Sunday, July 26, 2009

Jay-Z x Unplugged



Continuing his REDUX video series which presents cover versions of classic hip-hop songs performed live and in one take, Lushlife again demonstrates a seamless melding of b-boy braggadocio and classically trained flourish, with a genuinely reverent reading of Jay-Z’s classic, “Dead Presidents”
It take balls to spit lines like "Bout to start bitchin' ain't you / Ready to start snitchin' ain't you / I forgive your weak ass hustlin' just ain't you" in a church (backed by nothing but a grand piano, no less) but there is something genuinely reverent about Lushlife's reading of Jay-Z's classic "Dead Presidents" in a Philadelphia sanctuary.

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