Interview Magazine – Jay-Z Issue (US) 1


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Interview Magazine – Jay-Z Issue

Cover man Jay-Z undergoes a subtle transformation: the accoutrement of the gangster-rap star clichés are all there, but the cool, almost understated monochrome photography gives the familiar iconography a distinguished air of authority. And so it should. As the intro to Elvis Mitchell’s interview points out Shawn Carter – better known as Jay-Z- has come a long way from Brooklyn hustler to international star. One of the problems with rap is that the image of rap often gets in the way and takes up all the space for discussion. What is particularly strong about Mitchell’s interview is that it makes the intelligent assumption that we can all generally grasp the social significance and impact of rap and simply gets on with asking a musician about his work and experiences flowing from it. It’s a grown-up interview for those who don’t need to get bogged done in footnotes and explanatory asides.

Other highlights in this issue include…

Danny Elfman’s interview with the number one auteur of dark American fantasies, Tim Burton, in which, amongst other things, Burton reveals exactly why he liked hanging around in graveyards when he was a kid and his soft spot for old-fashioned monsters.

Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, attempts to come to some definitive understanding of the zeitgeist in American art at a time of mixed messages and pluralisms by using some of this year’s artists included in the Whitney Biennial as cases for consideration. Accompanied by Stafan Ruiz’s almost phenomenological portraits of the artists in question, it forms a useful guide –in words and pictures- for the interested bystander. A state-of-the-union address on the state of the art

Michael Sheen tries to pry apart Ashley Greene from the Twighlight hysteria. If the styling and photography immediately signal that we should try to separate this actress from her screen image to date, then Sheen’s interview, allows Ashley to speak for herself. After all, there’s no one, not even her, who can pretend that actresses in global blockbuster hits don’t sometimes have careers that only last as long as the films’ extended stay in the charts.

Christopher Bollen’s examination of the special and iconic relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, a rich and strange entanglement that defined the spirit of the arty Bohemian NYC set on the cusp of two eras. A story largely revisited in Patti Smith’s own words and Bollen’s insightful questions, we nonetheless retain a sense of the ill-fated Mapplethorpe’s presence through the beautiful archival photographs of the odd couple by Judy Linn.


Interview Magazine – Jay-Z Issue (US)



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