Watch: Jay-Z covers the Beastie Boys at APW
Last time we saw Jay-Z at a major music festival, he was poking fun. This time, he was paying tribute. The rapper kicked off his Friday night headlining performance at All Points West by covering the band he had replaced. Backed by the familiar riffs, Jay-Z offered his own rendition of “No Sleep till Brooklyn”, first free styling why he was on the stage — “The Beastie Boys are on vacation” — before paying homage to the cancer stricken MCA by reciting his verse in the song. All in all, it’s pretty incredible stuff and something only a rapper like Jay-Z could do.
Jay-Z also took some time during his set to perform selections from the forthcoming Blueprint 3, including “Death of Auto-Tune”.
I was not prepared for how good this was. Hands down best show I saw all weekend. One of the best performances I have ever seen.
Why does everyone say “rifts”!?
Kanye Who?
you should be already
Jeez, am I gonna have to become a Jay-Z fan now?
can someone just give this man a crown?
This was amazing. Not to mention his light show was out of this world.
That was the sickest opening for any show that I’ve ever seen. Well done Hova.
Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:15 am
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