…Made their presence felt with dignified subtlety in D.C. this last few days.
Last night definitely belonged to the Obamas, but one can’t help to notice that Rap & R&B’s power couple contributed their respective talents to become a part of “History.” Check it out.
Jay-Z (and his shag) perform “History” 1/20/09
Beyoncé performing “At Last” for the First Couple’s first dance.
Previously Posted – Jay-Z – “History” (Full/CDQ) | “Victory Is Finally Ours…History So Long” | Jay-Z “My President (Remix)” Audio | Jay-Z “My President” (Remix) (Live)
BONUS – Ivan from Hip Hop Is Read mixed the Jeezy, Jay and Nas verses from “My President” to make an official remix. If you didn’t get it from him, you might wanna make that move.
Young Jeezy Feat. Jay-Z & Nas – My President (Inaugural DC Mix) [Via HHIR]
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Shout out to Neil Armstrong!
I mess with Jay heavy (pause).
But he is a bama for wearing that hat, glasses, and not getting a fresh shape-up.
But for now, the potential “bama of the week” goes to the boy Kanye, for rocking a mullet.
History>>>>Jockin Jay-Z
n yea ye swacked Tum Tum
“dignified subtlety”?
You can’t be serious. This aggin Jay did like 3 shows and shit. The only way he could have been less subtle is if he arranged his own parade….
that hat goes hard. If you don’t have one for winter, you snoozin & doing yourself a disservice. I’ve been wearing one of two i have religiously the past two weeks b/c it’s so fuckin cold lol. hella warm & toasty for the ears.
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LMAO
I decline to comment on the hat since I was not in D.C. n do not know how cold it was..plus wuzn’t damn near everybody in fur coats?
Sorry that hat is weak. Probably made from fresh rabbit though
Fuck his glasses and his hat. I’ve seen and heard more of him than Obama in the last week or so. You’d think that was impossible, but as a wise man once said “dick-sucking lips, you love the attention.”
Pause.
I still say having Beyonce [fiance? check my 2nd LP/That's your girl, that's your world, I had the little thing singing bout slinging crack" (c) Cam'Ron, damn he went hard on that song]…either way, I still say having Beyonce perform the first dance was mad tacky. I could name about a half-dozen artists who I think would have been more fitting and appropriate than Beyonce, fine as hell no doubt, hell of an entertainer, but again, her presence there was mad corny/tacky in my opinion. To me, it symbolized the mass commercialization of the Obama brand/campaign/administration we been seeing since day one.
I still say having Beyonce [fiance? check my 2nd LP/That's your girl, that's your world, I had the little thing singing bout slinging crack" (c) Cam'Ron, damn he went hard on that song]…either way, I still say having Beyonce perform the first dance was mad tacky. I could name about a half-dozen artists who I think would have been more fitting and appropriate than Beyonce, fine as hell no doubt, hell of an entertainer, but again, her presence there was mad corny/tacky in my opinion. To me, it symbolized the mass commercialization of the Obama brand/campaign/administration we been seeing since day one.
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Agreed with every single word.
^ It’s all politics at the end of the day. Her pressence wasn’t about
“telant.” It’s about stature. Imagry. She’s the best selling ‘stable’ Black female singer at the moment. No one is going to remember who sang at his ball 4 years from now, anyways. It’s going to be about what he did to make our world better.
Holla.
@G$…
“Yea. I’m sure it’s real cold there in Blastville,” says Beware spitefully, as he sees his own breath, while sitting indoors.
The only thing that hat is missing is that little kid’s tongue froze to the pole as he cries and yells “stuuuuu—!!! it thstuuukkkk!!!!” and flails his mitten- covered hands trying to get loose.
As for B… watching her Diana Ross her way thru “at last” in the name of dry humping her mediocre movie was almost as tacky as not letting Etta James sing it in the first place. At least Marilyn Monroe was puttin’ out for JFK when she sang.
And where the hell was P-Funk? As many white folks gone to they shows you mean to tell me George Clinton could come thru for a Chocolate City/One Nation/Flashlight medley?
“No one is going to remember who sang at his ball 4 years from now, anyways. It’s going to be about what he did to make our world better.”
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100% with you on it’s all about how he makes the world a better place, but given the historic place in time that is Obama, I think he could have done better than Beyonce. And again, it’s no knock on Beyonce as an artist or dime piece, but she has her place, and to me, her place doesn’t scream “singing the song for the first dance.” I co-sign Black on having Etta instead. Or shit, if you’re gonna go super mainstream, at least hit Alicia Keys, she coulda rocked her piano too and hit em with the Stay Classy San Diego.
The one good thing i’m glad they didn’t do was dig up all these tired Baby Boomer (old school hipsters) bands like the Clintons and Bushes did.
I swear, if i never hear another Fleatwood Mac, Steely Dan or Janis Joplin song, i’ll be just fine.Or Clinton and his wack saxophonin’…
And with Obama bein’ from Chicago–he coulda got all mainstream focus-grouped on us and dug up Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, Poi Dog Pondering, and some other crappy pseudo soulified acts.
thank god all that crap’s over with.
but dammit, no P-Funk… That ain’t right. Not at all.
I can’t stand hipsters, throwback baby boomer era and modern incarnations as well.
Ya’ll missed the point it’s all about Dinero baby, whomever gave to the “Obama brand” got tickets, that’s all, they already donated to be there, so attendence/performance/appearances at these events ie. the 20th of Jan’09 was a wrap over a year ago.
Jay-Z has been biting Kanye’s wierdo swag