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Jay-Z celebrated his return to the hip-hop game with a seemingly impossible trek: seven 30-minute concerts around the country in 24 hours. Here's a recap of the superstar rapper's whirlwind tour.

6:15 a.m. (all times) EST - The energy kicks as Jay-Z and crew heads to Atlanta's Centerstage for the first concert. Jay-Z hits the stage, and the crowd flashes diamond signs. "ATL, what's up?" Jay-Z says as he launches into a series of his hits, the crowd jumping along the way. He performs for about 30 minutes before leaving the stage and hopping into a car escorted by a police motorcade and then boarding a luxury jet.

9:45 a.m. - Jay-Z arrives in Philadelphia for show No. 2. Once again, the venue is packed and the mere sight of the rapper gets the crowd riled up. As Jay-Z leaves, one of them pounds on a fence, screaming: "Jay-Z! I'm your No. 1 fan!"

12:30 p.m. - The ride to the next stop, Howard University in Washington, D.C., is long and choppy. At the stage where he is performing, about 1,500 students are eagerly waiting. A marching band plays on the sidelines.

4:15 p.m. - Jay Z still has the same energy he had at 6 a.m., maybe because he's back in New York, his hometown. It looks as if more than 2,000 people have shown this time, at a pier off Manhattan's West Side highway.

"Now, we're in New York [expletive] City, so this gotta be the livest show yet," Jay-Z tells the crowd.

8:30 p.m. - If Jay-Z has hit the wall, he's not showing it. When he arrives at the Riviera in Chicago, he's as animated as ever, pumping up the crowd from the first song, "Kingdom Come."

3:15 a.m. - At the Wiltern in L.A., soon after Jay-Z begins his set, someone jumps onstage - not a good idea. He's immediately pinned down and thrown out.

6 a.m. - Last stop, Vegas. The last show is to be at Club Tao, and everyone's energy level is back to 100 percent. Once the show starts, it's impossible to see the stage through the crush of humanity. But whatever happened, it can't be as crazy as the past 24 hours: seven cities, one day and one superstar - Jay-Z.