VIDEO: JAY-Z & BEYONCE - FOREVER YOUNG (LIVE AT COACHELLA)

I was down at Coachella yesterday with Get Busy Committee at a pool party at an estate outside of the grounds. We didnt get a chance to make it to the main event, but here is a video of Jay-Z and Beyonce performing "Forever Young" live at Coachella. I have to say this live version is so much better than the original album version.

- Drew

BLUEPRINT 13 (COVER ART)

So last night Hov, Young Jeezy, and Trey Songz shut down the Staples Center here in LA. As I was searching for someone's videos of the show I stumbled on this cover of Jay-Z's Blueprint Vol. 13 album. Thoughts?

- Richard

VIDEO: SNOOP DOGG FT. JAY-Z - I WANNA ROCK (KINGS G-MIX)

This joint is off Snoop's brand new album called "More Malice" which is a part 2 to "Malice And Wonderland."

- Jason

VIDEO: JAY-Z X ABSOLUT "NY-Z" DOCUMENTARY

Here’s the full documentary "NY-Z" that Hov shot with photographer Danny Clinch and Absolut Vodka. Director Danny Clinch and Hip-Hop Icon Jay-Z pay tribute to New York City with this black & white short film.

- Jason

VIDEO: 45 KING PRODUCES JAY-Z (HARD KNOCK LIFE)

The story that’s often told about the beat is that Jay overheard Kid Capri play it and immediately wanted it for his album. But here, Jay-Z sits down with SVT (Swedish television) and chronicles hit songs. This segment focusing on Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem.) It also tells the story of the song’s producer, The 45 King, who also has DJ Kool’s “Let Me Clear My Throat” and Eminem’s “Stan” to his credit.

- Jason

MIXTAPE: JAY -Z & 50 CENT - FIGHT FOR NY

Peep this new mixtape with all the newest joints from Jay-Z and 50 Cent called "Fight For NY." There is no question Jay-Z is the king of New York. Check it out here. Peep the track list below:

1. Jay-Z - What We Talking About
2. 50 Cent - Death To My Enemies
3. Jay-Z feat. Swizz Beats - On To The Next One
4. 50 Cent - So Disrespectful
5. Jay-Z feat. Nas - Success
6. 50 Cent - Stretch
7. Jay-Z - Lyrical Exercise
8. 50 Cent - Maybe He Crazy
9. Jay-Z - Reminder
10. 50 Cent - Strong Enough
11. Jay-Z - Blue Magic
12. 50 Cent - Pardon Me
13. Jay-Z - Roc Boys
14. 50 Cent - Crime Wave
15. Jay-Z - American Gangster
16. 50 Cent feat. Beanie Sigel - I Go Off
17. Jay-Z - Go Hard
18. 50 Cent - I'm Not Rich, I'm Still Lying
19. Jay-Z - American Dreamin'
20. 50 Cent - I'm A Rider

- Jason

BEANIE SIGEL - THINK BIG (JAY-Z DISS)

Unless you live in under a rock you may have heard that Beanie Sigel is beefing with Jay-Z and going at him hard. Here's a little sample of that called "Think Big." You can peep it here.

I bare long arms like Scott Pippen,
stop shit short like Cal Ripken,
this is not just sport I post pivot
peep how I backed down Jigga, put my nuts on that nigga neck
Shoot up the Roc never hit the net

- Jason

VIDEO: JAY-Z FT. ALICIA KEYS - EMPIRE SATE OF MIND

Here's Jay-Z's video for the smash hit "Empire State Of Mind." Pretty cool to see all the historic places in NY.

- Jason

JAY-Z & ALICIA KEYS TO PERFORM AT WORLD SERIES

MTV Shows

Jay-Z loves to take hip-hop where it has never gone before, well how about the World Series? Hov and Alicia Keys will be performing the Big Apple anthem "Empire State of Mind" on Wednesday at the new Yankee Stadium before World Series game one's first pitch is thrown, Jay confirmed to MTV News on today.

- Jason

MIXTAPES: BP3-QUAL & BLUEPRINT RECONSTRUCTED

The anticipation for Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3 is building... September 11th is going to be a big day for the music industry! Thanks to 2DopeBoyz, we bring you two new Jay-Z mixtapes. The first is called BP3-Qual, and is brought to you by DJ Noodles and Broken Cool. It features 15 tracks that are mostly blends and mashups. The second mixtape is called The Blueprint Reconstructed, and it is a result of a 14 week remix contest where producers took the original samples used on The Blueprint and created their own remix.

- Drew

JAY-Z - HUSTLERS POSTER CHILD PT.2 (MIXTAPE)

Here's a new Jay-Z mixtape called "Hustlers Poster Child Pt. 2" which features some old and some new joints. If your a true Jigga fan like myself then you need this mixtape.

JAY-Z - REMINDER (PROD. BY TIMBALAND)

Here's another leak from Jay's upcoming Blueprint 3. This track is called "Reminder," and was produced by Timbaland. Shouts to 2Dopeboyz for the exclusive!

- Drew

VIDEO: JAY-Z MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE

Pretty cool of Jay-Z to do that!

- Jason

VIDEO: REVENGE OF AUTOTUNE

What would happened if Jay-Z got kidnapped and was forced to sing his newest track "Death of Autotune" using Autotune?

GAME DISSES JAY-Z

You have probably heard about the beef between Game and Jay-Z. Here's some footage of Game in Spain dissing Jigga. Is Game out of his mind? Why would you try and diss Jay-Hova! Jay is gonna destroy him, just wait. Game must be in need of some serious attention but this isn't the kind of attention he is going to want, trust!

VIDEO: JAY-Z "DEATH OF AUTOTUNE"

Those of you that watched the BET awards last night probably caught the world premier of this video directly following the awards show. Jay-Z is back with his new video "Death of Autotune" the first single from Blueprint 3... Let's hope the rest of the album is as good as this is. You can download "Death of Autotune" here.

I know we facin a recession
But the music yall makin gonna make it the great depression
Ah, or your lack of aggression
Pull your skirt back down, grow a set men

JAY-Z - DOA (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE)

Here's a new Jay-Z joint called "Death Of Auto-Tune," Jay goes hard at the the peeps using that annoying Auto-Tune. Kanye and No I.D produced this track. Its Funny how Kanye produced this and he made a whole Autotune album. I wonder if Lil Wayne and T-Pain will bump this track? Check it out here.

VIDEO: JAY-Z X EMINEM "RENEGADE"

Last night, Jay-Z and Eminem performed at the Wiltern in Los Angeles to promote the upcoming game DJ Hero. Tickets were virtually impossible to get, so unfortunately I couldn't make it out. Check out this video of Jay and Em performing Renegade.
You can check out some photos from the show here.

JAY-Z - I'LL BE THE SHOOTER (SNIPPET)

Here's a snippet of Jay-Z's new joint off the upcoming album Blueprint 3 called "I'll Be The Shooter," the track is produced by DJ Premier. The track is pretty dope, check out the snippet here.

KANYE SPEAKS ON JAY'S BP3

Kanye West has been hard at work, dishing out tracks for Jay-Z's 10th studio album (damn...that's alot), the long anticipated Blueprint III. Kanye is handling that majority of the production on the album, and they recently went back and made some changes to the songs, removing all the songs with Auto-Tune from his album (thank God... Do we really need Jay sounding like a washed up T-Pain???).

“We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album,” West said, “to make the point that this is an anti-Auto-Tune album, even though I released an album that has all Auto-Tune!

“It doesn’t matter to me,” Kanye laughed about Jay not wanting to incorporate the sound that is featured so heavily on Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak. “It’s music; it’s just sonics. I like Auto-Tune so I do it, but you want the other thing — like you’ll wear a suit to a wedding and gym shoes to a basketball game. I think it’s a perfect moment for Jay to provide some gym shoes to a basketball game right now.”