Kanye performs at Facebook HQ’s + Tweets

July 28, 2010

Ye performed 3 songs and a poem for a group of lucky Facebook employees at their Palo Alto headquarters. The first verse from “Lost In The World” and “My Chain Heavy” (first vid).

“This is the making of a masterpiece/ so we broke out the chain and told the master peace“

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Hit the jump to catch the other two acapellas Yeezy did at Facebook head quarters!>>>

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New Music: Fabolous, Jim Jones, Kanye, Cudi & More!

July 16, 2010

KiD CuDi ft. Kanye West – Erase Me (prod. Jim Jonsin) [CDQ]

Game – M.I.A. (prod. Cool & Dre)

Lloyd Banks – The Warm Up (Freestyle)

Jim Jones ft. Duane Darock – Make Ya Body Go

Fabolous – I Ain’t In Love

Rick Ross ft. Raekwon – Audio Meth (prod. The Runners)

Rich Boy ft. Drake & Lloyd – To The Floor

New Music + Videos: Ricky Rosay, Kid Cudi, Kanye, B.o.b, Lupe

July 1, 2010

Rick Ross feat. Kanye West – Live Fast, Die Young

KiD CuDi feat. Kanye West – Erase Me

Official singles by Kanye & T.I. off their new albums

July 1, 2010

Kanye West takes a stab at himself on the cover of “Power,” the first offering from his fifth studio album. The artwork, depicting a bleeding crowned head with a sword through it, appears to be designed by American visual artist George Condo, who illustrated the single’s previous artwork. “Power” is available now on iTunes.

Kanye West – Power now officially on iTunes. Click here to get the scoop on Kanye’s chain from the BET Awards performance, reportedly he paid $300K to Jacob for it.

T.I. – Ya Hear Me

Drake’s Numbers are in + Bonus track by Drizzy

June 22, 2010

1 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 462,989*

So Drake didn’t sell a billion copies of Thank Me Later huh. I can’t say I’m all that surprised. I figured he’d probably do a respectable 500-600K, but I was also prepared for him to do something completely ridiculous like 2 million. Over saturation can either work for you or against you and this seems to be a case of the latter. Not that I blame his handlers/Universal for flooding the market. That’s what your supposed to do with an artist that’s buzzing right? I suppose. I think there’s a balance that needs to be struck though. You don’t want people to walk into the record store and say “who the fuck is this guy”, but you also don’t want them thinking, “not this fucking guy again”.
Hype is a helluva drug. It clouds the judgement of rappers, fans and critics alike. It can also hurt just as much as it can help, if not more. If Drake wasn’t so over hyped, this 462K he did would seem like an epic debut. But with expectations what they were, anything short of a million first week will be viewed by many as a failure. Which is completely absurd. To put things in perspective, Jay-Z, arguably the most famous rapper living, did 475K his first week out with Blueprint 3. And you’re out of your mind if you think this Drake album isn’t eventually going platinum. source

*these #’s are from HitsDailyDouble, and they’ve been known to be off by a few thousand, so that number may change by tonight when Soundscan reports*

Bonus Track/ Leaks:

Drake – Greatness

Drake – Still Got It

Drake – You Know, You Know (prod. Kanye West) [No Tags]

Yeezy back in full effect!

May 28, 2010

Kanye West ft. Dwele – Power

“Fuck SNL and the whole cast, tell ‘em Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass/more specifically, they can kiss my asshole”

Kanye’s glow in the dark photobook pt2

May 12, 2010

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New music: Eminem, nas, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Drake & More!

April 29, 2010

First single off Em’s new album Recovery – dropping June 22nd
Eminem – Not Afraid (produced by Boi-1da)

Lost verse from “Maybach Music 2″ by Jay-Z
Jay-Z – Maybach Music 2 (the lost verse)

Hit the Jump to hear Drake’s new single, Nas & Damian Marley ft Joss Stone & Lil Wayne, Trine ft. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross, & 8ball & MJG ft. T.I.>>>

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