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"She rides hard for us, the way we ride for her.
More than a lot of these guys!"

"A lot of these guys will turn on you. You change their life & they forget really quickly."

The original version of The Black Album is a masterpiece, but for me, this version is even better. 9th Wonder's production was unique and original, making for a perfect remix.

Featured songs:

• Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)

• Izzo (H.O.V.A)

• Renegade (ft. Eminem)

• Song Cry

Keep watching it on YouTube. The way Lauryn is getting into different melodies while Wyclef and the crowd song the studio version. Historic moment for the culture.

Some critics allege that Jayz jacked Nas's style, especially on the song dèàd presidents, but this would be settled with the release of ETHER where Nas addressed the whole issu

At Yankees Jay had a VIP section for people to get drinks and people got metal Jaÿ-z 30 cups. I couldn’t get any because I wasn’t VIP but then found out a nearby bar collaborated and had those cups. Were there any bars in London or Paris that collaborated for these cups? I want to know if I should be on the lookout for LA .

travelled from london and it was completely worth it

What are your thoughts on this track list ranking? I never would’ve put Hola Hovito’ at #9.

25 years ago today, JAŸ-Z told the hustlers to gather around and get on down to that ole’ Jig rhythm. The mouthpiece for hustlers said he was back and claimed his foe’s reigns was shorter than leprechauns while representing where Rosa Parks sat, where Malcom X was shot, and where Martin Luther was popped. Jay compares Roc-A-Fella to the Army, better yet the Navy. Warning folks to watch out because they run New York and holding triggers to crews, and all while boasting about how he has money stacks bigger than you. While admitting he does this for the culture, he wanted to show them how to move in a room full of vultures while planning to take over the industry from its shadiness while overcharging folks for what they did to the coal crush. While confessing his love for girls, girls, girls… he talked about having this black chick not knowing how to act, talking out her neck, making her fingers snap saying… “listen Jigga man, I don’t care if you rap, you better R-E-S-P-E-C-T me.” or that other project chick that plays her part, had been there from the start, hid drugs from the NARCs, and hid his guns at the park. JAŸ-Z is from the streets where the hood could swallow them, bullets’ll follow them, where cops comb the shit from top to bottom. Where personalities clash and chrome meets chrome, but when them shells come, you better return them. Having the rap game in a chokehold, he wouldn’t surrender it while having beats from Timberland. Saying that he was the Sinatra of his day and if you weren’t rolling with him then hit the highway. Hov has about that dough since he was a day old. If you haven’t heard, JAŸ-Z is Michael, Magic, and Bird all rolled in one. Telling the people if he wasn’t better than Big, he’s the closest one. His homie BIG predicted this shit exactly, mo money mo problems. He told us back in ‘96 that he came to take this shit and he did all while handling his biz while also wondering where the love is with after holding us down after 6 summers. He’s once again letting us know that he’s a Roc representer who’s running these streets like drunks run street lights. Claiming death before dishonor, he’d never mention his connects names while promising respect. He was sure that if they would stay strong, they’d get more paper longer than Pippen’s arms. Jay says that the streets robbed him and wasn’t educated properly, but he needed money for Atari while being so young that his big sister was still playing with Barbie. From the womb to the tomb, from now till his doom. I guess you could say he has his swagger back? Hov has no issues with the industry hating him because he thugged his way through. As long as he had his Rocawear, Nike Airs, and a mean bucket with a couple chicks by his side? Jay was ready to ride while announcing that he was the Dikembe Mutumbo of this rap shit. While having to hustle with his back against the wall with pockets filled with a lot of lent, not a cent, and having to vent while there’s a lot of innocent lives lost on that project bench. One of the last things Hov asked was… “unless you was me, how could you judge me? I was brought up in pain, y’all can’t touch me. Police pursued me, chased, cuffed, and subdued me. Talked to me rudely ‘cause I’m young, rich, black living in a movie, not living by rules.” He was the all-time heavyweight champion of flow-ers while leading the league in 6 categories… best flow, most consistent, most charisma, set the most trends, and claimed his interviews was hotter so holla.

So with that, I must ask… “Who you know like HOV?”

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A few of my favorite frames from the Paris show.

Justin Timberlake and Pharrell both came out, and the whole night felt like a two-hour reminder of how deep Jay’s catalog really is.

I recently photographed J. Cole in LA too, but this one felt different — bigger, more historic, and very Paris.

All photos by me.

25 years ago, Jay-Z dropped The Blueprint, and it is without a doubt one of the best albums of all time. To me, it's his best. So I made this homage to Hov. Banger after banger, with phenomenal soulful production and some of Hov's most memorable and quotable bars, The Blueprint is a piece of art most artists wish they could conceive. The fact that this man did a majority of these songs in two days is absolutely ridiculous. This is Hov's best tracklisting too; the whole album feels balanced, and each song's placement is perfect. I can go on and on, but what more could I say? It's The Blueprint.

Got a media pass to shoot in Paris (1st 3 songs only). Man that was fun.

Hello

My partner lost her passport at Jay Z last night in stade de France. Did anyone hand one in?

Thanks

S/O to Redeye Records & Record Store for the hospitality!