Update:MTV offers more details. The way they cut it, it looked like people were clapping in support of Kanye, but they were actually clapping for Taylor Swift.
According to reports from inside the house, once cameras cut away from the action, West flipped off the crowd and returned to his seat. Wale then said to the crowd, “You can’t blame a man for speaking his mind.” His words were met with boos, and Wale then said, “Kanye, I tried.” During the next commercial break, Pink walked by the rapper and appeared to shake her head in disgust before security escorted her away. West remained steadfast amidst the commotion as he kissed his girlfriend Amber Rose.
Only Rappers would get asked to sign books that are completely unrelated to them. Judging by the confusion as to the meaning of ‘Off That’, Beck & O’Reilly didn’t pick up Blueprint 3. “Peace, Bill. Off that.”
One of my favourite rappers out right now does a tape over all new Alchemist beats? Hell yes. I’m really geeked for Boy Meets World, which drops October 20th and is produced entirely by Exile.
01. Intro 02. Shall Come A New Name 03. Fash Plays It Cool 04. The Antidote 05. Gone In 60 Seconds 06. Rap Seduction 07. What’s Your World 08. From The Creation f. The Alchemist, Roc C & OHNO 09. FYT 10. Lost In New York 11. Got It Sewn
DJ AM died on Monday supposedly from an accidental drug overdose. I know very little about AM, but this quote from ?uestlove’s eulogy stuck out to me:
that night i was jaw dropped at how [DJ AM] found a common thread between michael jackson, herbie hancock, alan thicke’s "different strokes theme", a diplo Seinfeld remix and james brown. that night changed my life forever. and im not the only dj to tell this story. those not in the know can scoff "blah blah nicole ritche" [sic] all they want"—dude was a maverick in the highest order. i changed my entire approach to djing and my approach to how i listened to music. yes you’ve heard me use that quip before when describing the late great j dilla as well. but that is using all music to create music. now i have to use all my knowledge of music to SHARE music.
The comparison has often been made between DJs and hip-hop bloggers. We bloggers spend all this time posting about the songs we like because of a mysterious urge to expose others to our favorite music. Though the above quote refers to DJing, I wonder if what ?uestlove learned night can’t be applied to our medium of sharing music.
I already heard people are trying to hate like he wasn’t important, like he wasn’t a dope DJ. Let me tell you something…he is the fuckin’ shit. This dude’s a fuckin’ maniac on turntables, for real. You have to experience this dude’s tactics on turntables, he’s sick with it. And if I cosign it, fuck any DJ who disagrees. You either haven’t seen him spin…and this dude’s history, his knowledge of music was intense…I’ve known this dude for over 15 years so I bear witness to seeing him get busy. So any DJ that feel different, fuck y’all, man, y’all don’t know the dude, and I know him. So fuck all of y’all, fuck you.
I guess the amount of Wale material hitting the streets is about to kick up with his album finally coming next month; ML definitely can’t complain about that. This smooth Cool & Dre produced track, shows Wale’s soulful side as he tells a story of a girl.
This wouldn’t be such a surprising combination in 1995, when Smif N Wessun kicked verses over Mary’s “I Love You”. But this is definitely a little surprisingly in ’09. Pairing Mary with a pounding, trumpet-driven Black Milk beat genuinely works, beyond it just being a throwback to 90s vintage hip hop-soul. I haven’t been crazy about the leaks I’ve heard from Survival Skills so far, but it helps that Buck and KRS sound energized here. This is dope.
In honour of the release of Mayer Hawthorne’s debut A Strange Arrangement, here’s a smooth remix of the fantastic single “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” by French producer Astronote. You already know how much we like this cat. Shouts to Martin from A-Side for the hook-up.
If you’re cool and you’re in NYC, you’re getting a piece of the action next week when Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II drops. There’s not one, but two release parties.
On Tuesday, Diddy and Peter Rosenberg are hosting at Santo’s and Ghostface, Method Man, Beanie Siegel, Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, Busta Rhymes and Lyfe Jennings will be in the building.
Then on Thursday, Raekwon and Rosenberg will be at S.O.B.’s with special coverage by ML*.
(*special coverage = rushing the stage to flash the Wu-Tang tattoo that covers my chest and stomach)
The video for Double Barrel’s title track looks like a thugged out Gap commercial. Either Torae or Marco must have an eye for editing because this, the “Party Crashers” video, and even the Double Barrel Training videos were on point. Makes me wonder why other indie artists’ videos suck so much.
It sounds like I’m going to have to stop sleeping on Danny! He and Von Pea rap like your favorite rappers used to rap. Danny!’s album “Where is Danny?” is planned for September and will feature Danny Brown, Che Grand and Drake.
