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DVD : Jay Z - Fade to BlackIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Jay-Z, Rick Rubin, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Farnsworth Bentley, Memphis Bleek directed by: Michael John Warren, Patrick Paulson  List Price: $12.98 Amazon.com's Price: $9.49 You Save: $3.49 (27%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES EAN: 9781415709733 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1415709734 Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 05, 2005 Running Time: 109 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: February 08, 2005 Sales Rank: 8150 MPN: 345124 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: FADE TO BLACK takes a look at the rapper’s career, providing a backstage glimpse during the concert and showing how his last album was conceived. Narrated by Jay-Z himself, the film features notable guest performances by Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Pharrell Williams, Foxy Brown and appearances by P. Diddy and 2004 Grammy-winner Kanye West. Amazon.com: Fade to Black is a document of Jay-Z’s self-proclaimed final concert; a grand affair that took place before a sold-out crowd at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November 2003. (But anyone who follows celebrity news knows that Jay-Z was out of retirement and back performing at the Garden just a year later.) Fade to Black is a legitimately powerful record of a truly historic event in the annals of rap. Muttering offhand narration with typical bored, streetwise affect, Jay hails the concert as a momentous occasion for being the first time a hip-hop show was allowed to headline at the Garden. It’s unlikely that the full impact of the live performances will hit home to viewers unfamiliar with Jay-Z and his Roc-A-Fella Records stable of artists. Another frustration is trying to identify the array of visitors who trade raps on Jay’s stage. Included in the star-studded lineup are Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, Pharell, Ghostface Killah, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, and R. Kelly. One unmistakable figure--and we do mean figure--is Jay’s squeeze Beyonce, who raises the temperature and the roof with her skimpy outfit, flowing hair, soulful yowl, and sexed-up dance routine that leaves her boyfriend and the whole of Madison Square Garden slack-jawed with animal desire. Twenty cameras captured the event, and some of the most powerful sequences are sweeping moves across the swirling, blissed-out masses as they lip sync along in perfect unison with Jay-Z’s complex, profane, quick-witted raps. Less effective are intermittent cutaway segments that show the artist in various studio settings working up beats and rhymes. These amateurish home video breaks may give some insight to Jay’s perfectionism and dedication to his craft, but they detract from the visceral power of the beautifully executed performance footage. --Ted Fry Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Most Incredible!I love this DVD. I love Jay-Z as an artist. His style and skills are so impressive. The Black Album was a great album within itself. Just seeing his creativity and the creativity of the other artsts involved was incredible. The concert was amazing and getting a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the concert and album was truly awesome! Rating:  - He knows what he's doingJay-Z can easily be classified as haughty; he has been identifying himself as the best rapper alive for years. But, while I don't think he's the absolute best who has ever touched a microphone, he is one of the most skilled rappers ever. His vivid descriptions of life in the `hood and his all-around creative ways to tell stories via rap separate him from average rappers and place him in the ethereal positions that we have put rappers like 2 Pac and Biggie Smalls. "Fade to Black" is a nice documentary/concert ... Read More Rating: - Grand Opening, Grand ClosingAbsolutely outstanding. I especially like the parts of him creating the Black Album. The concert was tight too but I'm more for the behind the scenes stuff. It was amazing seein him work Rating: - exceptional in every wayI'm quite convinced that this is the most watched DVD I've ever owned, I must have seen it 30 times. Jay-Z's madison gig must've been one of the greatest nights in entertainment history, and for a fan unable to be there that night, this is the next best thing. the event was captured in an outstanding way, just watching this makes me bop my head, jump around the room and sends mad chills down my back. One of the greatest concerts ever performed and THE best live capturing. Rating: - My InspirationThis film shows Sean Carter is the most positive light. I see a man with a strong work ethic and so much drive. He's hungry for success and he never settles for anything. He always aims higher. I think I enjoyed the studio footage more than the actually concert footage. Much love goes out to Jay Z and his production crew! Browse for similar items by category:
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