Real Talk Tuesdays: Jay-Z
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 9:00AM Last night Jay-Z streamed his SXSW set via Youtube (who really had a hard time keeping up with the feed). Hova cooley paced the stage barely breaking a sweat while the pearly white hipsters raised their hands and pretended to know the words. He did what he came to do though, at times stopping and repremanding the band but was, himself, noticably off from time to time. The Jigga show we saw here in early 2010 was amazing. Speaking of amazing, here's my favoirte scene from the 2004 documentary, Fade to Black. Hova heads to the Hit Factory to visit with Timbaland. Tim plays four beats for him - all of which are ridiculous and the last of which became "Dirt Off Your Shoulders". Dig.
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Such a shame the band wasn't up to the task... Jigga KILLLLLLED it on MTV Unplugged a while back, so it's clear if he that support that could have been a great show.
His "band" for last night was: a dj who spun the beats, 2 keyboardists who just beefed up the synth lines and a percussionist. I'm not sure how they were messing up or if it was just Hova dropping lines. When we saw him here he had a 14 piece band. Slayed it. Granted, the band was still playing along to backing tracks but it certainly filled out the sound. My beef with the SXSW crowd is that it was made up of folks who were probably too scared to go to a Jay-Z under any other circumstances.