Video: Kanye West with Jay-Z at Madison Square Garden “Blueprint 3″ 8-6-08

Kanye West at Madison Square Garden, August 5, 2008

Kanye West brought Jay-Z to the stage for a brief and exciting appearance at his Glow in the Dark concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City on August 6, 2008.

Kanye West closed his Glow in the Dark show at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night with a major announcement: He’s producing tracks for Jay-Z’s next album, Blueprint 3. And Hova just so happened to be on hand to premiere one of the album’s tracks.

After the last song of his performance, Kanye told the crowd that 20 years from now, they would be recognizing him and some of his peers, such as Glow in the Dark tourmate Pharrell Williams, as some of the all-time greats. Acknowledging his great success and loss in the past year, he told the audience — which included Q-Tip and Andre 3000 — that he was evolving and not going to be as selfish as he was in the past. (’Ye gave another reflective speech during Tuesday’s MSG show.)

Video of Kanye’s speech at MSG 8-5-08

A story followed of how when he’s in the studio producing tracks, he’ll usually snatch the beat for himself, unless his friend and G.O.O.D. Music act Common is there. But on a recent trip to Hawaii, West said he changed his M.O. While in the studio in paradise, he told himself, “Every beat I do is for this person.”

He promised to play a track for the concertgoers, but didn’t tell them he had a bonus. As the bass kicked in for a song that is sure to heat up the clubs and streets before the summer is done, Jay-Z walked out and started to rap.

You would have needed the computer-chip-enhanced hearing of the Bionic Woman to make out everything the Brooklyn native was saying over the roar of the crowd. But his rap started off with a reference to his recent verbal dust-up with Oasis leader Noel Gallagher, who objected to a hip-hop artist (Jay) headlining England’s traditionally rock-oriented Glastonbury festival earlier this summer: “That bloke from Oasis said I couldn’t play guitar / Somebody shoulda told him I’m a f—in’ rock star.” He went on to rap about his female fans, including the line, “I’m like, ‘Life ain’t fair/ Chill, baby girl, my girl is here.’ “

Source: Jay-Z Announces Blueprint 3, Premieres New Kanye West-Produced Track At NYC Glow In The Dark Show

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