The highly anticipated B-Sides concert by Jay Z just concluded at Terminal 5 in New York which was live streamed on his own streaming service Tidal (you can watch a re-stream here without an account).
Hov’s set list was mainly made up of non-singles and songs he had never performed live before. He even brought out special guests like State Property (reunion!), Jay Electronica and Jeezy.
But the breaking moment was a rare freestyle that he spit live on the stage where he mentioned Spotify, Steve Jobs, Freddie Gray, YouTube and more. Watch it below.
Another interesting thing we noticed: The official poster from Tidal has Jay Z’s name stylized with a “hyphen” and even umlauts like back in the day (see it below). If you remember correctly, Jay had officially dropped both from his name a few years ago. He had later talked about it in an interview with Big Boy on Power 106:
“That was like 3 years ago, I don’t know how that story resurfaced, but I guess it was a slow news day. The hyphen was really big back in the day. It’s not useful anymore. I had umlauts over one of the letters, I removed that too.”
Freestyle:
State Property reunion:
Set List:
Dynasty (Intro)
Young, Gifted and Black
Pump It Up Freestyle
Streets is Watching
Friend or Foe
Where I’m From
Say Hello
Tidal Freestyle
Politics as Usual
Guess Who’s Back
Show You How
Jigga My Nigga
Hovi Baby
22 Twos
U Don’t Know
A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More)
So Ghetto
D’evils
Murda Murda
This Can’t Be Life
Party Life
Success
Ignorant Shit
Grammy Family Freestyle
Takeover
You, Me, Him and Her (w/ Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Young Chris, and Neef)
What We Do (Freeway Cover)
Clique
We Made It (w/ Jay Electronica)
Exhibit C (Jay Electronica and Just Blaze solo)
Go Crazy (w/ Young Jeezy)
Who Dat (Young Jeezy)
Can I Live
In My Lifetime (Remix)
Feelin’ It
Imaginary Player
Dead Presidents
It’s Like That
Never Change
Blueprint (Momma Loves Me) (a capella version)
B.B. King Tribute
Allure
Star Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix tribute performed by Roc Boys)
Public Service Announcement