Posts Tagged ‘Empire State of Mind’

Who SHOULD Win 2010 VMAs

In Hip Hop, Music, News, R&B, TV on 11 September 2010 tagged 2010 Video Music Awards, 30 Second to Mars, Airplanes, Alicia Keys, B.o.B., Bad Romance, Beyoncé, Broken Bells, Bruno Mars, California Gurls, Cascada, Dog Days Are Over, Drake, eminem, Empire State of Mind, Enrique Iglesias, Evacuate the Dancefloor, Feedback, Florence + The Machine, Florence And The Machine, Florence Welch, Hayley Williams, I Like It, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Kid Cudi, Kings and Queens, Lady GaGa, MGMT, Moonman, MTV VMAs, Not Afraid, Nothin' on You, OMG, Pitbull, RATATAT, Snoop Dogg, Taylor Swift, Tik Tok, Usher, Video Music Awards, Video Phone (Extended Remix), VMA Nominations, VMAs with no comments

At 9pm tonight, MTV will hand out their infamous Moonmen at the Video Music Awards from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre. Ignoring for a minute that the VMAs has dubiously devolved into a popularity contest for the Twitter and US Weekly age, these are BNW’s (slightly idealistic) picks for who should clear mantle space for the [...]

Video : Jay-Z Medley on SNL

In fame, Hip Hop, TV on 9 May 2010 tagged '03 Bonnie & Clyde, 99 Problems, Beyoncé, Blueprint 3, Empire State of Mind, NBC, On To The Next One, Public Service Announcement (Interlude), Saturday Night Live, SNL, The Black Album, Video with no comments

Jay-Z took the SNL stage on Saturday night to perform Public Service Announcement, On To The Next One, 99 Problems, a snippet of a Beyoncé-less ‘03 Bonnie & Clyde and the ever-pervasive Empire State of Mind, with a session singer standing in for Alicia Keys, on the quintessentially New York show:

Lines, Vines, and Trying Times : The Music of 2009

In Art, fame, Hip Hop, History, Janet, MJ, Music, Opinion, R&B, radio on 29 December 2009 tagged 2009, Aeon, Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo), Alicia Keys, Alienated, Already Gone, Amerie, and Bears (Remix), Animal Collective, Annie, Antony and the Johnsons, Armand Van Helden, Ashkin, Auto-Tune, Azadi Square, Basement Jaxx, Bat For Lashes, BBC Radio 1, Beautiful, Berry Gordy, Best I Ever Had, Beyoncé, Bigger Than The World, Black Eyed Peas, Blackroc, Blame It, Blood Bank, Bon Iver, Bonkers, Boombox (LA Riots Remix), Bull Black Nova, Calvin Harris, Chris Cornell, Ciara, Clipse, Crystalised, Damon Dash, Danzig, Delirious, Dizzee Rascal, Drake, Earth Song, Ego, eminem, Empire State of Mind, Estelle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Felix Buxton, Fergie, Flyte Tyme, Gher, Giorgio Moroder, Halo, Hands 2 Myself, Happy Up Here, Hayley Williams, Heard 'Em All, Heartbreaker, Hole in the Head, Hope There's Someone, I’m Not Alone, Ignorance, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, Jim Jones, John Legend, Justin TImberlake, K'Naan, Kabul, Kanye West, Karina Pasian, Katy Perry, Keep it Goin’ Louder, Kelci, Kelly Clarkson, Keri Hilson, Keyvan Baharlou, Kid Cudi, Kid Sister, Kinda Like a Big Deal, King of Pop, Kiss Me Thru the Phone, Kylie Minogue, Lady GaGa, Las Vegas, Lions, Lions Tigers and Bears, Little Boots, Live Lounge, Loba, Los Angeles, M.I.A., Major Lazer, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Marilyn Manson, Marvin Gaye, Meet Me Halfway, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, MJJ, Mos Def, Mr. Hudson, MSTRKRFT, Muse, My Girls, New in Town, Nina Sky, Number Ones, Off The Wall, Pacific Coast Highway, Paramore, Pearl Jam, Pearl's Dream, Purple Rain, Rain Dance, Raindrops, Röyksopp, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Ricky Blaze, Right Hand Hi, rihanna, Robin Thicke, Robyn, Rockin’ That Shit, Rollacoasta, Run This Town, Russell Talyor, Ryan Tedder, Sandcastle Disco, Sandcastle Disco (Freemasons Radio Edit), Scream, Sex Therapy, Sexual Healing, Shakira, She Wolf, Solange, Solange Knowles, Songs Remind Me of You, soulja boy, Speakerphone (Steve Anderson Studio Version), Sugababes, Supernova (with String Quartet), Sweet Dreams, Switch, T-Pain, Taylah P., The Black Keys, The Dream, The Fixer, The Saturdays, The Very Best, The XX, Thierry Mugler, Thirteen, Tigers, Timbaland, Touch My Body, Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart, Up Up & Away, Uprising, Vanguards Remix, Victoria Hesketh, Vistoso Bosses, Waking Up in Vegas (Calvin Harris Remix), Wall Street, Wavin’ Flag, We're From America, Wilco, Young Forever with 3 comments

The biggest story in music this year was the death of Michael Joseph Jackson, the Once and Future King of Pop. Moreso than the death of an individual, the King of Pop’s death signified the end of the explosive, border crossing, iconic, truly global megastar. Six months into a year that saw Pop music deep [...]

Video : Stephen Colbert Performs With Alicia Keys

In Art, comedy, fame, Hip Hop, Music, News, R&B, TV on 17 December 2009 tagged Bridge and Tunnel, Colbert Nation, Comedy Central, Cosby Show, Empire State of Mind, Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down, Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, New York New York, Songs in A Minor, Stephen Colbert, Suburbs, The Colbert Report, The Element of Freedom, Video with no comments

Possibly the best part of having Television again was watching Stephen Colbert’s tribute to the bridge and tunnel crowd when Alicia Keys performed Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down: Interview: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Alicia Keys www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating Performance: The Colbert [...]

Video : Jay-Z & Alicia Keys ‘Empire State of Mind,’ Shakira Mebarak ‘Did It Again’

In Art, fame, Hip Hop, Music, R&B on 30 October 2009 tagged Alicia Keys, Did It Again, Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z, music video, Shakira, Shakira Mebarak, She Wolf, Video, World Star Hip Hop, Youtube with no comments

Did It Again: She Wolf will finally see a U.S. release on November 23, 2009: Empire State of Mind: The Jay-Z / Alicia Keys powerhouse single finally gets the music video treatment: