credit: Black Swan Songs
we are, yeah i said we are this is roc nation, pledge your allegiance.
this is the post where i try to communicate what happens in your heart when you see someone in person that has inspired you, driven you, given you a reason to hold your head up, look to the sky, remember, forget, and live... not in the past, but now... today- and to grow... NEVER STOP GROWING.
as i sat by the stage, with my sister and her whole crew (she travels with a lovely entourage) i was silent.
i really couldn't believe it.
he was about to walk out on the stage, and unleash the rhymes that i have bobbed my head to, cried to, ran to, danced to, and silently contemplated for years...YEARS...since 96... the world lost Tupac- and then came HOV... Jay Z has changed the game.
so, i'm all quiet and contemplative... thinking back, album to album about where i was in life- where he must have been... how his music has changed, evolved, matured, and yet still speaks... the countdown began.
i could feel my heart beating.
this must have been what my mama felt when she saw the beatles, elvis, jimi hendrix... had to be.
up he came from the stage,
we were so close.
seriously, i almost fainted.
i don't know if i have ever screamed that loud.
like one of those girls who is screaming and shaking (ok, really, not that bad... but i was throwing up the roc like it was my job)
from start to finish... every song, all the energy, from 96 to 2010... really... it was sooo great.
jay z is the greatest rapper alive.
i have around 10 artist i want to see live.
top? numero uno?
jay z
check!
what a show... what an incredible show!!
i so wanted to sneak my camera in- i had a sneaky sneaky plan- i was going to hold the body and give jacklyn my lens so when they searched us they would find both- but then, what lens? i just knew the one i picked wouldn't be the one i wanted and i would be sad all night long.
then i thought, maybe our seats won't be that great and i will have snuck for nothing...
so, no camera.
WHAT IN THE WORLD? NO CAMERA??!!!
i'm a stinkin' photographer and i go to a JAY Z concert with NO CAMERA?
i must have been smokin' something that dumbed my intuition.
we were 20 feet away.
my 85 would have rocked my world.
then i would have to borrow flickr favs.
live and learn.
next time.
oh, how i hope there will be a next time.
he is coming to houston- and i am so tempted to go again.
i just can't imagine a show being better than that...
i have my iphone photos and some cool video- but the coolest memory was the end.
he had the light techs turn the lights on and went through each section of the audience and thanked individuals for their support- and encouraged every dreamer to keep dreaming and not to let anyone stand in their way... too great- too great.
if you've never listened to jay z- tito (my brother in law) is a perfect example of what happens when you do- first, tito and i share a deep love for tupac and notorious b.i.g. and we could never square up with jay- he didn't like him- but never really listened to everything. {when you listen to rap music you have to understand that like any other genre one record will never define an artist- it is their body of work... the growth of their sound, their lyrics... you can't take a little and base your opinion on that- there is no way for you to get the whole picture} what i love about jay z is that he grew up, and so did his rhymes... he even says on blueprint 3 - if you want my old stuff, buy my old albums he is at a different place in life and is talking about new things... tito sat right behind me- and now... you guessed it- he rocks the yankee hat like the rest of us.
i just had to share- i know not everyone will get it- but i really felt like i got to witness a rare force. our generations, the generations of this lifetime will never see another jay z.
he is the greatest.
the only rapper to rewrite history without a pen
we love you HOV.
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:05AM 
