Kanye West – Coldest Winter (video)

Posted in Artists, Kanye West, Music Videos on February 24th, 2010 by Hyphen

Those ringwraiths from The Lord of the Rings are always bothering people.  Oh, and that dress appears to be a little too small.  That’s about all I have for this one.

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Aziz Ansari’s Kanye Stories

Posted in Artists, Comedy, Kanye West, Live Performances, Videos on January 23rd, 2010 by Hyphen

I hope you caught Aziz’ Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening special on Comedy Central from last week, but if not, here’s one of the highlights courtesy of NahRight.  Everything Kanye does is hilarious – I’ve been saying this since the first time Tunji and I met dude in LA in ‘02.

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Big Sean – Million Dollars (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on January 21st, 2010 by Hyphen

Dope new visuals for Big Sean’s “Million Dollars.”  Shout to Mike Brinkley for sending this through.

I’m curious to see if Sean breaks through in 2010 (assuming his official debut does indeed drop).  I think he certainly has potential and I’d never bet against G.O.O.D. Music, but I wonder if he’ll be able to make the jump.  I would love to see a MC like Sean get major radio and video love, and all it’s going to take is the right record.

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Travis Barker x Forever

Posted in Artists, Drake, Eminem, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Remixes, Videos on November 13th, 2009 by Hyphen

This dude is so ill on the drums.  Ridiculous.  Download link courtesy of the Dopehouse.

Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem – “Forever (Travis Barker Remix)”

Oh, and for the record: after further inspection, Lil Wayne remains thoroughly outclassed on this track.

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Kanye West – Glow In The Dark tour book promo

Posted in Art, Artists, Kanye West, Live Performances, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D., Videos on October 31st, 2009 by Hyphen

*Speechless*

This was the best concert I’ve ever been too and with everything going on that day (girl was in town, chilling with N.E.R.D., catching up with Lupe, etc.), it was probably one of my favorite days ever.  Ah, memories.

Someone buy me this book for Christmas.  Kthxbye.

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The Clipse on Sound Session

Posted in Artists, Interviews, Sound Session, The Clipse, Videos on October 27th, 2009 by Hyphen

(watch in higher quality on HyphenTV)

As I mentioned, Malice and Pusha T recently made their second appearance on Sound Session, dropping by last month to chop it up with yours truly.  We talked extensively about their upcoming Till The Casket Drops album, including breakdowns of their singles with Kanye West, Cam’ron, and Pharrell. They also looked back on their past work, detailed the success of their Play Cloths fashion line, doled out advice to younger artists, and much more.

To listen to the entire interview, including a lot of topics we didn’t include in the video above, peep:

The Clipse on Sound Sessionhttp://www.mediafire.com/?yzljyqz0lzl
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/67551505ee1d198a/)

The Thornton brothers are about to drop a 3rd classic album, believe that.  Be sure to cop it on Dec. 8th…

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Kanye West x Spike Jonze – We Were Once A Fairytale

Posted in Art, Artists, Kanye West, Mayer Hawthorne, Movies, Videos on October 18th, 2009 by Hyphen

This is crazy.

I don’t think anyone is on the same level as Kanye these days – musically, artistically, personally, etc..  There are a lot of different interpretations that you could pull from this short film, but I’d be interested in hearing your take.  Keep in mind, this was filmed before the MTV VMA incident and his decision to step out of the spotlight a bit.  What do you think?

Sidenote: peep the Mayer Hawthorne track playing during the “love” scene.  A-Side FTW!

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Consequence ft. Kanye West & John Legend – Whatever U Want (video)

Posted in Artists, Consequence, John Legend, Kanye West, Music Videos on September 30th, 2009 by Hyphen

Man, it’s a shame this video didn’t drop a little earlier because the song and visuals would have been perfect for the summer.  I’m not sure I really like the stutter video effects, or if I really understand highlighting the hair spin maneuver, but I still dig the video and the song is flawless.  I could listen to those drums all day.

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Mr. Hudson – White Lies (video)

Posted in Artists, Mr. Hudson, Music Videos on September 24th, 2009 by Hyphen

There’s something a little Lebowskian about the style of this video (“no Donny, these men are nihilists…there’s nothing to be afraid of”) so it’s quirky, but I dig it.  Hudson is a really dope writer to me.

Ever told some white lies to get close to someone?  Be careful…

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Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem – Forever (video)

Posted in Artists, Basketball, Drake, Eminem, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Music Videos, Sports on September 24th, 2009 by Hyphen

Honestly, this video is a little bit of a hot mess.  Hype’s shots just seem so boring these days, the performances aren’t anything special, and the clips from LeBron’s movie just make it all look odd.  Definitely would have been better served to not appear on the soundtrack and perhaps have a little more creativity with the scenes.  With my day job involving music videos, I see 10 cooler clips than this a day…which is pretty sad when you think about all the major players that were involved with this project.

That said:

“she insists she got more class…WE KNOW

is one of the hardest lines of the year.  Drizzy!

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