Jay-Z

Features

The Best Hip-Hop of 2007

By Quentin B. Huff

From Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to a dope album named Desire, hip-hop showed growth in 2007. [11 December 2007]

Too Young to Let Go: Jay-Z, Medicare, and You

By Josh Timmermann

Jay-Z's evolution into the bridge between hip-hop and mainstream popular culture has been a long one, but his nostalgic turn worked to make him a figure whose mythos will likely endure into the old age of a generation. [19 November 2007]

Columns

Jay-Z: The Journey of an Icon

By Roland Laird

We can debate this greatest rapper business from now until the end of time. Let's just say Jay-Z is the greatest hip-hop icon ever, and call it a day. [29 September 2009]

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Reviews

Jay-Z: The Blueprint 3

By Andrew Martin

A frustrating attempt at experimentation with flashes of brilliance, mediocrity, and wackness, The Blueprint 3 falls short of breaking Jay-Z's curse of following up a great album with something lackluster. [8 September 2009]

Jay-Z: American Gangster

By Mike Schiller

American Gangster may never be seen as Jay-Z's defining moment, but it marks his comeback far more effectively than Kingdom Come ever even tried to. [9 November 2007]

Jay-Z: Kingdom Come

By Michael Frauenhofer

Jay-Z has pulled off the world's best example of "shooting oneself in the foot": making a really really good record about how that particular record is the best ever. [22 November 2006]

Jay-Z: The Black Album

By Hartley Goldstein

Jay-Z: Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse

By Marc L. Hill

Tour Dates

Jay-Z: October - November 2009

10.09 University Park, PA: Bryce Jordan Center
10.10 Highland Heights, KY: The Bank of Kentucky Center
10.13 Edmonton, Alberta: Rexall Place
10.14 Calgary, Alberta: Pengrowth Saddledome
10.15 Kelowna, British Columbia: Prospera Place
10.16 Vancouver, British Columbia: General Motors Place
10.17 Seattle, WA: Key Arena
10.21 Ypsilanti, MI: Convocation Center
10.23 Philadelphia, PA: Wachovia Center
10.24 Providence, RI: Dunkin Donuts Center
10.25 Amherst, MA: Mullins Center
10.27 Baltimore, MD: 1st Mariner Arena
10.28 Columbus, OH: Value City Arena Ohio State
10.29 London, Ontario: John Labatt Centre
10.30 Montreal, Quebec: Centre Bell Centre
10.31 Toronto, Ontario: Air Canada Centre
11.01 Ottawa, Ontario: Scotiabank Place
11.12 Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Assembly Hall
11.19 Albuquerque, NM: Tingley Coliseum
11.20 El Paso, TX: Don Haskins Center
11.22 Austin, TX: Frank Erwin Center Arena