All posts tagged Kanye West

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Lyrically Speaking: “US Placers” ft. Thom Yorke – CRS (Child Rebel Soldier)

Good music speaks volumes… rather than impose analysis, step back and expose linguistic artistry… why critique that which has achieved perfection at its own masterful conception… listen, look, and linger …

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Lyrically Speaking: Ms. Lauryn Hill – Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)

“We’re living in a joke time, metaphorical coke time Commerce and guru men, run the whole world man Broke world and debauchery, old world brutality Cold world kills softly Whole world works …

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Lyrically Speaking: “Drivin’ Me Wild” ft. Lily Allen – Common

Good music speaks volumes… rather than impose analysis, step back and expose linguistic artistry… why critique that which has achieved perfection at its own masterful conception… listen, look, and linger …

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A Clockwork Orleans, The Drowned and The Fury, Kanye Shrugged #bushlibrarybooks

#icymi The G.W. Bush Library opens: “a huge, glitzy, glam museum of spin; a giant campaign commercial in museum form” — Kari (@swiper_bootz) April 24, 2013 A Clockwork Orleans, The …

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Young Rapunxel: “because there’s no church in the bedtime story”

THIS + THIS = THIS #WatchThisSpace …because there’s No Church in the Bedtime Story  

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“Remind me again, who’s the original Superfly?” … and that’s all Ye had to say about your corporate sponsor’s Suit & Tie.

“My hit’s so sick got rappers acting dramatic.” “Remind me again, who’s the original Superfly?” … and that’s all Ye had to say about your corporate sponsor’s Suit & Tie.

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Lyrically Speaking: N.E.R.D. – Everyone Nose (Remix) feat Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & Pusha T

Good music speaks volumes… rather than impose analysis, step back and expose linguistic artistry… why critique that which has achieved perfection at its own masterful conception… listen, look, and linger …

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Foreword Story: Celebrity Is a Minority

  There is no astronaut training for celebrity… even though this whole life is so outer space! — Kanye West (@kanyewest) January 18, 2011   “Our society’s voyeurism is the …

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NEGUS in Paris, for real

Excuse my French…But Fahamu Pecou is back in France. And this NEGUS is for real. #Imjustsaying. The Atlanta based artist’s latest exhibition entitled NEGUS in Paris is set to open …

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An Intimately Estranged Relationship With The Dirty South

I think my appreciation for Dirty South music fully cultivated after I made my departure out West. Leaving Georgia, my home, was not a bittersweet goodbye. It was not a …

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When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance for this New World Order #successbaby

“America has never been about what can be done for us, it’s about what can be done by us.” – Obama   #wedidityeah #boknows #successbaby #preside “When we are successful, …

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Preview GREATeclectic’s “Run, Riot!” before it opens this Friday

Betti Ono’s first anniversary show “Run, Riot!” by Miami based artist Kendrick “GREATEclectic” Daye debuts Friday, September 7, 2012. Showcasing Daye’s mixed media pop art style the show embodies the …

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What kind of guy goes to QuickHoney.com?

What kind of guy goes to QuickHoney.com? A guy like Drake. At least in the world of Peter Stemmler aka Peekasso he does. A pixel pushing, ditigal, movable gif populated world …

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Cowboy Boots on the Sunset Strip, Scalp the Roof Off the German Whip… Party in the U.S.A.

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SnappScenes: The Throne – “No Church in the Wild”

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Show Me Pyramids On The French Riveria And I’ll Show You Black Excellence Transcending

Show me Pyramids on the French Riveria and I’ll show you Black Excellence transcending. McQueen. Pastiche. Doug Aitken. Lavish Settings. Theatrics. Celebrities. because everybody loves G.O.O.D. Music. #CanIGetAnEncore

Foreword Story: Mediocrity Is An STD

Lyrically Speaking: “All Falls Down” – Kanye West

Good music speaks volumes… rather than impose analysis, step back and expose linguistic artistry… why critique that which has achieved perfection at its own masterful conception… listen, look, and linger …

The Carrie Bradshaw Syndrome: Is Narcissism Directly Connected to Quality of Art?

I love “Sex and the City.” I’m just going to throw that out there right now, because it is true and there is no point in denying it, especially within …

SnappScenes: As Jay-Z and Kanye vanish into the strobed abyss, the Throne raises its crown

Most of us are familiar with the Jay-Z & Kanye West “Throne” takeover, which in itself practically attained an all-inclusive zenith of hip-hop history. For Jay and ‘Ye purists like …