Video: Beyonce f. Lady Gaga, “Videophone”
TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS VIDEO. First Beyonce is Rihanna complete with bleached-blonde Misfits lock, then she is a robot from a Bjork video, then she’s a Bond girl, Bettie Page, Neneh Cherry/Monie Love (in a Gerlan tee!) and like, the hottest/cattiest tranny since Amanda Lepore. Never mind that she looks HOT AS SHIT through the video, we just kinda think she needed to choose a couple themes and go with them.
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posted on Nov 17, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Bettie Page, Beyonce, bjork, Lady Gaga, Neneh Cherry, r&b, Rihanna
Video: Jay-Z f. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
- story Peter Macia
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?
Jay-Z f. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town” MP3
Is the best part of this song the part where the guitar sounds like a Yes sample, or the part where Jay-Zed mispronounces “Maison” (as in Margiela) or the part where Kanye says “What you think I rap for, to push a fuckin’ Rav4“? What it lacks in punch it makes up for in minutiae, like a microcosm of Kanye’s blog, which means “Town” actually translates as “Internet” and they rule because they can afford shit. God, being rich must suck so hard (I am not pausing that because I am a girl). Sidebar, Kanye is performing on Fuse tomorrow live from Chicago and it is going to be awesome, you should watch it.
Download: Jay-Z f. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
Video: Kanye West f. Mr Hudson “Paranoid” (Final Cut)
- story THE FADER
This is the new ’50s horror movie version of “Paranoid,” still starring Rihanna, only this time there are schlocky titles and Kanye is a werewolf. We weren’t mad at the previously leaked version, which reminded us of Rod Stewart for some reason, but this one is definitely better. Also, Kanye appears to have tracked all new synths for it—a generous treat. Having spent some time with Kanye at his house and studio while he recorded 808s for our recent cover story, we can tell you that every song on that album has about a thousand different versions, that Kanye probably still records new synths, new drums, new vocals for each just because he feels like it. Time willing, in five years we’ll probably get 808s: The Redux, a five disc box set of updated songs, individual colorways, some fabric swatches and a Kanye-ologram that critiques whatever outfit you’re wearing when you listen to it.
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posted on Jun 3, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags fashion, hip hop, Kanye West, Mr Hudson, Rihanna, werewolves
Video: Kanye West f. Mr Hudson “Paranoid”
- story THE FADER
Rihanna does some interpretive dancing and suggestive theater in this video that just showed up on Mr. World Premiere after it was actually world premiered at the Def Jam Spring Preview and then officially world premiered all over the internet. Maybe we’ll post it again when some TV show world premieres it again and then world premiere it on FADER via Kanye’s blog. Good video! Worth five world premieres maybe.
Video Snitchin The-Dream, Fabolous, Kanye
- story THE FADER
Last night Def Jam had this elaborate “Spring Preview” of their new videos and releases at a fancy place with dinner. We didn’t go because we were still tired from the Sean Paul show the night before, and also it was nice out and who wants to sit in a banquet hall for five hours on the first nice night of the pre-summer. Luckily dudes cannot be trusted and LowKey flip-cammed everything, so if you wanna preview three pretty fucking amazing videos, The-Dream in space and/or half a Mariah track upped by somebody else, you should go to his vimeo spot before LA Reid sends over some robocops to reprogram his brain and ship him away to somewhere weird like Wales. Above: our summer recession-boyfriend anthem “Throw it in the Bag.” Sidebar: LowKey, are you the dude that bootlegged our copy of that Lindsey Lohan doppelganger stripper movie? Cause the sound was reallllay crappy.
Freeload: Charles Hamilton, “Scorpion”
- story THE FADER
Hey surprise, Charles Hamilton, one of our current covers, has another mixtape coming out — this one inspired by love and Chris Brown. “Scorpion” is the first official leak from Well Isn’t This Awkward, to be released on Valentine’s Day, a tape purportedly having something to do with Masterpiece Theatre and paranormal romance, but if Charles’ blog reveals what it seems to reveal, it might be less para and more normal, as in Rihanna’s got a not-at-all secret admirer:
But f*ck that. It’s my GIRL we talkin about… to quote Ne-Yo, “Ehbahdy knoe dah maahne!!!!”. I was in the studio, FUMING mad. And that’s before the Hennessey kicked in. Rihanna, wherever you are, my prayers are with you, and my skinny, short ass is gon hold you down if need be. Chris, your mother.
February 13th, Rihanna. I will say all that I couldn’t say at that Gucci event… holla back…
Sorry to get gossipy, but it’s not like we get a lot of Teen Beat moments around here. And just in case you’re already clamoring for the mixtape after Awkward, Charles is recording the Flourescent EP with MC Lyte right now.
Download: Charles Hamilton, “Scorpion”
Video: T.I. f. Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
- story THE FADER
We have been hearing this song everywhere the last week or so, but it wasn’t until this video that we truly appreciated how singularly ridiculous that O-Zone sample is, especially when it comes crashing down all over Tip’s melodramatic opening monologue. Having said that, the hook STAYS in your head until someone plays “Single Ladies.”
Freeload: T.I. f. Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
- story THE FADER
Well, it was bound to happen. After the entire world of rap exhausted the concept of sampling cheesy techno, Just Blaze sifted around the bottom of the late ’90s camo shoebox and found the single most annoying thing he could possibly sample. It is to their credit then, that Tip and Rihanna salvage the song. It may not touch “S.L.U.”, but you know what? We’re still excited for The Paper Trail. Take that O-Zone!
Download: T.I. f. Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
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posted on Aug 26, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Are you serious?, freeload, hip hop, O-Zone, Rihanna, T.I.
