Jay-Z & Alicia Keys LIVE From The World Series-”Empire State Of Mind”
In case you missed it tonight (like I did even though I was sitting RIGHT in front the tv, smdh), here’s Jay-Z and Alicia Keys‘ live “Empire State of Mind” performance. They performed at Yankee Stadium before the game got officially underway. Wow @ Alicia’s bright purple-pink (I’m told it looked hot pink on tv) jacket and matching thigh high boots. Hot performance though….



















OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:40 pm (Quote) | Reply |
First!!!!Love Jay and Keys!!!!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:42 pm (Quote) | Reply |
R u colour blind??? Purple (lilac if you wanna be specific) not hot pink!!! Like really!!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:45 pm (Quote) | Reply |
purple for real!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:45 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Where’s Lil Mama????
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:47 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Um, I think Ms. Keys is wearing purple.
Hahahaha. Lol.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:47 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Why was the camera all up in Alicia’s behind in the beginning! Lil mama missed out on this one
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:48 pm (Quote) | Reply |
No Ms Alicia you DID NOT do that!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:50 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Haha! You now changed it to ‘PURPLE PINK jacket and thigh boots’!!! Lmao! U still are trippin over these colours! Lmao *sigh* Lets stick to the gossip shall we? Fashion definitely isn’t your strongest point. And I ain’t just talking about this one occasion! Lol
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:50 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Glad Lil Momma didn’t come running out the bull pen during Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Performance tonight lol
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:51 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Get em’ ‘Licia’! Jay you are forever the man!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:53 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Go Yankees! I Love Jigga!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:58 pm (Quote) | Reply |
I am sooooo bored wit ms.keys. sorry, used to be so in luv wit her but I am ova it now. seen one performance, seen em all…starting to feel the same way about jay (sorry jay lovers, don’t beat me up:) glad he got a chance to rep that hat for real though, know that made him happy
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:58 pm (Quote) | Reply |
C’mon people…. did anyone else see what I saw??? This performance was totally wack… Alicia and Jay are both lip synching… I waited all week for this?????
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:58 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Security kept her ass out of the stadium. She is on the do not let in list. LOL
OnOct 29, 2009 at 9:58 pm (Quote) | Reply |
C’mon people…. did anyone else see what I saw??? This performance was totally wack… Alicia and Jay are both lip synching… I waited all week for this?????
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:02 pm (Quote) | Reply |
yup..it was wack…would have love to see lil mama…lol
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:05 pm (Quote) | Reply |
yo alicia got maad thickkk (no homo) but i cant help but realuze that when the cameras are all up in her bosom
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:06 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Yeah, I am a Jay-Z Superfan and that performance was SUPER whack
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:06 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Go head Alicia in your Lilac hooker boots up there lip sync….oops I mean singing. The ball players look really uninterested…lol
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:11 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Stadium on extra lock down status …for LIL MAMA !
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:17 pm (Quote) | Reply |
well, i liked it go yankees!
the expressions of player’s faces were priceless…why was the phillies guy groovin’ harder than the yankees players?
i think they were all thinking about alicia naked and on top in those boots
hell, i know i was and i like dudes. hey alicia can i borrow the boots?!!!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:19 pm (Quote) | Reply |
i personally didnt like the performance however, i am LOVING her new song.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:37 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Now when they first performed on the VMAs a couple months back, that was a great performance. It was heartfelt and LIVE. This was a lipsynched boring mess lol
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:37 pm (Quote) | Reply |
actually for the Madd ass whos MADD at the color being wrong.. alicia keys twitpicd a picture right before this.. and the shit was pink!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm (Quote) | Reply |
I just can’t get crunk about this song…
is it because I’m not from New York?
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm (Quote) | Reply |
“In case you missed it tonight (like I did even though I was sitting RIGHT in front the tv, smdh” I must laugh, because I said I would not miss it…I clicked away for a min & when I went bck I saw J. Legend, I’m like no I “didant”…I’m mad, but like I knew it would b posted I’m covered..Utube is the best thing since slice bread..hehe….
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:52 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Actually fashion is her strong point. The gossip part brings way too many broke ass hateful giggling losers (like yourself) who are really crying inside because they are bum bitches. Bum bitches really cant handle the fact that she is a rich black girl who blogs.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:54 pm (Quote) | Reply |
i hope the Yankees won the game though
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:55 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Alicia & Jay = Fail with a side of boring.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:57 pm (Quote) | Reply |
I hate those boots, and it’s sad but I can’t separate Alicia the performer from Alicia the homewrecker. Her outfit was not right at all, and I got used to Jay in cleaner looks–wasn’t feeling the jacket.
But stadiums tend to give feedback or delay or whatever it’s called. Still love Jay though–always.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 10:58 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Alicia can not dance!!! lol Wow it is bad. Hell, where is Ashanti!! I guess her big butt makes up for it.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:00 pm (Quote) | Reply |
I was half ass waiting on lil mama to pop out! hot performance though
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:05 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Watching the performance on television, it semmed lackluster. But maybe you had to actually be there; when the cameras panned to the baseball players, they appeared to be really feeling it, so I don’t know…
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:11 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Performance looked boring.
Didn’t look like anyone cared.
For a minute there I thought they were in Toronto *side eye*
Glad to know New York is just as STUSH! LOL!
Alicia….I love those boots but everything at the same time? I’ll pass…
Jay…no all black everything this time huh? Cool.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:14 pm (Quote) | Reply |
i watched this live. it was a barfish purple color. Like really; alicia needs to get a stylist and lock down on her own identity and style. the purple jacket-boot combo was tacky. She did have nice hair though.
LMFAO when jay said “making the yankee hat more famous then a yankee can” straight up diss!!! nobody was feeling that..
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:15 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Wow! Completely on point! Some people are just so stupid and hateful.
I liked the performance, wish I would’ve saw it on T.V. though.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:15 pm (Quote) | Reply |
First of all LUV LUV LUV Jay Z and Alicia, she lokked FAB in her PURPLE and the shoes DAMN I’ll give my whole refund check for them shoes.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:38 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Lovin me some Jay and the Yankees WON!!! so who cares about the lip synching and the pink/ purple boots. let’s go Yanks, hurry up n win this shit!
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:45 pm (Quote) | Reply |
LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM BOTH. TOO MUCH DOPENESS ON ONE STAGE WHEN THEY PERFORM
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:51 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Sleep on this the Phillies gave the New York Yankees that last game. Lee could have pitched and the series would have been over New York is going to get beat in Philadelphia. In front of all of all of Philadelphia most loyal fans. Mark my words. 11:50 11/29/2009
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:57 pm (Quote) | Reply |
First of all , it’s baseball, so it’s hard to get excited about it anyway. Most “Yankee fans” were not watching that ish. They call themselves Yankee fans cuz it sounds good, especially if you’re from the NY. Jay-Z could give a damn about baseball…TRUST!
Second, all Alicia was missing was her pole!
Third, the performance was okay but I didn’t jump up and down.
OnOct 29, 2009 at 11:57 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Hot performance. LUVVVVVVVVVVVV the homewrecker’s boots and her body is so on point.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:15 am (Quote) | Reply |
I fell in love with this song when Jay performed it at his MSG concert, but since then, LIL Mama is the best thing to happen to an Empire State of Mind performance :o)
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:17 am (Quote) | Reply |
LOVED EVERYTHINGGG!!!!! NYYYYYYYYY!!! STAND UPPP!!!! Times like this yyou happy to be a NEW YORKER!!! RIGHT GUYS!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:20 am (Quote) | Reply |
The City So Nice Had To Name It Twice….Who said That??? lol
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:22 am (Quote) | Reply |
Right Guys??? - Do you Not Know any Ladies? - SMH
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:26 am (Quote) | Reply |
i like it i aint from new york, new yoooork!! why is the phillies guy jammin out harder than derek? lol.and personally i love the outfit..def. for the stage but i think it is cute!
p.s. nice ass shotz fox..haha nice they appreciate the boo-tay!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:52 am (Quote) | Reply |
love the song….its the new anthem
on another note the drummer behing jay-z was a cutie and so was the guy in the gray hoodie that they kept putting the cam on and another player that they showed….too bad baseball is so boring that i cant even bare it just for the players
OnOct 30, 2009 at 1:30 am (Quote) | Reply |
we won game 2!!! go yankees!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 1:59 am (Quote) | Reply |
LIL Mama prolly would have made it a lot more interesting Im sure…Jay and Alicia snoozer…and yes the ball players were like- whateva…let’s play ball!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 3:37 am (Quote) | Reply |
Um… I love the song but that performance was extra boring. I hope their AMA performance is better.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 3:51 am (Quote) | Reply |
smh…To all those saying they were lip syncing need to listen again. They are LIVE! Why do you think you can hear their voices fading in and out…and you can hear Jay and Alicia adlibing.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 5:28 am (Quote) | Reply |
A KEYS *$$ IS WOOOOOOOOOOOOW … oops thinking loud (LOL)
OnOct 30, 2009 at 5:36 am (Quote) | Reply |
love them both. Goo Alicia and Jigga!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 5:44 am (Quote) | Reply |
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE STOP PERFORMING THIS SONG LIVE ALREADY! ENOUGH! IT’S JUST BETTER WHEN I HERE THE CD OR ON THE RADIO, BUT LIVE IS JUST PLAIN OVERKILL ESPECIALLY WHEN LIVE SOUNDS NOT TOTALLY LIVE…LIL MAMA PLEASE SAVE HOV’S SHOW!!!LOL
OnOct 30, 2009 at 6:09 am (Quote) | Reply |
um, alicia’s part was straight from the studio version…they can’t do it live due to the echo effect. jay’s may have been prerecorded during rehearsals. i like the song, but am damn sick of it as they played it out here in nyc already. i love the players bored ass reactions…what was up wit all the booty shots tho??
a.keys gets a hell to the no on those purple hooker boots…jacket was kinda cute in an 80’s way tho.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 6:09 am (Quote) | Reply |
and yes, lil mama was sorely missed
OnOct 30, 2009 at 6:41 am (Quote) | Reply |
the song itself is AMAZING. the performance was ok. the color of the jacket ain’t bad its just the jacket itself is ugly and probably would be in any other color. maybe she should have worn something more fitting for the event like jay and everyone else on stage. EVERYONE DOES LOOK BORED THO u can’t miss those expressions looooooooool i woulda been jammin.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 7:27 am (Quote) | Reply |
Umm.. a purple leather jacket?? Why can’t she get casual down, she can get it right for red carpet events, but other than that…
OnOct 30, 2009 at 7:27 am (Quote) | Reply |
LMAO
OnOct 30, 2009 at 7:36 am (Quote) | Reply |
I thought the style of Alicia’s jacket was kinda cute, definitely would’ve looked better in black! Didn’t realize she was sooo thick!…lol…
I was also surprised that Jay-z actually left in the line about “making a Yankee fitted more famous than a Yankee can!”… the crowd straight-up BOOED him at that point!! lol… It really took A LOT of balls to say that in Yankee Stadium, though!…(The performance sounded live to me) :-0
OnOct 30, 2009 at 8:19 am (Quote) | Reply |
I will PASS!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
*Is that a long enough comment for you???!!!! ugh
OnOct 30, 2009 at 8:22 am (Quote) | Reply |
Beyonce betta watch her man around that home wrecker, but alicia was lookin very tasty
OnOct 30, 2009 at 8:27 am (Quote) | Reply |
I knew the crowd would boo at that line about made them more famous than a Yankee can.
He should’ve changed it for the performance.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 8:28 am (Quote) | Reply |
I thought it sounded great, better then the Hip Hop awards were the background music was louder then the performers, I had to turn that mess it drove me crazy.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 8:37 am (Quote) | Reply |
john legend was good too
OnOct 30, 2009 at 8:48 am (Quote) | Reply |
Performance was a little on the whack side. Alicia’s outfit game was cool.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 9:15 am (Quote) | Reply |
Does anyone know what boots she’s wearing in the Doesnt mean anything vid? Dayum i love dem boots. the silver ones….sigh
OnOct 30, 2009 at 9:24 am (Quote) | Reply |
LOVE JAY-Z & ALICIA! THEY HELD IT DOWN FOR NY! Even the haters on here had to watch that performance last night and most of y’all don’t even like Baseball! Who else you know in hip-hop or R&B would be able to get a chance to perform at the World Series? Nobody, cause both Jay and Alicia are at the top of the game. Let your haters be your motivators!
Love the song and the performance!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 9:47 am (Quote) | Reply |
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:04 am (Quote) | Reply |
disrespect folks in their own house …
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:15 am (Quote) | Reply |
LOL
Heeeey, what’s up with the Toronto comment. LOL :o)
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:17 am (Quote) | Reply |
the philly’s player got caught jammin harder than the yankees players..lol
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:17 am (Quote) | Reply |
I watched, looks like they had a good time. The players seemed to enjoy it.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:36 am (Quote) | Reply |
DAYUM!
with a snap in a z formation!
=0
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:38 am (Quote) | Reply |
@Uhm: Bitter much? Bored much? Life much? WHO CARES! lol!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:41 am (Quote) | Reply |
DAMN ALICIA AND HER AWFUL OUTFIT!….ughhh @ those DOOR KNOCKER earrings…..Im sorry but I used to really feel Alicia…I feel like her whole ‘old’ persona is ruined once the whole messing with married men thing…now everything she does just seems old…
Bet that everytime she performs she gotta wear black spandex or black tight ass jeans…SMH @ her ghetto sense of horrible style…Im sorry, but shes played out
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:43 am (Quote) | Reply |
I was at Jays concert Wednesday in Columbus Ohio…In case you didnt know…jay just REALLY broke history for Rap…like he’s the FIRST SINCE ELVIS to have 10 (NOW 11 since BP3!!) consecutive albums hit number one…AND HE’S A RAPPER!!!!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:44 am (Quote) | Reply |
Hating much? I thought the performance was good. They were live, you could hear them echoing in the stadium. I thought it was a nice performance, but of course the atmosphere changes things. So this is a much diffrent performance than it would be in a concert venue. They are in the middle of a baseball field, and the crowd was cheering veyr much so! I’m just glad that hip hop artist got the cchance to play at the WORLD SERIES!! THAT’S HUGE!!!!!! Great for hip hop. Don’t care too much for Alicia as many don’t, but love the SONG.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:46 am (Quote) | Reply |
OMFG!!! YALL NEED TO LOSE THAT HOMEWRECKER SHIT! HALF YALL BROADS PROBABLY F****N SUMBODY MAN/HUSBAND RT NOW!! GET OVA THAT ISH! THATS WHATS WRG WIT OUR PEOPLE TODAY, O BY THE WAY IN CASE U HAVENT READ A BOOK LATELY…MOST OF THE PERFORMANCES U MAY C COULD BE LIP SYNCHING!!!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 10:51 am (Quote) | Reply |
MCs lip synching is a NO NO.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:10 am (Quote) | Reply |
LUV both Jay and Alicia’s performance. They rep NY to the fullest! New York Stand UP! Everyone that hates and complaining about lip synching, I want all of you to sing live at the stadium. I want you to show your skills on national t.v.–Show us what you got!!
Alicia Keys outfit is urban New York. Luv It!!!!!!!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:14 am (Quote) | Reply |
No. WE don’t get paid stupid amounts of money to do that. It is their PROFESSION to perform.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:17 am (Quote) | Reply |
SO TRUE!!!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:21 am (Quote) | Reply |
I don’t know what some of you were watching but Jeter was grooving, the Phillies were bobbing their heads and one of the Yankees even pulled out his camcorder to record it. Not too mention the announcers afterwards who were so excited that they said they were gonna all go catch a Jay-Z concert next week…lol You can dislike both of them but give props when it is due. They rocked that song… plus it is Jeter’s ‘at bat’ song… They repped last night.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:21 am (Quote) | Reply |
Im not trying to start nothing….but why is Jay always shows more affection towards other women then he does his wife? He was all over Alicia lastnight. I mean, I know Jay and Beyonce are a “private” couple and all…but even in pictures where they think no one is looking they barely touch….im sorry, they are just a strange couple to me. But whatever makes them comfortible I guess…
I thought the performance was ok…I didn’t find anything really wrong with it other then they seemed distant and it was wierd watching them perform without a crowd close to the stage…thats they only thing that threw me off…they should have allowed them to have fans on the field close to the stage like they do during the Super Bowl Halftime shows.
And LMAO @ the comments about Lil Mama…she is never going to live that down.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:21 am (Quote) | Reply |
OMG how u know? LMAO
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:30 am (Quote) | Reply |
Females are going to talk regardless….like I said before, Alicias record was sqeaky clean before Swizz came in the picture, so now that there is some supposed dirt…people are going to keep bringing it up because they have nothing else to talk about before that. Just to prove how quick folks are to jump on gossip..the only person we heard from about the situation is Moshanda..because she the only one living in the past. Swizz and Alicia been together for a while now…their relationship is nothing new.
Some folks are a trip…it wasn’t too long ago that people was claiming Alicia was a closet lesbian…now she is a ‘homewrecker’ and everyother name in the book. Please…I like Alicia, and her personal life has nothing to do with her turning out them hits..so as long as she continues to be as talented as she is, im going to keep on buying her music.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 11:31 am (Quote) | Reply |
Where was lil mama?
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:01 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Really cute pictures. Alicia and Jay-Z looks hot.
pure hotness
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:17 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Um there is only one thing missing from this performance! Lil Mama where you at LOLOLOLOL!!!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:48 pm (Quote) | Reply |
The performance was kind of boring but I love the song. LOL @ where is lil Mama?
OnOct 30, 2009 at 12:54 pm (Quote) | Reply |
What in the Petol Bismol hell is the homewrecker wearing.the performance and keys get up was whack.Next!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 3:12 pm (Quote) | Reply |
I thought it was hot! That must be hard to preform to a crowd so far away..like think about it. No close energy to vibe off of, you really dont know if they feelin it unless they scream. But ppl wanna listen so they dont scream. Anyway. It was a hot look for them both. Cute fit Alicia! And ppl move on! Swizz was separated from his wife. All the good Alicia does for sooo many groups & ppl, not to mention chick is madd talented!…come on!! Lets give it a rest.
OnOct 30, 2009 at 3:56 pm (Quote) | Reply |
this performance was HOT!! Loved it!! Loved Alicia’s outfit as well!! this is MAJOR!!! World Series.. OMG!!
OnOct 30, 2009 at 4:44 pm (Quote) | Reply |
That was pure HOTNESS!!! I have always liked Jay-Z’s SWAGGA. He was and always will hold it down for NYC!! AK was hot, as well!! Good solid performance! I loved the way Derek J was nodding his head and the Philly players were jammin too…I saw that…
AK’s outfit was cool. No problem, but damn the heel on those boots was awfully HIGH!! But, I guess it’s cool. It wasn’t like she was gonna be doing alot of dancing obviously. NOW…
CONCERN: I do not think that it’s cool for Jay to be putting his arm around AK and being all affectionate with her like “that” considering she is NOT his wife NOR his girl. I mean…it not like I know either one of them personally and it should not matter..BUT. BEY is my Girl. And, I am a married woman. And, I did not like it and Jay is NOT my husband, but I felt like, Damn. Why is Jay all up on AK like that? Unless they like Buds in all. But still…I was not FEELING that at all!!
YBF ones.. What Y’all think about that? Do you think it was all innocent like a good pal you hang around and like high fiving each other like yeah, we did that SH_t!! or what?
Peace…
Skye5000
OnOct 31, 2009 at 12:08 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Jay-Z should have used her on Run This Town, instead of the warbling AlleyCat that sound like she been runover..
OnNov 1, 2009 at 1:00 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Mrs. Carter better watch out for Ms. Keys over there.
OnNov 1, 2009 at 7:49 pm (Quote) | Reply |
I think its innocent like, “yeah we killed it!” He’s huggin her like he would a sister.
OnNov 2, 2009 at 12:21 pm (Quote) | Reply |
Her outfit is really cute (to me). Its kinda hood but so is his. But i like it. NY STAND UP.
OnNov 5, 2009 at 10:41 am (Quote) | Reply |
Bet Beyonce wishes Jay would hold her like that. He won’t touch her or walk next to her.
OnNov 10, 2009 at 2:34 am (Quote) | Reply |
I was 5 feet away from the before the performance and I’ll tell you…her outfit is PINK…and they did NOT lip sync. We did several sound checks during the afternoon and I was standing right next to the stage during the performance and I GUARANTEE they did NOT lip sync!!!!!!!!!!! Also, they couldn’t pull that train (the cars held the stage and all the speakers on different carts) over the infield. As it was, they did damage part of the outfield grass and quickly tried to repair it before the performance. There is NO way it could have been brought closer to the crowd. The show was AWESOME!