Did You Hear? :: Whether Azealia Banks ' "Yung Rapunxel" left you confounded or hungry for more, in a couple weeks we'll have a chance to analyze it all over again. The music video for the lead single from her long-delayed Broke with Expensive Taste will premiere on April 16. [ Twitter ] :: If Kanye West is (a) god , then that would mean his son is Christ Khrist. Yep, Kanye and Kim Kardashian are no longer rumored to be naming their child North [...]
Deen wishes you a happy Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, mayne Let’s hop in the DeLorean and reminisce a bit today. Like many of you fine people, I eagerly approached my maiden listening of the new G.O.O.D. Music album (decent first half, eh?) and was greeted by the voice of the greatest R&B perv in the history of man - the honorable Robert Sylvester Kelly. Permit me a quick digression: I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to be named “Sylvester” and end up with a shitty life. Check the stats. If I ever have to endure [...]
G.O.O.D Music - Cruel Summer (Review) The last two years we have definitely witnessing the rebirth of Hip Hop groups such as “Odd Future”, “Asap Mob”, “Black Hippy” and even “YMCMB” could be considered as an hip hop group. I am in no means comparing these outfits to the greatest rap group of all time “Wu-tang Clan”, because no one will ever be able to impact the hip hop world as much as the Clan did. However if there is one group that has the ability to pull off an outstanding group album, look no further than the G.O.O.D Music family. [...]
I’ve made no secret of my feelings about Kanye and R. Kelly here in the past , so hearing of their collaboration on today’s release of G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer had me just shy of giddy. This is very clearly not a Kanye album, but a mixed-bag showcase for the his label collective’s roster. “To The World” is its opener, featuring beats from Glasgow up-and-comer Hudson Mohawke, and there’s something in the details of his lifting production that’s enticing to hear. Kelly’s autotuned vocals make the bulk of the track, but [...]
Love ( My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ) or loathe ( 808s & Heartbreak ), G.O.O.D. Music head honcho Kanye West is, absolutely indubitably, the mercurial hip hop mastermind he unendingly proclaims himself to be. Blazoned as such across the entirety of this here universe, he's The One; the Champion; the Runaway; the Monster: all of the above, and all at once. And in being this polymathic jack of all trades and master of but one, he debatably has less of a clue as to who he really is than we do. Here, in [...]
G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer G.O.O.D. Music: 2012 The idea of a “Kanye West posse album” is a preposterous one. Since Kanye was signed as a rapper to Roc-A-Fella not for his rapping skills but because Dame and Jay wanted to keep their beatsman happy, he’s spent all his time yelling “Look at me!” and doing a Rob Van Dam pose . It’s his greatest character flaw, and also his greatest artistic asset. His insistence on talking about himself has allowed us to follow him from unappreciated Jay-Z lackey (“Big Brother”) to doing songs about being richer [...]
The odds were against this one from the beginning. When Kanye West founded label G.O.O.D. Music in 2004, it was just him, Common , and John Legend – three guys who, despite a few obvious differences between them, shared enough ground to make sense as a team. But in the years since, Kanye has added the likes of Pusha T , 2 Chainz , Big Sean , The-Dream , CyHi the Prynce , and Kid Cudi , some of whom are viable creative presences, some of [...]
This playlist is inspired by G.O.O.D. Music's/Kanye West's Cruel Summer leaking into the blogosphere yesterday. Last night, I gave the album a listen, wasn't crazy about it, but not disappointed either. There was one song that stuck out however, "To The World ft. R. Kelly." It's great. I'll leave it at that because I want you to decide for yourself when you hear it by hitting play below. Also on the playlist, to name a few Atmosphere , P.O.S . and Tupac . Enjoy and have a great Friday! [...]
The Cruel onslaught continues with 2 Chi-town heavyweights in Yeezy and R. Keezy. See what I there? Think that will stick? No way? Nicknames aren't my forte anyways. In other news R. Keezy will be portraying the late great Ray Charles in "Ray 2: R. Cheezy's Revenge."
Kanye West has unveiled "To The World" to the world, the first track off the forthcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation Cruel Summer (Sep. 18). It's a sprawling scene-setter which finds R. Kelly doing all the heavy lifting (Ye is nowhere to be found for the first two minutes). The R&B enigma mainly chirps about running the world and throwing his middle fingers to the sky — standard hip-hop fare. But THEN, Kelly delivers what could be the best line of 2012 (and maybe ever?): [...]
After getting our hands on the snippets , it appears the entire Cruel Summer is now available for streaming. While some of the snippets were underwhelming, perhaps a full listen will do a better job of winning us over. The opening track with R. Kelly is rather lovely, for example. I just wish some of these singles hadn't been floating around the radio for such a long time, it would have made for a fresher sounding release. Anyway, there it is, ready for you to tear apart and critique until the end of time. Did the G.O.O.D. [...]
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The latest mp3 to surface from the KANYE WEST 's forthcoming long_one, GOOD MUSIC, has leaked and it features the R. KELLY . Have a listen to TO THE WORLD below as there's nowt wrong with the occasional golden shower.
Somebody call a plumber, because Cruel Summer has been leaking all over the web and the itsy bitsy spider is pissed. But fuck that spider because these tracks are dope as hell. The first song on the album is one of my personal favorites called To The World by Kanye West and R. Kelly . I haven’t been this excited for an R. Kelly project since Chapter 9 of Trapped in the Closet back in ‘05, you know the one where the midget is hiding in the cabinet. Anyways, [...]
Chitown heavyweights deliver something fresh on the latest leak (full) from Ye's forthcoming Cruel Summer release expected September 18th. Kanye West - To the World (ft. R. Kelly) Kanye West ( Official ) R Kelly ( Official ) Rating 8
The G.O.O.D. Music collaborative album Cruel Summer is less than a week away from hitting stores, and lucky for us iTunes released a pre-order for the album which conveniently came with a 9 0 second preview of each song on the album . The official tracklist was released last week confirming 12 songs are on the album, all but two of which are collaborations featuring an array of artists from R. Kelly to Jadakiss , and of course all the usual G.O.O.D . suspects ( Kanye, Pusha T, Big [...]
When the tracklist for G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer hit last week, something that immediately got me sweating out of excitement was the leadoff pairing of Chicagoans Kanye and R. Kelly for a track called "To The World." Now, a short preview - which contains Kels' quotable, epic hook - has popped up online. And I gotta say, Kels steps up so magnificently that it's straight up anti-climactic when Kanye comes in; "The whole world is a couch / And bitch I'm Rick James tonight," Kels sings, pretty much telling everyone to fuck off. Since it's [...]
iTunes is now streaming 30-second snippets of all 12 tracks included on Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music' s upcoming group album, Cruel Summer . You can stream them here , or all mixed together in the SoundCloud widget below (via Rap-Up ). As previously reported , Cruel Summer features Jay-Z, R. Kelly, The-Dream, Pusha T, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Common, Kid Cudi, John Legend, and more. It will be released by Def Jam on September 18th. [...]
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Kells and Kanye's first official collaboration will open up G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer LP and it's sounds just as good as you would expect. Cruel Summer hits stores and digital retailers September 18th. Hit iTunes and pre-order your copy now . To The World
A day after Kanye and Co. dropped " Clique ," the G.O.O.D. Music crew is back with the tracklist for the forthcoming Cruel Summer , a record that's out in a couple of weeks. Personally, I didn't need to read past the first track to feel completely amped about the release. Head below to scope it. Read More...
Idolator
The Passion of the Weiss
lyfstyl
Quit Mumbling
Dots & Dashes
Potholes In My Blog
Consequence Of Sound
Music That Isn't Bad.
Donuts & Milk
The Smoking Section
wotyougot
The Eargazm
blahblahblahscience
Stereogum
Fake Shore Drive
And We'll Run
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