Following a season with dedicated episodes to music Heavyweights Lady Gaga and Madonna, "Glee" Seems to Be Continuing ITS "go big or go home" Approach this fall. So it Makes sense That During Wednesday night's season-two Premiere of the pop culture Phenom, the show opted Thurs cover of one of 2009's Biggest songs by two of the industry's Biggest names, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' rousing New York anthem, "Empire State of Mind. "
With the cast bop-bop-bopping the now-iconic opening bars on the piano (sampled from the Moments' song "Love is a Two-Way Street"), the song was left in the hands (or pipes, Rather) of Kevin McHale, by Cory Monteith and Mark Salling Tackling Jay-Z's Dedications Thurs at his hometown, while Riley Amber and Lea Michele Belted Keys out 'loving to the Declaration "Where Concrete Jungle dreams are made of." While it Did not have quite the gravitas cloudy as the original, it certainly had us tapping our feet like some of McKinley High Their Classmates.
"Empire State of Mind" was released is a Jay-Z's 2009 platinum LP The Blueprint 3, which included mutch Billboard-topping tracks, Including "On to the Next One," "Forever Young" and "Run This Town." But the song about "street lights, big dreams, all lookin 'pretty,' wakes Became Jay-Z's first # 1 hit, Rather had some humble Beginnings.
As Billboard Reported in December, Angela Hunte and her Writing Partner Jane't "Jnay" Sewell wrote, Ulepic the first version of the track "when They were feeling Homesick for Their native New York. The two were in London "when Hunte Said They realized," We complain so much about New York - about the busy streets, about the Crowds and the pushing, about the subway system - But I'd trade That for anything right now. ... Before me left the hotel That night, me knew me'd write a song about our city. "
When They sent the track off Thurs Roc Nation They initially Received negative feedback, but their EMI's Jon "Big Jon" Platt Eventually it Heard at a barbecue and the Thought'll be the perfect song for Jay-Z. And, it Turned out, Shawn Carter loved the song too. Jay-Z (Ken once lived in the Brooklyn building as turbid Hunte That gets a shout-out in the tune) and mutch credited writers wound up making new Verses inspired by the lyrics original. When Hunte and Sewell, Ken Ulepic Asked think there were guarantees over Their singing part, Crap think Suggested Alicia Keys. The rest is history.
"Empire State of Mind" was officially released is October 20, 2009, the duo vain Performed it at a bevy of events before then, Including Hov's "Answer the Call" 9 / 11 Benefit concert and the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Perhaps most memorably, Jay-Z and Keys sang it at Yankee Stadium (despite Jay-Z's boast in the song That they can `make a Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can`) for Game 2 of the World Series.
'Empire' has now Turned a new chapter with ITS 'Glee' Treatment, and it's jo garnered some positive responses from hmmmm Nearest to the song. It is her official website, Keys, Ken has since Recorded a follow-up song called the "Empire State of Mind (Part II), Broken Down," her album from The Element of Freedom, posted, "The kids from 'Glee' did an amazing version of "Empire State of Mind." "
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