Lupe Fiasco - Conflict Diamonds

Although I like Kanye's video more, Lupe killed him in the lyric department on this one.
That's all for the Lupe Fiasco posts... for now.

Joy Denalane feat. Lupe Fiasco - Change

Lupe Fiasco - "Dumb it down"

Spot on!

Kanye West - Graduation

Graduation, originally uploaded by Eugen S..

Dropped into HMV in between classes today and picked up Kanye West's latest album (Graduation [released today]). I've listned through it, front to end about 5 times now and loving it. Seems like Kanye can just deliver awesome records time and time again. Great production and West's effortless lyrics are still here, what's better still is that he didn't include any of those stupid skits that he had on his last two albums!

Track 13 - Big Brother is my favorite; the song is about how Kanye idolized, and still does, Jay Z. Basically goes through their relationship from A to Z (no pun intended).

My least favourite Track has to be Drunk and Hot Girls (#8), which is a shame as it has Mos Def on it, but it just shitty.
I'm also not into Lil'Wayne on Track 7 - Barry Bonds, his lyrics just suck.
I give it a 4.5/5, just get rid of those two songs and replace it with one good one and its a 5/5! Go get it kids.

Kanye West - Stronger

The video for Kanye's new song "Stronger" has been released, have a look.

Miri Ben-Ari - "The Hip-Hop Violinist"

First saw Miri Ben-Ari in Twistas video, "Overnight Celeberity". Found out who she actually is today, while looking through some videos on YouTube, and I've always liked Scarface, so check this out.

Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

My girlfriend emailed this video to me yesterday and today it shows up on the cool hunter. My lady friend, looks like your ahead of the game.



Check out more of Justice at your neighbourhood friendly myspace page.

Hip-Hop

Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing
Reminds me of the earlier Kanye West hits.


Example - What We Made

Arctic Monkeys

I had a chance to check out one of my favourite bands, the Arctic Monkeys, yesterday. They were in town for a show (I always miss their shows for some reason) and they stopped by a local radio station (Edge 102.1), and played a few songs acoustically. It was awesome cause they played my favourite song, Fluorescent Adolescent, from their new album Favourite Worst Nightmare.

Bright Eyes "Cassadaga"

Bright Eyes released his new CD recently titled "Cassadaga". For those who haven't listened to Bright Eyes, the music is very melodic, and lyrics covering a wide range of topics. I bought the CD today, I'm actually listening to it as I write this, and those who purchase the hard copy (who the hell downloads music anyways) are in for an awesome treat! Oh and the music is awesome... obviously. Check out the video for the single Four Winds.
There is also a cool "making of" for the video on his website.