Jay-Z x Kanye West - H.A.M.

Two creative geniuses teaming up. I'm not too fond of the outro, but that's just me. Watch out for Watch The Throne coming soon.

Download Jay-Z x Kanye West - H.A.M

Kanye West - "Runaway" (Full Length)

I can't stand Kanye for the life of me, but the a$$hole exudes talent with anything that deals with music and visuals (except for the "Best I Ever Had" video). The concept of this film is bonkers (yes, i said bonkers haha) The music, by Yeezy, used in every scene seemed to tie together with the film so well. From "...toasting to the douchebags..." at the dinner scene or wanting to see "...all of the lights..." during the fireworks scene. Check out his latest masterpiece, "Runaway".

Convinced Freestyle

Convinced does a freestyle while on the set of his video shoot "Miss Memory".

to each his own...

Apparently Kanye's cover for his upcoming album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, will be banned in the U.S. ^^ Take a look at the cover, what do yooou think? Sh!t's kinda ugly/nasty, in my opinion, BUT it is his music/creativity he's putting out there. He made a good point in one of his tweets...

"In all honesty ... I really don't be thinking about Wal-Mart when I make my
music or album covers #Kanyeshrug!"

I totally see where he's getting at. (BTW, does he really need to put Kanye in front of "shrug", since he IS Kanye? just a thought). When an artist is focused on making great music and visuals for everyone to enjoy, the last thing on an artist's mind is whether or not it's politically correct to have something labeled as "obscene" stop him from putting out what he wants. On Yeezy's little rant on twitter he mentioned Nirvana having nudity on their album covers, as well as album covers from the 70's...

"In the 70s album covers had actual nudity... It's so funny
that people forget that... Everything has been so commercialized now."

So I checked some album covers from the 70's out. Here are a few that I found...

Here's a comedy album from the 70's from a man named Rudy Ray Moore. He had a few more raunchy covers out during that time.

A rock band by the name of, Scorpions, dropped this album cover in 1979.

And in 1977, an R&B, Funk band used this album cover for an album entitled, Angel.

Overall, the saying "...to each his own..." is very true. One person may find something very creavity and interesting, while another finds the same thing looking like sh!t. Personally, I feel that everyone should be able to put what they want out there. Whether it's Yeezy wanting to put out that album cover OR me posting this on my blog as well as any other post. As an audience, we all have the choice to look at it or not.

Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West - Erase Me

Who thought of the damn concept to this video? haha really? If you watch it, you just might ask the same question. Regardless, song's ill.

Chris Brown - feat. Drake, Kanye West, Fabolous, T.I., Rick Ross, & Andre 3000 - Deuces remix

I have to say I think this Deuces remix > Christian Dior Denim Flow. My opinion. My favorite bars have got to come from Ye... OR Andre 3000. A total toss up between the two for me. The other fellas on the track DID hold their own. Def feelin' this remix!

Listen to Deuces remix

VMA Performances

source: mtv

This year's VMA performances came with a few hits and misses. (warning: this is all just my opinion, so if you get mad just remember to agree to disagree)

• At the pre-show, Nicki Minaj performed "Your Love" and premiered a new song "Check It Out" with Will.I.Am. What can I say about Nicki Minaj? No seriously, what can I say about her? She's weird. : And I have no idea what the hell Will.I.Am was thinking painting his face black and keeping it that way the whole night. [[VERDICT: MISS]]
  

• Eminem opened up the show with his singles "Not Afraid" and "Love The Way You Lie" and surprise surprise (not really) Rihanna joined him on stage even though she claimed that she wasn't going to attend the awards show. His performance was pretty good. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. [[VERDICT: HIT until Rihanna opened her mouth]]
  

• Justin Bieber did a medley of 3 songs ("U Smile", "Baby", & "Somebody To Love"). I actually liked his performance (it's the teeny bopper in me. haha). Make fun of him all you want but he can sing, dance, and get more girls than a lot of 20+ year olds can lol. [[VERDICT: HIT]]
  

• Next up was Justin Bieber's mentor, Usher. He sang "DJ Got Us Fallin In Love" & "OMG". I like Usher, but this performance was nothing surprising. Plus his hair was very reminiscent of his "You Make Me Wanna" music video. [[VERDICT: MISS]]
  

• Florence and The Machine was my favorite performance of the night. I thought everything about it was awesome. The choreography and the way she used the stage was really creative. [[VERDICT: HIT]]
  

• Oh Taylor Swift. I'm a fan of Taylor Swift (judge me) and obviously this song was about Kanye (if you didn't get that, slap yourself), but I've seen her do this before. I was also a little bothered by her bare feet... maybe because I just hate feet, I'm not sure. [[VERDICT: MISS]]
  

• Drake's performance was cute. haha. I think I got more excited because Justin Timberlake introduced him. xD Anyway, Mary J. Blige was on point. I liked it overall. *this was my dad's favorite performance of the night. He kept praising Mary J. Blige's voice and Drake's and Swizz Beatz showmanship. By the way, Drake's outfit was finally not a miss. I'm glad he didn't wear his usual all black with white sneakers get up. [[VERDICT: HIT]]
  

• B.O.B with Bruno Mars and Hayley Williams (and later Paramore) all pretty much did a medley of "Nothin' On You", "Airplanes", and "The Only Exception". I thought B.O.B. was going to be on there throughout it all, but it seemed like Paramore had a longer set. Plus side, I love Hayley Williams' voice. I don't like Paramore, but that girl has a really nice voice. [[VERDICT: HIT/MISS; I'm still not too sure]]
  

• Linkin Park was my second favorite performance. Them performing at the Griffith Observatory was the perfect setting for their song. I don't think these guys age cuz they all looked pretty amazing. I'm just saying. ;) [[VERDICT: HIT]]
  

• Lastly, Kanye West closed the show premiering his new song "Runaway" with an appearance by Pusha T. I hate Kanye as a person, but as a musician, he's a beast. It was interesting to say the least, but I really liked his song. This was also my dad's favorite performance. In fact, my dad was already singing along to the chorus the second time around. haha [[VERDICT: HIT for the most part]]
  

Overall, this year's VMAs performances were mostly hits and will have America talk about it for a few more days. Also, it looked like that night's House Artist, Deadmau5, kept the crowd entertained so kudos to him.

J. Cole - Villematic

J. Cole recently released this song which will be off a mixtape he has in the works. He grabbed the instrumental off Kanye West's "Devil In A New Dress".


Click here for more info.

Power (Remix) - Kanye West feat. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

It's better late than never. The song before the remix was already good, but the remix is in a category of itself. This song goes hooorrd! lol

Download the song here if you haven't already.

Kanye West - "Power" (Music Video)

(The video premiered after tonight's episode of Jersey Shore.)

I was on my laptop when the video came on and right when it reeled me in and had me step away from my laptop, the video ended. WTF?! I was really getting into it and all you give me is about 2 minutes of the song, Kanye? T__T

"Find Your Love" - Drake

"I'm more than just an option. Refused to be forgotten. I took a chance with my heart. And I feel it takin' over..."

Just released not too long ago (as it's a Trending Topic on twitter right now) is Drake's new song produced by Kanye West off his debut album, Thank Me Later, out June 15. I'm not mad with this song. Nice beat, lyrics are sweet. I think it's kinda cute. lol

Download here.