Harajuku-Ken ?

Alright. Soo... on the Rundown, there's a video of "Nicki Minaj" as a man ( smh ]. Im a fan of Nicki, and i gotta admit that it sounds JUST like her, and the face is half-way convincing. But in the end, i dont think its her. You can judge that.



-Cheekz

Jay-Z Ft. Mr Hudson - Young Forever [video]

 

 

She Don't Know That We Goin'...

...Baack To The Crib!
Official Video is here.

Juelz Santana feat. Chris Brown
Back To The Crib
Born To Lose, Built To Win (The Reagan Era) (2010)
Produced by Polow The Don
Directed by Taj Lewis



Cameos by Lloyd Banks and Jim Jones.

New Music :: Live Bradshaw

We gotta full blown feature on Bradshaw coming soon, but this 'interview' is gonna have to do for now. The Harlem native speaks again, for the 2nd time in 7 days.

















The Interview

Live Bradshaw
Live Bradshaw Playground (2010)

The Element Of Perfection

The Element Of Freedom is going to be in stores tomorrow, Tuesday, December 15th. It is the 4th album from superstar R&B singer Alicia Keys, who has already made headlines in 2009 with her scene stealing hook on Jay-Z's worldwide #1 hit 'Empire State Of Mind'. Funny, a mere 4 albums and the word 'superstar' usually don't come together in the same sentence, but '3rd time's a charm never really applied to Ms. keys'. Her first album, Songs In A Minor drew critical acclaim from critics in all walks of life, and eventually went on to sell 12 milion copies. Her next two albums, Diary Of Alicia Keys, and As I Am (my personal favorite, until now) propelled Keys into legendary status and superstardom, earning her 7 Grammy awards and sold over 14 million copies, adding to the 5 Grammy she won with 'Songs In A Minor'. To put it frankly, Keys has performed at the highest level at every level in her career, and The Element Of Freedom is proof that she has no signs of stopping.

Almost an entire month before the album's release, Keys appeared on BET's 106 And Park, and said to Rocsi, "I want the album to take you on a natural high". Not surprisingly, she makes good on her word.

From the jump, with 'Love Is Blind', Keys uses a melody with traces of Kanye West's 'Say You Will', and a slow, tranquilizing drum pattern to open up the album. The two singles, 'Doesn't Mean Anything', and the classic, 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' follow, and they are followed by 'Wait 'Till You See My Smile'. It's a song with almost a dazed feeling, one of love but also anticipation as she slowly but surely brings the energy of the song, which begins very slow and mellow.



The drums provided by her executive producer Kerry 'Krucial' Brothers and Swizz Beatz I believe are the story of this album. From the 808's sounding drums on 'Love Is Blind' to the pure bass-happy 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' all the way to the superstar collaboration with Beyonce 'Put It In A Love Song'. Its a vibe that's been missing on Keys' previous three projects, and with the exception of a couple songs, these captivating, energetic and energizing drums are present on every track, providing an unusual (in a good way) vibe to the overall feel of Element Of Freedom.

If I had to point out one error Keys may have made on this album, its the 12th track on the album, 'Distance And Time'. The concept of the song is good: a relationship staggered by the distance between partners. However, its masked by those loud overused adlibs from 'Like You'll Never See You Again', and I personally think if she had to put it on the album it should've been somewhere near the beginning, rather than the end. After vibing to 'Put It In A Love Song', and the uptempo lover's anthem 'This Bed', 'Distance and Time' is like watching a drag-racer come to a complete and sudden stop.

'Un-thinkable (I'm Ready' shouldn't go without notice. The entire song was written and co-produced by Toronto superstar and now Grammy-award nominated rap artist Drake, and if you listen close enough you can hear some of his background vocals in between Alicia's lines. Furthermore, the highly anticipated 'Empire State of Mind Part II' closes out the album. While most fans were disappointed that the expected new verse from Jay-Z was cut out, Alicia still manages to create a masterful sequel to the country's number one song, avoiding both too much repetition and 'corniness'.

Four albums, and four classics from the New York City native. This is clearly becoming too easy for Keys. She should consider a career in rap maybe.



Alicia Keys
The Element Of Freedom LP (2009)
J Records













Best Songs: Love Is Blind, Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart, This Bed, Like The See, Wait 'Till You See Me Smile (etc) (Yes, I said etc)
Worst Song(s): Distance and Time (I'm sorry, I had to choose one).

Wowwww Moment: Put It In A Love Song, Un-thinkable (I'm Ready).

Overall Verdict: 5 out of 5 stars.

Return of the Lu

In the past few weeks, hip hop 'experts' and bloggers have been all abuzz about the greatest works of the industry in the past, and quickly closing decade. Kanye West's College Dropout, Jay-Z's Blueprint and 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Trying were all mentioned numerous times as the albums that changed the genre forever, and I was very disappointed to see neither Lupe Fiasco's Food And Liquor nor The Cool on any of the lists. Two hip-hop classics (in my opinion) put together by the Chicagoan native, Kanye West protege, and recipient of a Shawn Carter cosign, should be recognized and acknowledged in some sort of forum.

I'd like to think that its this bitterness and anger at not being acknowleged by the 'experts' that causes Fiasco's lyrical explosion on his most recent project - Enemy Of The State: A Love Story - because there's clearly a take-it-to-the-next-level vibe emanating from Fiasco with every spit bar, and every witty punchline. Lines like 'Domino-in n*ggas, delivery is Papa Johns. Little Ceasers uh, burnin' down your Pizza Huts. Plaque collection buildin' 'cuz, I don't brush my teeth enough', 'Said she was a Phantom I, knew she was New Jersey (Devil) she said that she was Anaheim (Angel)', and 'Made (maid) man, so you can call this cleaning up, OCD I never think its clean enough', make you realize that Fiasco is hip-hop's next ginormous thing.


















1. Intro
2. All The Way Turnt Up
3. Angels Remix
4. Fireman (Yoga Flame)
5. LASERS Manifesto
6. Say Somethin'
7. So Ghetto
8. Thank You
9. National Anthem
10. The One
11. Popular Demand

Best Track(s): Say Somethin', Thank You, All The Way Turnt Up, Fireman, The One.
Worst Track(s): Popular Demand (there's no real worst track on the mixtape, but, I had to pick one)

Wowwwww Moment: Say Somethin'

Say Somethin'

Lupe Fiasco
Enemy Of The State: A Love Story

Official Video :: 50 Cent x Governor

Despite the lowest first week sales figures of his illustrious career, the G-Unit frontman plows ahead and drops the 3rd video from Before I Selt Destruct.

50 Cent feat. Governor
Do You Think About Me
Before I Self Destrcut (2009)
Produced by Rockwilder
Directed by Chris Robinson



Cameo appearances by Vivica A. Fox, Tahiry and Tamala Jones.

Official Video :: Lupe Fiasco

Lupe drops a video (in collaboration with 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon') for his newest single off of the movie's soundtrack: Solar Midnite.

Lupe Fiasco
Solar Midnite
New Moon Soundtrack/Lasers

We Are, Yeah I Said It We Are...

The long awaited, somewhat highly-anticipated Young Money family debut album will be here on the 21st.

Young Money
We Are Young Money
Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Records (2009)
















1. Gooder
2. Every Girl
3. Ms. Parker
4. Wife Beater
5. New Shit
6. Pass The Dutch
7. Play In My Band
8. Fuck The Bullshit (feat. Birdman)
9. Bedrock (feat. Lloyd)
10. Girl I Got You
11. Steady Mobbin (feat. Gucci Mane)
12. Roger That
13. She Is Gone (feat. Pleasure P)
14. Streets Is Watchin
15. Finale

Production confirmed from Tha Bizness, Kane Beatz, Chase N. Cashe among others.

New Music :: Lupe Fiasco x Trey Songz

Fresh off the hardest mixtape this side of So Far Gone, Lupe gets into the studio with the self proclaimed 'Panty Droppa' Trey Songz for a leak, rumored to be on Fiasco's upcoming Lasers album.

















Blackout

Lupe Fiasco featuring Trey Songz
Lasers (2010)

New Music :: Wale

Fresh off a critically-acclaimed debut album (Attention Deficit), Wale gets back in the studio to take a whack at the Timbo instrumental, that was most recently conquered by both Drake and Lupe Fiasco.



Say Something (Freestyle)

Wale

Rated ?

Anybody who knows me (Kay speaking) knows that I'm not a Rihanna fan. I've grown to be less and less of a fan of her music since she was a good girl 'gone bad' in 2007, and grown even less attracted to her appearance as it changed with the years. So, when someone gave me the idea to review Chris' album and her album back to back, I scoffed at it. But, as a fan of music and the industry itself, I couldn't help but be intrigued by just what Rihanna would sound like on the most important album of her career (Rated R). So I got a playlist together on Imeem, and let it run through, twice. So I'll talk my shit now.

The album, in and of itself is a pop record. Let's se the record straight with that. It tells a story, and Rihanna's will to format the album in story mode almost ruins the entire thing. She begins the album very confused as to whether she'd like to set a rock/pop/r&b theme, and it shows in the annoying, monotonous first full track of the album, 'Wait Your Turn', which sounds more like an extended commercial promoting the release of her album. The hook saves it from being an epic fail. However, moving on, we get to 'Hard', the second single off the album, featuring Atlanta-bred rapper Young Jeezy. Unlike 'Wait Your Turn', the beat doesn't outshine her, and the song turns out to be pretty good. However, considering the overall theme of the album, and the title of this song specifically, you'd expect her to come much harder than she did on the chorus. This represents a repeated theme throughout the entire album, for the most part, in spots where we expected Rihanna to come full force, her angry and insane alter-ego of sorts fails to fully show up.

However, don't let this slight error take away from the album itself.



Rihanna plows on through a rocky introduction to put forth a few extremely high-quality tracks. Beginning with 'Rockstar 101', that, from the title alone, had the potential to be very bad, actually outshines a lot of the other songs. A tantalizing beat, coupled with a stadium-status chorus begins a very nice stretch of music on 'Rated R'. 'Fire Bomb', my personal favorite song on the album, is where we start to see Rihanna break away from that rocky, unsureness she made you feel on the beginning 3 tracks of the album, and you start to feel that libearation I'm sure she was aiming for. Of course 'Russian Roulette', the critically-acclaimed first single makes for a nice, mysterious, thoughtful interlude, and Rhi's ballad continues shortly after.

Moving away from the liberating feeling of 'Fire Bomb', 'Russian Roulette', and 'Rude Boy', Rihanna begins to let the sadness set in with 'Photographs', another standout record, this time pairing up with Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am. It's a song about losing love (*sneezes* Chris *sneezes*) and having nothing but photographs to remind her of the times she had. 'G4L' is bananas, frankly. Its a great record, probably the angriest one on the album, where Rihanna promises to stick by her 'bitch', and she's ready for any 'motherfucker' who tries to get crazy. I like the vibe, its something different, and the sound is crazy.

After 'G4L', we find Rihanna lamenting about the sad emotions she'd felt over the past few months. Songs like 'Te Amo', and 'Cold Case Love' are clear indicators that sadness is something she deals with on a daily basis. Finishing out the album nicely with 'The Last Song' (how ironic), Rihanna completes a musical journey of her past 10 months, with surprising effeciveness and vigor, something that's actually missing from her ex-boyfriend's newest record.

Overall, Rihanna manages to overcome a couple false starts to create one of the better records of the year. I don't think it should stop there. Nothing like this has been released with this much emotion and grat production for a long time, it reminds me a lot of Kanye West's 808's And Heartbreaks album. Not for the sound, but for the emotion and feeling in everything from the choruses to every sung verse, it really is one for the ages. The beaten and battered girl, both emotionally and physically, somehow escapes from the reigns holding her back, and creates as close to an epic masterpiece as she, and just about anyone else making pop records, has ever come.


Rated R LP
Rihanna
Def Jam, 2009

Best Song(s): Photographs, Rockstar 101, Russian Roulette, Fire Bomb, G4L, The Last Song.
Worst Song(s): Wait Your Turn
Wowwww Moment: G4L

Verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars.

New Music :: Live Bradshaw

The Harlem native gives the people some of what they want with a leak from his upcoming debut project, Live Bradshaw Playground.

We care, apparently he doesn't.



I Don't Even Care

Live Bradshaw
Live Bradshaw Playground (2010)

Chris Breezes Back Onto The Scene

Okay so, 2009 is probably a year Chris Brown would like to forget. No need to get into detail about the whole domestic violence saga that transpired around Grammy time, we already posted that (Search in February). No need to talk about the record companies' greedy plot to drop Rihanna and Chris Brown's comeback albums in nearly back to back weeks to spark controversy and eventually boost sales. Let's just talk about Chris Brown's album itself, frankly because, there's a lot to talk about.



We all know about the first single, 'I Can Transform Ya' where Chris makes full use of his platinum-selling talents (singing/dancing) alongside legendary beatsmith Swizz Beatz, and Young Money frontman Lil' Wayne. While in a lot of ways the song could have been improved, its hard to go wrong with that combination, and the album only goes up from there. 'Sing Like Me', 'Crawl', and 'So Cold' put his singing talents on display nicely, while 'What I Do', which brings the 'goon' Plies digs into Brown's southern roots. Usually a combination like this makes for an epic fail, but The Runners' instrumental works to both Brown's and Plies strenghts. The thing about the album is, its more of the same Chris Brown.

If I can, I can look to the difference in the 'Trey Day' Trey Songz and the 'Ready' Trey Songz. A whole world of difference. The 'Exclusive' Chris Brown, and the 'Grafitti' Chris Brown, aside from the need to shave, is the same. Now, of course, I'm not saying that he needs to switch his style up, its a very unique and amazing sound, that he will always be remembered for. But, I believe he can maintain that sound, and still take it to the next level, not just with his creativity, but with his song content. While 'What I Do' is a great song, I don't doubt a large majority of his fans are tired of hearing it. The rest of the album does the hype justice.

Tha Bizness submitted a very disappointing instrumental for the 'Take My Time' duet with Tank, which could've been a huge record, considering it was formatted to be a Take You Down Part II of sorts, and I.Y.A should've been missing from the entire album. I think there's something to the fact that the album ended with three solo pieces, almost to show just how good Brown could be by himself, and he makes his point. Two of the most talked about artists in the industry (Trey Songz and The Game), alongside producer Polow Tha Don make 'Wait' one of the standout records, but Eva Simmons should have watched 'Pass Out' from the bleachers. Her verse sounds more like an elevator music-like intermission than a guest appearance.

Overall, the many ups and downs on the record make me want to give it a 3.5, but it closes out very nicely, and the production is phenomenal, minus the 'Take My Time' disappointment, so I'll give it 4. I'm sure you were expecting to see me analyze all the different places he references the Rihanna situation (So Cold, Famous Girl, Crawl, shit, half the album) but I'll save that for you to figure out. Rihanna's review is coming later today, look for that. Also, a comparison of the two albums is somewhat in the works, and then I'll call it a day for the rest of the year for these two. Lot's of music to catch up on (new albums from Gucci Mane, The Clipse not to mention Alicia Keys on Tuesday) and Lupe Fiasco's mixtape, which has quickly reached legendary status. KPS is ummm, back. =]



Grafitti LP. (2009)
Chris Brown
Zomba Music/Jive Records
Single(s): I Can Transform Ya (feat. Lil' Wayne, Swizz Beatz), Crawl.

Best Song(s): Crawl, Sing Like Me, So Cold, Lucky Me, Wait, Famous Girl
Worst Song(s): Pass Out, Girlfriend. (The girlfriend lyrics were great, beat sucked).

Wowwww Moment: Crawl, Wait.

Verdict: 4 out of 5 Stars.

Suav3.

"Now i'm Down In Tribeca"

Arguably the year's biggest record in the entire music industry, the "Empire State of Mind" video (Jay-Z x Alicia Keys) is being filmed this weekend in Tribeca, by of course, the legendary Hype Williams. No release date has been confirmed just yet for the superstar video.

Here goes a sneak peek...

Empire State of Mind Video Shoot
Jay-Z x Alicia Keys x Hype Williams
Tribeca, NY



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Fif bein' Fif

50 Cent has always been somebody notorious for the bluntness with which he speaks. He's not nearly as bad as Kanye, but, if he's talking about you, it usually isn't good. And, well, he's Fif. Everytime dude takes a piss he makes headlines, so it was no secret that he called Kanye and Lady Gaga's recently cancelled "Fame Kills" tour the "gay tour" because of Gaga's acknowledgement of her proud gay following.

After hearing the comments made by Gaga such as, "Kanye, I just want to let you know that I have a serious gay following, which I'm actually very proud of", Fif replied by saying, "and what did Kanye say, 'me too?'".

Haha, very funny.
Fif went on to say that Jay-Z is the "coolest punk in hip-hop", and that G-Unit is the only real crew surviving in the industry. Angie Martinez argued that Lil' Wayne's Young Money crew is doing pretty good numbers, and Fif replied by saying that its only because of Birdman's continued support. "It took Wayne what, 6 albums to break?".

Entire interview with Angie Martinez below.
Enjoy.

50 Cent x Tony Yayo x Lloyd Banks
Angie Martinez: Hot 97 Interview



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New Video::Birdman/Drake/Lil' Wayne::Money To Blow

Birdman/Drake/Lil' Wayne
Money To Blow
Pricele$$



Look closely at what the floor Lil' Wayne is standin' on is made out of.

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9/23: New Musiqq: Young Money.

After "Every Girl" proved to be one of the biggest records of 2009, Weezy 'n' company come back with two new bangers and try to repeat their success.


Young Money
Bed Rock
Young Money Entertainment



((Also known as, "Girl You Know"))

Young Money
The Dungeon
Young Money Entertainment



...here we see Young Money trying to hold it's own without Lil' Wayne and Drake. How'd they do?

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Mucch More Than A Game

The much talked/written/blogged/buzzed about superstar collabo of Drake, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne and Eminem: the Boi-1da-produced "Forever", finally has a video. Released to the public not long after 8 o' clock on Tuesday night, it features direction from Hype Williams (of course) and shots from Lebron James' storied career, seeing that this is the lead song from the soundtrack for Lebron James' movie, "More Than A Game". Of course, if it weren't for the frequent clips of him shooting, dunking and blocking shots in between Lil' Wayne and Eminem's verses, nobody would really care.

But, I digress.
Here it is.
Enjoy.

Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Eminem.
Forever
Much More Than A Game Soundtrack/Relapse 2.



Notice Eminem brought the homies along with him.
Peep Joe Budden and Royce da 5'9'' standin' posted up behind him boppin' their heads as he goes in.

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Lupe Fiasco @ The Beach On Governors Island

Last Night Was One Of The Greatest Concerts Ive Ever Been Too .. [I Only Been To Like .. 4 So Far .] It Was One A Them Out Door Concerts Where Theres Just The Stage And You Have To Run To Get A Good Spot .. [ Like In Chappelle's Block Party , Or Like The Scene In Selena Where They Performed And The Crazy Fans Almost Broke The Stage ]. Only Thing That Went Wrong Was That You Couldnt Bring Food On The Island .. It Wudda Been Real Nice If Someone Told Me That Before I Had To Throw Away HOT FOOD ! Anyway .. I Had A Good Spot And Managed To Take Some Real Good Pics !  88 Keys Was There To Open The Show . Incase You Dont Know Him .. Hes In That Song " Stay Up " With Kanye West

He Did Alot Of Songs And Has A Album Out Which Features Kid Cudi ; Kanye And Red Man ..

Then ... THERE WAS LUPE ! [I Thought Mathew Santos Was Gonna Be There .. SMH . But He Wasnt =/ ]

 

Haha . All Pics Taken By Me ! Shenae ! [Curry]

Walkin' On The Moon

Kid Cudi is, to put it bluntly, weird. After releasing his critically acclaimed mixtape EP in 2008, titled: A Kid Named Cudi, that caught the attention of music superstar Kanye West, and a slew of other tracks, he signed to 'Yeezy's G.O.O.D (Getting Out Our Dreams) label and appeared on one of the covers of the Feb. 2009 Freshman 10 issue of XXL Magazine. Not too long after, two hit singles made their way to radio's and music video countdowns: Day 'N' Nite and Make Her Say (w/Kanye West, Common).



Both singles reached in the top 50 of the Billboard charts, with one single (Day 'N' Nite) peaking in the top 5. A country-wide tour alongside fellow XXL freshman Wale made Kid Cudi a star, a title nobody could question after Jay-Z brought him out to perform Already Home (Blueprint 3) at his blockbuster Answer the Call concert. 4 days later, his debut album "Man On The Moon: The End of the Day" was released, a record that will undoubtedly change the game.



If you're looking for punchlines (Ludacris' "Theater of the Mind (2008)); stories of rags to riches (T.I's Paper Trail (2008)); women, cars and money (Drake's So Far Gone (2009)); or bilionaire talk (Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 (2009)), Kid Cudi's debut album is not something you should probably purchase. Rap is a term too loosely thrown around, and I cringe everytime somebody says Kid Cudi's album is a rap album. As a matter of fact, its quite the contrary. Cudi's debut is a well-mixed bowl of rap/r&b/pop/electro/rock/dance all thrown into a blender with sprinkles of marijuana, Patron and naked females. It's an amazing piece of work with unbelievablly stadium-status hooks and infectious melodies, not to mention narration from Chicagoan legend Common. Most people who experiment with all these different variables can only expect to have one or two successes, but not enough juice to push out an entire album, hence extremely lackluster sales. But Cudi keeps the balance between his insanely creative imagination and a hip-hop sound perfectly enough to keep anybody hooked for 15 tracks, spread out through 5 different "acts".

Most people, including the experts at XXL could only give Cudi credit for less tan 60,000 copies, but after hearing the album and a couple of his interviews, I knew that this album was poised to do amazing first week numbers (100k+) and it seems that he may actually reach 120k, which would be record setting. I bet a lot of other "rappers" wish they were as "weird" as Kid Cudi.

Best Beat: Simple As... (prod. by Plain Pat)
Worst Beat: Hyyerr (prod. by Crada) As hard as there is to find a sucky beat, the beat for the first collabo between Kid Cudi and Chip tha Ripper (T.G.I.F -- A Kid Named Cudi) was phenomenal, and I expected more the second time around.
Best Song: Heart Of A Lion: Hard to pick just one, but this was the perfect mix of lyrical content and production I think.
Worst Song: Solo Dolo: It's not a bad song, the hook is phenomenal. However, on an album that has so many near-perfect tracks, this one gets the worst song tag.
Best Guest Appearance: Kanye West (Make Her Say): While there were other star appearances (MGMT, Ratatat, Billy Cravens & Common). On all those other tracks, Cudi still made the song what it was. On Make Her Say, without Kanye, I doubt I'd like it as much.




Best Hook : My World: Kid Cudi reminds me of the pre-2007 50 Cent when it comes to choruses, because he has a special talent for crafting hooks. Remember 50's hook prowess made other artists tracks that much better (On Fire, Hate it or Love it, How We Do), not to mention the hooks on his two great albums (Get Rich Or Die Tryin', The Massacre). Cudi has already assisted the greatest rapper of all time with a hell of a hook (Already Home -- Blueprint 3). That talent makes it difficult to pick the best hook but on My World, Cudi spooks out the listener with some serious singing.

The Day After...

Everybody went crazy over Kanye's interruption of Taylor Swifts first ever Moonman acceptance speech, but I'm sure most people overlooked the fact he was scheduled to be on Jay Leno's debut 2 nighs later.

Once again, 'Yeezy angers, but never disappoints.
First, a sit down with the talk show legend...

Kanye sits down with Jay Leno



...then...a performance of possibly 2009's biggest record...

Jay-Z/Rihanna/Kanye West
Run This Town: Live @ The Jay Leno Show



Notice how 'Ye came out slow, but quickly ramped up.
That was some serious emotion there...

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'Ye did that? Yep, Again

It took a long time to come up with a title for this post, probably because I'm still in disbelief at the asshole move 'Ye pulled at Sunday nights VMA's. Don't get me wrong, I'm a serious Yeezy fan, an annoying one to some lol, but talk about bad timing.

The message he had was simple, "You Belong To Me", while it was a huge pop record, didn't deserve to win for some obvious reasons. Beyonce's "Single Ladies" record performed three times as good as Swift's single did on the charts, and furthermore, Bey's video has worldwide critical acclaim, while Taylor's song barely made it on most countdowns.

But ayy, what a difference skin color makes.
Right message 'Ye, aimed at the wrong person.

At a sucky time.
Proceed to be shocked...and maybe even sympathetic.

Kanye shocks the world and Taylor Swift2009 MTV Video Music Awards
September 13th, 2009



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Mr. Carter leaves London...

Well, not the city.
9 months after they get with the birds and the bees, Lil' Wayne and his "darling baby" Lauren London welcomed their first child together into the world (it's Wayne's third child, Lauren's first). The baby, coincidentally born on September 9th (09/09/09), doesn't just yet have a name, but at least it had a father (Weezy) standing there right by his mother's side when he was born. Umm...Congrats...

9/12: New Musiqq: Lil' Wayne/Drake

On a beat that sounds like it came from the lab of a Mr. Kanye West, Lil' Wayne and Drake trade bars on just what they'd like to do to their sexiest...nastiest...horniest honey dips.

Lil' Wayne/Drake
My Darling, Baby



Oh Yes.
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Call: Answered

On this day 8 years ago, people woke up with the horrible and catastrophic memories of the happenings just a day before slowly making their way into reality. The newspapers and news channels were buzzing with news about the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor; the nation was in turmoil.

Well, 8 years later, a good 50,000 people (plus the extra millions who followed along on Fuse) are waking up with unbelievable memories making their way into reality, but its a different kind of unbelievable. Jay-Z, the architect of the 3rd and final installment of his Grammy-award winning Blueprint trilogy, performed at his Answer the Call: 9/11 Benefit concert last night at the world's greatest arena (Madison Square Garden: New York, New York) in front of a sold out crowd (that sold itself out in 4 minutes on September 8th), that was reminiscent of his Fade To Black concert, which celebrated his 2004 "retirement".

It was the most amazing concert SINCE Fade to Black, and it was only fitting that he performed it at Madison Square Garden, and opened the set with his tribute to the city that raised him, "Empire State of MInd". Guest appearances included Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Beyonce, and Swizz Beatz.

It was amazing.

Rap-Sody: Jay-Z Walks Through History

If you haven't seen Rhaposody's new Blueprint III promo commercial, you need to blow the following youtube clip up to full screen and get excited. It's the most genius idea anybody has had for a commercial since HP did a whole series with celebrities hand's and torso. Its a shame some people actually commented asking to explain, but for those extremely casual Jay-Z fans, in exactly 60 seconds, he recreates every album he ever made (not in chronological order).

Amazing.

Jay-Z
Rhapsody Commercial: Blueprint III



Hov.

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Drake - Fear

DOWNLOAD

Looks like Drake's camp took the liberty of releasing the inevitably blogged about track before anyone had a chance to leak it. Thanks to OVO.
Here is where Drake speaks on the track:

MTV Shows

In the Interview He Talks About So Far Gone Going To Retail Sept 15. But .. Um .. Drake .. Who Gon Buy That Shidd When We Had It Since Last Year For Free ? But Im Sure Itll Sell Out ANYWAY . Ill Prob Buy It Too . Lol . Then He Goes In To The Struggle To Finish This Song And How It Transitions In To Thank Me Later . Sounds Good .

-cuRRy ..

Complex Magazines 50 Best Dunks Of All Time .

Fans of N.E.R.D and Hypebeasts (can we call people Hypebeasts before that site started?) creamed their skinny jeans waiting in line for Skateboard P’s dunks. Hype aside, they’re sick, and if you have a pair on ice, you’ll be good even if your401kis lookin’ lean.

And Number 1: Nike Dunk Hi “Wu-Tang Clan” [Released: 1999 ]

It can be argued that these are simply the original Iowa Goldenrod Dunk colorway with some Wu-Tang embroidery. Actually it doesn’t need to be argued, that’s what these are. But these Dunks take the number one spot for a few reasons. First, they are limited as crap. You can grab them at Flight Club, maybe ($5k+), but not really. At the original drop, releases were rumored at only 36 pairs (plus a few more that Nike dudes made for “sampling”). Second, they’re the Iowa colorway, which is the best of the orignal seven, and the black/yellow has all kind of power undertones behind it. Third, this was the sneaker that started regular Nike’s foray into the world of acknowledging cool. After the Wu-Tang Dunk came Pharrell’s, and then shop Dunks like UNDFTD and Kicks/HI and DQM’s Air Max 90. This was the Dunk that started teh second coming of the sneakerhead, and it’s still the best of the bunch as far as we’re concerned. Wu-Tang forever.

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