ACL Review: Jay-Z

King MC brings his A game

"...Jay-Z remains one of the greatest rappers to ever pick..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Jay Z Added to ACL Fest

Late-breaking addition to the festival blueprint

"...mind it coming from a collaboration with Linkin Park. Jay Z will be headlining Zilker Park...."

May 4, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Knockout: Jay Z & Kanye West

Rap duo scheduled for Austin Music Hall on Wednesday

"...when it was announced that Watch the Throne duo Jay Z and Kanye West seize the Austin Music Hall..."

March 10, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Live Shot: Jay-Z & Kanye West

Three words: Watch the Throne

"...The line for Jay-Z and Kanye West at the Austin Music Hall stretched..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Austin Powell

Jay-Z

"...Jay-Z 8:15pm, American Express stage..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

Friday ACL Fest Face-Off: The xx vs. Jay-Z

Compare the headliners!

"...Jay-Z8:15pm, American Express stage..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

On the Run with Jay & Bey

First couple of hip-hop’s cinematic ruse – or was it!?

"...recovering from the unanswered questions surrounding the Solange and Jay-Z elevator kerfuffle at the Met Gala, we had our..."

May 22, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Prime

With genuine sparks between its two lovestruck leads and a delightfully flinchy performance from Meryl Streep, this comedy is just what its title implies: prime.

"...lines of Woody Allen’s Manhattan: It replaces Gershwin with Jay-Z (and, for a moment, Coltrane), while turning the tables..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

T-Pain's Blueprint

Jay-Z's latest, reviewed via app

"...had to decide which release was the bigger deal: Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 or the “I Am T-Pain” iPhone app...."

Sept. 10, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Great Gatsby

A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

"...Directed by: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Weird City Hip-Hop Festival Re-Ups

ATX’s early fall classic serves up a sophomore swang and bang

"...headliner’s row – specifically the inclusion of ever-elusive savant Jay Electronica...."

July 15, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

ACL Live Shot: Childish Gambino

Rapper scorches earth with or without “Bonfire”

"...a crowd in lockstep and friends sitting stageside in La-Z-Boys, Donald Glover took no prisoners. With a catalog rich..."

Oct. 4, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Civil Rights v. Hip-Hop

Martin Luther King v. Jay Z

"...On Oprah’s Master Class, rap giant Jay Z postulated that hip-hop had done more for race..."

Jan. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Death of Rap Lyrics

What hath Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt wrought?

"...Eight years later, Jay Z’s verse from “The Prelude” – specifically these seven..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Puffy Chair

In their first feature, former Austinites the Duplass brothers have made a near-perfect relationship-trauma comedy.

"...Directed by: Jay Duplass. Starring: Mark Duplass, Kathryn Aselton, Rhett Wilkins, Bari..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jay-Z

Record Review

"...Jay-ZThe Black Album (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) Having dominated the hip-hop market..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

50 Cent, Jay-Z

Live Shot

"...50 Cent, Jay-ZVerizon Wireless Amphitheater, Selma, Texas, Aug. 1 Halfway through his..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...wasn't an app or a social network. It was Jay-Z, the business, man. On Monday night, the Brooklyn mogul..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Lords of Dogtown

This narrative re-creation of the skateboarding doc Dogtown and Z-Boys is a blast, as accurate as it ought to be with more than enough mythology and gut thrills thrown in for good measure.

"...decks. It was Peralta’s breathtaking 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys that served as the impetus for this, the first..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X Games: Kanye West Touches the Sky

Godlike MC ushers in his 37th birthday with a commanding set

"...on a public stage since his SXSW set with Jay Z at Austin Music Hall, that overdrive opened with..."

June 9, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Conversations With a VEVO Pickup Artist

Tommy Wooldridge brings his Lyric Lines to the ATX

"...AC: I didn’t realize you were from Nashville until the phone rang and..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Better Than the Rest

Checking in with Transmission marketing guru Bianca Flores

"...“Those three days will be absolutely amazing,” gushes Flores. “I feel very lucky to be working..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Yoko Ono, and dozens more) in this tale of a near-future Japan where..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Kanye West & Jay-Z

"...Kanye West & Jay-ZWatch the Throne (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Critics Poll

"...PACHANGA! LATINO MUSIC FESTIVAL Fiesta Gardens (Raoul Hernandez)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Feature

Spotlight: Lady Sovereign

'I'm the little girl with a big voice.'

"...a brand new record deal stateside inked personally by Jay-Z...."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Z-Trip

"...Z-TripObama Mix..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 25 - December 1

"...SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z has stellar advice for his fellow Sagittarians to contemplate..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

SuperFly

NYC blaxploitation classic gets an ATL reboot.

"...steamy bed and shower scenes. This may pass for modernization, but the bodily exploitation of the women is just..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...single "All Gold Everything." Before the Trinidad rapper could capitalize with a Def Jam debut, he was dropped from..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

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