Tagged: Jay-Z
Stream The-Dream’s Album IV Play
IV Play, The-Dream’s long-awaited fourth LP, out next week via Radio Killa/Def Jam, is now streaming in its entirety. Pay special attention to “Too Early,” the church-tinged ode to rough mornings featuring GEN F bluesman … read more »
Stream: The-Dream f. Jay-Z, “High Art”
Beyoncé won’t appear on the new Dream record (a Culture Club sample could not be cleared), but this collaboration with Jay-Z celebrating the fine art of smoking dry blunts your bros will. It’s “Just a … read more »
Ghostface Killah: The Balladeer
May 2013: Today, on Ghostface Killah’s 43rd birthday, we take a look back at his 2006 FADER #37 cover story, which coincided with the release of his album, Fishscale. April 2006: All Ghostface Killah can … read more »
Stream: Jay-Z, “100$ Bill”
Jay-Z, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg’s favorite example of the American Dream’s vitality, calls himself a new Kennedy on “100$ Bill,” the opener of The Great Gatsby soundtrack he executive produced. Stream the entire album a … read more »
Obama Has More Important Things to Do Than Approve Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s Vacation, Says Obama
Jay-Z’s “Open Letter” has to be the first Soundcloud upload to receive comment, within a week, from both the White House press office and the President himself. In an interview with Savannah Guthrie aired this … read more »
Stream: Jay-Z, “Open Letter”
Jay-Z recorded “Open Letter,” an imperial rant, last night in New York with producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz. On the track, debuted this morning on New York’s Hot 97 and Jay’s Life + Times, Jay … read more »
Obama Did Not Personally Approve Jay-Z’s Vacation, Says White House
Boy from the hood but got White House clearance, Jay-Z raps on “Open Letter,” his “Bow Down” moment from this morning that also jokingly suggests President Obama might want to leave his job and come … read more »
To Become Power Sports Agent, Jay-Z Sells His Share of Brooklyn Nets
Update 4/18/2013: In a statement posted to his Life + Times site, Jay-Z confirms he’ll sell his Brooklyn Nets stake in order to represent NBA players as part of a new business venture, Roc Nation … read more »
Beyoncé and Andre 3000 Are Covering Amy Winehouse for the Gatsby Soundtrack
Update 4/4/2013: Preview Beyoncé and Andre 3000′s “Back to Black” cover, along with Lana Del Rey’s “Young And Beautiful” and Florence + The Machine’s “Over The Love,” in a new Gatsby trailer, below. The Great … read more »
Stream: Kendrick Lamar f. Jay-Z, “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix)”
Update 3/21/2013: Watch Top Dawg, the CEO of Lamar’s label TDE, play Kendrick Jay-Z’s “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” verse for the first time, at a New York recording session for Schoolboy Q, below the … read more »
