All that glitters

Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 Billion.

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:08:40 +1000

David Karp (CEO of Tumblr):

Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing. But we’re elated to have the support of Yahoo! and their team who share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas. Tumblr gets better faster with more resources to draw from.

It’s that J typa colourway. #bulls #chicago #red #black...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:03 +1000

It’s that J typa colourway. #bulls #chicago #red #black #white #sneakers #sneaks #shoes #kicks #uni #unilife #judicialgangster #JG (at UNSW Law Building)

Kanye West Announces New Album Title and Previews ‘New Slaves’ | Stash Everything

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:13:00 +1000

Kanye West Announces New Album Title and Previews ‘New Slaves’ | Stash Everything:

Kanye West is an entity of his own and never takes the traditional route.

Last night the multi-platinum rapper launched his new album by promoting its first single, New Slaves. He did this by projecting his face across 66 multi-storied buildings worldwide.

Yeezy announced the event on Twitter with hundreds of fans gathering at each location to see what the rapper had in store.

The video was projected at multiple times throughout the night across several major worldwide cities, including New York, Toronto, Chicago, London, Paris, and Berlin. It even made it down here to Sydney, Australia.

Running one and a half hours later than schedule, the final stop for the roving projector handled by Universal Music was a location near “George Street South”, Pedestrian TV made a hypothesis of Martin Place. Universal Music kept the tweets coming in order to keep the hype surrounding the guerrilla-marketing stunt. The congregation came and went as the minutes to hours ticked past 11pm. Finally a crowd of about 50 people stood to watch Yeezy rap. The sound was disappointing due to unsatisfactory speakers but the message of the track was clear. New Slaves is a dark and brooding tune, brimming with intense emotions about the state of society through West’s eyes.

Check out the stunt below (language may be NSFW).

At Martin Place, the first projection ended with one fan yelling “Thank you Yeezus!”, an appropriate line indeed as today the announcement came that the title of Kanye’s upcoming album on June 18 will be Yeezus.

Rap-Up confirmed the title of the album, and girlfriend and baby-mumma of Ye, as well as his manager Don C. later posted a photo of the what-looks-to-be-unfinished album art as well as a pair of red Yeezy IIs with a tag ‘Yeezus’ to their Instagram accounts.

Kanye has been in the studio with Daft Punk, who programmed drums for the album.

“It was very raw: he was rapping—kind of screaming primally, actually,” Thomas Bangalter of the French duo told Rolling Stone. “Kanye doesn’t give a f*ck.”

Billbord has put together a great infographic outlining what we know about the album so far (click to enlarge).

So what are your thoughts on New Slaves? Are you looking forward to the return of Yeezus?

K. Roosevelt | Do Me Now ft. Hit-Boy

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K. Roosevelt | Do Me Now ft. Hit-Boy

KW.SNL.BS.

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:27 +1000

KW.SNL.BS.

Thank you Yeezus! #kanyewest #kanye @kanyewest

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:39 +1000

Thank you Yeezus! #kanyewest #kanye @kanyewest

The-Dream | IV Play (Official video) @TheKingDream

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:33 +1000

The-Dream | IV Play (Official video)

@TheKingDream

Can I Kick It? | Air Jordan V – Black Grape | Stash Everything

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:29:49 +1000

Can I Kick It? | Air Jordan V – Black Grape | Stash Everything:

Upcoming release: Air Jordan V – Black Grape

The 25th anniversary of the Air Jordan 5 is becoming heavy with an extensive list of releases and only more to come. Since the recent ‘OG Grape’ drop on May 4, we’ve been drooling over Grapes.

The new emerald colourway, dubbed the ‘Black Grape’ will use the same colourblocking as it’s counterpart but rather than white leather, the retro sneaker will have a smooth black suede upper.

We’ll be lining up for these; will you be copping a pair?

Air Jordan 5 Retro
Black/New emerald – Grape Ice – Black
136027-007
15/06/13

More:
Can I Kick It? | Air Jordan I – Black Toe

The Weeknd | Kiss...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:39 +1000

The Weeknd | Kiss Land

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youtube.com/watch?v=eN84vA…
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) May 16, 2013

Marques Houston New Album to Be Released Summer 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:09 +1000

Marques Houston is set to release his 6th solo studio album “Famous,” with a Marvin Gaye meets D’Angelo feel.

“I wanted to do an album for my fans. I took some time away from my music to focus on my acting and producing films, but because of my Twitter and Instagram blowing up with all my fans requesting new music, it gave me the motivation to get back in the studio,” says Marques Houston.

A Viral leak of his song/video entitled “Speechless” was released on VEVO and fans raved about his vocal performance. He recently completed a remake of Marvin Gaye’s song “Sexual Healing” featuring the Los Angeles native Rapper Problem.

From television, to films, to making ladies melt with his steamy hit album “Naked,” which shipped over 500,000 copies, Marques Houston has conquered it all. With his great acting success, he has one of the most famous faces on television and the big screen. Marques played the role of “Roger Evans” on the hit TV series “Sister, Sister” on ABC. Houston also starred alongside actress Shannon Elizabeth in the UPN Network television series “CUTS”. He’s also well known for his film rolls in the 20th Century Fox comedy Fat Albert as Dumb Donald and his leading role in the hip-hop dance film “You Got Served” which debuted #1 at the box office with Sony Pictures. “You Got Served” went on to gross over $80 million in box office, television, and VOD sales.

Now it’s back to music for soulful sexy crooner. “If I was going to make another album, I wanted it to be a Classic,” says Marques Houston. It’s been two years since Marques Houston released new music but the highly anticipated album, “Famous” which is set to be released Summer of 2013. Marques Houston seems to know exactly what his fans want with each album he releases. “Famous” is sure to be another hit.

Marques Houston will be doing a major market club tour to give his audience a feel of his new style of music with his all female band. He plans on rocking the clubs with “Unplugged” style jam sessions.

Drake announces 4th Annual OVOFEST | Stash Everything

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:55:03 +1000

Drake announces 4th Annual OVOFEST | Stash Everything:

In what has become a hugely anticipated annual event, OVOFEST 2013 has been officially announced.

Today news of this year’s festival broke on the October’s Very Own blog, which revealed that Drakehimself will headline the show, performing on August 5 while Frank Ocean and James Blake will perform August 4, plus more ‘special guests’ still to be announced. The fourth annual event will be held at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre.

Drizzy is guaranteed to deliver yet another spectacular show. With previous guests including Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Nicki Minaj – the man sets a high standard. Meanwhile Kanye West and 50 Cent are both scheduled to be promoting new albums in 2013, there is a good chance they too will feature.

OVOFEST is a tribute to Canada and throughout the show Drake shows his love. Last year Drake showed off his fresh ‘416’ tattoo which represents the area code of his hometown. Driz has always been conscious of his presence in Canada and those Canadians seem to love him right back.

This just keeps us wondering when’s Drizzy’s bringing that ‘north north’ flair down under.

Elijah Blake | XOX ft. Common (Official video)

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:52:16 +1000

Elijah Blake | XOX ft. Common (Official video)

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A$AP Ferg | Work (Remix) ft. A$AP Rocky, French Montana,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:36:34 +1000

A$AP Ferg | Work (Remix) ft. A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad James & ScHoolboy Q

I Love Hip-Hop! DDay The Show. @Desh2001

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:05 +1000

I Love Hip-Hop!

DDay The Show.

@Desh2001

Random Thoughts Presents - New York City | NYC @_R4nD8M

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:22 +1000

Random Thoughts Presents - New York City | NYC

@_R4nD8M

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:18:56 +1000

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognising that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.”

Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene.

Kendrick Lamar Praises J. Cole & Reflects On Tupac's Influence

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:57:32 +1000

In preparation for his “Born Sinner” album, J. Cole gets Kendrick Lamar to speak about his early influences.

With the release of Born Sinner coming up this year, J. Cole has enlisted the help of Kendrick Lamar, who participated in an interview featured on Cole’s site. This K. Dot interview is the second installment of a series produced by Cole. Designed to build anticipation for Born Sinner, Lamar opened up about connecting with Gangsta Rap and having respect for Cole’s work.

“Me listening to Gangsta Rap coming up was vivid stories of a lifestyle I was seeing every time I went outside,” Lamar explained in the interview. “So, me as a kid, I looked at it as these people is basically writing in journals. I caught that early on. Tupac would be talking about these real deep concepts of a teenage boy being lost. I couldn’t really understand it. I wasn’t a teenager yet. I was still doing back-flips off the rooftop thinking everything is fun. But my older cousin who was 17 would be like, ‘Man, this nigga ‘Pac know exactly what I’m feelin’ right now. I’m a wild lil’ nigga. I can’t control myself.’ So that was a way to make that connection, through older influences.”

Kendrick also spoke about his respect for Cole, adding that J has “that gift.”

“Everybody can rap but only a few get in these positions where they can really speak to a generation of people and have them follow it,” Dot added. “When I listen to people like Cole, it’s that gift. Entertaining can only go so far.”

More from the interview soundbites can be heard at J. Cole’s Born Sinner site, along with the first installment of these interviews, which featured J’s mother, Kay Cole.

Lamar and Cole have built a strong bond over the years. Exactly a year ago today, it was confirmed that they were working on an album together. Earlier this year, Cole acknowledged that their work together was becoming “mad competitive.” The album is set to feature J. Cole as the primary producer on most of the songs. Cole’s solo album, Born Sinner, is set to be released in June.

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Solange | Looks good with trouble ft. Kendrick...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:55 +1000

Solange | Looks good with trouble ft. Kendrick Lamar

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Kendrick Lamar | B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:09:51 +1000

Kendrick Lamar | B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe [Director’s Cut]

@kendricklamar