After blessing the stage the first week of Coachella, the phenomenal artist Pharrell Williams returns for the second week of Coachella 2014 as he became prepared to steal the moment. Reaching directly into his bags of timeless hits he brought out fellow iconic hip-hop artist in Jay Z to perform “Frontin’,” “Excuse Me Miss,” “La-La-La,” and “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me).” This year of Coachella seemed to get blessed by many iconic super stars from all over practically setting the standards even higher for next year. After seeing the reunited legendary duo in Outkast bless this generation with their legendary artistry, it left many people excited about the many possibilities that could happen in the future for music. Enjoy the performance and get ready to continue another great year of the art of music.
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Beyoncé – Drunk In Love ft. Jay Z (Video)
Recently Beyoncé took matters into her own hands once again as she interrupted the internet to release her self-titled album, Beyoncé. Personally I believe this move to release an album without notice to the fans are a true test to culture and core fans of the Queen herself. This decision was definitely the most innovative in regards to marketing and perhaps the future of advertising and marketing for recording artist around the world. With all of that said above is the visual treatment for a track entitled “Drunk In love” featuring non other than Jay Z. This Hype-Williams directed video takes place in Miami on a beach, well the rest you guys will see for yourself. Enjoy!
Jay Z – Holy Grail ft. Justin Timberlake (Video)
Jay Z releases the visuals for track “Holy Grail” featuring non-other than Justin Timberlake. In comparison to a lot of Jay Z’s other visuals this is a lot different has Hov experiments with sort of dark mood. These visuals for directed by Anthony Mandler and you can find “Holy Grail” on Hov’s recent Magna Carta Holy Grail album. Enjoy!
Just Blaze x Baauer: Back & Forth | Noisey
Just Blaze and Baauer sit down for Noisey’s “Back and Forth” segment. In this interview the two musical geniuses talk about their most successful record in “Higher,” which features Jay-Z. They also discuss the NBA wanting their record for their recent All-Star weekend and meeting Jay-Z and Beyonce. Enjoy!
Life + Times: Made in America | TDE
Before Top Dawg Entertainment the West Coast was a bit silenced when it comes to rappers being thought of. Now with Kendrick Lamar being in the best MC conversation and Schoolboy Q’s bold and unique lifestyle raps in the forefront, TDE continues to set the bar for everyone else to follow. Jay Z’s Life + Times follows the whole TDE crew in Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and AB-Soul as they prepare for the Budweiser Made In America Festival this Labor Day weekend.
Alex Reyes: Jay Z Depicted as Fine Art
With Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail album it was obvious that Jay Z was embracing the Art culture a lot more. And of course the rapper would be lyrically talking about his current life which is obviously much better than his previous one, therefore he is exposed to a lot more artful sitings. Cuban-American artist Alex Reyes raises the bar when he takes his art skill and depicts Jay Z he raises eyes all around. Especially once he makes a powerful statement such as “We get it, you can wipe your ass with hundred-dollar bills, but sorry Jay, you’re neither ‘the new Jean-Michel’ or ‘the modern day Pablo Picasso.’ If said artists could return the favor and include you in their work though, it might look something like this.” For more images on Jay Z’s depiction by Alex Reyes, please continue reading.
Jay Z “Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film” | Life+Times
The highly anticipated Picasso Baby film, which was a performance art film directed by Mark Romanek. Although this film consist of 10 minutes it was actually taken from 30 hours of footage and six hours of Jay Z’s back-to-back live performance of the exciting single off of Hov’s Magna Carta Holy Grail album. The performance took place at New York’s Pace Gallery with Jay Z interacting heavily with his fans and fellow artist. Enjoy!
Mike Will Talks Jay Z’s Beach Is Better Experience
Multi-Platinum producer Mike Will Made It speaks on the short masterpiece of the “Beach Is Better” track on Jay Z’s recent musical success in Magna Carta Holy Grail.
Vinylz Talks Producing for Jay Z & Drake | Global Grind
Producers are gaining more and more attention and finally receiving more credit for producing these world-wide hits that everyone loves. This time around New York’s own Vinylz sits down with Global Grind to talk the process of working with Drake and Jay Z. He also gives an insight on working with Boi-1da.
The Truth with Elliot Wilson with Jay Z pt. 2 | Life+Times
For part 2 of this interview between Jay Z and Elliot Wilson for #FACTSONLY gets even more intriguing than part 1. Jay Z speaks on the hot topic of Trayvon Martin’s situation and the moral of the situation. Jay Z also touches on his views on respect and competition within the music world, the shared stories between sports and hip hop, and his perspective on parenting.
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