As one of the greatest living rappers today, Jay-ZвЂ™s lyrical and entrepreneurial acumen should be studied for years to come.ДЇor now, check out the reactions from Twitter honoring Jay-Z below, and weвЂ™ve also added a collection of playlists from the biggest DSPs featuring the GOATвЂ™s music. But at this juncture, if we never get another proper full-length from H to the Izzo, weвЂ™ve got plenty to fall back on. Would another album from Jay-Z be welcomed by most? Most certainly. With 13 studio albums, multiple businesses, and the ability to still show up on features and body the track, Jay-Z doesnвЂ™t have anything else to prove as he coasts comfortably into his middle years. If youвЂ™re a regular reader of Hip-Hop Wired, youвЂ™re already well aware that we support Hov around these parts so thereвЂ™s no need for us to run down his impressive resume in grand detail. 4) is the artist born Shawn CarterвЂ™s birthday, and Twitter is currently celebrating the Brooklyn legend properly.

It's all about the melody, we were told.Jay-Z is a living legend with millions of records sold worldwide and became a billionaire via his various business ventures in the process. Update: James McLaren on BBC Wales Music has made some good points about the specific terms of reuse. This activity is based on the videoclip of the song 'Empire State Of Mind', which is perfect to talk about cities in general, specially the New York City. So if you want the video reinstated, try pestering Jay-Z and on Twitter. Music Video Activity - Empire State Of Mind (By Jay-Z & Alicia Keys) - CITIES.

If that permission isn't granted, then we ask the service in question to remove the song from their platform.'

When a song is created based wholly on any of our writers works, those writers need to grant their permission. This is probably the most popular song in the US right now, it has well over 25,000,000 youtube views. Alicia Keys) saying that 'Jesus cant save you, life begins when the church ends'. 'While we don't comment on individual cases, it's our duty as a publisher to represent the interests of our songwriters. Basically, Jay-Z inserts a line in his song titled 'empire state of mind' (feat. Sadly it's nowhere near as entertaining as the original spoof, but does at least inform us that Newport does not have a Pizza Hut and does have a velodrome.ДЄny word from the songwriters on why they didn't approve the charity record, or why they wanted the song pulled completely? No.

Goldie Lookin Chain (have they been 'resting' from the music scene until now?) took the opportunity to spoof the spoofers with their take, You're Not From Newport. The video had generated more than 2.6m views on YouTube last time we checked, and Warren, Wainwright and the rest of the Newport band were guest stars at the reopening of Newport's transporter bridge late last month and guest starred at Newport's CityFest. And perhaps they didn't take too kindly to their song being mocked, as they may have seen it. - Watch On To The Next One, Empire State Of Mind, and more.The post Jay-Z Adds Multiple Music Videos To His Official YouTube Channel. The problem is that the charms of Newport's cultural highlights вЂ“ including throwing up in the back of a taxi, Welsh rarebit and congestion on the A4042 вЂ“ may have been lost on some of New York's best songwriters. The real disconnect here is not between EMI's lawyers and the public mood. Some rights reserved.ДЄs well as Alicia Keys, the songwriters listed as Shawn Carter (that's Jay-Z) Angela Hunte, Bert Keyes, Sylvia Robinson, J Sewell-Ulepic and Al Shuckburgh are all apparently based in the US. Some proceeds were to be donated to the mental health charity Newport Mind.Д«ut the seven co-writers of the original song, which include Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, refused permission for the Newport single вЂ“ we have been told вЂ“ and that led to the video being removed from YouTube.Д®MI (and there's a distinction between the record label and EMI Music Publishing, which looks after the songwriters) has been bearing the brunt of protests on Twitter and elsewhere for pulling one of the year's hottest viral videos. We've identified the culprit behind the Newport State of Mind takedown вЂ“ and it wasn't EMI Music Publishing.ДЄlex Warren and Terema Wainwright, who sang the parody of the Empire State of Mind duet by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, met Universal Records last month to explore releasing the track as a single.

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