Kanye Loves Steely Dan

Yo!
So today’s 7 o’clock sample is kinda obvious. If you’ve ever heard this Kanye West track you may have said to yourself… Wait I know this song.

( I couldn’t blog the “official music video” because Kanye West is a hater… So head over to his site to view it. It’s [...]

Don’t Sleep On: N.A.S.A.

The Spirit of Apollo Mini Documentary 
What do get when you put Method Man, MIA, Santogold, Lykke Li, Kanye West, E40, David Byrne, Chali 2na, Z-Trip, RZA, KRS-One, Lovefoxxx from CSS, Sizzla, Amanda Blank, George Clinton, The Cool Kids, Spank Rock, Scarface, Tom Waits and Kool Keith on one album, probably [...]

Freebie: Colin Munroe, “The Unsung Hero” Mixtape

88Nine first brought you Colin Munroe with his amazing track “I Want Those Flashing Lights“.  Early this week he just dropped his highly anticipated mixtape called “The Unsung Hero”. The mixtape features Baltimore’s Blaqstarr, Wale, Izza Kizza, and more plus production by Detroit’s Black Milk, Dallas Austin, and Colin himself. You can grab the mixtape [...]

Video: Kanye West’s Love Lockdown

Kanye West debut the video for “Love Lockdown” on Ellen. When I first this song, I was not feeling it.  Now since he released a slightly different version, it has grown on me.  I really enjoy the beat, but the autotune I am not sure yet.  The video is visually interesting. [...]

New Music Wednesday: Kanye West, The Pretenders, Ryan Adams, & The Streets

For this week’s New Music Wednesday, we got two new songs. We have songs from Kanye West, Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, The Pretenders, and The Streets.
Listen to the tracks below and then let us know what you think by voting for your favorite tune. We’ll announce the winner next week.
Kanye West - “Love Lockdown”

Ryan [...]

Video: Good Morning from Kanye West

I have always admired Kanye West taste in graphic design, being a designer myself.  I really loved the design of the album cover of graduation by Takashi Murakami.  There is something light but serious about the colorful bear and futuristic landscape in the cover. Well Kanye West asked Takashi to do the video for the [...]

Video: Farnsworth Bentley “Everybody” ft. Andre 3000, Kanye West, & Sa-Ra

This is a new video for old song entitled “Everybody”.  It is by an artist by the name of Farnsworth Bentley and features Andre 3000 from Outkast and Kanye West.  Farnsworth Bently used to be the personal assistant to Puff Daddy or Diddy or whatever his name is now. You might have seen [...]

Kanye West is the Hottest MC…

MTV just held their 10 hottest MCs in the Game program. Kanye West won the top spot. Here is the rest of the list. Click on each name to see the panels explanation on their position on the list. Last year Lil’ Wayne took the top spot.

1. Kanye
2. Jay-Z
3. Lil Wayne
4. Rick Ross
5. [...]

Yet Another Santogold Post

You damn right it is another Santogold post, and I promise this will not be the last. Her album is due out on April 29th. It is the album of the year, and yeah I know the year is not over. Nobody will have an original, diverse release like this, period! Her sound [...]

Event: Lollapalooza 2008 Headliners Leaked(update)

The music blog Stereogum posted information about this year’s headliners for Lollapalooza in Chicago via Chicago Sun-Times. Lollapalooza will be in Grant Park in Chicago August 1-3rd.
It looks like this summer will be good for music.
Radiohead
Nine Inch Nails
Rage Against The Machine
The Raconteurs
Wilco
Kanye West
Some home town heavyweights, some Lolla ‘06 alum, some potential for projectiles. Just [...]