Jay-Z November 18 D.C. Tour Stop?

Here's the "marathon" tour info:

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=303481

Any idea where the D.C. stop will be and who's distributing tickets? The Club already has two shows on the 18th – though its impossible to say what time of day Jay-Z would hit D.C.

Any info appreciated. Thanks.

The Nov. 18 outing, dubbed "The Jay-Z Hangar Tour," will touch down at airports in Atlanta; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; New York; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Las Vegas. The rapper will perform for radio contest winners, apparently in airport hangars.

Wuh?

lmao @ this stuff

Hope the emergency rooms are slow on this night, because they will be busy once the concert starts. Call extra staff in.

I'd love too see someone with clout in the hip hop community take a shot at Jay-Z on record like Nas did a few years ago (though it was retaliatory and he then pulled a pathetic 180 after winning the battle by reconciling and signing with Def Jam). Obviously he had a great career, but the whole rap CEO thing is lame, and the multi-cross promotional BS surrounding this coming out of retirement schtick is pathetic. Budweiser. Expect Everything. Feckin lame. Hip hop is more bloated and vacuous than ever - and Jay-Z has replaced Diddy as the representative of all that sucks - and the guy that the hacks most want to emulate (although maybe the Dirty South is equally to blame). Not to mention the fact that he turned his back on Heineken ("The Takeover") to pimp Budweiser, which to me is worse than snitching.

definitely lame … but the one thing that jay has going for him is that he's no master p, he was/is an unreal talent, and noone really disputes that … 'reasonable doubt' is an absurd album, and how he puts his flows together on the fly is pretty ridiculous

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Never do….what they do, what they do, what they do…

Lost generation, fast paced nation

World population confront they frustration

The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken

It's all contractual and about money makin

Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know they limitation

Exact replication and false representation

You wanna be a man, then stand your own

To MC requires skills, I demand some shown

I let the frauds keep frontin

And roam like a celluar phone far from home

Givin crowds what they wantin

Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th thumpin

Keepin ya party jumpin with an original somethin

Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimension-al

No imagination, excuse for perpetration

My man came over and said, "Yo we thought we heard you"

Joke's on you; you heard a bitin-ass crew but um..


Never do….what they do, what they do, what they do…


Thin is the line that run between love and hatred

The game is ill-natured, it's nothing sacred

Aiyyo, it's funny when I see some rap niggaz due to make it

A few'll blow up, or go as far as they can take it

My nine to five, is just to hit ya get the party live

I'm Black Thought, used to rap for sport

Now the rhymes sayin rent payin life support

I take it very serious-ly, within this in-dustry

It's various crews that try to touch me

But I come with the beautiful things, and I bless the track plushly

Around the world crowds love me, from doin tours

Recepient of applause from all of you and yours

Creator of original sounds to send to stores

you take home, to absorb and sweat it out your pores

Now who can stop the music runnin through these veins

Infinitely go against the grain, that's why my motto's to..


Never do….what they do, what they do, what they do…


Livin the life of limos and lights

Airplanes and trains, short days and long nights

Keyboards and mics, bass chords and drum kicks

And my mental thick to hit my head like brick

As I embark on a mission welcomin to the dark

When I first spark the arts, when the listenin start

Open your head wide, and let the Thought inside

My style fortified by all of Philadel-phi

I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy

Mentality undetectable by the naked eye

Then I get paid when the record is played

To put it short "I want it made" like Ed, nuff said

Then after that, I'm puttin on my cousin Hamed

We let the ladies blend with the darkskin thoroughbred

and discover, my level is that of no other

And Roots crew reign offical and true while I'm continuin to..


Never do….what they do, what they do, what they do…

No argument here whatsoever. And he's obviously smarter than I am, so maybe he knows what he's doing. But why not take the higher ground when you're already on top of the world? I didn't even mention the commercial with Danica Patrick and Lil' E. He's got a ton of talent and accumulated goodwill and is in a position to make a statement - and his statement is to be a shill for corporate america. Boo. I think Damon Dash provided some soul that Jay Z lacks on his own. Hip hop and commerce have been linked in a positive way but it was always about SELF empowerment - self-owned labels, clothing lines etc. Selling out your product to corporate america before its been released seems to be the opposite of self-empowerment. Is Jay-Z coming back to finish what Hammer started??

i think its absolutely rediculous that these shows are taking place in airports. would it really disrupt the entire 24 hour thing to have them at a nearby venue, with transportation taking him directly to and from the venue? also, the fact that ALL tickets are being given away on radio stations is extremely aggravating.

Its a stunt for Cingular and whoever else is sponsoring it.

Basically I'm saying if he wants to be the Bill Cosby of hip-hop, it'd be nice if a young Eddie Murphy could come up and take him to task.

Originally posted by chokeychicken:
i think its absolutely rediculous that these shows are taking place in airports. would it really disrupt the entire 24 hour thing to have them at a nearby venue, with transportation taking him directly to and from the venue? also, the fact that ALL tickets are being given away on radio stations is extremely aggravating.

My evil side says this will all be worth it just to drive Homeland Security crazy. :D

Originally posted by chokeychicken:
i think its absolutely rediculous that these shows are taking place in airports. would it really disrupt the entire 24 hour thing to have them at a nearby venue, with transportation taking him directly to and from the venue? also, the fact that ALL tickets are being given away on radio stations is extremely aggravating.

ridiculous.. yet cool in a sorta that's so over-the-top way? *shrug*

it'd be even better if the DC airport was dulles… "nah, all of y'all have to drive an hour to see ME!"

love that guy.

Anybody hear any more on this? I'm told 99.5 and WPGC having been giving away tickets. There's a pair on Craigslist for $250 each. Can anyone confirm the location? I'm assuming Reagan Airport.

They coul not do it in an airport (security reasons) it is now somewhere on Howard Univ. campus.

tickets are "invite" only…basically radio winners and a select other few

AP "blog" following Jay-Z today on his one-day tour:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mu/music24_hours_with_jay_z

shows are 30 minutes each