Jay-Z live = GOAT

[Beware]

yeah i'll definitely go check him out every time he decides to stop by in Belgium!

 

[IceBergTaylor]

I just saw Nas for the first time a couple weeks back. That nigga is a master performer. I've never seen Jay though but I heard he's really good.

I've seen DMX twice and the energy that nigga brings is unparalleled by anybody I've ever seen. He brings in everything: energy, entertainment, he drops gems, spits poems, prays all type of shit. He even smokes blunts and passes around hennessy...that dude is crazy.

@Jono:

Seen Nas 4 times and he really has poor breath control on stage… he's lazy with his rhymes and forgets them too. That said, his performances have such a range of classics that he's indeed one of the greatest that I've seen.

I've seen DMX and he was nice, but he was late to the show and didn't even apologise. Did a 45 minute set, he was amped and everything but it was a rip off and a hell of a boring night aside from those 45 minutes. He isn't even top 10 live from the people I've seen…

The shit that makes Ye and Jay show dope is they have hits, stadium status type tracks. Commercial and hiphop head shit that rocks

This is true, I saw Kanye live following College Dropout and then again after every album he's released… it gets consistently better as the initial show was just OK. That said, dude can put on a show now too; the show before the Watch the Throne Tour was hella amazing, dude literally had cut scenes and a storyline about space lol. The orchestra popped up from the ground etc.

But again, going on how much I enjoyed the show, as well as their performances on stage, my top 10/11 is:

1. Masta Ace, Strick & Wordsworth (eMC)

2. Redman and Method Man with Erick Sermon

3. Jay-Z

4. Nas

5. Kanye West

6. Talib Kweli & Mos Def (Black Star)

7. CunninLynguists

8. Clipse

9. 50 Cent

10. Ja Rule/DMX

Showing my age with the last two… I was 12 or 13 when I saw them. 50 Cent's was nice as it was around the time that GRODT dropped. Ja Rule's was around the time of Pain is Love. DMX would potentially be higher if he actually performed for an hour and did enough to validate the price of his tickets.

Yeah that was the Glow In the Dark show, that shit was hella dope.

 

[Nah Son]

I went to WTT and shit was incredible.

Yeezy is that dude but he never stood a chance next to Jay. Yeezy is all hyped up and brings good energy but there are times where you cant understand shit of what he raps. Like I said Jay got that mic presence he sounds exactly like on wax.

Speakin of Nas I went to see him last week and shit was disappointing. No fuck was given by Nas about his lyrics lol half of the songs went by as instrumentals with him boppin his head to it.

 

[RuffDraft]

I went to WTT and shit was incredible.

Yeezy is that dude but he never stood a chance next to Jay. Yeezy is all hyped up and brings good energy but there are times where you cant understand shit of what he raps. Like I said Jay got that mic presence he sounds exactly like on wax.

Speakin of Nas I went to see him last week and shit was disappointing. No fuck was given by Nas about his lyrics lol half of the songs went by as instrumentals with him boppin his head to it.

He'll never change :lol: The only song he really gets into is One Mic. I actually missed his most recent tour, the first I've missed for years. His show with Damian Marley was nice though and other times that I've seen him solo as well… tbh, it's just great to be at a Nas show for his catalog. Any moment that he performs a track from Illmatic is a blessing for everyone in the crowd.

 

[Gooner]

yea he puts on an amazing show...wasnt always the case thats y ppl dont believe it...

 

[dalyricalbandit]

X shows be live cause of all them energy he brings

Wu shows be raw as hell

Jay shit just be on some magical shit

 

[qawshun]

I haven't seen anyone ya'll are lucky

 

[ocelot]

@n.mcfly

You got to see at least one show before you die bruh...

 

[RuffDraft]

I haven't seen anyone ya'll are lucky

I agree with @ocelot. Catch an independent show if you don't get any of the stars in your area...

 

[KamPushMe]

Jayz= Camel

 

[CracceR]

seen him it was dope

but ive seen ludacris this weekend and i gotta say ludas live performance>>>>>>jays

lupe was a great performance 2

 

[a_list]

jay does his thing but best live i think is busta.....i remember one year at summerjam buss and spliff tore it down

 

[Cabana_Da_Don]

Nah Jadakiss is not that great live even though he´s in my top 10.I seen him live.

But you you know who´s nice live.Luda and Busta.Fat Joe was also nice.

 

[Aztec_Kang]

for me K'naan was the best live performer i've seen thats a mc. But K'naan also sings and plays instruments so its not really fair to compare him to guys that just rap. Ive seen Jay Z live and he was super dope. So was Eminem.

 

[Gooner]

Man I gotta see a k'naan and Damian marley show asap

 

[kacee139]

Busta in his prime was the shit seen him at the house of blues in LA.... Snoop and Dre Live is dope cuz they always got alot of guess appearances.... But Jay is dope live cuz he's got so many hits and he known for alot of special guests

 

[DarthRozay]

I definitely need to see both Jay and Ye next time they go on solo tours. I'm hoping for another WTT tour when they drop WTT2 as well. AND I'm hoping for a Cruel Summer tour with all of Good Music. That shit would be dope.

 

[Knives Amilli]

I cosign this thread. Saw Jay in Cincinnati back in '09. Dude tore the fucking house down; had erebody from hood niggas to sorority white girls throwing the diamonds up with enthusiasm.

 

[wu-tang4ever]

100% agree with this. Seen him live twice. Once a while ago when Fab was his warm up act and Bleek was with him and last month at the watch the throne tour. Excellent live and he sounds like he does on cd.

 

[SecondChanceBro]

This is conventional wisdom.