JAY Z EMPIRE STATE OF MIND YOU TUBE FULL

Jay debuted the song live at his вЂњAnswer the CallвЂќ concert at Madison Square Garden on September 11th and performed it again two days later (with Keyes) at MTVвЂ™s Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Interpolation (Replayed Sample) of Vocals / Lyrics. For a little bonus fun while you watch, check out this Google map tracking the locations Jay rhymes about, from State Street to Tribeca. Alicia Keys sampled Frank Sinatras Theme From New York, New York.

JAY Z EMPIRE STATE OF MIND YOU TUBE FULL

The вЂњEmpire State of MindвЂќ video goes full color in its final minute to capture the full awe of Keys performing in Times Square and the Manhattan skyline. Music video vet Hype Williams directed the video, with an obvious nod to black-and-white films like Woody AllenвЂ™s Manhattan and Jules DassinвЂ™s Naked City, two films that perhaps best photographed and documented New York City. The clip was filmed in early October at several landmark sites around Manhattan, notably Harlem, Times Square and Ground Zero. Jay Z comes out to perform 'Empire State of Mind' during aliciakeyss secret show in Times Square. Now the pair have debuted the video for their NYC love letter on MySpace Music. CarterвЂќ to вЂњI Used to Love H.E.R.Jay-ZвЂ™s Blueprint 3 single вЂњ Empire State of MindвЂќ is inescapable in New York, blaring from car stereos and even Yankee Stadium, where the hometown hero performed the track with Alicia Keys last week. The 10 Greatest Hip Hop Songs About Hip HopДЇrom вЂњHip Hop Is DeadвЂќ to вЂњDr.Ice CubeвЂ™s вЂKill At WillвЂ™ is the First Hip Hop EP to Reach Platinum Status.

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I used to cop in Harlem, hola, my dominicanos. I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere. Im the new Sinatra, and since I made it here. Right next to De Niro, but Ill be hood forever. A TheAfternoonDLight spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song Empire State of Mind. The track has also performed incredibly well on worldwide charts,В hitting the top 10 in countries like the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Italy and Sweden. Alicia Keys) Jay-Z Yeah, yeah, Im out that Brooklyn, now Im down in Tribeca. Featuring an incredible hook performed by New YorkвЂ™s very own Alicia Keys and an amazing beat produced byВ Al Shux, JaneвЂ™t вЂњJnayвЂќ Sewell-Ulepic and Angela Hunte, вЂњEmpire State of MindвЂќ became Jay-ZвЂ™s biggest single and has sold 5 million copies to date. When The Blueprint 3 track was released in October of 2009, there no way of knowing how big the song would become. Pharrell Talks About Jay-Zs Creative Process in the Studio, Imitates Hov Rapping in. CLEVELAND (AP) Jay-Zs added another title to a resume that includes rapper, songwriter, Grammy winner, billionaire business mogul, and global icon Hall of Famer. Obviously if you count his guest appearances on Mariah CareyвЂ™s вЂњHeartbreaker,вЂќ BeyonceвЂ™s вЂњCrazy In LoveвЂќ and RihannaвЂ™s вЂњUmbrella,вЂќ then HovвЂ™s got a few number 1 hits under his belt, but none of his own singles before вЂњEmpire State of MindвЂќ had hit number 1. We bring you the latest Hip Hop album dates and releases, guides. вЂњвЂ™03 Bonnie & ClydeвЂќ was close and managed to reach number 4. Hip-hop heads, did you know that Jay-ZвЂ™s 2009 hit single вЂњEmpire State of MindвЂќ was actually his first single to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?Д®ven though Hov had been dropping hit singles for more than a decade, none of his songs have actually topped the charts.В вЂњHard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)вЂќ hit 15.

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