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12 November 2011
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11 November 2011
Is Jay-Z Profiting from Occupy Wall Street?
Is Jay-Z Profiting from Occupy Wall Street?
In what surely seems like a a cruel joke, it’s being reported by Business Insider that Jay-Z is going to potentially be profiting off of the Occupy Wall Street protest that has captured the heart of the 99 percent. Through his Rocawear clothing imprint, Jay has plastered the Occupy Wall Street message on a T-shirt that’s currently available for pre-order via the brand’s website. Thus far, there are no plans of distributing any of the earnings from it to the movement that he’s capitalizing off of. As a member of the top 1 percent, it seems like Jay-Z’s 99 problems involve the other 99 percent. What do you guys think, should Jay-Z be profiting from a movement that is looking to expose the disparity between rich and poor? Rocawear
PBS: Off Book – Fashion of Artists
PBS: Off Book – Fashion of Artists
Although not every artist is as attentive to fashion as Kanye West, style does make its way into their lives. Sometimes driven by practical purpose, other times by personal expression or as part of performance, fashion plays a role in the aesthetic landscape of many artists. In this episode, Off Book talks with a diverse array of creators about the relationship of style and fashion to their lives and work. Featured artists include the songwriter Yuna from Fader Label, street artist WK Interact, skateboard deck and apparel designers 5boro, painter and toy designer Tara McPherson and artist Casey Spooner of Fischerspooner.
10 November 2011
Drake’s Producer Noah “40″ Shebib Shares Stories Behind Their Most Personal Records
Drake’s Producer Noah “40″ Shebib Shares Stories Behind Their Most Personal Records
GQ’s Sean Fennessey did a real eye opening interview with Drake’s longtime friend, engineer and producer, Noah “40″ Shebib. This fellow Canadian has been with Drizzy for pretty much his whole rise from the bottom to the top of hip-hop.
In the interview 40 discusses how they first met and linked up musically. He also talks in detail about the backstories behind some of their most personal records and the influences that made So Far Gone, Thank Me Later and Take Care.
GQ: It just seemed like a modern innovation on the sound. It makes sense that’s what you love. You can hear it. What about “The Calm”?
Noah “40″ Shebib: He rapped that story out a couple times. Lyrics can be interpreted as you want, but his life is transparent through his lyrics, and it’s pretty brutally honest and it’s scary how much is there. He explained the story a couple times, briefly about this album. It was a crazy, crazy night. That was when we were living in an apartment building in Toronto, downtown, Apartment 1503 15 Fort York Boulevard. He says 1503, two couches and paintings, and he goes on to talk about that apartment where we did all that music, on the new album. He was distraught one night and showed up with $1,000 worth of champagne and I’m cussing at him because we’re all broke and trying to make this shit work! Meanwhile, he’s renting Phantoms and shit. It’s all documented. He shows up with all the liquor and he’s drinking and we’re trying to start working and he gets into a real argument with his uncle, and he went out on the balcony and started yelling at his uncle and I’d never seen him that distraught or emotionally beat up about something. He just came back in the room and said, I need to rap. Make me something. In 45 minutes, I made “The Calm” and he wrote those bars as I made the beat. Over the next five or six hours, that record unfolded in its entirety.
read more, plus more from Drake’s statements about Kanye in The Source’s power 30 issue after the jump…
GQ: Tell me about some specific songs on So Far Gone. “Bria’s Interlude” has always fascinated me. Drake doesn’t even appear on the song.
Noah “40″ Shebib: [Missy Elliott's] “Friendly Skies” was one of my favorite songs from high school. I used to have a car with a ... urban clothing
9 November 2011
Drake Actually Looks Forward to His Album Leaks: “It’s Only Gonna Help Me”
Drake Actually Looks Forward to His Album Leaks: “It’s Only Gonna Help Me”
Drizzy has been taking his album leak in stride. He already addressed it briefly on Twitter. Much like J. Cole, he’s thankful it leaked with only 8 days left before Take Care’s official release. Back in October, Billboard actually presented Drake with this very scenario and asked his thoughts on his albums leaking early.
“I look forward to leaks-knock on wood. I shouldn’t probably, but I do. Like I said, if it’s a reasonable leak, I look forward to it. We’re all sitting here in the studio like, “Oh man the night this leaks, it’s gonna be so crazy!” People talk about, “Are you gonna go on the Internet? Are you gonna stay off the Internet? What are you gonna do?”
40 protects the music really well, and I think God willing I get like the same thing I’m talking about, like a 10 day leak. And that’s something I’d be extremely excited about because I feel like if people get the opportunity to live with the music for a week before they go buy it, it’s only gonna help me, not hurt me. So I’m looking forward to hearing the feedback from everyone-that’s gonna be an exciting night when it comes out.
more of Drake’s thoughts…
Derick G’s footage of YMCMB in Hawaii
Related Drake coverage from around the web
after the jump…
Billboard: J. Cole’s album “Cole World: A Sideline Story” leaked a week early and then came in at No. 1. There’s been talk that positive reception to his leak spurred sales.
Drake: I agree. I think that giving people the opportunity to judge before they go and buy, I think that can only help. There’s a loyal fan base that’s gonna go and support you just based off the fact that they want to own a copy of your material, and they know what it means to give you that one sale, and they hope that there’s another hundred, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, five hundred thousand people that are gonna do the same thing. And then there’s genuinely the people who heard it th...
Lil Wayne and Birdman Headline First MTV2 Sucker Free Awards
Lil Wayne and Birdman Headline First MTV2 Sucker Free Awards
The first annual MTV2 Sucker Free Awards is going down on Dec. 4th at the club Liv in Miami. I’m guessing it’ll be some kind of YMCMB takeover from what I gather. MTV announced more details today and said Weezy and Baby will be performing “Y.U. Mad” from Birdman’s Bigga Than Life album /‘Billionaire Minds’ mixtape as a part of their set. The big show airs on Dec. 4th on MTV2.
FAN VOTED SUCKER FREE AWARDS CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES:
Must Follow Artist in Social Media – To vote via Twitter, use #suckerfreeawards and #twitterking · Tyler, The Creator · 50 Cent · Fabolous · Chris Brown · Lil Duval
Rookie of the Year (Best Debut Album) – To vote via Twitter, use #suckerfreeawards and #RookieoftheYear · Tyler, The Creator · Big Sean · J. Cole · Wiz Khalifa
The Best Crew of 2011 – To vote via Twitter, use #suckerfreeawards and #bestcrew · Maybach Music Group · Odd Future · YMCMB · Slaughterhouse/Shady 2.0 · GOOD Music · Roc Nation · Taylor Gang
Check out the Tastemaker nominees after the jump…
TASTEMAKER VOTED SUCKER FREE AWARDS CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES:
Artist of the Year · Jay-Z & Kanye West · Lil Wayne · Rick Ross · Nicki Minaj · Chris Brown
Classic, Best Album of the Year · Kanye West and Jay-Z – Watch the Throne · Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV · Lupe Fiasco – Lasers · MMG – Self Made, Vol. 1 · Big Sean – Finally Famous
Club Banger, Song of the Year · “I’m On One” -DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil’ Wayne · “Ima Boss” -Meek Mill · ” *****’s In Paris” – Kanye West and Jay-Z · ” Headlines” -Drake · “Racks” -Y.C. featuring Future
Who’s Got Next (Best Artist without an album) · Meek Mill · Kendrick Lamar · Mac Miller · Big K.R.I.T. · ASAP Rocky
6 November 2011
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