Kanye West, “I’m So Appalled” MP3

Praises to the most high Allah/ Praises to the most fly Prada/ Maybe I’m magic ta-da! We got into a debate the other night about Kanye’s level of annoyingness (you probably know what side we’re on) and our best rebuttal was always, “Dude’s funny.” Case in point, the verse above. According to 2dopeboyz this’ll be on Big Mike & DJ Thoro’s new Follow the Leaders 2 mixtape, which we’ll “buy” from the “mixtape store” when it comes out and jam it “in the whip” as long as there’s more entertaining stuff like this.



Download: Kanye West, “I’m So Appalled”

Video: Consequence f. John Legend & Kanye West, “Whatever U Want’

Alright, let’s say you’re Consequence. You’re the ultimate G.O.O.D. team player, you happily give Kanye your best lyrics, you never complain when you’re own album gets little support and you never blow up any spots that aren’t meant to be blown. At least that’s how it will be as long as Kanye, John and Hype continue to fly you down to Miami to shoot consumer cam videos with megababes. And free drinks.

Video: Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Forever”

This is about as much of an event in the music video world as it gets these days. And it premiered on the internet as far as we’re concerned. Still can’t decide who has the best verse. Let us know in the comments.

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Thoughts on Jay-Z and Lil Mama (and of course Kanye) at the VMAs

Thanks to the wondrous internet, those of us who didn’t watch the MTV VMAs live last night were able to catch up on its most ridiculous and embarrassing moments today, after doing a bunch of other stuff and getting some lunch and listening to some music and staring out the window for a while. Kanye ran up on whats-her-name, ruining her “moment,” but in all truth, he created a moment for her that will last much longer than any she could have created with her thank you speech. You’re welcome. But the coup de grace was former FADER feature subject and Harlem pocket rocket, Lil Mama, bumrushing Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ closeout performance of “Empire State of Mind.” As you’ll see in the video, the performance was carefully scripted and scheduled to have Jay come out of his limo on the street an onto the stage just as his verse was set to begin. And he did. And he and Alicia did a nice rendition of the song, which has recently become the only thing people who own cars will play in said cars while driving through NY streets. New Yorkers are hyped on this shit—it’s kinda crazy. It’s even made some of us transplants reconsider our feelings about this city, and maybe that’s why that girl jumped on that stage. She’s probably listened to the song a hundred times and rapped and sang every word, daydreaming about being on that level. And then that level was, like, three feet away from her, so she stepped up. You can’t really blame her either. It’s like if Jay-Z had a Twitter, we’d all be @’ing that dude like we knew him. He would be our Facebook friend if he was on that too. She was just love RT’ing Hov’s performance, that’s all. She probably also thought a bunch of fools would follow her up there on some Girl Talk shit, which would’ve actually been kind of awesome, but it didn’t happen. So there she is. And without her, we wouldn’t have Jay’s incredible gasface. Plus, if anyone thinks she ruined a classic moment for dude, it was the MTV VMAs. Jay’s classic moment was on Friday night.

Oh, and by the way, FADER Label’s very own Matt & Kim snatched a moon man for Best Breakthrough Artist video. Congrats dudes!

(video and pick via Nah Right)

FEATURE: Drake’s Rise to Fame and Fortune

  • story Edwin "Stats" Houghton
  • photo Jonathan Mannion

On September 7, 2008, Lil Wayne stepped onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards and then stepped decisively away from the words on the lyric sheet circulating in the audience with the following lines…

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Jay-Z f. Kanye West, “Hate” MP3

Though “Ghetto Techno” is getting some support in the comments, “Hate” just might be the homerun (okay, maybe a triple) we’ve been waiting for. Current playcount: 10 times in 24 minutes. Not only does it upgrade the synth grind of “Drunk And Hot Girls” with some actual lyrical hilarity, but Jay sounds a little angry. Maybe we should all hate more? Anyway, let’s hope the rest of Blueprint 3 sounds more like this and less like the other shit.

PS OMG Jay-Z and Beyonce were at the Grizzly Bear show! Dudes, they stay in Williamsburg. Don’t be surprised if Blueprint 4 looks like Dark Was The Night.



Download: Jay-Z f. Kanye West, “Hate”

UPDATE: This is it. Keep bringing this.

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Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Forever” MP3

Jeez man. We put him on the cover and all that, but who would’ve guessed Drake would captain a lineup like this with bro Boi 1da on the beat? Craziness. Look out for a fully remastered and high-quality version coming tomorrow.



Download: Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Forever”
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Video: Jay-Z f. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”

Haters hate, but it could’ve been a lot cornier. We’re still looking forward to The Blueprint 3 on September 11th because, well, why not? Covers and tracklist after the jump if you haven’t seen them, and one for the comments section: Will Drake’s officially rereleased mixtape sell more than BP3? Probably not, right?

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Video: Jamie Foxx f. Drake, The-Dream & Kanye West, “Digital Girl (Remix)”

There are three former TV stars in this video, one Dream and a Kanye. Drake shows why he’s on our cover with a covertly wild nerdy first verse, Jamie wears glasses to hide the dollar signs rolling before his eyes, Dream is Dream and Yeezy cleans up with one for the Golden Agers. But the real star of the show? Coo-coo Jade from American’s Next Top Model Cycle 6! Peep her with the gigantic frizz and histrionical non-dance moves. Don’t change a thing, girl. Coincidentally and unbeknownst to even the most psychotic FADER acolytes, Jade modeled in a FADER fashion spread in an issue to rename numberless. If you find it, tell us in the comments and we’ll send you something (broken VCR). (via TSS)

Kanye Joins Clipse Onstage at Diesel Party, Wears Purple Cardigan

We were pretty bummed when Drake tore his ACL playing ball and had to sit out this year’s free Diesel:U:Music show in NYC last night. Forced to rely solely on The Roots, Passion Pit, Lykke Li, Theophilus London, and Clipse for entertainment, we weren’t sure how our party brains would have survived.  Luckily two-time FADER cover star Kanye West stepped in with Clipse on “Kinda Like a Big Deal” to save the game (just kidding, it was great already)!  Kinda makes up for the lack of Drake and the fact that we had to wait in line at Webster Hall while spindly models got to walk right in.

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