Comments on: Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys: Empire State Of Mind [Video]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:54:58 +0000

@Tasha

You can get the sample for this song here http://kevinnottingham.com/2009/09/01/the-blueprint-3-original-samples/

By: tasha

tasha — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:57:59 +0000

who is jay z sampling for this song. i’ve been trying to search for it but can’t.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:43:56 +0000

@ Gestation and Drizz

As much flak as Kev and I get for posting Jay-Z articles and the somewhat anti-Jay stance some commenters have (not all)….the numbers don’t lie. Jay brings people out to comment good or bad.

Sept 09 was our best month every…why…well…..check out Sept archives.

By: Drizz

Drizz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:27:03 +0000

In total agreement w/ Gestation…

By: Gestation?

Gestation? — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:56 +0000

Jay articles sure get a lot of comments.. If the same people commented on the less popular artists, the other articles would actually get a decent amount of comments.

By: Jon Armstrong

Jon Armstrong — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:23 +0000

Not a fan of Jay at all but this song is pretty decent. His rapping on this track was lackluster even compared to his other records of the album. But the chorus is one of the best of the year and saves it. Also the video is tight as hell.

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:42:09 +0000

Dope track but Jay has soo many classic tracks that are superior to this. Every track on RD and all minus Jigga that nigga on BP are superior. Let alone other career highlights of his.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:45:28 +0000

lmao… someone should do that, like they did the Kanye spoofs… lol

By: N. Steven

N. Steven — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:50:12 +0000

i’m just glad that lil’ mama didn’t make a cameo.

By: eA

eA — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:25:43 +0000

Not to worry, lol. When she comes back to Toronto, I will for sure be at the concert again. She can take out a lot of these poppy R&B singers without even trying. =)

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:18:24 +0000

I apologize as I was ASSuming.

By: eA

eA — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:15:39 +0000

Oh no, no, not her music, just that power fell back a little for me. A track like Sure Looks Good to Me or Doesn’t Mean Anything doesn’t hit me like Fallin’ or A Woman’s Worth. Don’t get me wrong, she’s still one of my favorite R&B artists around.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:06:12 +0000

When did her music fall off?

By: eA

eA — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:05 +0000

Alicia used to give me the heebee jeebees with her music, but fell off. If her next album has the power of this chorus, maaaan. I still love her, though!

By: DJ SoulClap

DJ SoulClap — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:29:26 +0000

I love Alicia Keys so much, it’s not even funny anymore

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:36:08 +0000

lol, this matt character is interesting.

Mad,, you live in MTL huh? He addressed that Beanie Sigel thing there.

As for this song, I think it’s a little deceptive. I can’t lie, I do get a great feeling from it, I wanna move to NY etc etc, but he’s not doing anything groundbreaking. In fact, his rapping on this track is pretty lackluster and a nonchalant. With that said, the A Keys chorus livens just about everything up and I think is the part that everyone waits for. It’s a big chorus.

The song also screams New York to people who wanna jump on the NY bandwagon

By: Dr. MaD

Dr. MaD — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:58:23 +0000

damn I saw him yesterday it was craaaaaaazyyy don’t miss it if it’s coming in your town!

By: big family

big family — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:57:16 +0000

Great song, Great video. Hype Williams toned down the style but still gave you the essence of what NY was, which sadly for most of us has disappeared in the last 10 yrs.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:34:51 +0000

Sorry Matt but

BP3 > Blaqprint > Chemical Warfare

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:06:27 +0000

Chemical Warfare > BlaqPrint > BP3

I forgot to mention Cuban Linx 2 in that list…

I think I’m going to submit my own review. I don’t say things to please people either, I’m a honest person. BMW review in a random comment coming soon!