Hip Hop
Mos Def Signs with G.O.O.D.
It seems like everyday there’s big news about Kanye, and this is true. It has been announced that Mos Def will sign with Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music label. Mos Def and Kanye have already had some collaborations, including recent GOOD Friday release, “Lord Lord Lord” and “Drunk and Hot Girls” on Kanye’s album, Graduation.
Review: Chiddy Bang – The Preview
Chiddy Bang – The Preview
Released: October 12, 2010
Label: EMI
Purchase: iTunes | Insound | Amazon
The Preview is exactly what it is packaged as: a preview. Standing as a placeholder for the duo’s upcoming debut album The Swelly Life, The Preview is an eight-track album: a perfect sampler of the group’s wide musical palette. For someone who may be new to the group’s music, this record is a perfect starting point, documenting their meteoric rise to fame.
“The main purpose of this release is to give our fans some new music while we finish recording our debut album, The Swelly Life. It’s called The Preview because it gives listeners a glimpse of what’s to come onSwelly,” says Xaphoon Jones.
The Preview features three tracks from the duo’s first mixtape, The Swelly Express, which was highly received and led to the group’s record deal with EMI. “Truth” features a sample from Passion Pit’s “Better Things”, “Opposite Of Adults” features MGMT’s “Kids”, and “All Things Go” samples Sufjan Stevens’s “Chicago”.
“Nothing On We” combines Chiddy’s clever, yet contemplative rhymes with the signature electronic beat from Xaphoon. Chiddy’s singing in the hook, oddly, slightly resembles Akon’s “Sorry, Blame It On Me” and features a shout out to Kanye West and his G.O.O.D Music record label with the line “And it isn’t what it seems / So just like Yeezy, we steady getting out our dreams / That’s G.O.O.D.”
Seventh track “Bad Day” samples the heartfelt Darwin Deez and while Chiddy’s verses are new, the remix itself is not. Xaphoon previously remixed the track on The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1, his first mixtape release. Serving as a perfect example of Xaphoon’s production talents, the synthesizer buzzing in the background is a great addition and keeps the track bouncing along at a fast pace. Chiddy’s rapping talents are also highlighted when clever lines such as “Happiness is a warm gun / Living fully loaded” are juxtaposed with somber reflections on how success has changed some of his relationships.
The record, much like the rest of the group’s work, is a fun, carefree listening experience. It should be taken into account that The Preview should be listened to and judged not as an album, but as a sampler of the band’s upcoming debut release. For this very reason, this review is not as thorough and has no actual score.The Preview serves as a perfect preview (how ironic, huh?) to the duo’s 2011 release and should be enough to tide old fans over, as well as win over new ones.
Positive
Standout Tracks: “Opposite of Adults”, “Bad Day (feat. Darwin Deez)”
Kanye Reveals Album Title
Kanye West‘s 5th studio album will be titled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
As of now, the tentative release date is November 22, 2010.
No Love For Bullies
Eminem‘s latest single from his 2010 album Recovery is “No Love (feat. Lil Wayne)”. In the new music video, Eminem and Lil Wayne show “no love” to bullies.
Check out the video on Eminem’s official website. Caution: Explicit language.
GOOD Saturday?
Following the leak of “Lost In The World”, Kanye West announced that there would not be a GOOD Friday track released this week. Even so, Kanye has indeed released a new GOOD Friday track, surfacing early Saturday morning. The new track “Christian Dior Denim Flow” is almost seven minutes long and features Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks and Ryan Leslie.
You can download the new track and other past GOOD Friday tracks here.
More Kanye West News
UPDATE: The song was unfinished and leaked. Kanye has chosen not to release a new GOOD Friday track this week because of the leak.
Check out a new Kanye West song featuring Bon Iver called “Lost in the World”.
“It sounds exactly like how you want it to sound: forward moving, interesting, light-hearted, heavy-hearted, f***ing incredible sounding jam,” Vernon said. “It was kind of bare so I added some choir-sounding stuff and then thicked out the samples with my voice. We were just eating breakfast and listening to the song on the speakers and he’s like, ‘F***, this is going to be the festival closer.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, cool.’ It kind of freaked me out.”
(Quote via P4K)
Untitled Kanye Album Finished But No Release Date
Kanye West‘s new album, finished but still untitled at this point, has a fluctuating release date. A few weeks ago, Kanye said the album would be released on November 16th. Rap-Up says November 22nd.
Earlier today, Kanye announced via Twitter that “I’m still contemplating my album date…I’m finished with it but when should I drop?”
Lil Wayne is Not Bill Gates?
Lil Wayne is almost out of jail, but this week his birthday mini-album I Am Not A Human Being will be released by Young Money.
You can download the song “Bill Gates” from I Am Not A Human Being here.
New Kanye West Song
Download Kanye West‘s new G.O.O.D. Fridays song “So Appalled” featuring Jay-Z, Pusha T, RZA, Swizz Beatz, and Cyhi the Prynce right here.
Fans Plan “Fiasco Friday” – Demand Lasers Release Date
Lupe Fiasco fans have planned to protest in front of Atlantic Records headquarters in New York City on October 15, 2010 to protest the label’s actions (or lack thereof) with Lupe’s finished Lasers album. Lupe himself may be in attendance.
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