With memorable hosts SNL legends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the always entertaining Ricky Gervais and the looser atmosphere and two consecutive years of controversy with #OscarsSoWhite campaign the ‘Biggest night in film’ was playing catch up and battling being dismissed as antiquated
On The Life of Pablo Kanye West responds to his detractors missing his more soulful and political activist side.
And even Big Brother Jay Z offered more validity to those cries by saying ‘We miss the old Kanye’
So what does this mean? Is there an etherial ‘old’ Kanye that was a backpacker who was a lovable producer-rapper
This thought process is dismissive forgetting all that came before this current iteration of Yeezy.
Hailing from Chatham’s 79th Street Chance The Rapper, born Chancellor Bennett, has had quite a run of success and it is more impressive when taking in the fact that he has accomplished so much without assistance of a major label.
After going on tour with Childish Gambino and with the release of his widely successful mixtape Acid Rap he stereotypically would have signed to one of the many labels that were courting him but instead he started his own path by remaining unsigned.
He has brought his influence to adidas with stars like Future, Weeknd & Taylor Swift donning his styles.
Label mates & fellow adidas’ team 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Pusha T during Summer Jam all advertised the newly released gum sole 750s.
With this announcement Adidas has essentially made West their Jordan, a face synonymous to the brand.
As the clock strikes triple zero jubilation eruption from the visiting bench.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have won the 2016 NBA Championship.
52 years & 146 major-sports seasons were completed in Cleveland since their last title, 1964 Browns.
The drought was over, the curse broken.
Instead of reminiscing on failures the city can create new memories of triumph and it all started with a letter.
Fans who have been clamoring for what’s next for Donald Glover are greeted with a reverse edited 30 second promo with the protagonists walking throughout the capital of Georgia.
Every time someone tries to put him in the box he changes.
Even the title of ‘triple threat’ is lacking.
He’s a screenwriter, producer, actor, singer, composer, comedian, rapper.
Getting signed to a major deal has always been the standard goal for tons of artists. But, with the continuing rise of the 360 deal, artists have equipped themselves with the tools needed to release there music independently through streaming outlets such as Soundcloud, Reverbnation, Tunecore and Bandcamp. Independent artists are now earning the bulk of their money from touring.
As he heads to the Basketball Hall of Fame many questions still abound.
What If?
What if the NBA fully embraced him?
What if A.I. didn’t clash with Larry Brown?
What if David Stern didn’t enforce the dress code?
During a Hot 97 interview Steve Stoute revealed that Pusha T actually wrote the original ‘I’m Lovin It’ jingle for McDonalds.
This was met with acclaim throughout the media from Time to Rolling Stone reinforcing that Push has always strove to break out of any preconceived notions anyone has had about him.
From the phonogram all the way to the iPod, we've witness the inevitable change in the music industry. The rise of the digital age allowed music to be way more accessible than it has ever been.
Many artists didn't know how to plan for such a change.
Coming from CD to mp3, how do you clearly define unit sales?
While everyone acted as sheep, one artist built an empire that allowed him to become the shepherd and sway how and when the the industry changes.
With the help of his clique, Jay Z defined how we listen and consume new music & content.
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