流於指間的深沉，轉化成我的文字(Music-Licious)

娛樂界最多金的夫婦檔「Jay-Z & Beyonce」
在Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival 2010音樂祭上一起表演了這首歌，
wow～這對夫婦已經很久沒有同台表演了吧？

Jay-Z和Rihanna合唱的Run This Town，
加上獨立音樂兄弟檔ES Posthumus特地為NFL譜寫的主題曲Posthumus Zone，

Jay-Z跟Mr Hudson合作的單曲「Young Forever」的音樂錄影帶，
預定為Jay-Z的專輯「The Blueprint 3」中英國地區的第三主打單曲，
歌曲取樣自德國樂團Alphaville在1984年的作品「Forever Young」。

MV由導演Anthony Mandler所執導。

wow～這個mv把NY拍得真的很美，
很喜歡這首歌，也很喜歡這支MV，
我不算是Jay-Z的Fan，但我個人覺得這首歌跟這個MV真的是很棒！
嘻哈大帝不是當假的！當然這首歌有了Alicia Keys的加持更是加分許多！








Empire State of Mind是Jay-Z新專輯「The Blueprint 3」的第三主打，
該專輯是他第十一張冠軍專輯，已打破貓王Elvis Presley所創下的單人歌手紀錄（10張），
[註：不過團體方面，The Beatles披頭四有19張。]
在美銷售至今七周已破百萬張的銷售。
歌詞：

[Jay-Z]
yeah
Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.
Now I'm down in Tribeca.
Right next to DeNiro
But I'll be hood forever
I'm the new Sinatra
And since I made it here
I can make it anywhere
(Yeah they love me everywhere)
I used to cop in Harlem
All of my Dominicanos (Hey yo)
Right there off of Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping Pastry
Cruising down 8th street
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow 
(but BK, it's from Texas!!) 
Me I'm out that BedStuy
Home of that boy Biggie
now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ta-ta
Still sipping Mai Tais
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N**ga, I be Spiked out
I could trip a referee
...tell by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELY FROM...
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
sh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it ain't fitted act like they forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and they're naked,
city it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta plug a special and I got it made,
If Jeezy's payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card marley,
Labor Day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade,
long live the king yo,
I’m from the Empire State thats…
[Alicia Keys]
In New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..
[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sip the lite casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now you're in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim.
good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them,
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends,
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
no place in the World that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[End]
 

雖然Alicia Keys有下盤趨大的趨勢，但是歌聲依然很好XD
Jay-Z跟Alicia Keys在今天Yankee洋基出戰Phillies費城人於洋基主場的第二戰比賽，

Jay-Z的新單曲「Empire State of Mind」的mv釋出短版預覽，
這首歌寫關於這兩位成就斐然的歌手共同的hometown「N.Y.」，
歌名靈感來自Billy Joel的New York State of Mind，
歌曲取樣The Moments的「Love on a Two-Way Street」
以及Isaac Hayes的「The Breakthrough」（不過這些都老到我完全不認識XD）
這首歌也是他們兩個一起在今年vma表演的歌曲，
過陣子的AMA全美音樂獎他們也會一起表演這首歌。
剛好最近Snoop Dogg也翻唱了這首歌，就翻唱好玩的吧？

Kanye West Apologized 4 What He Did To Taylor Swift

Jay-Z這首歌在本週英國金榜單曲榜得到第一名的成績，
美國方面則是達到第四名的成績，沒想到英國佬吃Jay-Z這一套啊？
還是看在Rihanna的份上嘛？不過這首歌有Rihanna的聲音我覺得是真的滿搭的。

Jay-Z專輯THE BLUEPRINT 3的廣告，還滿特別的！
雖然本人一直覺得他長得有點豬頭，囧