Who Will Survive In America? Kanye The Revolutionary!

Well Hip-Hop Heads If you haven't heard My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, run to your nearest record store or to your computer and buy it now!! Don't walk!! RUN!! This album has restored my faith in this genius of a man! Mr. West!! He has definitely gone a little nuts but we need that don't we? This album is 14 tracks of Revolution!! Hip-Hop marching through the streets of America!! I love every track but I would have to say my top 5 are "Dark Fantasy" "All of the Lights" "Monster" "So Appalled" "Devil in a New Dress"  and of course "Lost In The World" which sparked me to write this This song damn near brought me to tears.  Yes TEARS! that's how much music can move a real lover like myself!! Kanye is fighting for us!! Everyone knows how I feel about this music industry, the Secret Society shit etc.. but pushing all that aside you cannot deny GOOD music and simple and plain that's what Kanye has Blessed us with!! On "Hell Of A Life he is clearly telling some bitch off!! You decide which one? 

"I think I just fell in love with a porn starTurn the camera on, she a born star
Turn the corners in a foreign car
Call the coroners do the CPR
She gave that old nigga a ulcer
Her bitter sweet taste made his gold teeth fake, uh
Make her knees shake, make a priest faint, uh
Make a nun cum, make her cremate, uh
Move downtown, cop a sweet space, uh
Livin’ life like we won the sweepstakes, what!
We headin’ to hell for heaven’s sake, Huh!
Well I’mma levitate, make the devil wait, Yeah!"

Mr. West beautifully tells a story of shame, triumph and Revolution on this one. Not to mention some of the dopest beats I've ever had the pleasure of hearing!! Truly MAGNIFICENT!! Kanye co-producing every beat what else is to be expected but greatness!! Listening to it over and over and now of course I just hear the conviction in Kanye's delivery. As if he wants to say "I mean this bitch!" Every lyric every line is strategic and clever without trying to be, because its the truth! The beats are melodic but bring the boom!! The Congo's on Lost In The World damn near made me lose it!! Truly Amazing!! He is done being fucked with and out for blood!! Who Wants It??

Dark Fantasy


All Of The Lights


Monster(G.O.O.D. Friday Release as well)


So Appalled(G.O.O.D. Friday Release as well)


Devil In A New Dress(G.O.O.D. Friday Release as well)


Lost In The World

In Case You Missed It: Kanye West "Power" BET Awards

Kanye gave a very passionate performance of "Power" his first official single off his heavily anticipated album "Good Ass Job" due out September 14th.  Standing on Top of a man-made mountain/ volcano ( whichever you prefer), with beautiful images streaming on the screen behind him he definitely made the statement "I'm Back" Around his neck a huge Chain of Horus and on his hand a huge Pyramid Ring.  I pulled these images and explanation straight from Kanye's Blog 

"Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Horus served many functions in the Egyptian pantheon, most notably being the god of the Sky, god of War and god of Protection." 

So of course the bloggers are going nuts trying to figure out if him wearing this jewelry is a sign or if there is a bigger meaning to this performance and song.  I will keep my inner opinions to myself, however I do believe that there is a deeper meaning and from what I can tell from the performance and song lyrics Kanye Wants Out.  The Beat is Crazy hot and the drums are straight boombastic!! Kanye is definitely trying to make some sort of statement I just hope he doesn't lose everything he's worked for in the process

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M.I.A. on Goverment, New Album, and new Video "Born Free"

After reading two articles on M.I.A in the new issues of Nylon and Complex (on new stands now!) i got to thinking about how much i really want to hear some new music from her.  Her shit defines original!! funny how i learned of her, i first heard Paper Planes two months before it came out and took over the world! This little girl 11 years old was getting her hair braided by my best friend.  I kept hearing loud ass GUNSHOTS coming from her pink ear buds(she's a very flyy gurl HEEY Bre) i give my friend B the *side eye* thinking WTF is she listening to? i asked her and it was Paper Planes.  from that day on i was hooked i downloaded everything i could find by her.  So the big question is.... Where is that girl called Maya? Who is this girl called Maya?

M.I.A born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasm (don't ask me to pronounce it please!) is known for her crazy electronic techno beats mixed with flyyy hip hop gear and swagger. She has been covered (and swagger jacked yea her Rude Boy video is a carbon copy of Boyz by M.I.A!!) by Rhianna, sampled by Jay-Z and nominated for a Grammy. 




After giving birth to a baby boy in February of 2009 fiance with Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (aka Benjamin Brewer), environmentalist ex-singer and guitarist for the band The Exit and son of Edgar Bronfman, Jr. the CEO of Warner Music Group.  She took a little hiatus from music and focused on raising her son.  Temporarily living in England in her mothers home because of visa complications.  She tells Luke Crissel during her Nylon interview "....And there is nothing you can do about it.  Anybody in there world who is called the goverment is right.  And anybody who isn't called the goverment is not right....And you know, all the governments are connected to Google, and all the governments can shift their search engines so only what they want you too see comes up" ow this chick has balls! when asked by Nate Denver of Complex What do you think of Hip-Hop today? she answered "I think Kanye is trying to take it into a new realm and hes sort of putting the artistry back into it and sort of taking it in that direction  I was having a conversation about how they were having this Nas vs. Jay-z moment 10 years ago and no one really talks about it now." she continues to say"Jay became the biggest representation of rap music who's still alive and then started dating Beyonce- everything was so much bigger and better with Jay-Z.  I hope people don't think that that wins.  The fact that Nas didn't become all this sort of stuff changes people's perception about the music and the work he achieved in his lifetime" she also responds to rumors of her dissing Kanye West. You'll have to buy the mag to hear the rest!

Now M.I.A. has her own label under Interscope called N.E.E.T. Recordings (http://neetrecordings.com) which includes Baltimore Rapper Rye Rye(http://www.ryeryemusic.com/), Brooklyn Duo Sleigh Bells(http://www.infinitybells.com/) and a digital photographer from Mexico named Jamie Martinez.    

Her third album, titled /\/\/\Y/\ (a typographic equivalent to M.I.A.'s legal name of Maya, will be released on June 23 in Japan with bonus tracks, before its release in other countries.  The first official single of /\/\/\Y/\ is called "XXXO" and was released on May 11, 2010. The release date of the album has since been pushed back to July 13th.  her new video for the song "Born Free" has the Internet in an uproar and was banned by YouTube but its constantly being put back up by fans.  the video is a short film that shows a group of red-headed boys being taken by the United States Police and....well just look for yourself!!

Mind Boggling right!! This woman shows no mercy!! I love her music and her political stance on the world!! She is sure to be causing our goverment hell educating the public on the injustice of Global Goverment and their plan to control the media and everything else in it!! Check her out if you don't know and Buy her album!!!

Now Playing- Born Free By M.I.A

Source: http://neetrecordings.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(artist)

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