I saw the homie Q’s film last week and it was fascinating, and sobering. Watch the first 10 minutes….and definitely go support by buying the DVD, available online today!

seriously…these women are taking the video medium to another level. The fellas? not so much.

Between this clip, and Alicia’s new one, and Rihanna’s Roulette, and that Gaga spectacle….wowza

strangé!

(but for the record, I’m not sure why Lady Gaga was even added on to this song. She doesnt have a real part, and she looks extremely out of place in the video with her artful kookiness in contrast to Beyonce’s pure sexual intensity.)

spotted on Onsmash (update: and on director Rik Cordero’s site) Its Mikey’s absolute favorite song in the universe ; )
Previously: MissInfo Premiere: Clipse feat. Cam’ron “Popular Demand (Popeyes)” (CDQ)

I watched this in the Diptyque “Baies”-scented office of DefJam big tuna L.A. Reid, along with my girl Yvette Davila and MTV’s Tuma,…and I was floored. A great video makes you like a song more, but I didn’t even really like this song…until I saw this clip. Loved “The Cell” x “Matrix” feel. Plus that hot new guy from Grey’s Anatomy ; ) And of course, Rihanna looks incredible. The director’s cut that we watched was only different because it included a little more cleavage, and a glimpse of the male lead actually raising the gun in hand at the end.

Previously: Rihanna Rated R album snippets (I still like “Photographs” and “Cold Case.”)

(Kanye, Amber Rose, and friend spotted touring Rome by the Vatican)

Leaked Music: Kanye West “I’m So Appalled”

When I heard this Kanye West, I thought for sure this was an unearthed gem from Kanye’s pre-autotune period. But low and behold, Chicago expert Andrew/FakeShoreDrive says that “I’m So Appalled” is actually Kanye’s verse for an upcoming Kanye/No I.D.-produced song on Diddy/Dirty Money’s Last Train to Paris album… huh! who woulda thunk it? (spotted on 2DopeBoyz)

New Music: Solange “Stillness is the Move”

I don’t hate this song. Kinda cute. But, I’m a sucker for “Xplosive” samples. (Spotted on Concrete Loop) Oh and speaking of Solange, Wale declared his love for her in this Honey Mag interview.

Old Music/Talk: BDot/RR unearthed audio from 2007 when Drake called into the Cipha Sounds and Angela Yee show on Shade45….and took part in “Don’t Quit Your Day Job,” an on-air critique of new artists! LOL how funny to hear now that he’s everyone’s bees knees.

Illy pointed out this youtube montage of snippets from Rihanna’s upcoming Rated R album. It sounds like that poppy-bedroom-mirror-dancing music that I love at certain parts of the month : )
Meanwhile, Elliott/RR heard the whole album and posted a funny in-depth list of his song by song reactions…

“The Last Song”
I can’t stand this clunker. “Time to turn off the last song,” she keeps repeating. And I wish I coulda done just that. More wailing guitars. A bad ending to a good album.”

LOL! Well, “Last Song” seems ok from this snippet, but I was already fast-fowarding “Rude Boy ” and the snippet was only 10 seconds long. Love “Photographs” though.

Clipse – Doorman Music Video – Til The Casket Drops Dec 8 from Malice of the Clipse on Vimeo.

Yesterday this song came out, and today RR posted the video. Nice!

After the jump, watch my homie Kid Sister’s 1st single “Right Hand Hi,” (off her Ultraviolet album which comes out next week), and also that Diddy-Dirty Money video “Love Come Down.”….

(more…)

thanks to Dre/NMC and the Onsmash boys…

UPDATE: I can’t stop watching this video…I love it! Its like Barbarella meets Andromeda Strain meets Dolce Gabbana meets True Blood.

Well, my New Music Cartel family decided to bless you guys with a goodie on a Sunday, and they say they’ll have footage of Hov and Robin recording this on Monday. So send your thank you notes to them…especially Young/Onsmash and Youheardthatnew.

New Music: Robin Thicke featuring Jay-Z “Meiplé” (CDQ)

UPADTE: Here’s some video footage from the night of the recording session. Very nice! Thanks to Miss Geezy, and see more pics at Nahright

Thanks to Nation, Dre and Onsmash

yup, I like this song. Catchy. Even while they were filming the video, Usher and the cast kept singing it after the take was over.