Newport State of Mind improves on the original | Sam Leith

I don't often use the word "genius" without qualification, but I think it's deserved when it comes to the song Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind). This Welsh spoof of Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind went up online just over a week ago,and since then has had nearly 2m hits.I sent the link to my sister-in-law. She had the original playing while she signed the register at her recent wedding. She emailed back to say she wished she'd had this one. I don't blame her. Instead of Jay-Z muttering abou...

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