Tagged: doadeathofautotune

The power of influence is a lethal weapon. Relevancy, one of its key components, has the parallel advantage to cause irrelevancy strangely enough. This sparkling piece of philosophy was exercised in full some three odd months ago when Jay-Z declared Auto-Tune to be dead as a lead-off for his most recent album, the admissible Blueprint 3 . The swipe, albeit a minor blow in the realm of musical excellence, was bulked up more so by the message than anything else. And it was undoubtedly heard. No longer were willy-nilly acts shooting to [...]

This video is better than using this picture for the umpteenth time. I've seen this song floating around for a week or so and was hesitant to listen to it. But after a trip to Gotham City Cleveland and hearing some vintage BTNH during a show, I was feeling a bit nostalgic. So I played this freestyle of them going in over "D.O.A." (I'm sure Jay was glad to get the co-sign). And they still got it. The rapid-fire flows [...]

Seriously. What is it with Outside Lands Festival and the line-ups they continue to churn out? Well, for the past two years for that matter. Lets start with last year's line-up. Not too shabby but definitely questionable considering many other festivals showcased some very impressive line-ups even without Radiohead . Which brings me to last years savior, Radiohead . That was the kick-off day headliner, arguably the best band in the world right now. What were the other headliners? A washed up Tom Petty and our generation's Jimmy Buffet, [...]

• Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death Of Autotune)
• Pearl Jam - Supersonic
• Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words

Is it just me or is there only like one producer and one ghostwriter making mad money in hip-hop right now because everything sounds the same, at least on the radio. Artists like E-40 , Cam'ron and Ghostface Killah used to sprinkle their lyrics with colorful nouns and verbs that kept their contemporaries on their toes but now the lack of originality in today's rap vernacular has reached uncontrollable proportions. It's time to trim the phat (pun intended). So since Jay-Z issued a challenge to artists to stop sounding like they're dropping guest [...]

So the word is that one of Auto-Tune's biggest abusers supporters actually inspired its demise: Kanye West. In an exclusive sit-down with Billboard , Jigga said Kanye was amped when he initally heard the record. "When he heard the beat he said, 'Man, this is just so hard! This has to be against everything - no Auto-Tune, none of that type of stuff!' He didn't know what I was going to do or where I was going to take it, but it was actually his [...]

Last week you guys heard Royce going hard as hell over this beat . Thanks to 2DopeBoyz , this week you finally get to see Hov's official video for this track. I actually hadn't heard the Jay-Z version of this track up until this point, but holy shit Jigga absolutely demolishes this nice beat by No I.D. The Blueprint 3 drops on September 11th, so make sure you go out and show your support for some real Hip-Hop. A lot of heads have been talking about this new Jay-Z album, so I can honestly say that [...]

As world premiered after the 2009 BET Awards. Hit the break for a lil' more Auto-Tune post-mortem. Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" (Live At The 2009 BET Awards) Download - Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" Previously Posted - Jay-Z - "D.O.A." Video Trailer

Una nueva canción de Jay-Z , que aparecerá en The Blueprint 3 , su nuevo disco, ya se puede encontrar en la red . Se trata de "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" y en él se puede escuchar cómo el rapero le pega a artistas que utilizan los trucos del estudio para arreglar sus voces. Además en el tema él mismo se presenta como un hombre que primero escribe sus canciones con papel y lápiz antes de comenzara usar la tecnología. Foto: shirlaine [...]