Jay-Z Shuts Down SNL
In a standout SNL performance that can only be described as "epic," Jay-Z, his full touring band and gorgeous, thick-piped backup singer claimed Studio 8H's stage and ran through an 8.5 minute medley that included "PSA," "On to the Next One," a moment of "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" and "Empire State of Mind." Jay and Mr. Hudson came back to polish things off with "Forever Young," which you can watch after the jump.
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B. Hardy - #GroceryBag Freestyle
I've been keeping tabs on Dallas's B. Hardy fairly regularly for a minute. He's a blue collar, go-for-the-throat punchline guy but his Texas roots afford him an ease and sensibility for navigating southern, bouncing beats. Case in point, this one-liner barrage over Gudda Gudda's "I Don't Like The Look."
Labeling an mp3/song with a hashtag in the title is a savvy bit of viral, Twitter age marketing, but Hardy's networked shout outs to rap zines (disclosure, ATG gets one at :48 secs and it's pretty awesome) and generally effortless and loose tone means it's not wise to overanalyze intentions. Shit is just nice and worth adding to mixes.
The song is from Throwaway Rhymes 7: I Am Rap-Bot 5000, which we'll be checking for May 24.
How to make Drake's album cover in Photoshop
1. Insert pic to Photoshop
2. Select whatever was in the background (if anything) and clear it out and fill with white. place his face on a separate layer
3. Select images--> adjustments--> thresholds
4. Lazily fool around with thresholds for about 2 minutes
5. Add a colored (red) drop shadow through the blending options on the face layer
6. Go to filter --> Gaussian blur because God knows he needed to do that to make the image that much more awful
7. Finally add text, specifically Futura, maybe stretch it vertically a little bit
And you're done. You've just created Drake's retarded inverse Warhol album cover.
The Dream featuring T.I. - Make Up Bag
Love King is going to be a sexist, women-as-an-empty-vase epic. I think he's being purposefully cheeky with these messages; guy is too intelligent to believe unconditional loyalty and happiness will stem from leather handbags.
The Dream featuring T.I. - Make Up Bag
The week in hip-hop journalism
Real recognize real.
- Jonathan Ross interviews Jay-Z for Esquire UK's cover story
- Toshitaka Kondo gets a detailed, revelatory interview with Yelawolf for Complex
- Tray Hova gets Bangladesh talking serious shit about Cash Money in Vibe
- Rhymefest pens an editorial lambasting the power and influence wielded by rap bloggers for DJ Booth.net
- Erika Ramirez on hip-hop's "independent" new artists for New York Magazine
- Nas teams up with ESPN for documentary about soccer's role in Liberia's civil war
Stimulus: Young Jeezy - Trap or Die 2
The sequel to the classic. Get listening and peep the visuals for the title track after the jump.
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