YouTube Tuesday: 99 Problems

Fast-forwarding to the (almost) present, tonight's clip is "99 Problems" by Jay-Z.

Jay-Z bangs rap up against metal here and the result is powerful. Lyrically he mines a lot of well-trod ground but it's solid enough and raw enough that it sounds fresh.

I'm not sure how long this version (with the lyrics not bleeped) will stay up there; the edited version sounds so chopped up it's almost unlistenable.

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