Dear Brooklyn: TIDALxJayZ B-Sides Bold, Brilliant & BAD-ASS!
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Dear Brooklyn,
“You know ni***s died for equal pay right/ You know when I work I ain’t your slave right/ You know I aint shuckin’ and jivin’ and high fivin’, you know this aint back in the day right,” Jay Z eloquently laced his fans and loyal TIDAL subscribers last night with a freestyle that quickly made history.
I attended the epic TIDALxJayZ show yesterday, May 16th, at Terminal 5 in Manhattan, New York and although I could have found a way to score a press pass, I personally wanted to go as a fan and as someone who supports TIDAL and legendary Hip-Hop. While I can go on and on about the feeling I felt when the Brooklyn rapper that inspires me performed tracks like “Where I’m From,” “This Can’t Be Life” and “Can I Live” I rather talk about the feeling of everyone in that concert hall, the smile on Jay Z’s face when he expressed how he envisioned his life before this all came into fruition (did you catch that Dreamers), I rather talk about how smart this man is and how he truly cares about the music and his fans.
The day that TIDAL announced co-owner, Jay Z was going to hold an exclusive concert for a select few of the music streaming service’s members, I quickly downloaded the app. While honestly at first I questioned if this was worth my time—how is TIDAL different than any other streaming service, in that moment my love for Jay Z’s music quickly outweighed me taking time out for comparisons. After exploring the app for a while, I fell in love with it. Now I didn’t just love the app because of the Jay Z concert dream—that wasn’t yet guaranteed, but because of the large catalog of music, the highlighting of up and coming artist and the offline option so that I can listen to music on my many long train rides. The love for TIDAL only grew because I now had Jay Z tickets in my hands.
The venue was small but appropriate for an intimate show of around 500 people (not including press), with a few TIDAL subscribers traveling from beyond New York City for the special show.
“I traveled from Philly on the megabus for this concert,” M.S.T a local rapper from Philadelphia, PA told me. “Nothing was going to stop me from seeing him.”
“B-Sides” was filled with classic bangers that Jay Z never performed on stage before. A few surprises that caught everyone off guard including a collab with Young Jeezy on “Go Crazy,” and an epic moment on stage with fellow Roc Nation member Jay Electronica on “We Made It.” But the highlight of the night was appropriately when the entire Roc-A-Fella team joined Jay Z on stage. I’m talking about Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Young Chris and Neef all on stage together performing and showing that the brotherhood never actually broke up, just evolved and pursued different things.
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This show was arguably one for the books and probably my favorite Jay Z concert to date. He was happy and totally in his element, the fans were ecstatic that a free concert could be so good and though there will always be people talking shit, I have a feeling that Jay Z wants them to.
“I rather die enormous than live dormant,” expresses The Brooklyn Don.
Love,
Ayanna
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