miami jai alai on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
as part of my random photo posting i thought i would share this video i took when watching jai alai in miami …
Posted 8 months ago
Empire State of mind - i like this version with Bridget Kelly
i had already earlier posted the video of the song … but i thought i would post this version along with the recent nyt review of the song …
The song, “Empire State of Mind,” breaks down as roughly 50 percent rote Jay-Z chest-beating (“I’m the new Sinatra”), 30 percent tourist-friendly travelogue (“Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade”) and the rest a glorious Alicia Keys hook. … Jay-Z’s opening lines set up an adventure in geography and class, while at the same time rooting him in hard-knock bona fides: “I’m out that Brooklyn, now I’m down in TriBeCa/Right next to De Niro, but I’ll be hood forever.” … Supplanting Sinatra, however, might be tough. “New York, New York” is built around a handful of memorable phrases (“I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps”) that resonate with a universality perfect for a baseball stadium. Ms. Keys supplies that ingredient in “Empire State of Mind,” singing somewhat trite slogans (“These streets will make you feel brand new”) in a huge, rousing voice. Yet like all Jay-Z songs, “Empire” is, in the end, solely about Jay-Z. And while his personality may fill Yankee Stadium more persuasively than any other pop star, would 50,000 fans ever have the timing, or the memory, to recite “Say what-up to Ty-Ty, still sippin’ Mai Tais/Sittin’ courtside, Knicks and Nets give me high-five”?
while i agree with the review … i somehow still like to listen to the song … i guess the sign of a good pop song … isn’t it odd that one can say pop song when talking about a hip hop song?
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