In a stadium of strangers dressed in fabulous fringe, denim, boots, cowboy hats and other adornments in keeping with the immaculate Cowboy Carter aesthetic, I rediscovered something that I had long misplaced: Ebullient joy.

Jay-Z continued playing to the crowd, performing his hit single "N---as in Paris" from his 2011 album with Ye, formally known as Kanye West. But the music mogul switched up the ly