Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Jay-Z Blueprint 3 Tour & After Party Recap

[Sunday, November 8th] I headed out to the sold out Jay-Z Blueprint 3 tour at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion with my date Mark Villa aka Chach. I've seen Jay-Z perform with Rihanna at the MTV Movie Awards but this was my first time going to one of his concerts. I must say that Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour is still the best concert I've ever seen, but this definitely came in a close second.

CLICK HERE to see pictures from the concert & after party.
CLICK HERE to see my video from the concert & after party.
CLICK HERE to read Jomo's Jay-Z concert recap.

We stopped by In n Out before making our way over to UCLA. I love my new camera... The lighting in these photos look magnificent.
#1 Double double animal style with animal style fries and a lemonade. =)
We missed out J. Cole and Wale, but we were still able to catch half of N.E.R.D.'s opening set. The place was crackin'!
"Security, you need to let Cali just wild the f*ck out and let them rush the stage. They'll be back in their seats for Jay-Z. THIS IS F*CKIN' CALI!" -Pharrell

Chach and I managed to sneak our way down to the floor with everyone else for the N.E.R.D. set.
We eventually settled into some seats on the side where we ran into some familiar faces.
Kathleen x Chach
The countdown for Hova begins... 143!
I loved the entire backdrop of giant LED screens that were in the shape of the New York skyline. It was genius!
We gonna run this town tonight! Special guest appearance by Rihanna!
Empire State of Mind with Roc Nations artist Bridget Kelly (who Jomo thinks has a striking resemblance to Lanie from Hellz Bellz). I wish Alicia Keys was there! I love her!
Mr. Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D.!
Hova showed lots of love and appreciation to the thousands of fans that came out for the sold out show.
Crackin'!
Thank you Jay-Z for an amazing show! HOVA! HOVA!
Once the concert wrapped, I headed straight to Guys & Dolls for the Blueprint 3 tour after party hosted by JL Production. Check out the sea of people waiting outside when I got there...
There were so many celebrities in the house including Tyrese, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chris Paul aka CP3, Suge Knight, Dennis Rodman, Ivan Jasper, PRod, and others!
That's the Game in the upper left with who I thought was Krazy Bone, but I could be wrong.
Lovelyn x Loving came up from San Diego to party, where they meet up with their friend Havoc.
Ben Wang (Clae) x Melanie
@TKoftheWildboyz: Mother fuckers are making it rain at Guys & Dolls! Just came up on $7! Haha that's an After School Special at Kitchen 24! Holla!
I love my new camera... HAHA!
It was off to Bossa Nova Sunset afterwards with Joanna (Love Made) x Ashlen (Love Made)
TK x Jenny (Mulan)
We ran into some mutual friends that ended up celebrating a birthday with a "surprise" cake. Hella random!
It was the perfect way to end an insane 4 day weekend full of events in LA and SD! Jay-Z is the man! THANK YOU!

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