傳奇 rapper Jay-Z 個延續成年嘅「Jay-Z 30」演唱會係列,今個星期六(10 月 24 日)喺加州英格伍德(Inglewood)嘅 SoFi Stadium 唱足兩晚,正式落幕。呢個係列今年 5 月底喺 Roots Picnic 嘅獨唱開波,由年初唱到年尾,仲配上八部曲嘅紀錄片。
最有趣嘅位,係佢喺唱收場曲《Encore》期間,即席開撳最近網上嗌住 SoFi「冇賣住」、「門票全派咗人」嘅聲浪。佢對住台上觀眾話:「People will tell you that nobody was in here tonight, but you got eyes. You can see. People will tell you that the music wasn't great, but you got ears.」再順住話:「You gotta question everything. This world with AI and everything, it's been going on forever. They called it propaganda before. But now, the technology has caught up and people are tricked. A lot of tricknology for us… Make sure you question everything you feel.」講到「AI 騙人」即止,冇再展開。
呢個 30 年嘅嘢,對 Jay-Z 嚟講係個「遺傳」問題。佢十年冇發過新碟,新一代 hip-hop 嘅起飛反而令佢嘅地位被人質疑,所以佢決定逐張逐張回頭睇自己嘅作品,喺巡演入面重新擺晒上枱面。SoFi 嘅 setlist 就係老調重彈:《Girls, Girls, Girls》接《'03 Bonnie & Clyde》,《N—s in Paris》接《Big Pimpin'》,冇乜大改動。
每站佢都唔忘請當地嘅歌手上陣。費城有 Jazmine Sullivan、Bilal,加埋佢自己 Roc-A-Fella 廠牌嘅 Freeway、Beanie Sigel 同 Peedi Crakk;紐約大聯盟三晚有 Alicia Keys 唱《Empire State of Mind》,Fat Joe 同 Jadakiss 都喺場。到咗洛杉磯呢場,佢請咗 Too Short、Dr. Dre 同 Snoop Dogg——全部係加州嘻哈嘅老大哥,就似返屋鄉咁。
姣姐講多句:一個十年冇出碟嘅老炮,唔靠新嘢,淨係靠舊日嘅經典重唱、再加一班同袍老嘮,就夠撐起成個體育場。呢種「無須多言」嘅底氣,大概就係佢同我哋嗰度 KTV 歌手最大嘅分別。
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