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been day-one Roc-A-Fella fans?

How many people in this building

got "Reasonable Doubt"?

How many people know

"Dead Presidents"?

This right here is only

for my day-one fans.

I'm gonna take y'all back.

Let me get "Dead Presidents."

That's right.

Brooklyn, make some noise!

How real is this?

How real is this?

Oh, sh*t.

That's right.

I like that.

Brooklyn!

I Io ve you, baby.

- Aiight, Jay-Z.

- Yeah!

Jigga!

Standing out in the cold and

sh*t, promoting your sh*t.

You know what I'm saying?

I wanna get paid.

Holla.

When I did the Twista song,

I was making that sh*t

like it was a sitcom itself.

Or like a piece of a mo vie

or something.

Tape this nigga, man.

You taping him?

Go ahead.

Say, if "The Black Album"

was like "The Black Mo vie."

So, the song,

the soundtracks are like scores

to scenes that's going on

in the mo vie.

Oh, my God!

"The Black Album."

One of the jo ys for me

in the music business

is watching a new artist develop

into they own.

I mean, that sh*t

just brings me jo y.

To see a artist come

from nothing,

and then, you know,

they known, he has a name.

That's Kanye West. That's Kanye.

He signing autograph.

I Io ve that sh*t.

And right now, this nigga,

he's just delivering it.

And the passion he gots

for his music,

I don't think it's gonna stop.

Kanye came and motherfucking did

his job, didn't he?

Did he not?

God damn!

This record ain't a record.

It's a mo vie and sh*t.

It's like a scene from a mo vie.

I seen it.

Yeah, like the basis

of a classic album.

This joint right here,

yo, I'll take it.

This is the verse

I want you to do for me.

Oh, it's money.

That's my word. I never read

the Bible in my life.

I don't even know

how I know that.

That's phat.

Oh, my God, leave that!

Kanye, you did it again!

You're a genius!

We about to witness

some historic sh*t.

On my first album,

I was blessed.

I had a queen

of hip-hop and R&B.

Miss Mary J. Blige.

You ready to go get 'em, Mary?

I'm ready.

I'm always ready, Jay.

Come on.

Thank you.

All the ladies

put your hands up.

We going side to side

with this one.

It's so f***ing soulful.

It's so soulful.

I need y'all hands up.

God damn!

Well, God damn!

Can I get my L.L. on here?

Let me get my L.L. on.

Can I get my "L" on?

L.L. on here.

Can I do that for them, Mary?

No doubt.

Take 'em to church.

Y'all gotta give it up

for Jay-Z right now.

He knows how to treat a woman.

This is legendary.

I had the power of Rick on

when I was up on there.

You see what I'm saying?

That was cool.

That's Io ve right there.

All of that.

Now, can I go check see

in the mirror?

What room is this?

Peace, baby.

No question.

Mirror he can check himself

out in?

Matter of fact,

where the room at?

Whose room is this?

Welcome to

the "Best of Both Worlds."

Go get 'em, Kel.

New York, get your hands up!

Yeah, I figured out

what you're doing.

Your career, right now.

This is the end

of "Carlito's Way."

And you're just trying to get

one more last job in

before you get out.

But I'm trying to tell you

that I have the song.

I have the beat that describes

that moment accurately.

And if you don't believe me,

your man Guru is here.

- What's your name?

- Ti.

Your man Ti is here,

and Hip Hop is here.

And niggas' faces

are scrunched up.

I'm telling you right now,

Guru heard it and said...

Didn't you say he gonna do

the whole song tonight?

He said you're gonna do

the whole song tonight.

Goodbye.

There's no way I'm not getting

my mo vie sh*t off

on the last album.

On the last album!

I never got a chance to do

"Dead Presidents"

or "The World is Yours."

So I gotta get my story sh*t

off.

But there's something

about major seven chords.

I think there were minor seven

chords in "Dead Presidents."

And he just...

The way that nigga

blacked out on it,

it's just kind of like

second to none.

So, I'm dying to see

when he comes to the studio,

what's gonna be the first thing

that happens.

Yo, so you remember in

"Carlito's Way" at the end.

When the nigga was just

trying to get out of the game.

And...

He's getting on the train.

He's getting on a train?

You heard me, right?

Go ahead, Brian.

That's it?

That's the speech?

That's the speech.

That's what happened.

Okay.

All right.

Sometimes you work with people

because they legends.

Other times, they just hot.

Sometimes you work with people

because there's a synergy there.

We all work with a lot

of different people

in this business.

But there's those special

combinations that you know

just brings out the best in you.

That's right!

A little louder!

That's right!

You know I Io ve y'all!

I know you Io ve me!

Make some noise for Pharrell

one time!

It's showtime.

This man is made!

He's killing all y'all

jive turkeys.

Y'all want more

of the Jigga Man?

If y'all want more

of the Jigga Man,

then I need y'all to help me

bring him back to the stage.

Say "Ho v a."

Come on, say it!

Ho v a! Ho v a!

Ho v a! Ho v a!

Are y'all out there?

Yeah, see, that's what

I'm talking about.

They Io ve you, Jigga.

They Io ve you, Jigga!

Ho v a! Ho v a!

Like you left the stage

on a rap.

Like you left the stage

to do something.

When the beat come back in,

you come back on the stage.

And the crowd will be...

Yeah, see, that's what

I'm talking about.

They Io ve you, Jigga.

They Io ve you, Jigga!

What? What?

Say what?

Make some noise!

I don't wanna party with y'all.

I wanna vibe with y'all.

Can I vibe with y'all?

Let's go, Jeff.

Can I vibe with y'all?

That wasn't strong enough.

You get one night like this

in your whole lifetime.

Can I vibe with y'all

o ver here?

And although I spent my whole

life chasing this one night...

Can I vibe with y'all?

I can't say I'm sad

to see it go.

I'm actually happy

that it happened at all.

I feel fortunate.

Can I vibe with y'all?

Everything I do

is inspired by life.

So, of course, it's inspired by

the people that's closest to me.

Y'all inspired me.

I couldn't be where I'm at

without y'all.

I Io ve all y'all.

Way back in the days,

when Jay first started rapping,

I'd take him to certain places

in the hood.

He'd battle niggas

and destro y them.

I used to be the only one

that could hear the rhymes.

Now the whole world gets

a chance to hear it,

we all in this room hear it,

and that's it.

It's a grand opening,

grand closing.

Give me some light.

Cellphones, lighter.

I mean, I'm a kid

from Brooklyn, New York.

Now I'm onstage

at Madison Square Garden,

celebrating my whole career

with some of the biggest artists

in the music business.

I wasn't really emotional

about it.

I was thinking,

"This sh*t is crazy hot."

I guess I am lucky.

Holla at your bo y!

Let me say that this money

will be used for the upliftment

of your culture.

We thank you.

100% of this

goes to the Christopher Wallace

Memorial Foundation

for books and computers.

It ain't o ver.

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