Jay-Z in Cleveland

Jay-Z played to a nearly sold out show at the Wolsein Center in Cleveland last week.

 

N*E*R*D opened for Jay-Z and put on an amazing performance. Rhea, there new female vocalist was on stage for the entire performance. During “Spaz”  Pharrell Williams invited a female fan on stage with him. She was obviously very excited as she danced and sang along to every word. About 15 women joined N*E*R*D on stage during “Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom)”.

 

With ten minutes before show time the count down to Jay-Z began and the screens on each side of the stage started counting down. Jay-Z made a dramatic entrance rising from below the stage as “Run This Town” started. The crowd went crazy and the stage came to life.  Without a doubt I can say that this was the best and most elaborate back drop display I’ve ever seen at a concert. The images changed from city buildings, fancy speakers, and live footage.

 

Many songs played throughout the night were from “The Blueprint 3” album. However we also got to hear “Jigga”, “99 Problems”, and Izzo (H.O.V.A.).

 

LeBron James was on stage during a few songs. He danced or bounced behind Jay-Z while singing along. It looked like LeBron and some friends had seats on stage off to the right.

 

The encore included “Can I Get A….”, “Big Pimpin”, and “Hard Knock Life”. After talking to the crowd and addressing specific fans he ended the show with “Young Forever”