Saturday, September 26, 2009
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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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
9/23: New Musiqq: Young Money.
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
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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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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]
Monday, September 21, 2009
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.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Day After...
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
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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Saturday, September 12, 2009
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
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.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Rap-Sody: Jay-Z Walks Through History
Amazing.
Jay-Z
Rhapsody Commercial: Blueprint III
Hov.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Drake - Fear
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:
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.
Friday, September 4, 2009
o.O Nice .
Just a nice concept for a PSP 2 designed by Australian designer Tai Chiem’s. Doesn’t seem that far fetch either!
via BBCicecream.com
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Trey Songz READY Release Date. =]
September 1st, 2009 Is Deff Gonna Be A Day For Me To Remember . Ha . Long Story Short .. Me And My Cousin Went On A City Wide Search To Find Trey Songz And Found Him Just In Time To Be The Last 2 People That Got A Signed Copy Of Ready . I Know The Ppl Behind Me Were TIGHT ! Ha Ha . So Now I Have TWO Signed Copies Of READY ! And I Paid For One =X . [No I Didnt Steal It !] . Theres Alottttt More to That Story But That Would Take Alot To Type . But Yea .. Goes Down As One Of My Best Days Right Next To The Glow In The Dark Tour And When Pharrell Touched Me At 106 And Park . *Looks At Right Hand In Awe.* Anyway .. I Managed To Take A Few Pics During The Whole Thing.. I Shudda Took One Of When I got There To Show The Whole Line..