Aziz Ansari’s night w/ Kanye West

If you haven’t seen Aziz Ansari’s stand-up special on Comedy Central, you’re really missing out. I haven’t laughed this hard at a comedy special since… I don’t know when. Find your friend with the DVR, give him/her your best pair of shoes and then kindly ask that they record the special the next time it comes on. If you really wanna push your luck, ask to record the “uncut”, late-night version because it has an extra 15 minutes w/ a RAAAAAAAANDY segment. Just an FYI.

Kanye West – Street Lights (vh1 live)

RapRadar posted video from Mr. West’s upcoming DVD release of his Storytellers episode on vh1. The actual episode was entertaining but not worth a rewatch. However, I was happy to see that my fav song on “808″ made the bonus cuts of the DVD. I will now leave to go get into some sentimental music.

Where The Wild things Are – Soundtrack

This 14 track compilation was recommended to me by my brother Anthony. Being a fan of Spike Jonze (except for that last Kanye video) and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I had high hopes for the soundtrack. Karen O takes the feel and energy of the movie and magically captures the sonic emotions of the film. With help from fellow indie rockers, Karen O provides a strong but somewhat short score for the movie that is accurately epitomized in the trailers. I haven’t felt like a movie incorporated a contemporary artist to score a soundtrack since Aimee Mann w/ Magnolia. BTW, are Karen O and Spike Jonze still together?

Where the Wild things Are (OST)

A-Trak on the Kanye/Princess Diana Tribute Performance

All DJs have been in a similar situation. Maybe not to the extent of 1,000,000 viewers and a world stage but we’ve been there. Needles falling apart, turntable shorting, drunk girls spilling thier drinks on your deck or computer. But, any good DJ will tell ya – YOU DON’T QUIT! You figure out a way and try to make sure no one notices. Props to A-TRak for talking about this. Another gem from 247HH.

Afflion Corckett – Taylor, I’m Sorry

This is the only comment and post I am making about Kanye’s antics at the VMA. And that Swayze/Kanye funeral was played out 10 minutes after it was created.  Please stop it, people.

Jay-Z – Run This Town (feat. Kanye West & Rhianna)

If you are anywhere near the internets today, you know Jay was going to release his first “official” single to the Blueprint 3 today. Rather than going with Drake on his first single, he went with established Def Jam artists – Rhianna & Kanye. I’ve listened to the track now about 10 times.  My first day opinion: Its a little underwhelming. Rhianna is def not needed on the track and sounds like a cat getting raped at the end. Kanye goes in and I might even say outdoes Jay on his own track.  First, Eminem and now Kanye. Jay has some good lines but it just doesn’t feel as energetic as he did on Brooklyn Go Hard or even DOA.  That’s just me.  Let me know what you think. Thanks Ricky for the early wake-up email this morning.

Jay-Z – Run This Town (feat. Kanye West & Rhianna)

Kid Cudi – Make Her Say (video)

So my brothers and friends gave me a B+ for my set on Sat Night at Little Temple in LA. They keep i t real. They thought everything I played was dope except for two songs. There was a dislike for my Ted Smooth remix of “Put Your Ring On It” and then I played the above song after Jay-Z’s remix of “Excuse Me Miss”. DFLO felt I missed a moment to take the club to the next level by “Make Her Say”. I agree bc the crowd chilled out but personally, I thought it worked well. I guess what works in SF, doesn’t work for LA.

Rosenberg interviews Drake

If you were reading twitter updates last night, you knew 3 things: 1) Everyone was celebrating then hating Diddy for getting a 1,000,000 followers 2) No one showed up to a great Jam Session with the Roots 3) because all the hip-hop nerds were at Drake’s S.O.B. show. Dudes were particularly surprised that some many girls were there – I guess, they only know the hype and haven’t heard the actual mixtapes. Anyways, I heard the performance was good but not great. But Rosenberg was able to steal a few minutes to interview the man of the hour. Then his hip-hop revenge came out when he spotted Kanye and Part 2 of the Sonning of Peter began. On a sidenote, I think $port said it best that Drake is Hip-Hop’s Obama right now. Everyone loves him, if you don’t – you’re a hater. He symbolizes a likable good attitude but still has a lot to prove. We’ll see.

Kanye West – Paranoid (video)

First, Cassie in “stronger”. Now, Rhi Rhi in the “Paranoid” video! Yeezy has the internet nude pics on lockdown. Really good video. Thanks to Drew for the link. Hope I made your day better with this video.

Nike SB Air Trainer 2 – Black/Pink

While some people are waiting for these pink and black shoes to drop, I rather wait in line for these.  Gangsta. More pics of the shoes at SF and Premier.