trailer

https://youtu.be/xEMniH7jzs4?si=_XveHdNraiFhXzlN


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-in-8-trailer-rick-rubin-1235615749/

Jay-Z Reintroduces Himself Once More in New ‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Trailer
The docuseries, which was directed by and co-stars Rick Rubin, will premiere in September

By Jon Blistein

August 26, 2026


Jay-Z discusses his life-long love of writing, rap’s irresistible underdog energy, and more in the new teaser for his upcoming docuseries, JAŸ-Z in 8.

The upcoming HBO series finds Jay digging back into his catalog while in conversation with Rick Rubin about his life, career, and music. While Jay has done this in various forms over the years, the black-and-white clip appropriately opens with Jay reciting one of his most famous lines: “Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is Hov.”

From there, Jay talks about how he caught the writing bug at age nine and pontificates on hip-hop’s enduring appeal, as well as its limitless potential. “The reason why rap is so loved — that feeling of that underdog,” Jay says. “That’s why people were listening, that’s why it hit them somewhere.”


The first two episodes of JAŸ-Z in 8, which Rubin directed, will premiere on Sept. 18, with two additional episodes dropping every Friday through Oct. 9. The discussions in each episode will center around a handful of Jay-Z songs, selected by Rubin. For instance, episode one will feature “Intro” (off 2000’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia), “Meet the Parents” (off 2002’s The Blueprint 2), “Can’t Knocks the Hustle” (of 1996’s Reasonable Doubt),and “What More Can I Say” (off 2003’s The Black Album).



Future episodes will feature songs like “Brooklyn’s Finest,” “4:44,” “Can I Live,” “Politics as Usual,” “99 Problems,” “Dead Presidents II,” “Public Service Announcement (Interlude),” “The Story of O.J.,” and “No Church in the Wild.”


JAŸ-Z in 8 is part of Jay’s massive, year-long celebration centered around the 30th anniversary of his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. The festivities have included shows in New York City, and upcoming gigs in Los Angeles, Paris, and London, a series of pop-up events and activations, and even a run of commemorative library cards with the Brooklyn Public Library system.

fuck rick rubin

of self-aggrandizing "documentaries"

and nothing will ever make that umlaut not look ridiculous, i just can't

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

what an embarrassment he's become
traitor to the culture and no different than any other POS billionaire
not interested in anything he's got to say

8 episodes sounds over the top ridiculous on paper and the Rubin involvement does not excite, but I'll hope it's entertaining and informative.

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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization (NEBTO)

How boring man

Putting out great music still, and creating platform for legends of the culture to do the same
Jay is jerking off to his own music from 20 years ago

Still feels to me like he’s going to drop an album, at least.

Can’t wait to hear him rap about fabrige eggs and shit while blaming poor people who shop for deals on amazon to absolve himself of his own shitty business dealings

Maybe he’ll dedicate a verse to chastising Nolan Wells for hanging out with the wrong crowd. Wouldn’t surprise me at this point.

>Can’t wait to hear him rap about fabrige eggs and shit
>while blaming poor people who shop for deals on amazon to
>absolve himself of his own shitty business dealings
>
>Maybe he’ll dedicate a verse to chastising Nolan Wells for
>hanging out with the wrong crowd. Wouldn’t surprise me at
>this point.

what prompted him to dis Kaepernick in that infamous 'freestyle' he did at one of the Yankee Stadium concerts a month or so ago.

I could be ignorant and wrong on this, but I don't remember Kaepernick mentioning Jay-Z by name in recent years.

The ultimate example of punching down IMO given how woven Jay-Z has been with the NFL over the years.

I WOULD listen to how RD was made if Ski and Primo were telling the stories together. I feel like we don't appreciate enough how Ski made RD and Uptown Saturday Night at roughly the same time and they have two different feels.

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>trailer
>
>https://youtu.be/xEMniH7jzs4?si=_XveHdNraiFhXzlN
>
>
>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-in-8-trailer-rick-rubin-1235615749/
>
>Jay-Z Reintroduces Himself Once More in New ‘JAŸ-Z in 8’
>Trailer
>The docuseries, which was directed by and co-stars Rick Rubin,
>will premiere in September
>
>By Jon Blistein
>
>August 26, 2026
>
>
>Jay-Z discusses his life-long love of writing, rap’s
>irresistible underdog energy, and more in the new teaser for
>his upcoming docuseries, JAŸ-Z in 8.
>
>The upcoming HBO series finds Jay digging back into his
>catalog while in conversation with Rick Rubin about his life,
>career, and music. While Jay has done this in various forms
>over the years, the black-and-white clip appropriately opens
>with Jay reciting one of his most famous lines: “Allow me to
>reintroduce myself, my name is Hov.”
>
>From there, Jay talks about how he caught the writing bug at
>age nine and pontificates on hip-hop’s enduring appeal, as
>well as its limitless potential. “The reason why rap is so
>loved — that feeling of that underdog,” Jay says.
>“That’s why people were listening, that’s why it hit
>them somewhere.”
>
>
>The first two episodes of JAŸ-Z in 8, which Rubin directed,
>will premiere on Sept. 18, with two additional episodes
>dropping every Friday through Oct. 9. The discussions in each
>episode will center around a handful of Jay-Z songs, selected
>by Rubin. For instance, episode one will feature “Intro”
>(off 2000’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia), “Meet the
>Parents” (off 2002’s The Blueprint 2), “Can’t Knocks
>the Hustle” (of 1996’s Reasonable Doubt),and “What More
>Can I Say” (off 2003’s The Black Album).
>
>
>
>Future episodes will feature songs like “Brooklyn’s
>Finest,” “4:44,” “Can I Live,” “Politics as
>Usual,” “99 Problems,” “Dead Presidents II,”
>“Public Service Announcement (Interlude),” “The Story of
>O.J.,” and “No Church in the Wild.”
>
>
>JAŸ-Z in 8 is part of Jay’s massive, year-long celebration
>centered around the 30th anniversary of his debut album,
>Reasonable Doubt. The festivities have included shows in New
>York City, and upcoming gigs in Los Angeles, Paris, and
>London, a series of pop-up events and activations, and even a
>run of commemorative library cards with the Brooklyn Public
>Library system.

either release music or just stay retired

this over the top marketing self promotion nonsense is very annoying…and plp wonder why Jay Z get so much online hate