Jay-Z Magna Carter Tour Dates

MAGNA CARTER WORLD TOUR – NORTH AMERICA
November 30th           St. Paul, MN               Xcel Energy Center
December 1st              Lincoln, NE                 Pinnacle Bank Arena
December 2nd             Denver, CO                 Pepsi Center
December 6th              Anaheim, CA              Honda Center
December 7^th               San Diego, CA            Valley View Casino Center
December 9^th               Los Angeles, CA         Staples Center
December 10^th             Fresno, CA                 Save Mart Center
December 11^th             San Jose, CA               SAP Center at San Jose
December 13^th             Las Vegas, NV            Mandalay Bay Events Center
December 18^th             Oklahoma City, OK   Chesapeake Energy Arena
December 19^th             Houston, TX              Toyota Center
December 20^th             San Antonio, TX        AT&T Center
December 21^st             Dallas, TX                  American Airlines Center
December 27^th             Atlanta, GA                Philips Arena
December 28^th             Birmingham, AL         BJCC Arena
January 2^nd                  Ft. Lauderdale, FL      BB&T Center
January 4^th                  Charlotte, NC             Time Warner Cable Arena
January 5^th                  Greensboro, NC          Greensboro Coliseum Complex
January 8^th                  Cleveland, OH             Quicken Loans Arena
January 9^th                  Chicago, IL                  United Center
January 10^th                Detroit, MI                 The Palace Of Auburn Hills
January 12^th                Brooklyn, NY             Barclays Center
January 13^th                Brooklyn, NY             Barclays Center
January 16^th                Washington DC          Verizon Center
January 17^th                Uncasville, CT            Mohegan Sun Arena
January 18^th                Boston, MA               TD Garden
January 19^th                Uniondale, NY            Nassau Coliseum
January 21^st                 Pittsburgh, PA          CONSOL Energy Center
January 22^nd                Newark, NJ                 Prudential Center
January 24^th                Montreal, PQ              Bell Centre
January 27^th                Toronto, ON               Air Canada Centre
January 29^th                Philadelphia, PA         Wells Fargo Center
January 30^th                Buffalo, NY                First Niagara Center
January 31^st                 State College, PA        Bryce Jordan Center

Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour Justin Timberlake and Jay Z Tour Dates

July 17 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
July 19 New York, NY Yankee Stadium
July 22 Chicago, IL Soldier Field
July 26 San Francisco, CA Candlestick Park
July 28 Los Angeles, CA Rose Bowl
July 31 Vancouver, BC BC Place Stadium
August 4 Hershey, PA Hershey Stadium
August 6 Detroit, MI Ford Field
August 8 Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium
August 10 Boston, MA Fenway Park
August 13 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park
August 16 Miami, FL Sun Life Stadium

As a Michigan Wolverine you know I love a good stadium.  Must be there.  I never got over the fact that I didn't see the Jay-Z/Eminem stadium concert.

[Music Video] Jay-Z & Kanye West-Otis

This video looks like the took the allocated budget for the video and just had fun doing something you always wanted to do.  (Kinda like the Blink 182 "The Rock Show" video below) This video was an excuse to have a crazy car with models in it.  The Aziz Ansari cameo is great too.
I know, the Jay-Z & Kanye/Blink 182 comparison is very random.

Jay-Z and Kanye West "Watch The Throne" Tracklist

1. No Church in The Wild (Feat. Frank Ocean)
2. Lift Off (Feat. Beyoncé)
3. Niggas in Paris
4. Otis (Feat. Otis Redding)
5. Gotta Have It
6. New Day
7. Prime Time
8. Who Gon Stop Me
9. Murder to Excellence
10. Welcome to The Jungle
11. Sweet Baby Jesus (Feat. Frank Ocean)
12. Love You So (Feat. Mr Hudson)
Bonus
13. Illest Motherfucker Alive
14. H*A*M
15. That’s My Bitch
16. The Joy (Feat. Curtis Mayfield)

Jay-Z Blog "Life+Times"

So you've read "Decoded," listened to all his albums back to back, and you still need a more regular helping for your Jay-Z fix.  Being the business man that he is, Jay-Z got the remedy for you with his "Life + Times" blog (http://lifeandtimes.com/), named after his album trilogy "The Life and Times of S. Carter." Similar to Kanye's blog, he showcases what interest him.  However, unlike many blogs its somewhat of an online magazine, with articles pertaining to what he likes, like this interview with RIM Blackberry. I also love how the Twitter feed is called "Tweets is Watching," a play off of the Jay-Z movie "Streets Is Watching." According to this MTV.com article, here are 5 things you need to know about his blog.

"1.) He's the Black Swan! JK JK JK, but Hova definitely loves Belgian hat designer Christophe Coppens, one of whose pieces is definitely reminiscent of Natalie Portman's possessed ballerina.
2.)  His thumbs are agile, considering he eschews other, more popular touch-screen smartphones for the RIM BlackBerry
3.)  Ooh la la! Jay-Z looks to France for inspiration when it comes to hip-hop, particularly in Parisian "beatmaker" Onra.
4.) Jay-Z likes to watch boxing matches: He's specifically keeping an eye on upcoming Miami-based fighter Andre Berto.
5.) He doesn't take shaving lightly, considering he's endorsing a shaving kit for men priced at more than $1,000."

Jay-Z Song Cry/Chris Brown Deuces Mash Up

DJ Green Lantern, who mixed this, played it on his ATL radio show.  I like both "Dueces" and "Song Cry" but I was a bit resistant to it a first. However, the DJ mixed it well and I actually think it would be nice for a club song.  Interesting twist on both of the songs.  Jay-Z is not a stranger to mash ups, remember "Collison Course" with Linkin Park? I liked how he re-recorded every song with them so that sound quality was terrific. You can get the Song Cry/Deuces mashup here

Beats By...Jay-Z?

So Roc Nation has teamed up with Skull Candy headphones to create the Roc Nation Aviator headphones.  I guess the popularity of the Beats By Dre and Heartbeats Beats by Dre by Lady Gaga headphones inspired this, they are pretty popular, I've seen a lot of people (celebrities and every day people) with them.  Prices for Beats By Dre are around $150 to $350 so I'm expecting these Roc Nation ones to be about the same. Or maybe he'll low ball it to sell more.
I'm a lover of music, but I can't justify spending that much on headphones unless creating music was my actual job.  Headphones break pretty easily and even though I love the sounds of the beat and what not, unless I'm producing it I don't need that much quality. Plus they are kinda big since I carry headphones around with me everywhere and one of the points of headphones is mobility. The Beats By Dre laptop from HP is about $2,200 and I know for sure I don't need that.  I'm not saying this a bad product to make, there is definitely money in it and the quality of headphones is great, but I don't have a need for it.  If they created a speaker set that would be pretty cool.  I will say these Roc Nation headphones are hideous though.
UPDATE: Diddy has beats by Dre headphones too called Diddy beats.  Headphones are the new fragrance for artists.  Everybody has a scent and now everybody's making headphones. I think you need to be a reputable producer or artists to have headphones.  Like beats by Ray J? I don't think that would sale at all.

As for a video, I was going to post the video for one of my favorite Jay-Z songs, "Big Pimpin" but embedding was disabled.  I know, weird.  Anyway Eminen and Jay-Z are going to to play concert at their hometown's respective baseball stadiums (Eminem in Comerica Park, Jay-Z Yankee Stadium) and they are going to be each other opening act.  Crazy, right?!? I mean great performances and baseball park food is good lol. Yeah I plan on going of course.  Here's them making the announcement in Comerica Park (and why was I not there!?)