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Jay-Z Breaks Out Blizzard of Hits, Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson at All Points West

Jay-Z’s first American festival show at Friday’s All Points West festival was a hard-rocking, non-stop blizzard of hits, punctuated by tributes to the Beastie Boys and Michael Jackson, and included some exclusive tastes of his upcoming album The Blueprint 3. After a ghostly clock floating above the stage counted down a solid 10 minutes, Jay-Z burst [...]

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16:46 on August 1 2009

Jay-Z Pays Tribute To Beastie Boys' MCA At All Points West Festival

MTV.com News — Jay opens his set with Beasties' classic 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn.'By Jem Aswad, with additional reporting by Sabrina Rojas Weiss Jay-Z performs at All Points West on... more info

17:04 on August 1 2009

Jay-Z Breaks Out Blizzard of Hits, Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson at All Points West

Rolling Stone — Jay-Z’s first American festival show at Friday’s All Points West festival was a hard-rocking, non-stop blizzard of hits, punctuated by tributes to the Beastie Boys an... more info

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16:46 on August 1 2009

Jay-Z Pays Tribute To Beastie Boys' MCA At All Points West Festival

VH1 News — Jay-Z, who replaced the Beastie Boys in the All Points West festival lineup after the group's Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer, paid tribute to the group and th... more info

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