Tibi PuiuPharell and co. were present yesterday night in full swing on the Tonight Show with Leno, where they played “Everyone Nose,” the first single off their upcoming Seeing Sounds LP (out June 10). I personally had the chance to see the band play live on both Letterman a few weeks back, as well as yesterday night and I can say that they’ve done a much better job with the performance. A lot looser and a…
Kanye West: ‘Flashing Lights’ (3rd and final version)
As expect Kanye’s back with the 3rh and final version for his forth single off Graduation, “Flashing Lights.” The first two were mediocre at best, but this one’s down right terrible. It’s creepy, badly directed and with no plot or meaning what so ever. Not that a music video should make any sense, but this one’s no fun at all. Just look at it, it’s like a bad B movie Adams Family readaptation. A total…
New Kanye West video: ‘Flashing Lights’ (2nd version)
Kanye’s back with yet another video version for his explosive track “Flashing Lights,” the second in a three video series. If you’re memory still serves you well, you’ll recall the first video, directed by Spike Jonze, was centered around a tied up Kanye, a shovel, gasoline and a half-dressed woman. This, second one, directed by Bill Pollock, is a lot more cloudy, ambiguous and especially sexy, most probably because we get to see less Kanye…
New Breed – The Flood
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What up and welcome to a new piece in Zmemusic called the New Breed! Every week we bring you new, and buzzing hip-hop artists’ music, news, and interviews to keep you on track with the growing hip-hop scene out there. So since this is the first in a long line of beautiful music we are giving you The Flood. For the next few days or so we will “flood” you with new (or old depending…
New The Roots video: ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (Live on “The Colbert Report”)
“All rise, for The Roots!” was how Stephen Colbert introduced one of my long time favorites, Philly natives The Roots, as they closed last night’s show of “The Colbert Report”. The band performed an irreverent take on “The Star-Spangled Banner”, after which they simply trashed their instruments, as a sign of rebellion. Rebellion against … I’m not sure what, maybe the current state of the union, maybe world hunger or maybe just to rock out….
New Lil Wayne cover?
I just had to post this! I can barely type from all the laughing. Apparently the above photo is the actual cover art for Lil Wayne’s latest upcoming album Carter III. The new record from the New Orleans rapper will land on May 13th via Universal. Who here also loled ?
The Roots with new album details and tour dates
The forthcoming presidential elections have certainly affected us all for a while, even the likes of the Philadelphia based hip-hop group The Roots. Details concerning their upcoming tenth studio album, titled “Rising Down,” have just recently surface, as band member ?uestlove calls the new record “probably our most political album to date, dealing with addiction, nihilism, hypocritical double standards in the prison system, and overall life in Philadelphia.” He soon follows-up saying Rising Down is…
Download RZA: ‘You Can’t Stop Me’ (feat. Inspectah Deck)
One of last year’s most anticipated hip-hop releases 8 Diagrams from behalf of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, left a lot of people disappointed, not because it was trash or anything, but because it was down right mediocre and didn’t deliver little to no real beats. This was probably the album’s main setback: beats, a department that clan leader RZA has always mastered well, as it can clearly be seen on “You Can’t Stop Me Now,”…
New Jay-Z video: ‘I Know’ (feat. Pharell)
American Gangster was one of the few rap albums, of the last year, that really managed to pack a punch on the scene and actually deliver. The Neptunes produced “I Know” was from the start my favorite track from the album and now that it, recently, was joined by a video, I can only rejoice. The video, directed by Philip Andelman, was made in the same dark and mysterious vibe as the song, but also…
New Kanye West video: ‘Flashing Lights’
Fresh after a great live performance, alongside Daft Punk, and with four awards under his belt, at this year’s Grammy Awards, you’d expect [tag]Kanye West[/tag] would slow down a bit. Instead he released a new video for “Flashing Lights,” his latest single comprised of 10bpm warming kickdrums and staccato synthesizers, that hit you with a wall of beats. The video, however, kinda lacks sadly, featuring a well “equipped” black lady, stripping down to her langeree,…