Showing posts with label Jay Z. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jay Z. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

NEW RELEASE: Usher ft Jay Z And Ester Dean - 'Hot Toddy'...

NEW RELEASE: Usher ft Jay Z And Ester Dean - 'Hot Toddy'...




Yet another hot track - this time produced by the very talented Polow Da Don - has leaked from Usher's current comeback era. Entitled 'Hot Toddy', it features Jay Z and Rude Boy writer Ester Dean, it is rumoured to be on Usher's upcoming EP, Versus, but with Ciara in place of ED.

Listen to it after the jump.


Saturday, 26 June 2010

INTERVIEW: Jay Z And Eminem Visit David Letterman...

INTERVIEW: Jay Z And Eminem Visit David Letterman...






















Click on the third video (02:44 mark) for Em and at (06:04) for Jay.

Click on the fifth video for Em and Jay live on the rooftop.

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Tuesday, 15 June 2010

CANDIDS: Jay Z And The Queen B Hang Out With Aziz Ansari ...

CANDIDS: Jay Z And The Queen B Hang Out With Aziz Ansari...








We just love this pic so much we had to put it up. Ha-larious.



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Sunday, 13 June 2010

PERFORMANCE: Jay Z And Kanye West Perform 'Run This Town' At The Isle Of White Festival..

PERFORMANCE: Jay Z And Kanye West Perform 'Run This Town' At The Isle Of White Festival..






Kanye West joined the King Of Roc Nation at the Isle Of White Festival for a rendition of the #1 hit , Run This Town.


Watch it after the jump...





Friday, 11 June 2010

VERDICT: Jay Z Scores Yet Another 'Rolling Stone' Cover...

VERDICT: Jay Z Scores Yet Another 'Rolling Stone' Cover...









King Of America, huh? We would have settled just for King Of Roc Nation (with B being the Queen, of course), but there you go!!

What can we say that the above doesn't? We love the shades, the I-run-this-town attitude, the sharp shape-up...

But we're still holding out hope for a Queen B/Jay RS cover - unlikely as it is - aptly titled, 'THE REIGN'. Can't you just see it? And B hasn't actually had an RS cover in the US since '04. We know; we can't believe it, either.


VERDICT: 8.11/10


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Tuesday, 20 April 2010

CANDIDS: Queen B And Jay Z At LAX After Coachella..

CANDIDS: Queen B And Jay Z At LAX After Coachella..


Purely because of the above shot, we've decided to add a new feature to this blog, CANDIDS.

How many ways is it possible to enthuse about how much we LOVE, yes, LOVE, the above? The Queen is working that floor like it's a runway with FIERCE Alexander Mc Queen shoes and those curves on FULL display, while Jay is stepping, rocking one hell of an ensemble, both with indoor sunglasses.

What isn't there to love about these two?

yes. Yes. YES.

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Saturday, 17 April 2010

PERFORMANCE: Jay Z And The Queen B Slay 'Forever Young' At Coachella...

PERFORMANCE: Jay Z And The Queen B Slay 'Forever Young' At Coachella...




The King and Queen of Roc Nation!!

They slayed!! Bow down!!

(P.S. This just made us remember how much we miss the Queen. Four months to go...)


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Saturday, 20 February 2010

INTERVIEW: Jay Z On The Jonathan Ross Show...

INTERVIEW: Jay Z On The Jonathan Ross Show...






Lovin how the King and Queen Of Roc Nation are ON TOP right now....


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Tuesday, 16 February 2010

2010 BRITS SPECIAL: Jay Z And AK OWN Empire State Of Mind..

2010 BRITS SPECIAL: Jay Z And AK OWN Empire State Of Mind..





Once again, the title says it all. This and Gaga's were the best performances of the night, hands down. And AK was rocking that dress and them killer heels. Loved Jay's acceptance speech - 'I also want to thank the Spice Girls ’cause they inspired me.". OWNED!!


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Friday, 1 January 2010

VIDEO PREMIERE: Jay Z's Video For New Single - On To The Next One

VIDEO PREMIERE: Jay Z's Video For New Single - On To The Next One





Oh, Jay. After the various kick-arse singles you've gifted us with from TBP3, we've forgiven you for your weak verses from Run This Town. It's gone. Brushed under the carpet.

And now you come with this. You're killing us, Mr B. You're killing us. Yet another sick vid, great visuals, the monochrome, your simple attire. It's too much, dahling, too much...

Here's to a CRAAZY 2010. We have a feeling you're gonna be even bigger than ever...


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Thursday, 31 December 2009

LISTS: #191-210 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties

LISTS: #191-210 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties



So, here it is, bunnies! The last installment of our favourite songs of the decade...

We've come such a long way *wipe away tears*...

Enjoy...

191) No Air - Chris Brown & Jordin Sparks

192) Make It Clap - Busta Rhymes

193) Pass The Courvoisier - Busta Rhymes

194) I Know What U Want - Busta Rhymes ft Mariah Carey

195) Slow Jamz - Twista ft Jamie Foxx

196) Never Let Me Down - Kanye West & Jay Z

197) Halo - Queen B

198) P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent

199) Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke

200) Do You Know - Enrique Iglesias

201) Shake Your Tail Feather - Nelly, Diddy, Murphy Lee

202) Hero - Enrique Iglesias

203) Thong Song - Sisqo

204) Paparazzi - Lady Gaga

205) When I'm Gone - Eminem

206) AM To PM - Christina Milian

207) Slow Down - Bobby Valentino

208) Lose My Breath - DC3

209) You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse

210) Me Against The Music - Britney Spears ft Madonna

TBC...

No, not really...

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LISTS: 20 Hottest People Of The Decade

LISTS: 20 Hottest People Of The Decade





Just yesterday, we saw Interview's Hottest People of the decade. Naturally, we were like wtf? to most of them. Where were the expected faces - Megan Fox, Queen B and co? Had they gone mad?



So, in reply, we've posted below our own list of our 20 Hottest People Of The Decade, based on the scale we've posted immediately below...



N.B In order to make the list, you had to be 30 or under, and make at least Just Really Really Pretty/Good-Looking....



The Looks Scale (with examples)...



There are sections for this scale ( Butters, Average, Pretty, Really Pretty, Really Really Pretty, So Pretty, All That, All That And More, All That And Far More) under which there are sub-sections written below...



N.B. Where guys are concerned, sub 'pretty' for 'good-looking'. And people don't be offended, remember that we love 99% of the people in the below examples, these are just examples of them LOOKSWISE only, in our opinion.



- Really Butters

- Just Above Really Butters

- Butters

- Just Above Butters

- Quite Butters



- Borderline Average ( Jason De Rulo)

- Low Average ( 50 Cent)

- Average ( Ne-yo... no offence, peeps, you know we love us some Ne-yo)

- High Average ( Rhi)



- Quite Pretty (Lo Bosworth)

- Borderline Pretty (America Ferrera)

- Low Pretty (Shenae Grimes)

- Pretty (Alexandra Burke)

- High Pretty ( Leighton Meester)


( There is also a Between Pretty And Really Pretty) (Taylor Momsen)


- Low Really Pretty (Jessica Stroup)

-Just Really Pretty ( Jayde Nicoles, Brody's ex)

- Just Above Really Pretty (Blake Lively)

- High Really Pretty (Heidi Pratt)



( here there is a between Really Pretty and Really Really Pretty) (Sarah Hyland)


- Borderline Really Really Pretty (read Good Looking here: Marvin from JLS)

- Low Really Really Pretty ( Cheryl Cole)

- Really Really Pretty ( read Good Looking here as well: Nelly)

- High Really Really Pretty ( Anna Lynne McCord)


(Here there is a between Really Really Pretty and So Pretty) (Jaslene ANTM Cycle 8)


- Borderline So Pretty (Olivia Palermo)

- Low So Pretty (Alessandro Ambrosio)

- So Pretty (Whitney Port)

- High So Pretty (Solange)

( here there is a between So Pretty and All That) (Jessica Stam)


- Low All That (Megan Fox)

- All That (Queen B)

- High All That (Adrianna Lima)



- All That And More (Kelly Rowland)



- All That And Far More (Selita E Banks)





So, without further ado, on to our list (not in any specific order)...



1) Selita E Banks - All That And Far More




2) Jessica Lowndes - So Pretty





3) Queen B - All That And More


4) Adrianna Lima - All That


5) Megan Fox - Between So Pretty And All That



6) Kelly Rowland - All That And More





7) Chanel Iman - High So Pretty

8) Cheryl Cole - Really Really Pretty



9) Tamsin Egerton - Really Really Pretty




10) Whitney Port - So Pretty



11) Zac Efron - Really GoodLooking


12) R Patz - Really GoodLooking


13) Chace Crawford - So Goodlooking


14) Adam Gregory - So GoodLooking

15) Sean Faris - Really Really Goodlooking



16) Nelly - Really Really Goodlooking


17) Alex Pettyfer - All That



18) Willie ( Day 26) - Really Really Good Looking

19) Joe Jonas - Good Looking


20) Ian Somerhalder - Really Really Goodlooking






Anyone we've left out?

Wednesday, 30 December 2009

LISTS: #130-190 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties

LISTS: #130-190 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties


On to the obvious. Here are the next 60 songs in our list of our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties...

131) With Me - Sum 41

132) Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

133) Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani ft Eve

134) Let Me Blow Your Mind - Eve ft Gwen Stefani

135) Lean Back - Fat Joe

136) Lollipop - Lil Wayne

137) Leave (Get Out) - Jojo

138) Breathe Me - Sia

139) Look - Sebastien Tellier

140) Get Low - Lil Jon

141) 1 Thing - Amerie

142) With Or Without You - U2

143) Case Of The Ex- Mya

144) It's OK - Atomic Kitten

145) Goodies - Ciara

146) 1,2, Step - Ciara

147) So What - P!nk

148) There U Go - P!nk

149) Ridin' - Chamillionaire

150) Bad Day - Daniel Powter

151) Crush.Crush.Crush - Paramore

152) Afrodisiac - Brandy

153) Welcome To Heartbreak - Kanye West

154) Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

155) Crank Dat Soulja Boy - Soulja Boy (sadly, yes...)

156) It's Not Over - Daughtry

157) La Ritournelle - Sebastien Tellier

158) 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew

159) Number 1 - Tinchy Stryder

160) Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield

161) Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle

162) Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men

163) Bad Boy For Life - Diddy

164) Ignition RMX - R Kelly

165) Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean

166) Down - Jay Sean

167) Foolish - Ashanti

168) Always On Time - Ashanti

169) What's Luv - Fat Joe ft Ashanti

170) No More - 3LW

171) One Wish - Ray J (Famewhore that he is, it was a good track)

172) Move B**** - Ludacris

173) Breathe - Blue Cantrell ft Sean Paul

174) They - Jem

175) Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

176) Clubbin' - Marques Houston

177) All The Small Things - Blink 182

178) Can't Fight The Moonlight - Leann Rimes

179) Switch - Will Smith

180) I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

181) Hey Ya - Outkast

182) Milkshake - Kelis

183) One Call Away - Chingy

184) Not Me, Not I - Delta Goodrem

185) Let Me Love You - Mario

186) It Wasn't Me - Shaggy

187) Dip It Low- Christina Milian

188) Beggin' - Madcon

189) He Wasn't Man Enough For Me - Toni Braxton

190) When Love Takes Over - David Guetta



TBC...

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LISTS: Our Favourite Award Show Performances Of The Noughties

LISTS: Our Favourite Award Show Performances Of The Noughties






Yes, bunnies. We're doing a list of our favourite Award Show Performances Of The Noughties, cause there have simply been too many sick ones to just ignore; VMA ones, EMA ones, Grammy ones (shout out Queen B and Prince)...

We must acknowledge, and, below, we do...

2000

- Britney's Oops I Did It Again Striptease Performance - you know this ish is gon go down in history. It was EPIC and you know it.

2001

- Britney's Slave 4 U VMA Performance - the snake, the cage, the barefoot gyrating and sick choreography. It's too much, dahlin, too much (said like Edna in The Incredibles. Bish is fierce).

- Janet's All 4 U Performance At Her MTV Icons - showing those bitches exactly why she's an icon. It's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty...

- J To Tha L.O. Play EMA Performance - ignore the craazy choreography; for coming down in that plane alone, this ish must be recognised.

2002

- Shakira's Whenever Wherever VMA Performance - ah, Shakira. What's there not to love?

2003

- Queen B's First Solo VMA Performance Of #1 Smash Crazy In Love/ Baby Boy - if only for the fact that this cemented the launch of one of the biggest careers of the decade, this must be mentioned.

- Christina A/ Britney/ Madonna/ Missy Elliott In That Performance At The VMAs - cause you know that kiss was all over the headlines the next morning, along with the snapshot of JT's reaction. Fuckin' Priceless.

2005

- Usher's Confessions VMA Performance - the smashed glass, a foolish attempt to ask Chilli back in front of an audience of hundreds of millions... who can forget it?

- DC3's Last Performance - A Medley - At The WMAs - and a standing ovation that lasted minutes, well deserved. One of the best performances we've ever seen. We were standing long before the end. The reason why they're the greatest girl group of all time. In- fucking-credible.

2006

- Mariah's We Belong Together Performance At The Grammys - along with FLy Like A Bird. (again) it's too much, dahlin, too much...

- Queen B's Two Performances - Irreplaceable And Deja Vu - At The WMAs - the first was pure Sasha Fierce looking back, the second pure B, and both sum up all the reasons we love her so much.

2007

- Chris Brown's Kiss Kiss VMA Performance - we loved. Loved. LOVED.

- AK's No One VMA Performance - brilliance. Pure brilliance.

2008

- Coldplay's Vida La Vida VMA Performance - we loved this song, the confetti, the whole thing.

- Pink's So What VMA Performance - the Celine coat, the small explosions, the strut. You know bish was working it like the rent was due tomorrow.

2009

- Queen B's Single Ladies VMA Performance - as if we needed a reminder of the most iconic video of the decade, or the reason why she is the Queen. All you other bitches (with the exception of very few) fall back. You know who you are.

- Gagita's First VMA Performance : Paparazzi - loved it or hated it, you know it cemented her position as the hottest new artist of the year.

- Jay Z's Empire State Of Mind AMAs Performance - we'd have put up the VMAs one, just for his kick-arse entrance alone, but Lil Mama oh-so-memorably ruined it. And we loved this just as much, so here it is...

Now, for next year's Grammys, which you know is gon be craazy. Queen B, Gagita, Taylor Swift, BEP... (all together now) it's too much, dahling, too much...

LYM (said like Mariah)...

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Monday, 28 December 2009

LISTS: The Next 60 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties

LISTS: The Next 60 Of Our Top 210 Songs Of The Noughties




We know. We know. We're the first to admit that we've been kinda lazy since X-Mas, but we're back like Britney, bitches...

To make up for it, we've posted the next 60 in our list below...



41) All For You - Janet Jackson

42) 911- Wyclef Jean ft Mary J Blige

43) Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

44) Rehab - Amy Winehouse

45) Just Dance - Lady Gaga

46) Poker Face - Lady Gaga

47) Drop - Timbaland

48) I Don't Want You Back - Eamon

49) Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston

50) So Sick - Ne-yo

51) Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

52) My Life Would Suck W/O U - Kelly Clarkson

53) U Got It Bad - Usher

54) Burn - Usher

55) Yeah - Usher

56) My Boo - Usher & Alicia Keys

57) Uh Huh - B2K

58) Ride Wit Me - Nelly

59) Hot In Herre - Nelly

60) Run It! - Chris Brown

61) Makes Me Wonder - Maroon Five

62) This Love - Maroon Five

63) She Will Be Loved - Maroon Five

64) Outta Love - Anastacia

65) Stan - Eminem

66) Ghetto Gospel - Tupac ft Elton John

67) Jenny From The Block - JLO

68) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

69) Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

70) Patience - Take That

71) Rule The World - Take That

72) It's Gonna Be Me - Nsync

73) I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys

74) The Call - Backstreet Boys

75) Empire State Of Mind - Jay Z ft Alicia Keys

76) No One - Alicia Keys

77) Fallin - Alicia Keys

78) Be Without You - Mary J Blige

79) Smack That - Akon

80) Locked Up - Akon

81) I Wanna Love You - Akon

82) The Way I Are - Timbaland

83) Who's That Girl - Eve

84) Gold Digger - Kanye West

85) Stronger - Kanye West

86) Through The Wire - Kanye West

87) Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees

88) 03 Bonnie & Clyde - Jay Z ft Queen B

89) 99 Problems - Jay Z

90) Numb / Encore - Jay Z & Linkin Park

91) Speed Of Sound - Coldplay

92) Vida La Vida - Coldplay

93) Fix You - Coldplay

94) Say It Right - Nelly Furtado

95) Maneater - Nelly Furtado

96) All Good Things - Nelly Furtado

97) Homecoming - Kanye West ft Chris Martin

98) Beautiful Day - U2

99) Bed - J Holiday

100) I Don't Wanna Know - Mario Winans

TBC...

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Monday, 23 November 2009

PERFORMANCE: Every Performance From last Night's AMAs - J Lo, Shakira, Timbaland, Rihanna, BEP etc...

PERFORMANCE: Every Performance From last Night's AMAs - J Lo, Shakira, Timbaland, Rihanna, BEP etc...


Rihanna






Shakira





Timbaland





Black Eyed Peas





Janet Jackson





Jennifer Lopez





Lady Gaga





Adam Lambert





Jay Z And Alicia Keys





Eminem And Fifty Cent





Whitney Houston






Alicia Keys





Mary J Blige





Daughtry





Kelly Clarkson





Green Day





Keith Urban






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Sunday, 1 November 2009

VIDEO: Jay Z ft Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind

VIDEO: Jay Z ft Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind






Nice vid and check out the way AK is working that piano!

We like..


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Monday, 26 October 2009

NJI: Queen B To Feature In Gaga's Next Single

NJI: Queen B To Feature In Gaga's Next Single


A couple of weeks after news hit that the Gagita herself is in Queen B's next vid for song Videophone, could Mrs Jay Z be returning the favour already?

According to the Universal Music Group, this is exactly the case, with the Queen set to feature in Gaga's vid for her next single, Telephone, off the re-release of smash hit The Fame, Fame Monster. Could we be anymore excited? Two doses of the Gaga and the Queen B in a row? They're spoiling us!


Below is the tracklist for Fame Monster, released 23.11.09
1) Bad Romance
2) Alejandro
3) Monster
4)Speechless
5) Dance In The Dark
6) Telephone (Featuring Beyonce!)
7) So Happy I Could Die
8) Teeth



Friday, 25 September 2009

Jay Z On Oprah

Jay Z On Oprah





This was recorded a few weeks ago and features Jay chatting to O about his wifey, Queen B, the 'N' word and his rise to fame, & other such things. Also has an exclusive look inside the Rocaweari offices...


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