Jay-Z – 99 Problems (Live) – The Sound Of Indie

Jigga-Man played his home town last week with a sold-out show at MSG. Like any good hip-hop show, guest cameos were plentiful with highlights being Akon and a soon to be jail-bound Lil Wayne. In a genre where the biggest stars are the biggest has-beens over the course of a week (Fiddy-who?), Jay-Z has continued to mount a mammoth indestructibility over it all. I am the last person who needs to hype Hova but here is a live take on the supremely killer “99 Problems” from the recent show.

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Download: Jay-Z – 99 Problems (Live)

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