Kanye West and Mr. Hudson @ The 2009 iTunes Festival
Jul18/2009
Heartless (Kanye West ft. Mr. Hudson)
Supernova (Mr. Hudson ft. Kanye West)
Paranoid (Kanye West ft. Mr. Hudson)
Audio: Big Sean feat. Kanye West – Glenwood
Jun06/2009
Leak off Big Sean’s Def Jam-debut album Finally Famous.
Big Sean feat. Kanye West - Glenwood (Unmastered)
Kanye, Kid Cudi and Mr. Hudson performing “Paranoid” @ SXSW
Jun06/2009
Video: Kanye West ft. GLC & Consequence – Spaceship
Jun06/2009
Mr Hudson Says Kanye West ‘Met My Music Before He Met Me
Apr29/2009
(from mtv.com)
What could the extravagant Louis Vuitton Don have in store for his artist Mr Hudson? The British vocalist said that several months ago, Kanye West came into the studio and told him he had a "gift" for him.
"A new Jesus piece?" Hudson thought. Nope. "A hand-me-down Jaguar?" Nah.
It was a record that had the potential to be a hit. West simply told the engineer in the studio to press play, and out of the speakers came the chorus for a song the two wound up collaborating on: "Supernova."
" 'Supernova,' it's a co-write," Hudson explained, sitting in the Beverly Hills Hotel a few days ago. "I think our head space, we kinda overlapped with similar emotions about things when we were hanging out last summer. I think we both could relate to the lyrics, so we built it together. Kanye brought in the chorus. We brought the verses up together."
Kanye and Hudson were shooting the video for their song, which is the first single from the singer's U.S. debut.
"What's cool is, Kanye met my music before he met me," Hudson said of their relationship. " ... I wouldn't have gone up to Kanye in a club and said, 'Here is my CD, you've gotta listen to it.' That isn't my style. I made my first album in London. It didn't get released in the States, but somehow he got a copy, which meant that when Kanye was in London promoting Graduation, we were introduced briefly. A year later, I was in Paris on holiday. I got a call coming in to the office: 'Here is a contract.' "
Last November, 'Ye told Mixtape Monday that his new signee had the potential to be "bigger" than he is. Hudson appreciated the compliment but said it is a lot of pressure.
"Yeah, it's really annoying, actually," he smiled. "Now I got loads of work to do to try and live up to that."
"Yeah, that was, like, wack," Kanye said of his previous statement.
"I shouldn't have said all that to try and put all that pressure on you," 'Ye continued, talking to Hudson. "That's one of the problems. On one hand, when you sign with an established person, you get all the limelight, the shine. On the other hand, you've got all the pressure. Then you deal with some of the baggage. You buy into some of the fans and you buy into some of the enemies. I think he'll be able to surpass all of that with his talent."
Kanye West and GLC on 106 & Park Thursday
Apr23/2009
Premiering the videos for Kanye's "Amazing" and GLC's "Big Screen".
Kid Cudi (feat. Kanye West and Common) – Poker Face
Apr03/2009
Check it out at RapRadar.com (Low quality)
UPDATE: CDQ: http://www.zshare.net/audio/5822820770ffb2af/
Watch The Kanye & GOOD Music Live Stream Tonight
Mar21/2009
Tonight at 9pm EST Kanye and GOOD Music artists will be performing live in Austin at the Levis Fader Fort.
Artists include
Kid Cudi
Big Sean
GLC
Consequence
Really Doe
Tony Williams
Mr. Hudson
And Special Guests!..
Check kanyelive or kanyes blog at 9pm EST to watch the live concert!
Update:
Check it out now!
Kid Cudi: No More Solo Albums
Mar16/2009
AFTER THE RELEASE OF MY FIRST LP THIS SUMMER, IAM NOT MAKING ANY MORE SOLO ALBUMS. IAM FALLIN BACK ON BEING A ARTIST. THE DRAMA THAT COMES WITH IT IS MORE OVERWHELMING THAN THE SHIT I WAS DEALING WIT WHEN I WAS PISS POOR BROKE. MY FRIENDS GET MAD AT ME, SAY IVE CHANGED, ONE OF THE ONLY HOMIES I GOT IN THIS GAME, WALE, IS WORRIED ABOUT ME CUZ OF SHIT HE HEARS. LIKE WTF? WHO CAN SAY IM BEIN HOLLYWOOD? IM NOT AROUND ANYONE BUT PLAIN PAT AND EMILE. WHO CAN SAY THAT SHIT?
http://www.kidcudi.com/news/?p=583
Listen to “Promised Land” and “Pride in The Name of Love”
Sep20/2008
Malik Yusef (feat Kanye and Adam Levine) - Promised Land:
Listen!
John Legend - Pride in the Name of Love:
Listen!
John Legend (feat Kanye) – It’s Over
Sep18/2008
From the album "Evolver"
Kanye West Video Contest – Tour With Kanye!
Sep18/2008
Create a 2 minute video for the Kanye-produced Tony Williams track "Dreaming of Your Love" and you could win a chance to tour with Kanye.
Fonzworth Bentley (feat kanYe, Andre 3000 & Sa-Ra) – Everybody
Jul15/2008
John Legend (feat. Andre 3000) – Green Light *Snippet*
May22/2008
John Legend has released a snippet of a song called "Green Light" featuring Andre 3000 from his upcoming album.
Kanye West Signs “The Set” Winners
Apr15/2008
After winning the second installment of SOHH's beat battle competition "The Set," the production duo Wrightrax has inked a deal with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label.
The duo, consisting of first cousins Deuce and B. Wright, were victorious after prevailing in the DJ Toomp-judged beat battle. After garnering notoriety from their appearance, they signed a production deal with G.O.O.D. and credit "The Set" with getting the ball rolling.
The Believer
Feb20/2008
During his acceptance speech at the Grammys, Kanye West joked that he and frequent collaborator Common shouldn't drop albums in the same year, because they're always competing against each other for awards. Well, it looks like Com agrees, and he's already a step ahead of his good friend. Common is eyeing the fourth quarter of '08 to release his next potential classic.
"I'm looking around November," he told MTV News of the release date of his follow-up to last year's Finding Forever. "I'm working on a new album called The Believer. I'm just getting in the mode. I been touring a lot and been working on verses here and there. Now, I'm starting to get focused on the album, letting it take its shape. And at the same time [I'll] be working on films, God willing."
“Thank You For All Your Support”
Jan04/2008
From Kanye's Blog
When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours... it helped me zone out. Everybody would get envolved... Derrick Dudley (Common's manager) and Consequence were the best other than me... I beat Lexi... Don C beat Jay... Tony Williams beat Common... but every now and then people would speak of this legendary connect 4 champion........... BEYONCE!!! I had 2 play her!...so last night at Jay's new 40/40 club in Las Vegas (which is sidebar, crazy big w/ 24krt gold flooring, Black Jack tables, $500 slot machines,the biggest projection screen in the universe and the best turkey burgers I've ever had in my life) she beat me 9 times in a row! (and I didn't even spaz lol) here's a photo of the only game I won!
Kanye West’s Grammy Nominations
Dec06/2007
The official list of nominations for the 2008 Grammy Awards for announced today. Heres a summary of all Kanye West and G.O.O.D nominations
Graduation has been nominated for Album of the Year. Competition includes Amy Winehouse and The Foo Fighters
Graduation has also been nominated for Best Rap Album, along with Common's Finding Forever and albums from Nas, Jay-Z and T.I.
Kanye's Stronger and Common's The People have both been nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance with competition from T.I., Jay-Z and 50 Cent
Common's Southside (featuring Kanye West) and Better Than I've Ever Been by Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One have been nominated for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Good Life (featuring T-Pain) has been nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Competition includes Rihanna and Jay-Z's "Umbrella"
Kanye's songs Can't Tell Me Nothing and Good Life have both been nominated for Best Rap Song. Competition includes 50 Cent and Soulja Boy.
For the full list of Grammy nominations click here.
John Legend – Someday
Nov30/2007
From the August Rush Soundtrack
John Legend TV Special
Nov26/2007
John Legend will be the subject of an hour-long TV special on digital cable network TV One at 9pm on Dec 16.
The show will feature performances from a recent concert in New York - plus backstage footage and interviews - and will also help promote John's own record label Homeschool Records, which has signed artists including Estelle and John Legend's brother Vaughn Anthony.
Common (feat Lily Allen) – Drivin’ Me Wild (VIDEO)
Aug27/2007
Vote for Kanye / Common @ The Mobo Awards
Aug24/2007
Kanye has been nominated for 3 MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) in the UK
Kanye's Nominations
Best Hip Hop
Best International Artist
Best Video (Stronger)
Common's Nominations
Best Hip Hop
Click HERE to vote for Kanye or Common!
The MOBO Awards 2007 will take place on 9/19 in London!
Drivin’ Me Wild Video Stills
Aug22/2007
Stills from the video for Common - Drivin' Me Wild (feat. Lily Allen)
kanYe West & Common on MTV TRL
Aug07/2007
Kanye West and Common were surprise guests on TRL earlier today. Check it out...
Interview
Performance
Common – Finding Forever
Jul24/2007
"Many have come, but few have been chose to be a true MC"
Nearly two years ago, Common dropped his album Be to the masses, with an uproar of acceptance and critical acclaim. XXL Magazine gave it an unprecedented XXL rating, one of only six albums to ever receive that original rating. His investment in Kanye West as his core producer paid off, with four Grammy nods to boot, yet sadly he went home with none. Fast track to the present.
In a déjà vu case scenario, Common is set to unleash his seventh album entitled Finding Forever on July 31st. Just like last time, Finding Forever instills Kanye West at the helm of production, with eight of the eleven tracks under his belt. He and Common’s hopes are being held even higher this time around, as Kanye has already coined Finding Forever as the rap album of the year, which is a strong statement to boast as Ye’ himself will be delivering his third album, Graduation, in mid-September. Not to mention Mr. West is 2/2 in that category at the Grammy’s.
The album begins with an appropriately named track called “Start the Show,” which features a haunt-ish embracing chorus, and shows Common in his raw form. A rapper that has never held his tongue among his peers (does his feud with WSC ring a bell?), he rips with the lines “hot for a minute now you just a remember him,” and later “With 12 monkeys on stage it’s hard to see who’s a gorilla, you was better as a drug dealer.”
The next track in line, and also his first single off the album, Common emancipates himself as a spiritual speaker with “The People.” Drawing on a similar sample from The Game’s “Wouldn’t Get Far” track (for which Ye’ produced as well, and Common turned down), Common describes his importance to his people and community when he raps “Sick and tired of punching in, I look on the bus at them, when I see them struggling I think how I’m touching them” and “I’m keeping my eyes on the people that’s the prize,” a term which is a reference to the Civil Rights movement during the 1960’s.
With the only rap artist featured on the album, Kanye and Common bring back the old days of straight belligerent flows embellished by a beat so hard it’ll remind listeners that Hip-Hop is far from dead on a once-again Kanye produced track “Southside”. And in Ye’-like fashion, he stubbornly points out that “I’m back from the future seen it with my own eyes, and yep, I’m still the future of the Chi.” Not to be upstaged on his own track, Common replies “You in the building but the buildings falling, you wouldn’t be ballin’ if your name was spalding.” If Chicago had its own anthem, this would be it.
When producing this album, Kanye expressed his influence of the late J Dilla in his production technique. Being a close friend with Jay Dee, Common honored him and included the track “So Far Go” which originally was featured on J Dilla’s posthumous album The Shining, circa 2006. Featuring D’ Angelo on the chorus, “So Far To Go” reunites 3 members from the group Soulquarians, a collection of artists who emphasize an authentic and raw sound of music. As mellow and enticing the beat is, this feel-good track feels out of place on an album pushing for exceptional.
Completing the cycle of his reach for eternal music, Common finishes the album with “Forever Begins.” Piano and drum roll included, Common focuses his intentions of today’s words affecting the future with, “Look fear in the eyes say I’m never gonna run / Sooner or later I know the cheddar gonna come, for now I write the world letters to better the young.” His lyrics end in stating, “I knew we live forever through song,” a reference to J Dilla’s impact on music. And to keep the streak alive at 6 albums and counting, Common brings his Dad on the track for some spiritual release.
As of recent, XXL magazine has stamped Finding Forever with a seal of an XL rating. Many, including Kanye and Common, have been confused by this rating because in their review they considered this album to be better than the predecessor Be. XXL magazines reasoning is that Be was a 200% upgrade from the “head-scratchingly progressive” Electric Circus. Though I will not argue with the rating, I will agree that this album does surpass Be in overall quality (I consider Be a potential, eventual classic. It has not crossed over as of yet). And I too hope Finding Forever grabs Common his much deserved Rap Album of the Year at the Grammy’s in the coming year. What about Ye’ you ask? Looks like Album of the Year is in his sights. For now, let us let Common shine like the star he is.
by Edwin Ortiz
Common – Drivin’ Me Wild
Jul18/2007
Download Common - Drivin' Me Wild (feat. Lily Allen)
Common Performs 4 New Tracks Live
Jul13/2007
Common performed 4 new tracks from his upcoming album Finding Forever, check em out...
Forever Begins
Black Maybe
The People
Drivin' Me Wild
Kanye West & John Legend at Live Earth
Jul08/2007
Live Earth – 07.07.07
Jul04/2007
Kanye and John Legend will be performing at concerts for Live Earth on Saturday.
The concerts, which aim to stop global warming, are taking place around the world and will be broadcast live on TV and the internet.
John Legend will be performing at the concert in the UK, along with The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, Black Eyed Peas, and many other artists, while Kanye will be performing at the U.S. concert which will also include performances from Ludacris, John Mayer and Fall-out boy.
For more information:
http://www.liveearth.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Earth
http://liveearth.msn.com/
Common – The People (video)
Jun22/2007
Common’s Finding Forever Cover Art
Jun13/2007
Watch The Game video
Listen to The People / Misunderstood / Southside / Black Maybe
Preorder Finding Forever @ Amazon.com
John Legend – Stereo (Video)
Jun06/2007
Consequence Skit Videos
Jun02/2007
This is the first of 4 videos Consequence has filmed based on skits from his album Don't Quit Your Day Job.
Updated: and heres the other three skits
Common – The Game Video
May29/2007
Three New Common Tracks
May18/2007
All these tracks from Finding Forever are leaking like crazy!
Black Maybe (feat. Bilal / Produced by Kanye West) - Download
Southside (feat. Kanye West / Produced by Kanye West) - Download
Misunderstood (Produced by Devo Springsteen) - Download
Download Common – The People (feat. Dwele)
May06/2007
Download Common's brand new single "The People" from his upcoming album!
Download (Right-click and Save Target As...)
The track was produced by Kanye and features Dwele singing on the hook.
For more info about Common's upcoming album Finding Forever see Sneak Peek: Common - Finding Forever
Kanye and Common
Sneak Peek: Common – Finding Forever
Apr06/2007
Last night at New York's Sony Studios, Common played several tracks from his upcoming album, Finding Forever, out July 10. The title, as he explained, refers to the idea of Jay Dee living on forever in the music. (Jay Dee, aka J Dilla, died on February 10, 2006 due to complications from lupus.) He was Common's roommate and produced most of Common's Like Water for Chocolate album.
Some track titles and features (Not all):
The People (featuring Dwele; prod. by Kanye West)
Black Maybe (featuring Bilal; prod. by Kanye West)
I Want You (prod. will.i.am)
Southside (featuring and prod. by Kanye West)
Misunderstood (Nina Simone sample; prod. by Devo Springsteen)
Drivin Me Wild (featuring Lily Allen; prod. by Kanye West)
So Far to Go (featuring D'Angelo; prod by Jay Dilla)
Break My Heart (prod. by Kanye West)
Start the Show (prod. by Kanye West)
Common said that on some tracks, Kanye tried to chop the samples in a similar way to Dilla as a way of honoring him.
He also said that it had been difficult for him to come home to his apartment and not see Dilla on the couch watching "whatever show comes on in the morning," but that he knew Dilla lived on in the music.
Kanye surprises crowd at Consequence release party
Mar16/2007
Consequence threw his album release party for his long delayed debut album, Don't Quit Your Day Job at the showroom in Manhattan, NY last night (March 15).
The Queens emcee only sold 7,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen's Soundscan, but you'd think he sold 300k out of the gate the way the venue was packed. Though the flyer advertised "performance by Consequence and the G.O.O.D Music family," partygoers were skeptical early on. "G.O.O.D Music family? Kanye and Common ain't showing up," some whispered early in the evening.
Suspicions appeared to be confirmed when Cons appeared on stage with Really Doe and GLC with the evening winding down. Cons and GLC sure came a long way with their stage show. The bunch was actually quite live while performing songs off Day Job, including the lead single, "Callin Me."
Little do you know, Ye popped up on stage halfway through Cons' set to perform "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly." By that time, most in attendance were drunk out of their brain, rhyming along to every single rhyme. The self-proclaimed G.O.O.D crew then went through favorites like "Grammy Family", "Gone" and Ye's "Throw Some D's" remix before closing the set out with "Spaceship." ...classic!
Message from Common
Mar11/2007
From Common-music.com
"Finding Forever, Coming Soon"
John Legend Label “Home School”
Mar10/2007
According to John-legend.net John is signing UK rapper/singer Estelle to his new label Home School.
"She's got a great album and we've already gotten close to finishing it. My younger brother, Vaughn Anthony, is also gonna get signed soon, and I got a couple of MCs that I'm working with as well. We're growing, and I'm just trying to find great talent and bring it to light. It's a lot of fun." John said.
Download Estelle, John Legend and Talib Kweli - Freedom
Consequence – Don’t Forget ‘Em
Mar04/2007
This song is too good to not post here.
Download (Right-click and Save Target As...)
Go buy that album on Tuesday!
Consequence – Feel This Way (feat. John legend)
Mar01/2007
Check out "Feel This Way" from Consequence's upcoming album Don't Quit Your Day Job.
Download (Right-click and choose Save Target As...)
Consequence
Consequence – Callin’ Me (Free iTunes Download)
Feb21/2007
Thanks to kanYeTalk.com member revolution for this news.
You can download Consequence's single "Callin' Me" from iTunes for free (legally) all of this week.
Don't forget that Cons' album Don't Quit Your Day Job drops March 6th.
Kanye and John Legend to Perform at Live Earth
Feb17/2007
Kanye and John Legend are just two of the many artists scheduled to perform at Live Earth, in one of the series of concerts around the world this summer.
The event (similar to 2005's Live 8) will raise funds and awareness for environmental causes including global warming, and takes place on 7/7/07.
Other artists confirmed for the shows include Pharrell, John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
See LiveEarth.org for more info.
kanYe at Live 8 in 2005
John Legend @ The Grammy’s
Feb11/2007
John Legend lost Best Male Pop Vocal Performance to John Mayer, but made up for it by winning the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance award for "Heaven" (produced by Kanye West).
He also won Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group with Van Hunt and Joss Stone, for a cover of Sly and The Family Stone's "Family Affair".
Common feat. Kanye – Southside Superbowl (New) + VIDEO
Feb02/2007
Updated 2/7/07
John Legend – P.D.A. (We Don’t Care) Video!
Jan26/2007
John Legend is ready to release the third single from his album Once Again, and the video has premiered online.
Kanye Speaks On G.O.O.D. Rumors and Graduation
Jan16/2007
"It was [said] that because G.O.O.D. Music didn't have an office at Sony anymore, that there was no more G.O.O.D. Music", Kanye told MTV recently, "We got GLC about to drop. Consequence is about to drop. John Legend is almost platinum. He beat the sophomore slump, we know his career is gonna last as long as he wants it to. Common's album is about to drop. The whole thing was never about marketing, it wasn't about clothing it was about making good music. I feel we still deliver that. We come to do our job."
He also spoke about his upcoming album Graduation:
"I can say, idea-wise, I got 10 ideas. I go back and work on ideas and tweak them. I can't say I'm halfway done. There's a lot of people I want to work with, a lot of rappers. But I don't want to give away what I'mma do. I look at music as a gift. So I'mma just keep everything under wraps until it's time." said Ye, "You remember, you didn't find out about the Nas joint (We Major) until real late? I waited till the last listening session a couple of weeks before the album came out. I played it in a room with 300 people and Nas' voice hit the track and it was like, 'Ah, man.' Another surprise might be there might not be anybody on it. There are a few rappers I really love and I would love to work with, but I'mma figure out what I'mma do for my album."
Common Features in Gap Ad
Nov27/2006
Common is the star of Gap's brand new holiday ad campaign.
He features in two 30-second ads, rapping a song he written especially for the ads called "Holiday In Your Hood".
The song was produced by will.i.am (Black-Eyed Peas) and samples Madonna's "Holiday".
John Legend “Once Again” released!
Oct28/2006
John Legend released his brand new album "Once Again" on Tuesday (10/24/06).
The album, which features production from Kanye West, will.i.am (from BEP) and others, is John's second album.
Standout tracks are P.D.A., Stereo, Each Day Gets Better, and the new single "Heaven" which will be released soon.
You can see the video for heaven here.
Sa-Ra split up?
Oct20/2006
According to AllHipHop.com, Sa-Ra - who are currently signed to Kanye's GOOD Music label - have split up.
The combination of Taz Arnold, Shafiq Husayn and Om'Mas Keith will no longer be a whole as the formal paperwork legalizing the split, is being drafted as we speak, reported AllHipHop.
Apparently, a member of the trio started doing solo work for other artists (including Alicia Keys) without telling the others, and has also been recording solo.
Fortunately, the two remaining members of the group are going to continue on as Sa-Ra, so hopefully we'll still get an album from them in early 2007!
