Jay Z - Fade to Black
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Movie Reviews of Jay Z - Fade to Black
Movie Review: salute the king of new york
Summary: 5 Stars
With this concert, he proved he was the King of New York. For a rapper to sell out Madison Square Garden by himself, as quick as he did, was no real surprise when we all know Jay-Z's achievements over the years.
This concert was the culmination of an incredible career. 'The Black Album' delivered what Jay-Z promised, he was back to his very best, and his incredible performance on this DVD showcases that.
The live performance is very well mixed in with studio shots of Jay-Z at work with producers working on songs. It gives the viewer and understanding of what has to happen for a song to be completed, and it also showed Jay's unique way of delivering his rhymes, without any paper, just remembering them and spitting them on the fly.
The concert was unbelievable. Jay-Z trotted out star after star to help him with all his collabo's over the years. The only time this let him down was when he had Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Freeway on stage at the same time. All 3 rappers detracted from Jay-Z being the main show, but this is how i felt on 'The Dynasty' so I guess it wasn't going to change.
The night finished with Jay-Z performing Encore and December 4th so a crowd delerious with joy and satisfaction. After this performance, Jay-Z will go down in rap history as one of the best to ever grace the microphone.
Definitely buy this, it's well worth it.
Movie Review: Jigga Rules!
Summary: 5 Stars
Anybody branding not only this DVD, but also Jay-Z's music as cacophony & rubbish, shows not to know one single thing about hip-hop or about Jay's mission & message. Admittedly, I didn't really get into hip-hop until my early-20's and Jay-Z's material, as well as hip-hop, is not for everybody to understand and appreciate, but if you approach the genre with a closed mind, like I used to, there's no way you'll be able to enjoy it. Jay's music was the turning point for me as far as the beginning of my full appreciation for the genre. This DVD is a testament to the man and his career and is a historical document presenting the style's best performer at the top of his game. Jay has disproved Sickboy's (Trainspotting) theory that all great performers' skills diminish, and sometimes totally dissapear, as they get older. On the contrary, Jay has every right to claim that, like Michael Jordan did by retiring while still a World Champion and an NBA Finals MVP, he left the game on top of it and at the top of his skills. Long live the King of NY! As we all know, like Jordan did after retiring in '98, he'll be back sometime soon. I just don't know if I can keep on waiting for a new CD. He spoiled us dropping albums "early & often".Movie Review: "The Last Waltz" of Hip-Hop
Summary: 5 Stars
Jay is one of the few hip-hop artists who can not only fill the seats at the Garden, but play to an audience that large as well. There are tons of guest appearances here and they are universally strong. Even potentially mismatched performances such as Beyonce's appearance work extremely well. The behind the scenes footage of Jay in the studio is riveting. He has a soft, almost hoarse speaking voice yet a powerful voice on the microphone. Like his contemporary Biggie Smalls, he listens to beats with a frighteningly focused intensity and then writes and records all from memory. Some scenes, like when Jay visits Rick Rubin and spits an entirely new verse to the Public Enemy classic "Welcome To The Terrordome" are alone worth the price of admission.
The picture quality of this DVD transfer is decent, though not stunning. Saturation is pushed a little high and the transfer can appear a bit soft at times. The audio track is a well executed surround mix that really captures the acoustics of the Garden. Audio and video sync appears to be quite good.
This is one of the great hip-hop DVDs. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Fade to Black
Summary: 5 Stars
Fade to Black to me is one of the best ever biographical movies. It deeply expresses amazing views,thoughts,and expressions of Jay Z's personal position on retiring. Far from being boring and dull, it brings life to how emotional and life changing events can affect ones decision on something as simple as retiring. To Jay it was more than that, it was like a thank you letter to all of the people, fans, whoever throughout his career helped him achieve his goal as a rapper. So to return the appreciation he searches for every element he can obtain to give back what we(people, fans) have gave to him. This movie is more than informative and interesting its like one of those good books you cant just put down! To me this is a must have. Thank you to Shawn Carter, Jay-Z, Young Hova, Iceberg Slim, etc.
without you this would not be possible. Best rapper alive!
Slong
Lenoir, NC
Movie Review: New found respect
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never been a big fan of Jay-Z, not enough to actually purchase an album. I've learned lyrics to the radio cuts and I respect him for being very witty and nice with the beats. Well, this movie is awesome. So many star-studded cameos, the behind the scenes footage of his actual songwriting in his head,a story of an intelligent man who came from the bottom to the top via hip-hop. This guy doesn't write anything down and he flows like leaky water faucets. I stayed glued to the TV and the concert seemed well worth my sleep time trying to finish it off in a couple of hours. I wanted to buy every CD he ever made here on Amazon afterwards. I am a new true Jay-Z fan now.
p.s. I saw a friend in the audience a few times, she was rockin hard. Wish I lived in the NY. Young old, everybody got down at once.