade Fire | Band Of Horses | Bangers And Cash (Spank Rock) | Bloc Party | Bronski Beat | Calvin Harris | Europe | Feist | Grizzly Bear | Guns N' Roses | Jay-Z | M.I.A. | New Young Pony Club | OneRepublic | PJ Harvey | Ratatat | Sean Kingston | Smokey Robinson | Spank Rock | team9 | The Bee Gees | The Cure
Sorry Ri, you don't get to claim the top spot this year, even though "Umbrella" will go down as this annum's "Hey Ya"/"Crazy"/big-time pop jam. Rolling Stone's we-love-everything-but-country countdown doesn't even give the Barbados bombshell's syllabic stutterer the #2 slot... CONTINUE READING ROLLING STONE'S TOP SINGLE OF THE YEAR IS NOT "UMBRELLA"»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in Year-End List (32 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
Believe that. JD's talking about music dissemination, formats, and pricing. All he's saying is, if Radiohead can decide to put out music on their terms (i.e. "no really it's up to you" pricing), then Jay-Z can do it his way... CONTINUE READING JERMAINE DUPRI: "RADIOHEAD KICKED IT THE RADIOHEAD WAY. JAY-Z SHOULD BE ABLE TO KICK IT JAY-Z'S WAY."»
Posted on November 29, 2007 (19 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Jermaine Dupri | Lefsetz
As mentioned, we love American Gangster (the album) and so we had fun watching Jay-Z ease into storyteller mode on Charlie Rose. Instead of talking about a recession, Jigga brings up the good times with (and Cuban cigars for) Biggie,... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z ON CHARLIE ROSE»
Posted on November 9, 2007 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
We follow up a very favorable evaluation of Jay-Z's American Gangster with a look at Sean Carter's evaluation of the American economy. Plus, more JiggaTube than you could shake a fake retirement at. We'll start with Jay's new vid for... Storytellers)'">CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z VIDEO - "ROC BOYS (AND THE WINNER IS)" (PLUS JAY PREDICTS A RECESSION, HITS STORYTELLERS)»
Posted on November 6, 2007 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Jay-Z
Jay Z's 10th album American Gangster comes out next week. It reportedly took him four weeks to complete (damn). We're no Jay-Z experts (unlike, say, our Ph.D. in Kanye), but we're really really liking this album, and it's much stronger... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: JAY-Z - AMERICAN GANGSTER»
Posted on November 2, 2007 in Album Art, Premature Evaluation (20 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
Assorted happenings from "Big Brother" and little brother these days. Like over in Kanye's University City blog, there's a massive MP3 mixtape up for free download, assembled by West, 9th Wonder and Mick Boogie featuring remixes, freestyles, and all sorts... CONTINUE READING CHECKING IN WITH THE ROC-A-FELLAS»
Posted on October 23, 2007 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West
Seems like only a week ago we learned of that irascible Jigga's inability to stay retired with the announcement of American Gangster, Sean's second record since 'calling it quits' in '03. That's 'cause it was only a week ago --... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEAT. PHARRELL) - "BLUE MAGIC"»
Posted on September 24, 2007 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Pharrell
Russell Crow, Denzel Washington, Ridley Scott. Throw all three of 'em in a movie, and sure it sounds like bait for a bevy of Oscar nominations. But for Jay-Z, those three artists' forthcoming film was enough to have him turn... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z STEPPING OUT OF RETIREMENT (AGAIN) FOR GANGSTER»
Posted on September 20, 2007 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
What does 20,000 people simultaneously losing their shit sound like? If you were at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, you know -- and are probably still a little deaf from the fanfare. A cosmic cast of hip-hop titans surprised the... CONTINUE READING TI, JAY-Z, KANYE WEST, 50 CENT & DIDDY MAKE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THE LOUDEST PLACE ON EARTH»
Posted on August 24, 2007 in Video (21 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Diddy | Jay-Z | Kanye West | TI
Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, we break 'em down for you. This week we examine Jay-Z's "Show Me What You Got" and try to answer the question: whose evil island is it, anyway? CONTINUE READING VIDEO HANGOVER: JAY-Z - "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT"»
Posted on May 29, 2007 in Video, Video Hangover (10 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
A few observations about Beyoncé's new vid for the Prince-ly titled "Upgrade U." First, something about her expressions and sideway stares are recalling Ashanti, when the style mimicking is usually the other way around. Also, her Hova persona is better... CONTINUE READING NEW BEYONCé VIDEO - "UPGRADE U"»
Posted on March 1, 2007 in Video (30 comments)
Tags: Beyoncé | Jay-Z
Fall Out Boy's latest record Infinity On High (aka "one of the biggest leaks" ever) opens with Cherry Coke-salesman Sean Carter firing shots at critics incredulous of the prospects of, uh, a Fall Out Boy/Jay-Z collab, apparently. Of course this... CONTINUE READING FOB AND HOV IN "THRILLER"»
Posted on February 5, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Fall Out Boy | Jay-Z
The career path of a from-the-streets hip-hop mogul: From slinging coke to shilling for Cherry Coke. Via Page 6:JAY-Z has pocketed a cool $3 million for agreeing to relaunch Cherry Coke. The Def Jam president, never one to say no... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z TO POP HIS CHERRY-POP CHERRY»
Posted on February 1, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
Pardon the NY-centric news for a second, guys; if you've never been on the Lower East Side, you (hopefully) know nothing of the cheeseball-attracting, blemish of a club called Libation. Its recent closing was enough to get blogs talking, giving... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z COMING TO THE LES?»
Posted on January 25, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z
We know you were sold already, but Honda just gave you another reason to see Fall Out Boy's upcoming tour! Billboard reports:In honor of the tour, Fall Out Boy has created a custom Honda Civic Hybrid that will be showcased... CONTINUE READING INFINITY ON HYBRID»
Posted on January 8, 2007 (0 comments)
Tags: Fall Out Boy | Jay-Z | Kanye West
MADtv alum Aries Spears stopped into the Live 105 radio show for a freestyle rap, joined by LL Cool J, Snoop, DMX, and Jay-Z. Honestly only two words needed to kick this off: Fucking amazing. ... CONTINUE READING THE RICH LITTLE OF HIP-HOP»
Posted on November 16, 2006 in Video (22 comments)
Tags: DMX | Jay-Z | LL Cool J | Snoop Dogg
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