Griselda and Kanye West is an unlikely combination, but he once again made it all work. “Keep My Spirit Alive” is tied together by the tuneful singing of YZY Sound artist KayCyy. The track most likely stems from when Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, and Benny The Butcher paid Kanye...
The Louisville native has turned lifelong dreams into realities this year — whether it was joiningKanye Weston stage in February, vacationing to Turks and Caicos withDrake, or notching his second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Fergie-sampling “First Class” in April. ...
She soon outdid herself with a fever-pitch, star-making performance at the 2009 VMAs— the same night where Madonna memorialized Michael Jackson, and Kanye interrupted Taylor. The year after Britney Spears’s public breakdown was a strange time to want to become a pop star. But as Gaga hung...
If Kanye West’s excellent beat wasn’t enough, Ludacris and Shawnna secure “Stand Up” as a go-to club anthem with the chorus: “When I move/you move—Just like that.” Luda had more dynamic songs in the 2000s, but timing can be everything. He managed to push “Stand Up...
(and portentous) element of the “Best I Ever Had” video is the proliferation of skits breaking up the action (or lack thereof). There aretwoin this video, including one where Drake tells his team that they need to get better at “[taking] that D.” Blech — we get it, Kanye. ...
Earmarked and distributed by Nas‘s influential imprint Mass Appeal, the album features co-sign appearances from fellow Wu Tang Clan peers Method Man and Raekwon, as well as Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, and the label boss himself—amongst many others. Unlike Slum Village’s neatly packed and ...
Dylan:I’ll say that’s why I didn’t pick it, but in reality, this is a huge loss. I’m devastated to have missed out on this one. The metrics did wrong to bury‘Jump Around’,in spite of our perfect Intangibles ratings. Though, even at the 41st pick, it’s still ranked high...
rather than what it’s supposed to represent. You actuallybelieveKeys is a struggling waitress on the Kanye West-produced “You Don’t Know My Name,” a lo-fi slice of vintage soul that makes much more sense next to tracks like “If I Was Your Woman/Walk on By” than it did as a...
Earmarked and distributed by Nas‘s influential imprint Mass Appeal, the album features co-sign appearances from fellow Wu Tang Clan peers Method Man and Raekwon, as well as Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, and the label boss himself—amongst many others. Unlike Slum Village’s neatly packed and ...
Earmarked and distributed by Nas‘s influential imprint Mass Appeal, the album features co-sign appearances from fellow Wu Tang Clan peers Method Man and Raekwon, as well as Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, and the label boss himself—amongst many others. Unlike Slum Village’s neatly packed and ...