Jay- Z Brings Out Beyonce, Foxy Brown, and Sauce Money at "Reasonable Doubt" Concert
Jay-Z performed his entire first album Reasonable Doubt yesterday (June 25th) at NYC's Radio City Music Hall in celebration of its 10 year anniversary.
Pain in Da Ass kicked off the show, doing his Scarface introduction before Jay hit the stage dipped in an all white suit.
Jay started off the concert with "Regrets," the last song from Reasonable Doubt and then followed playing the albums songs in descending order. For his next song "Bring It On" Jigga reunited with longtime associate Sauce Money. Surprisingly Jay didn't bring out Jaz-O, who was also originally featured on the song. People in the audience chanted O's, while Jay just smiled. The two had an unresolved beef that started several years ago, stemming from Jaz-O's role as Hov's mentor.
Jay continued with "Can I Live" and "D'Evils," where his band, which consisted of The Roots' ?uestlove, The Illadelphonics, and The Hustler's Symphony Orchestra, played Snoop's "Murder Was The Case" halfway through the track.
Jay brought out Foxy Brown for "Ain't No Nigga," causing the crowd to go crazy. Unfortunately Foxy's hearing problems were apparent. She was rapping too loud and at times off key.
Jay then followed with "22 Twos," replacing the 2nd verse with a new one called "44 fors." The teleprompter counted off the number of times he said "for" from 1 to 44.
Memphis Bleek joined Jay for "Coming of Age," and then Jay went into "Dead Presidents II." Nas didn't show up despite rumors that he'd perform the hook. Jay rendition of "Brooklyn's Finest," his duet with the late Notorious B.I.G. was a highlilght of the night. Jigga did the whole song including Big's lyrics while pictures of the two were displayed on the TV screen. Again halfway through the song the band went into another classic song, this time it was Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Brooklyn Zoo."
For his last song "Can't Knock the Hustle," Jay brought out his girlfriend Beyonce, to fill in for Mary J. Blige who originally appeared on the track. B looked amazing as usual wearing a stunning white dress. They finished the song, and Jay thanked the crowd and left.
After 10 minutes Jay returned to the stage for an encore, with Bleek and Just Blaze behind the turntables. For the next 45 minutes Jay went through hits like "Big Pimpin," "Streets Is Watching," "Give It To Me," "Excuse me Miss," "PSA," "Hola Hovito" (with a Puerto Rican Flag with the Roc-A-Fella logo), "Jigga My Nigga," "Money Ain't a Thing," "What More Can I Say," and "Encore."
He recited half of the songs accappella, and for "Big Pimpin" the crowd rapped almost the entire first verse as Jigga listened with a cocky grin.
Pain in Da Ass kicked off the show, doing his Scarface introduction before Jay hit the stage dipped in an all white suit.
Jay started off the concert with "Regrets," the last song from Reasonable Doubt and then followed playing the albums songs in descending order. For his next song "Bring It On" Jigga reunited with longtime associate Sauce Money. Surprisingly Jay didn't bring out Jaz-O, who was also originally featured on the song. People in the audience chanted O's, while Jay just smiled. The two had an unresolved beef that started several years ago, stemming from Jaz-O's role as Hov's mentor.
Jay continued with "Can I Live" and "D'Evils," where his band, which consisted of The Roots' ?uestlove, The Illadelphonics, and The Hustler's Symphony Orchestra, played Snoop's "Murder Was The Case" halfway through the track.
Jay brought out Foxy Brown for "Ain't No Nigga," causing the crowd to go crazy. Unfortunately Foxy's hearing problems were apparent. She was rapping too loud and at times off key.
Jay then followed with "22 Twos," replacing the 2nd verse with a new one called "44 fors." The teleprompter counted off the number of times he said "for" from 1 to 44.
Memphis Bleek joined Jay for "Coming of Age," and then Jay went into "Dead Presidents II." Nas didn't show up despite rumors that he'd perform the hook. Jay rendition of "Brooklyn's Finest," his duet with the late Notorious B.I.G. was a highlilght of the night. Jigga did the whole song including Big's lyrics while pictures of the two were displayed on the TV screen. Again halfway through the song the band went into another classic song, this time it was Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Brooklyn Zoo."
For his last song "Can't Knock the Hustle," Jay brought out his girlfriend Beyonce, to fill in for Mary J. Blige who originally appeared on the track. B looked amazing as usual wearing a stunning white dress. They finished the song, and Jay thanked the crowd and left.
After 10 minutes Jay returned to the stage for an encore, with Bleek and Just Blaze behind the turntables. For the next 45 minutes Jay went through hits like "Big Pimpin," "Streets Is Watching," "Give It To Me," "Excuse me Miss," "PSA," "Hola Hovito" (with a Puerto Rican Flag with the Roc-A-Fella logo), "Jigga My Nigga," "Money Ain't a Thing," "What More Can I Say," and "Encore."
He recited half of the songs accappella, and for "Big Pimpin" the crowd rapped almost the entire first verse as Jigga listened with a cocky grin.
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