His head rocks, his face contorts and he lets the lyrics fly that he never writes down his lyrics and just goes to town in the vocal booth mystifies Rick Rubin and Beastie Boy Mike D.
The hits - “H.I.Z.Z.O.,” “Summertime,” “Hard Knock Life,” “Dead Presidents,” “Best of Both Worlds” and a freestyle goof on LL Cool J’s “I Need Love” - all receive primo perfs, though one would think that if dancers could be brought out for Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love,” singers could, too, instead of using a prerecorded backing track.Įnlightening aspect of docu, though, rests in watching Jay-Z at work in studios around the country, listening to beats and melodies and almost instantly creating a rhyme. Kelly, Foxy Brown, Pharrell Williams and others - in front of a band led by Roots drummer ?uestlove (arguably the coolest musician in all of hip-hop). Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter) drafts a parade of partners to duet with him - g.f. Rap is dominated by performers who can work magic in studios, but few who can command a stage for a set comparable to those delivered by rock and R&B stars.
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