looks like our friends across the pond will also get to hear “niggas in paris” several times a night. the grandiose stylings of the throne will hit a slew of venues for the second coming early this summer. dates below the jump.
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bink!, the guy who produced my favorite beat on MBDTF links up with G.O.O.D.’s CEO and resident crooner (other than john legend, of course) for a track from tony’s brand new LP, the king or the fool (out today on itunes). since a lot of these upload sites are acting goofy, we’ll try out sharebeast for a while.
download:
tony williams – another you f. kanye west [produced by bink!]
-grizzly
“niggas in paris” finally gets an official music video, after turning millions of heads and making “that shit cray” a staple in everyday american and seafood culture. the video finds the duo during their LA stop of the throne tour, with bouts of epilepsy and the entire visual experience of the throne tour wrapped up in a 4 minute package.
oh and this video is strangely familiar, ain’t it?
-grizzly
unofficial or not, this clip is pretty good, encapsulating all of the energy this song has to offer by providing us with over a 1000 different shots from the watch the throne tour.
-grizzly
nailed it!
-grizzly
festival yeezy >
-grizzly
video dating back to when i was in 4th grade of sir yeezus christ world peace (or wtfever he’s calling himself these days) has surfaced. and guess what? he was just about the same level of BAMF.
-grizzly
who doesn’t like viral videos for one of the GOATs of the NBA? 5 rings is real shit, and the likes of yeezy, jerry rice, landon donovan, aziz ansari, paul rodriguez, richard bronson and a few others weigh in on how badass the #kobesystem can make one.
-grizzly
so the other night, kanye west completely went off on his twitter account. he discussed wanting to start DONDA, the company to end all companies, and sure enough – jimmy kimmel shot his first infomercial. pretty good, i just wish he used some of the overzealous tweets from the rant.
-grizzly
ye and jay have don c hook up a lucky fan with some tickets and what not, and made a video for their voyr site.
-grizzly
so are normal people gonna be able to watch these without paying? guess we can milk it for the time being, as the throne stops in the chi on the WTT tour.
watch:
kanye west & jay-z – voyr episode II
-grizzly
photo credit: weworemasks
Fair warning: This review will hardly be objective. It’s hard not to bask in the glow of two of my favorite emcees of all time. And all of you know the pedestal Yeezy gets around these bear parts. But in all seriousness, this was a historic tour. A mentor and a mentee, both of whom collaborated on a huge record and have worked together plenty of times in the past, were touring together. Nevermind the fact that the tickets were costly and the tours grossed around $1 million a night – this was the Karate Kid of hip-hop tours. And you know how badass Karate Kid is.
Review after the jump.
-grizzly
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damn models + the throne, where the hell you been?
“stronger” below the jump.
-grizzly
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shot november 22nd. the bears are seeing this next week (in houston and dallas, respectively). we may not bother blogging anything ever again after.
- panda
mr. west reemerged yesterday to send a very boldfaced tweet out to the masses. a g.o.o.d. music album, which i’m sure will rival 2009′s we are young money release. and let’s face it, while the format of the latter album was on point, the artistry on YM just doesn’t match up. it’ll be interesting to see what comes out of studio sessions with common, john legend, pusha t, big sean, kid cudi, mos def, mr. hudson and cyhi.
oh and don’t expect this before september 2012.
-grizzly
not gonna lie, t.i.’s verse is cray.
download:
the throne – niggas in paris [remix f. t.i.]
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YES. SERIOUSLY. THANKS TO VIBE MAGAZINE CAUSE THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
edit: worth mentioning is that this track is old.
download:
nick cannon – big spender f. kanye west
-grizzly
photo credit: brooklyn vegan
Austin City Limits is far and above the biggest festival in an 800 mile radius, and it’s safe to say that both Sunbear and I have both avoided it for whatever reason we could muster up. Namely – the price. Turns out, this year’s 3-day passes were bought on Sunbear’s behalf on a whim, and mine due to the mere announcement that Kanye West would be headlining one of the dates. So we braved the heat and weathered the small storms to gather with the 75,000 people (on average, per day) at Zilker Park.
For Day One’s recap, I’ll be assisting Sunbear with the write-up, and he’ll be taking charge of Days Two and Three, coming soon. Recap after the jump.
-sunbear and grizzly
*YAWN*
and this fool’s giant failure of a publicity stunt becomes a shell of itself because he realized g.o.o.d. music and kanye west made cons’ career what it was. i’m ready for him to stfu and put out consTV now.
part II after the jump.
-grizzly
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this huge NYC show finally hits the internet in HD, thanks to the folks and advertisements at vevo. among the videos below the jump, you’ll find “good life,” “flashing lights” and “jesus walks.”
-grizzly
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hype williams gathers a bunch of hot girls, colorful blazers and of course, karoake-esque words that flash across the screen for sean’s third single. i’m feelin’ it.
-grizzly
jesus was a carpenter, yeezy laid beats and the hi5 collective put out another fantastic (unofficial) visual. for those wondering, they’re the same group who did these frank ocean and the weeknd clips.
-grizzly
so tonight was the VMAs, and i bypassed watching for personal plans and of course, breaking bad. here’s a quick rundown of anything interesting that happened as the reruns play:
-lady gaga is a fucking moron. i’m not gonna act like i don’t appreciate her music (save for born this way – the album blows), but as gawker so eloquently put it, she jumped the shark tonight. i actually MISS the meat dress.
-what the hell crawled up justin bieber’s ass? too cool to cheer for the throne, gaga (her performance was pretty good), adele and others – but he didn’t hesitate to yell “that’s my boy!!!!” after chris brown played? also, you definitely borrowed that outfit from your “runaway love” remix collaborator.
-beyonce announced she was pregnant in the absolute most endearing way. i’m no softie, but i was super stoked on kanye and jay buddying it up when she announced it to everyone. i mean, just look at the gifs!
-adele had an amazing performance. (below the jump)
-wayne’s performance was pretty bad. (up top)
-nicki minaj won best hip-hop over eminem, kanye and wayne. the hell?
-mtv is still kissing britney spears’ ass.
-kevin hart is still terribly unfunny.
-hit the jump for performances from adele, beyonce, gaga, bruno mars (amy winehouse tribute) and chris brown.
i know i’m totally biased here, but this was a pretty cool video to come across. some of hip-hop’s biggest bloggers discuss the hugest album of 2011. now, while these folks believe that you can’t hate it, i wouldn’t personally take it that far. however, it’s hard to deny the impact that this album has had on the music industry. not only in the way it hits retail, but the way it was record, who recorded on it, the magnitude of two of the biggest rappers actually releasing an album in 2011 (we’re not talking the best of both worlds here, folks) and you know – the actual music. say what you will about the emcee frontier of things, but jay-z hasn’t sounded this impressive since 2003′s black album. kanye shines on this album in his own way, but it’s nice to see him take a backseat to his ‘big brother’ once in a while.
a lot of my friends (and hey, we even got a few e-mails!) asked me why i didn’t write a review for this album. the shortform answer was that it was “too much.” there’s too much to write about and i’m not really interested in writing a 1700 word album review, and most of you aren’t interested in reading that. just know that i really love it, but it’s not necessarily my AOTY or anything. there’s a ton of great releases i see taking it down. anyway, back to the video.
-grizzly
