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: February - March 2010

02-22 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
02-23 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
02-25 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
02-27 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
02-28 Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
03-03 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
03-07 Norfolk, VA - Scope Arena
03-11 Boston, MA - TD Garden
03-16 Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena
03-19 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
03-20 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
03-22 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
03-24 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
03-26 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center