JAY-Z RESPONDS TO KANYE WEST (VMAs)
“[Kanye is] like my little brother, I pretty much introduced him on the first Blueprint… He’s just a super passionate person, and of course it was rude because it was her moment but that’s how he really felt… I think it was rude, but I don’t think, the way they’re treating, it’s on the front of every paper, he didn’t kill anybody, like, no one got harmed… At the end of the day, we’re gonna celebrate him for his passion… As he grows and matures, he’s got to know how to balance that. He’ll learn that in the years to come…That passion wasn’t fake, it wasn’t staged… I don’t think he should lay low, I think he should go on tour and have a brilliant career…The thing you have to realize about it, he’s been that passionate from his first record, he used to jump on tables, I’m trying to make the first Blueprint and he’s jumping on tables. [laughs] If he had changed because of his success, then it would be something else, then it would be a different thing but he’s always been that passionate.”
— Jay-Z (Beyonce’s Husband) via BBC Radio
“ROBOCOP” BY KANYE WEST (FANMADE)
This music video by Mykola Dosenko is amazing, so amazing… not even commisioned by Kanye West, making it a ‘fanmade’ video. I’m sure Kanye himself would love it, wouldn’t be surprised to see him post it on his blog sometime in the near future.
Be sure to check out some of his other visual artpieces:
Links:
http://myk31.com/
via ghostandphantom
LVs & AUTOTUNE 2 (KANYE WEST MIXTAPE)
Fresh Kanye West mixtape, including many of his most recent songs and collaborations. BTW, I love the cover art, which supposedly represents Yeezy’s evolution in style from right to left, starting w/ his notorious pink polos.
Tracklist:
01 Diamonds
02 Poke Her Face (Feat. Kid Cudi, Common, Lady Gaga)
03 We Fight, We Love (Feat. Q-Tip, Consequence)
04 Maybach Music 2 (Feat. Rick Ross, T-Pain, Lil Wayne)
05 Flight School (Feat. T-Pain, GLC)
06 Amazing (Remix) (Feat. The Dream, Young Jeezy, Christina Milian)
07 Imma Be Iight (Feat. Lil Wayne, Joe Young)
08 Doing Girls Wrong
09 Knock You Down (Feat. Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo)
10 Walking On The Moon (Feat. The Dream)
11 Go Hard (Remix) (Feat. Lil Wayne, Jay-Z)
12 I’m The Shit (Remix)
13 Oprah Story
14 Kinda Like A Big Deal (Feat. Clipse)
15 Ego (Remix) (Feat. Beyonce)
DAICHI – DOPE JAPANESE BEATBOXER
I’ve seen a good share of beatbox videos, but this routine is fresh, especially for one w/ just straight in-your-face beatboxing (i.e. no harmonicas, ‘recipes,’ and what not). The variety in rhythm and tempo, the skratching + synth techniques towards the end, oh my gawd, killed it.
As a side note: always thought that the Japanese were so good at taking concepts from other cultures, learning it, remastering it, and making it their own.
via Queen
DAT KID FROM CLEVELAND (KID CUDI MIXTAPE)
YES YES Y’ALL, WE’VE BEEN BLESSED W/ SOME FRESH KID CUDI. DAT KID FROM CLEVELAND includes “Sky Might Fall” which was featured on a new trailer for the soon-coming Transformers 2.
“DJ E-V and DatNewCudi.com present a brand new Kid Cudi mixtape titled “Dat Kid From Cleveland”. The mixtape is a collaboration by DatNewCudi.com and DJ E-v of LeakJones.com. It was created to provide everyone with a great collection of Cudi’s latest work and features in anticipation of his debut album Man on the Moon: The Gaurdians (Dream On/G.O.O.D Music). Available on the mixtape is “Daps and Pounds”, an exclusive new Cudi song along with 19 other Kid Cudi hits such as She Came Along, Welcome To the World & Sky Might Fall. For more information visit LeakJones.com and DatNewCudi.com”
– Source: LeakJones
I only just started listening, but I already know it’s gonna be fiah. It’s Cudi yall.
Download here or here!
“FUR IN MY CAP” — ROB ROY (DIRECTED BY: ETHAN LADER)
It’s better if you watch this on Vimeo.
This has got to be one of the tightest and most innovative music videos I’ve seen in months.
About Ethan Lader:
“He is one of the most sought after new faces in the music video industry. Lader has become internationally recognized for his unique visual style, imagination, and persistent drive.
His work has been acknowledged in XXL Magazine, Myspace, Okayplayer, AllHipHop.com, VideoStatic, Music Video Wire, and even by The Princeton Review. Lader is also known for his innovative concepts. His Myspace-inspired video for Tanya Morgan’s “We Be,” won Best Music Video at the Ohio Hip-Hop Awards. It also won MTVU’s Freshman Of The Week. “
– Source: ethandirector.com
Links:
myspace.com/robroy
ethandirector.com
via gojira
Say G&E
For fans of Living Legends or more specifically The Grouch & Eligh, here’s a fresh new track for ya, Say G&E. No pirating involved, they released this song for free. Their new album Say G&E will be available on 04/21/09. Click on the image for the download.
Video: The Grouch & Eligh – Say G&E
More music and info:
The Grouch
http://twitter.com/therealgrouch
http://www.youtube.com/therealtherealgrouch
Eligh
http://myspace.com/therealeligh
http://twitter.com/therealeligh
The Grouch & Eligh
http://www.legendarymusic.net/g&e/
Living Legends
http://www.legendarymusic.net/
_J-rome
Gifted
Music video for N.A.S.A Feat. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li – Gifted
This video is pretty trippy, but sick at the same time. I think it’d be kinda cool if they made a whole movie based off this style and concept. But even a music video is good enough.
And also introducing…..
-drumroll-
Kirsten Lepore! If you love stop motion, you’re gonna love her work. Very creative and meticulous. I remember making stop motion videos with my Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Camera combo. Shit was dope!
Sweet Dreams
Guess Who
You can get more info about her and watch more of her videos on her website, and youtube and vimeo accounts:
Official Website: http://www.kirstenlepore.com/
Youtube site: http://www.youtube.com/user/kirstenlepore
Vimeo site: http://vimeo.com/kirstenlepore
Thanks to Sandy[http://gojira.tumblr.com/] who introduced me to N.A.S.A Feat. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li – Gifted and Kirsten Lepore.
_Jay-rome
DROPIN’ THE ‘KANYE BOMB’
Graphic via publicen3my
This entry is a response to a comment made by one of my friends on Kanye West (and rappers in general) dropping the ‘N bomb’ in their songs:
“I was also listening to Kanye’s remix album Sky High. One thing about that guy really bugs me, well it’s all african american muscicans that use the “N” word. First, [why] would you use that word in the first place? And then, I read this article while looking up stuff about him, and Kanye goes and talks about it being “so totally beautiful that we have a black/white president in a country that was once divided by black/white”, are you kidding me? … You make a big deal out of a half black guy becoming president, and think it’s such a huge step towards a less racist country (it is, I agree with that), but then you use the N word? … Really bothers me. I think the song I was using it to kept describing the song itself as “black nigger music”, repeating that phrase like a hundred times, or something of the sort. I skipped past it. Unless it sounds different in context …, I lost respect of him for that.”
I’m personally not gonna speak too much on the issue, but here is an excerpt from a cover story on Kanye West from Time that will hopefully shed some light:
Like most people who’ve ever stared into a camera lens or picked up a microphone, West is better at integrating his flaws into his art than into his personality. As he says on the new song Touch the Sky, “I’m trying to right my wrongs/ But it’s funny the same wrongs help me write this song.” Still, his behavior during awards season was reminiscent of the video-set collision between church architecture and large breasts. It seemed a little forced. “He’s trying to change this genre, and in order to do that he’s got to get people to listen to his music,” says a fervent McDaniels. “They’ve gotten so used to hardness, to stupidity, that if he has to engage in a little of that to be relevant, so be it.”
"'He's trying to change this genre, and in order to do that he's got to get people to listen to his music,' says a fervent McDaniels. 'They've gotten so used to hardness, to stupidity, that if he has to engage in a little of that to be relevant, so be it.'" Image via zingboom
West won’t cop to exaggerating his petulance. “I was just trying to create some entertainment,” he says, adding that his act will probably tone down in the future because “people mature” and “I have a lot more to lose.” In another context he admits to a contradiction truly worthy of him: in his attempt to shatter the rapper stereotype, he’s sometimes willing to behave stereotypically. “Take the word nigga,” West says. “I don’t like the word, and I made an attempt to change it on this new song Crack Music”–an indictment of drug abuse. “I tried saying, ‘This is crack music, homey,’ but it just didn’t have the same impact. My mom’s a teacher, and I’m kind of a teacher too. But the hood, the suburbs, MTV and BET are my classrooms, and I know how to talk to my class.” The word nigga appears multiple times on the album.
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The College Dropout was 76 minutes of someone cramming every thought he’d ever had about himself into rhyme. It was immaculately produced, but what made it compelling was the contradictions. The song Jesus Walks mixed spirituality with skepticism and rap with gospel. All Falls Down slammed the “single black female addicted to retail” but concluded with West admitting, “I wanna act ballerific, like it’s all terrific/ I got a couple past due bills, I won’t get specific/ I got a problem with spending before I get it/ We all self-conscious, I’m just the first to admit it.” Throughout, West careered between the Protestant ethic and street fantasies, revealing himself to be wise and stupid, arrogant and insecure, often in the same breath. But by baring his flaws and being self-critical–and daring listeners to do the same–he created a fresh portrait of African-American middle-class angst, and you could dance to it.
Source: Time
(Tyrangiel, Josh. ”Why You Can’t Ignore Kanye: More GQ than gangsta, Kanye West is challenging the way rap thinks about race and class–and striking a chord with fans of all stripes.” Time 166.9 [August 29, 2005])
On another note, I wanted to feature the work of zingboom, the artist behind the illustrations of Kanye’s lyrics.
PHARRELL ACTS A FOOL @ McDONALDS & GETS DENIED
“On a connecting flight home from Malaysia, we stopped in Paris. At 6am, Pharrell tries anything to get McDonald’s to open up early. Maybe a little song and dance might do the trick. or maybe not…”
– Source: nerdarmyvideos
Here we see the black man denied of service once again.
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