Taped at Sequoia’s restaurant in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport this interview is titled food for thought. Stephen A. Smith, Angie Martinez and Harry Allen.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
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wow, that was a great interview.
ReplyDeleteI like these interviews. Loved how Harry Allen threw Jay completely off his game by asking him if he is insecure. And even Emeka needs to admit that he stumbled over that one. Yeah Jay Z is insecure Emeka.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe he lost his iPod with his unreleased album on it.
& i can't believe the confidence to still pay 5 mil for said album. that's an amazing belief in yourself.
ReplyDeletewhat's humility, everyone is insecure.... its human.... if you are not then you are a robot or jesus....
ReplyDeletepeople often say such and such is insecure, but it is an unfinished statement... insecure about what and how much...
and when you ask anyone or tell anyone directly that they are insecure they immediately get defensive due to its negative connatation.
this was an insightful interview.... i wish he was comfortable talking about marriage. see this is my problem with hip hop sometimes... no balance.... we are so comfortable talking about other crap but when it comes to marriage we shut down. but at the same time i can see him avoiding the question just because he and his spouse are in the public eye and its a littel different... but how did we get to a point where people speak so freely about selling drugs and completely hide the fact that we may be married or god forbid love a woman (half of rappers are married but act like they are not)....
interesting that some one can dissect the double meaning of "no more white lies my president is black".... i wonder if he just couldn't perceive a rapper being that intelligent and creative or is he that basic to think that meant no more white people as president
This was a great Interview.
ReplyDeleteDamn!!! Sinatra with 59 albums. DAMN!!! Chase, most artists in general are insecure and need their artistry to define them. HOV is no exception... but not to the extent that he is insecure about his status in HIPHOP... To me his only competition when it comes to mainstream artists are Nas and the 2 homies in the sky... Every artist needs an audience, there is a co-dependent relationship. Is your favorite artist great if you as a fan have never experienced (heard, felt, seen, touched) their work. Artists "perform" and require audience, fan participation. When I refer to perform, I meant their music. Jay has done a good job about transcending music performance, his whole life is a performance and he approaches everything he does as an extension of the HIPHOP culture. He is an ambassador of the culture and now is showing rappers how to grow with their audience. Other genres do this all the time - SInatra, Tony Bennett, rock stars, jazz artists, etc. He is "attempting" this with hiphop. I applaud him for his vision and the pursuit of it.
Jay-Z's performance is not strictly relegated to the stage. He has transcended the art and made it norm for a rapper to be involved with clothes, sport's franchises, now live nation, cigar aficianado exposure, etc... Of course there were trailblazers like Russell (even though he did not rap), Wu-Tang Clan, etc.. Now Nelly, Usher now own part of sport's franchises. Pretty remarkable.
I love the fact that he makes clever music but it is not overly cryptic or esoteric. He also has the mainstream, hollywood it-factor that sells records..
I love the line in the interview february 30, neveruary... thats clever and catchy...
I love BPIII and the evolution of HOV... he has always rapped about himself and his experiences... I love that he speaks his truth and makes it interesting... Its a autobiography put to song of his last x years since his last album, etc...
(In the voice of the guiness commercial cartoon)
BRILLIANT!!!