Top 10 Orange County Concerts of 2009, No. 4: Jay-Z, August 8, Honda Center, Anaheim
Editor's Note: Having spent hours perusing the Heard Mentality archives for a Concert Year in Review feature running in the print issue that streets Jan. 1, I compiled a Top 10 list of the coolest shows to come through Orange County in 2009. I'm posting one per day for the rest of the year.
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Jay-Z worked the crowd masterfully, thrusting his mic into the darkness so attendees could finish his lyrics, capping flows a capella, and splitting each side of the arena into a roof-rattling shouting competition. After a solid hour of hits, Jay-Z crushed with a final run of classics that included "Hard Knock Life," "Money Ain't a Thang", "Can I Get a...." and a pulverizing "99 Problems."
Click to read earlier Top 10 Orange County Concerts of 2009 entries.
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