Taylor Swift ft. T-Pain: Thug Story

This video was premiered at the intro of the CMT Awards as one of Taylor Swift's dreams, that always seem to come true. One of her dreams was to do a collaboration with T-Pain. In the "dream", she scraps her sundress and cowboy boots to play up more of her thug style. Oh yeah, If you haven't heard it yet, she raps.

I also gave a go at vector imaging and I used a screen shot from the music video. I haven't fully finished it. I need more practice.

Coldplay: Strawberry Swing (HD)

This video was directed by Shynola who also worked with Radiohead. The video showcases Chris Martin, as a superhero, saving a girl who was kept hostage by a massive squirrel. The texture and pastel colours of the chalk setting is in perfect harmony with the theme and mood of the song and title.

They were sitting
They were sitting on the strawberry swing
Every moment was so precious

They were sitting
They were talking under strawberry swing
Everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing

Cold, cold water bring me round
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water what ya say?
When it's such…
It's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

I remember
We were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait until the morning
Wouldn't wanna change a thing

People moving all the time
Inside a perfectly straight line
Don't you wanna curve away?
When it's such…
It's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

Now the sky could be blue
I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time

Could be blue
I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time

Could be blue,
Could be grey
Without you I’m just miles away

Could be blue
I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time

Kings of Leons: Use Somebody (Pixie Lott Acoustic Cover)

I thought this was a well done cover from Pixie Lott. I also love listening to girl singing a song originally done by a guy and vice versa.

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M-Trey and CJ The Genesis: Run This Town (Remix)

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Ten Second Epic ft. Lights: Every Day (Official Music Video)

I have to support our Canadian artists.

Eminem: Beautiful (Official Music Video)

I know this has been out for a few weeks now, but I still cannot get over how this song is... well... "beautiful." I'm surprised this is the only song on "Relapse" that he produced himself. The rest were mainly produced by Dr. Dre. I hope he does more producing on "Relapse 2."

Lately I've been hard to reach
I've been too long on my own
Everyone has a private world
Where they can be alone
Are you calling me, are you trying to get through
Are you reaching out for me, and I'm reaching out for you

I'm just so fuckin' depressed
I just can seem to get out this slump
If I could just get over this hump
But I need something to pull me out this dump
I took my bruises, took my lumps
Fell down and I got right back up
But I need that spark to get psyched back up
In order for me to pick that mic back up
I don't know how I pry away
And I ended up in this position I'm in
I starting to feel distant again
So I decided just to pick this pen
Up and tried to make an attempt to vent
But I just can't admit
Or come to grips, with the fact that
I may be done with rap
I need a new outlet
I know some shits so hard to swallow
And I just can't sit back and wallow
In my own sorrow
But I know one fact
I'll be one tough act to follow
One tough act to follow
Copy
One tough act to follow
Here today, gone tomorrow
But you have to walk a thousand miles

Walk my shoes, just to see
What it's like, to be me
All be you, let's trade shoes
Just to see what I'd be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each other's mind
Just to see what we find
Look at shit through each other's eyes

But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you sOoOoo
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you

I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor
Everything is so tense and gloom
I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature in the room
Just as soon as I walk in
It's like all eyes on me
So I try to avoid any eye contact
Cause if I do that then it opens a door to conversation
Like I want that...
I'm not looking for extra attention
I just want to be just like you
Blend in with the rest of the room
Maybe just point me to the closest restroom
I don't need fucking man servin'
Tryin to follow me around, and wipe my ass
Laugh at every single joke I crack
And half of them ain't even funny like that
Ahh Marshall, you're so funny man, you should be a comedian, god damn
Unfortunately I am, but I just hide behind the tears of a clown
So why don't you all sit down
Listen to the tale I'm about to tell
Hell, we don't have to trade our shoes
And you don't have to walk no thousand miles

Walk my shoes, just to see
What it's like, to be me
All be you, let's trade shoes
Just to see what I'd be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each other's mind
Just to see what we find
Look at shit through each other's eyes

But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you sOoOoo
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you sOoOoo

Nobody asked for life to deal us
With these bullshit hands with doubt
We have to take these cards ourselves
And flip them, don't expect no help
Now I could have either just
Sat on my ass and pissed and moaned
But take this situation in which I'm placed in
And get up and get my own
I was never the type of kid
To wait but I know to unpack his bags
Never sat on the porch and hoped and prayed
For a dad to show up who never did
I just wanted to fit in
Every single place
Every school I went
I dreamed of being that cool kid
Even if it meant acting stupid
Aunt Edna always told me
Keep making that face till it gets stuck like that
Meanwhile I'm just standing there
Holding my tongue up trying to talk like this
Till I stuck my tungue on the frozen stop sign poll at 8 years old
I learned my lesson and cause I wasn't tryin to impress my friends no more
But I already told you my whole life story
Not just based on my description
Cause where you see it from where you're sitting
Is probably 110% different
I guess we would have to walk a mile
In each other's shoes, at least
What size you where?
I wear tens
Let's see if you can fit your feet

Walk my shoes, just to see
What it's like, to be me
All be you, let's trade shoes
Just to see what I'd be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each other's mind
Just to see what we find
Look at shit through each other's eyes

But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you sOoOoo
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you sOoOoo

Lately I've been hard to reach
I've been too long on my own
Everyone has a private world
Where they can be alone... sOoOoo
Are you calling me, are you trying to get through OoOo
Are you reaching out for me, and I'm reaching out for you sOoOoo Oo Oo

Yea... To my babies. Stay strong. Daddy will be soon
And to the rest of the world, god gave you the shoes
That fit you, so put em on and wear em
And be yourself man, be proud of who you are
Even if it sounds corny,
Don't ever let no one tell you, you ain't beautiful

Drake: Best I Ever Had (Director's Cut)

via Kanye's Blog

Imogen Heap: Canvas (Official Music Video)

Slow heart dark wait down love black canvas
Revolve within, you understand
Fragile earth where cracks in the temperature
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Slow heart dark wait down love black canvas
Revolve within, you understand
Fragile earth where cracks in the temperature
Keep it cool to give, you understand

Cause I just can't find the strength to pull you up and keep you taut
No I just can't find the strength to hold you up and keep you taut

Hijacked lost track light fades another day left
Long shadows lure you in
The more you look the less you see
So close your eyes and start to breathe
Oh, suit yourself, this wasn't easy
Mm, suit yourself this wasn't easy

Oh, I just can't find the strength to pull you up and keep you taut
No, I just can't find the strength to hold you up and keep you taut

Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo
Da-day-hay
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo
Da-dada-ho

Cause I just can't find the strength
To keep you taut

This song is off her new album Ellipse.

Kanye West: Live from Chicago Theater (Full Video and Audio)

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Part 3:

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The Shures: Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (Cover)

I believe that Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol must be the most played song on my playlist. Ever since I saw the music video of the lead singer lying on the ground and singing, I was immediately hooked. Anyway, The Shures did an amazing job with the cover. This was the first song they sang as a group. The harmony of their rendition just made me jump from my seat. It will definitely make you feel good inside. The group has also done other covers like Umbrella, Crush, Dead and Gone and much more.

About them:
So, everyone has heard of online dating... but how about online band making? Well, The Shures are a brand of their own. Having all met via the internet, the English, American and Australian band mates are the first ''internet based group'' around. Despite the differences in location (and not to mention time), The shures manage to write, record, and interact as though there were no distance between them at all.

Check out their music and videos:
http://www.myspace.com/theshures
http://www.youtube.com/user/theshures

Run This Town - Jay-Z (ft. Kanye West and Rihanna)

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Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Photos and Trailer

Alice in Wonderland is directed by visionary director Tim Burton, of everything from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure to Beetlejuice to Batman to Edward Scissorhands to Mars Attacks to Sleepy Hollow to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Sweeney Todd most recently. The screenplay was written by Disney's own Linda Woolverton, of Beauty and the Beast, Homeward Bound, and The Lion King previously. This is based on Lewis Carroll's beloved series of books that were first published in 1865. Disney is bringing Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland to both digital 3D and 2D theaters everywhere on March 5th, 2010 early next year.

Kid Cudi ft. Kanye and Common - Make Her Say (Official Music Video HD)

Mr Hudson and Kanye West @ The 2009 iTunes Festival - Videos

Supernova


Paranoid


Heartless

via usopenfreak

I can't wait for Mr Hudson to release his album, "Straight No Chaser," in the Fall.

Shad - Outro (ft. Ian Kamau) & Compromise - Videos

Outro (ft. Ian Kamau)


Compromise


Directed by Christopher Mills. The footage from the "Outro", as you can see above, was taken from the "Compromise" video.

I decided to put the two videos on one post to show the progression of the footage. Enjoy!

John Legend - Whenever It Rains (Tagged)

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"I've been looking for a cloud today. Am I the only the one who prays for rain?"

Despite the annoying tags of Tapemasters Inc., this track sounds amazing. On twitter, John Legend mentioned that he has been in the studio working on a few artists. I'm ready for another album. Are you?

Jaydiohead (Jay-Z X Radiohead) - The Encore

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Max Tannone has also made another set of 10 tracks called Minty Fresh Beats. CLICK HERE to check out the tracks and videos.

via SeanTheROBOT

Beyonce Wants to Star in Sister Act Remake

Beyonce's got religion - showbiz style - and wants to star in a movie version of the stage musical Sister Act.

She slipped quietly into the London Palladium several days ago, during a break from her UK I Am Sasha Fierce tour, and took a pew to watch Patina Miller and Sheila Hancock rock to the Lord in the Sister Act musical.

Beyonce was taken by Alan Menken's gospel-to-R&B score and enjoyed Glenn Slater's clever lyrics (Glenn has also written the lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies), and has asked her representatives to persuade Disney to develop the show into a film vehicle for her.

If this comes to pass, she would take on, in musical form, the part Whoopi Goldberg created in the 1992 Sister Act film, although the stage version moves the action from the West Coast to Philadelphia.

Beyonce, 27, would play sexy lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier, on the run from gangsters and forced to disguise herself as a nun.

The Mother Superior part (Maggie Smith in the movie, Sheila Hancock in the musical) could go to Meryl Streep, who has form playing nuns, and can sing.

Beyonce is also considering recording one of the show's hit numbers, Take Me To Heaven.

If Beyonce's prayers are answered, it won't shoot until at least 2011, after Sister Act opens on Broadway in October 2010.

The producers, Stage Entertainment, wanted to take Sister Act to New York in the coming spring but it's not enough time to get the show right. Menken and Slater continue to fine-tune the production and tinker with the Sister Act cast album, which hits stores and iTunes on July 27.

There's also the little problem of who will direct it on Broadway. Peter Schneider, who directed the London show, was sidelined in the weeks running up to Sister Act's Palladium opening.
An associate director was brought over from Germany to work with actors, and associates of Schneider put the show together.

Schneider will still be involved but the likelihood is that a new director will be hired to give Sister Act some heavenly help on Broadway.

Meanwhile, the musical, dubbed 'red-hot family entertainment' by Ben Brantley, the New York Times drama critic during his annual summer sojourn in London, is playing to healthy, but not packed, houses at the 2,000-plus seat Palladium.

I'm surprised it's not yet the scorching hit it should be.

via Britain's Daily Mail

New Andre 3000 - Lookin' 4 Ya (2 Minute Snippet)

Andre 3000 is back and the first thing he drops is a 2 minute snippet of Lookin' 4 Ya. Unfortunately, there are tags in the audio clip. Here it is off of Tapemasters Inc. and DJ Envy’s Purple Codeine Vol. 25.

DOWNLOAD HERE: Andre 3000 - Lookin’ 4 Ya [Tags] | Mediafire

via 2dopeboyz

CJ The Genesis - Yea, I'm A Nerd (Mixtape)

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If you are into classic video games and great music, this mixtape is for you. Listen to the album and join the fan-base on Facebook by clicking 'Become a Fan' in the widget on the right.

Maxwell BLACKsummers'night in Stores Today

BLACKsummers'night is the heavily anticipated new studio album from groundbreaking modern soul artist Maxwell. BLACKsummers'night is the first full-length Maxwell release since Now, his critically-acclaimed third studio album, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in August 2001. This album is the sensuous opening installment of the artist's monumental BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT trilogy. Striving for an emotional authenticity and real world sound for the album, the entire album was recorded live in the studio with an a-list ensemble of elegantly sympathetic musicians.

The whole album could be listened to on Imeem.

His first single of the album is Pretty Wings.

Nothing Like You And I - The Perishers

I was watching Greek when this song caught my attention.


We spent some time
together walking
Spent some time just talking
about who we were
You held my hand so
very tightly
And told me what we
could be dreaming of

There’s nothing like you and I

We spent some time
together drinking
Spent some time just thinking
about days of joy
As our hearts started
beating faster
I recalled your laughter
from long ago

There’s nothing like you and I

We spent some time
together crying
Spent some time just trying
to let each other go
I held your hand so
very tightly
And told you what I would be
dreaming of

There’s nothing like you and I
So why do I even try?
There’s nothing like you and I

Kanye West and Lady GaGa US Tour Dates

Oct 04, 2009 HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
Oct 07, 2009 TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 10, 2009 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 11, 2009 Wachovia Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 13, 2009 Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota
Oct 15, 2009 Madison Square Garden Arena New York, New York
Oct 16, 2009 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York
Oct 17, 2009 IZOD Center East Rutherford, New Jersey
Oct 28, 2009 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 29, 2009 Verizon Center Washington, District of Columbia
Oct 31, 2009 Palace Of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Michigan
Nov 02, 2009 United Center Chicago, Illinois
Nov 05, 2009 Toyota Center Houston, Texas
Nov 07, 2009 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 08, 2009 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas
Nov 10, 2009 US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona
Nov 11, 2009 Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego, California
Nov 13, 2009 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 14, 2009 Honda Center Anaheim, California
Nov 16, 2009 Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Nov 18, 2009 Save Mart Center Fresno, California
Nov 20, 2009 ARCO Arena Sacremento, California
Nov 21, 2009 HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, California
Nov 22, 2009 HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, California
Dec 02, 2009 Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado
Dec 03, 2009 Tingley Coliseum Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dec 05, 2009 Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 06, 2009 Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 09, 2009 Bank Atlantic Ampitheater FT Lauderdale, Florida
Dec 11, 2009 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 12, 2009 Greensboro Coliseum Complex Greensburo, North Carolina
Dec 13, 2009 Norfolk Scope Arena Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 15, 2009 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut

via The Amajanese Blog

Heartbreaker - MSTRKRFT ft. John Legend

Remember when, I caught your eye,
You gave me rainbows, and butterflies,
We did enjoy, a happiness,
When our love was over, I was such a mess,
I smiled at you, and you smiled back,
That's when I new, there's no turning back,
You said you loved me, and I did too,
Although it's over, I still love you

Chorus:
You're in my mind, you're in my heart,
I wish I knew, right from the start,
All my friends say, you'd break my heart,
A heartbreaker, right from the start.

I tried to fight it, I tried so hard,
And everyday I'd pray to God,
That you an me, were meant to be,
But you had another, you had a lover,
And now it's gone, I don't know why,
I feel like crying, just wanna die,
I can't look at you, and you know why,
Know I tried so hard, to catch your eye

Chorus:(x2)
You're in my mind, you're in my heart,
I wish I knew, right from the start,
All my friends say, you'd break my heart,
A heartbreaker, right from the start.