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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Chevy Chase on November 12, 2006, 03:11:00 pm
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Here's the "marathon" tour info:
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=303481 (http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=303481)
Any idea where the D.C. stop will be and who's distributing tickets? The Club already has two shows on the 18th -- though its impossible to say what time of day Jay-Z would hit D.C.
Any info appreciated. Thanks.
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The Nov. 18 outing, dubbed "The Jay-Z Hangar Tour," will touch down at airports in Atlanta; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; New York; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Las Vegas. The rapper will perform for radio contest winners, apparently in airport hangars.
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Wuh?
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lmao @ this stuff
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Hope the emergency rooms are slow on this night, because they will be busy once the concert starts. Call extra staff in.
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I'd love too see someone with clout in the hip hop community take a shot at Jay-Z on record like Nas did a few years ago (though it was retaliatory and he then pulled a pathetic 180 after winning the battle by reconciling and signing with Def Jam). Obviously he had a great career, but the whole rap CEO thing is lame, and the multi-cross promotional BS surrounding this coming out of retirement schtick is pathetic. Budweiser. Expect Everything. Feckin lame. Hip hop is more bloated and vacuous than ever - and Jay-Z has replaced Diddy as the representative of all that sucks - and the guy that the hacks most want to emulate (although maybe the Dirty South is equally to blame). Not to mention the fact that he turned his back on Heineken ("The Takeover") to pimp Budweiser, which to me is worse than snitching.
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definitely lame ... but the one thing that jay has going for him is that he's no master p, he was/is an unreal talent, and noone really disputes that ... 'reasonable doubt' is an absurd album, and how he puts his flows together on the fly is pretty ridiculous
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Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
Lost generation, fast paced nation
World population confront they frustration
The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken
It's all contractual and about money makin
Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know they limitation
Exact replication and false representation
You wanna be a man, then stand your own
To MC requires skills, I demand some shown
I let the frauds keep frontin
And roam like a celluar phone far from home
Givin crowds what they wantin
Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th thumpin
Keepin ya party jumpin with an original somethin
Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimension-al
No imagination, excuse for perpetration
My man came over and said, "Yo we thought we heard you"
Joke's on you; you heard a bitin-ass crew but um..
Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
Thin is the line that run between love and hatred
The game is ill-natured, it's nothing sacred
Aiyyo, it's funny when I see some rap niggaz due to make it
A few'll blow up, or go as far as they can take it
My nine to five, is just to hit ya get the party live
I'm Black Thought, used to rap for sport
Now the rhymes sayin rent payin life support
I take it very serious-ly, within this in-dustry
It's various crews that try to touch me
But I come with the beautiful things, and I bless the track plushly
Around the world crowds love me, from doin tours
Recepient of applause from all of you and yours
Creator of original sounds to send to stores
you take home, to absorb and sweat it out your pores
Now who can stop the music runnin through these veins
Infinitely go against the grain, that's why my motto's to..
Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
Livin the life of limos and lights
Airplanes and trains, short days and long nights
Keyboards and mics, bass chords and drum kicks
And my mental thick to hit my head like brick
As I embark on a mission welcomin to the dark
When I first spark the arts, when the listenin start
Open your head wide, and let the Thought inside
My style fortified by all of Philadel-phi
I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy
Mentality undetectable by the naked eye
Then I get paid when the record is played
To put it short "I want it made" like Ed, nuff said
Then after that, I'm puttin on my cousin Hamed
We let the ladies blend with the darkskin thoroughbred
and discover, my level is that of no other
And Roots crew reign offical and true while I'm continuin to..
Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
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No argument here whatsoever. And he's obviously smarter than I am, so maybe he knows what he's doing. But why not take the higher ground when you're already on top of the world? I didn't even mention the commercial with Danica Patrick and Lil' E. He's got a ton of talent and accumulated goodwill and is in a position to make a statement - and his statement is to be a shill for corporate america. Boo. I think Damon Dash provided some soul that Jay Z lacks on his own. Hip hop and commerce have been linked in a positive way but it was always about SELF empowerment - self-owned labels, clothing lines etc. Selling out your product to corporate america before its been released seems to be the opposite of self-empowerment. Is Jay-Z coming back to finish what Hammer started??
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i think its absolutely rediculous that these shows are taking place in airports. would it really disrupt the entire 24 hour thing to have them at a nearby venue, with transportation taking him directly to and from the venue? also, the fact that ALL tickets are being given away on radio stations is extremely aggravating.
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Its a stunt for Cingular and whoever else is sponsoring it.
Basically I'm saying if he wants to be the Bill Cosby of hip-hop, it'd be nice if a young Eddie Murphy could come up and take him to task.
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Originally posted by chokeychicken:
i think its absolutely rediculous that these shows are taking place in airports. would it really disrupt the entire 24 hour thing to have them at a nearby venue, with transportation taking him directly to and from the venue? also, the fact that ALL tickets are being given away on radio stations is extremely aggravating.
My evil side says this will all be worth it just to drive Homeland Security crazy. :D
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Originally posted by chokeychicken:
i think its absolutely rediculous that these shows are taking place in airports. would it really disrupt the entire 24 hour thing to have them at a nearby venue, with transportation taking him directly to and from the venue? also, the fact that ALL tickets are being given away on radio stations is extremely aggravating.
ridiculous.. yet cool in a sorta that's so over-the-top way? *shrug*
it'd be even better if the DC airport was dulles... "nah, all of y'all have to drive an hour to see ME!"
love that guy.
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Anybody hear any more on this? I'm told 99.5 and WPGC having been giving away tickets. There's a pair on Craigslist for $250 each. Can anyone confirm the location? I'm assuming Reagan Airport.
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They coul not do it in an airport (security reasons) it is now somewhere on Howard Univ. campus.
tickets are "invite" only...basically radio winners and a select other few
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AP "blog" following Jay-Z today on his one-day tour:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mu/music24_hours_with_jay_z (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mu/music24_hours_with_jay_z)
shows are 30 minutes each