Today has been a good day. I was surprisingly alert at 8am listening to my Kanye, I worked from 10am to 5pm (listened to Kanye on my break). The Holiday spirit is definitely in the air 'cause all of my customers were really pleasant. After work Dominique & I ate some Cold Stone ice cream on 42nd. It was delicious! Yeah it's freezing outside, but ice cream is good all year round. Plus I was super warm in my Chinese Laundry boots. Then I got home & been listening to 808's & Heartbreak non-stop! It's my shit. Tomorrow's Thanksgiving, which is always a great day. Hope all of you have a yummy holiday!
Peace
This Day's outfit: Multi-plaid button-up: Salvation Army Black jeans: Forever 21 Boots: Chinese Laundry Bracelet: Urban Outfitters Necklace: Salvation Army Flower Earring studs: Forever 21 plus my beloved turtle ring by Jan Michaels
We mentioned Party Promoter extraordinaire Legendary Damon to you guys before. Watch this GAK city video of behind the scenes at a photo shoot for Metro Pop Magazine, which was inspired by Damon Gabriel. Learn more about how he became the NYC legend he is today, what Lady GaGa thinks of him & why everyone loves his one of a kind style. Damon says his style icons are Prince & Biggie. What a crazy mash-up! Make sure you pick up the current issue of Metro Pop (issue #38) I just showed you guys it in my last video blog. Legendary Damon blesses a page. And keep a look out for our girl Dominique in this video, she's rockin' her own purple BLYNK bathing suit. She looks hot!
Kanye West has hit us with another album inviting us into the artist's mind & heart. His 4th album, 808's & Heartbreak uses TR-808-generated drumming& the effect of auto tune. A lot of people have given Kanye some shit for singing & using the auto-tune, but Kanye told Fader mag "I'm using auto-tune because I don't give a fuck. I like the way it sounds." Before listening to the album, I wondered if at this level of success, does Kanye West really not give a fuck anymore?
Jump to read my discovery, the reason behind this 6 rating, pics, read why Sex gives it a 7 & listen to a track.
When I first heard Kanye singing on his Love Lockdown track (the 1st single off the album), I was extremely hype to see our big brother switching it up on ma' fuckers. However, after a few more songs off the album leaked, although I love them all, I was worried Kanye's heartbreak would give me a headache. Kanye West has been through a lot in the past year, loosing his mother, breaking up with his fiance, & endless media drama. All of Kanye's albums have reflected what he was going through at the time of recording, so it only made clear sense why this album was all about heartbreak.
Say You Will is the first track on the album, and one of the most beautiful. The slow beat creeps into your body & his voice singing "hey hey hey hey" puts you in a place only you can go. It's one of those tracks you love to listen to alone.
The album features artists like new commer Kid Cudi singing the chorus on Welcome to Heartbreak, where Yeezy shows some life frustration. *side note, big-ups to Kid Cudi for being 1 of the 4 Kanye chose to bless his album. You all already heard Young Jeezy on Amazing, Mr. Hudson is on the upbeat track, Paranoid, & Lil' Wayne does a verse on the grimey track, See You in My Nightmares.
Robocop might be my favorite on the album, since he sings to me, on repeat, You're just an Ellegurl. Ok he's actually singing "You're just an LA girl." Same shit though, lol. Streetlights, Bad News, & Coldest Winter all reflect Kanye's deep feelings about growth, his ex, & his beloved mother. The surprise on the album is a 12th track of his live freestyle Pinocchio Story.
Overall, Kanye shows us he's still growing as an artist as well as a person. I think using effects on a voice is whack if you're new, but for Kanye, it's creative. I respect Kanye for constantly taking chances & never allowing anyone to place him in a box. However, I was a little disappointed by the album's length. I thought 11 tracks, really it felt like 5 tracks, with all the leaks, was too too short. Sometimes I worry that artists get too big for themselves that they really start to not give a fuck & the fans get the short end of the stick. I don't think this is the case for Kanye...at least not yet. He really poured his heart out in this album & there isn't one track I don't enjoy. I gave the album a 6 just because I didn't get many surprises. The album is as great as I expected it to be. I never expect anything less than greatness from Mr. West I think Graduation will always be my personal favorite from Kanye, but 808's and Heartbreak shouldn't be compared to any of Kanye's other work, because it's nothing like any of Kanye's other work. The album is 100% Kanye West, it's just another him to love.
808's & Heartbreak's art is really just what you saw in the promo pic, Kanye rockin' a beautiful grey plaid suit, black sunglasses, & a broken heart brooch. The booklet contains the songs' lyrics & there are no thank you's, just track credits. The album's artwork is simply pastel colored stripes coming from his heart. The limited edition album comes with a poster of Mr. West on 1 side and a beautiful surprise picture on the other side.
Sex says:
I'm gonna go out on a limb right now and say THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING ALBUM IN THE WORLD!!!. Skipping my first class was damn well worth it for this album. Ever since i first heard Kanye sing on this random song called *IMPROVISE* I said to myself.."I never heard him sing,fuck i hope he keeps singing". This album is great, it's not so monotonous such as other rap albums with 16 tracks full of useless garbage and having people pay $10 for 2 good songs. Kanye keeps listeners elicit in only 12 tracks(12 including a live bonus track). Kanye opens up the album beautifully with his song *SAY YOU WILL* which is perfectly composed with the instruments in the song playing as the sound of a heartbeat on a respirator in a hospital. In his song *HEARTLESS* Kanye brings out some of his classic rapper side but still sings throughout the song which blends perfectly. Also Kanye gives us a little preview of new G.O.O.D MUSIC artist MR.HUDSON In his song PARANOID. The structure and sound of 808's is similar to Andre 3000's THE LOVE BELOW, But is still original. Overall I rated This album a 7 because of all of the variety of the whole album, also because I can relate to some of the situations discussed in the album.
CURRENTLY MY FAVORITE SONG- STREET LIGHTS -
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ALBUM CURRENTLY IN STORES!!!
KANYES BLOG YOU CAN ALSO BUY THE ALBUM ON KANYE'S BLOG
YOOOOOOOO Wat's going on today I bring to you THE CLIPSE. Along with their clothing line PLAY CLOTHS will be sponsoring the clipse new mixtape "Road To The Casket Drops" which is kind of a preview before the album "Til The Casket Drops" that is expected to drop sometime in 2009. COMPLEX who is also helping sponsor has the mixtape streaming on their blog and also some info on the PLAY CLOTHS line THEY JUST RELEASED ONE OF THEIR SONG OFF THE MIXTAPE BIG DREAMS
Play Cloths is now available on TheFizix.com! Hip-hip-horay!
They're starting off with some simpledesigns, I dig em so far. I fucks wit you Clipse! Jump for more products
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01.) The Genesis (Intro By DJ Unexpected) 02.) 6th Sense - Hip Hop Renatus (Produced By Erick Sermon) 03.) Mr. Live feat. Earl Blaize - The Bitch That You Are (Produced By Oddisee) 04.) Sic Osyrus & Donny Goines - Why Lord? (Middle Fingers Up) (Produced By Khrysis) 05.) Karniege - The Kush (Produced By Jake One) 06.) Skyzoo - Bang This (Produced By The Alchemist) 07.) Dominique Larue - Role Play (Produced By 9th Wonder) 08.) Emilio Rojas - E To The M-I-L-I-O (Produced By J Dilla) 09.) Access Immortal - Stay Strapped (Produced By DJ Premier) 10.) Melodiq feat. Nikal Fieldz - Bottom Of The 9th (Produced By 4th Disciple) 11.) Diablo Archer feat. Myk Dyaleks (of BrokN.English) - We The New Era (Produced By Domingo) 12.) Sha Stimuli - Today We Living (Produced By Nottz) 13.) Fred Knuxx - Air 'Em Out (Produced By Hi-Tek) 14.) Laelo Hood - Extra, Extra! (Produced By DJ Khalil) 15.) Supastition - Sound Of Reform School (Produced By Black Milk) 16.) Black ELement - Feel The Hunger (Produced By DJ Scratch) 17.) Droppin' A Message (Interlude) 18.) Zero Star - On My Backpack Shit (Produced By Large Professor) 19.) Little Vic - Let The Dollar Circulate (Produced By Ayatollah) 20.) Cymarshall Law - This Is The End (Produced By Salaam Remi) 21.) Donnan Linkz - Buzz Kill (Produced By Oh No) 22.) Cy Yung aka Cyrano - OK Corral (Produced By Madlib) 23.) Tislam The Great - Once Again (Produced By Questlove) 24.) Faro - Love Me Or Hate Me (Produced By Scram Jones) 25.) Arsun F!st - I'm In Here (Produced By Marco Polo) 26.) Sense-I - Sense-I's The Name (Produced By Nicolay) 27.) Wordsmith feat. Kontact & Black Knight - Signing Day (Produced By Pete Rock) 28.) Journalist 103 - Til' The Trumpets Blow (Produced By Illmind) 29.) Clap Cognac feat. Jedi Knight - Chosen Ones (Produced By Havoc) 30.) City Scholar - The Rebirth (Produced By Evidence) 31.) Detroit Red - Hip Hop Redefined (Produced By Buckwild) 32.) D.V. Alias Khryst feat. Retsam Da Prince - It's Da Govarmynt (Produced By Marley Marl) 33.) Nametag - Champagne Bottle Flow (Produced By Ski Beatz) 34.) Panama aka Da Spanish Kid - Born Ready (Produced By RZA) 35.) Hi-Coup feat. Spectacula - My Father Told Me (Produced By M-Phazes) 36.) Preach Jacobs feat. N'telligence - Mic Check (Produced By Rockwilder) 37.) The Exodus (Outro By DJ Unexpected)
Another episode with that chic Cynamin! This week she has editor-in-chief of XXL/King Magazine Datwon Thomas- definitely a show to listen to! myspace.com/LiquidLaceOnlineRadioShow
Description:Is payola poppinoff behind the scenes at the hottest hip-hop mag? What really goes down at a King photo shoot? Liquid Lace Radio and Datwon Thomas "GO IN"
Jump for tracklisting! If you feeling his mixtape- vote DJ Superstar Jay as DJ of the Year atYoRap.com
1. Intro face your fears 2. Lil Wayne - freestyle feat Jim Jones (dissing jay z ???) 3. Tony Yayo - shoot them things 4. Young Jeezy - kings of the south feat young buck 5. Storm P - respect my fresh produced by Doc 6. Jadakiss - freestyle 7. Max B - we got guns 8. Rick Ross - however do you want it 9. Lil Kim - computer love feat T - Pain 10. Mobb deep - who the fuck is this feat Nyce & Cashis 11. Lil Wayne - freestyle 12. TL - Got em for Low feat Sonny Black 13. Lloyd Banks - freestyle 14. Nas - Light a Cigar 15. Game - freestyle 16. Remo da Rapstar - So What 17. Cassidy - Knowledge feat AZ 18. Clap Cognac - Hold it Down 19. Uncle Murda, Maino, Lucky don, Newz, Joel Ortiz - Distinguished ones 20. Slezzo - bang words (unsigned artist of the week) 21. Rawdoggz - where da party at 22. Tommy 2 face - freestyle 23. Pryme - move 24. Lloyd Banks - freestyle 25. Tony Yayo - freestyle feat uncle murda 26. Jay Z, Ludacris & Nas - I Do it for Hip Hop bonus song
Obama tells us in his Democratic Radio Address that he plans to help bring our economy back to life. His plan is to help the employment issue by creating & saving 2.5 million more jobs by January 2011. God, I hope so.
Yes She Can! That's what Rolling Stone is shouting about Britney Spears, who covers their December 11th, 2008 cover. I think she looks cute. She turns 27 Dec. 2nd. Happy early Birthday Brit!
I told yal Kanye rocked a ill Pastelle jacket at his AMAs performance the other night. I've been really excited about this line. Kanye being just the dude he is, he only lets us see exclusive items he makes for himself, until he finally drops the line. Jump for more pics of this crazy jacket from the fashion designer, Kanye West. And keep an eye on PastTelleMuseum.com for the line. Can't wait to know what the name is all about.
Dime Piece just dropped their Holiday 08 line. I dig what they're doing in this collection. The shoot is mad next level chic. They used the twins who accompany pop icon, Prince on stage! They were inspired by the movie Barbarella, but I think the hair cut is a cool spin on the kid from the Munsters' hair cut. You can shop on their site. Jump for the hotness.
I looove Christmas trees. Christmas is my favorite time of the year, even though mine is usually always whack & dull. But the lighting of the big Christmas at Rockefeller center is December 3rd,a Wednesday at 8pm. Artists like Beyonce & The Jonas Brothers are performing. It's gonna be crazy packed. The great thing is, it'll be lit everyday until January 9th, from 5:30 pm til 11:30pm..& all day on Christmas. It's going to be beautiful.
This past week we asked which rag would you be waving around, Gucci or Louis Vuitton?
I'm actually surprised by the results. I thought it'd either be close in votes or Louis would take it home. But with 70% of your votes, including mine of course, Gucci reigns supreme.
Gucci, founded in 1921, has been a leading luxury brand since it's beginning, generating over $7 billion a year in sales! Whoa! It has always won my affection over many other top luxury brands. They always choose the right designer to take them to a new level every year.
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