Ni**as in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West (Watch the throne, 2011)

Don’t get in the zone! Not the zone! Somebody throw a fillet at them!

The funniest, braggiest, catchiest, illest song on Watch the throne is also the best that Ye and Jay have to offer on their latest collaboration. They took turn counting the ways honey lined their path to rap’s throne, with Kanye occasionally one-upped Jay for good measure (Ye’s response to Jay’s braggin’ about having a hot chick at home? “You know how many hot bitches I OWN?” - maybe he’s talking about female dogs? Or are we back to owning people now?) They threw in dubstep 2/3 of the way through, just because.

While Ye and Jay are front and center, this album is far from a two-men affair. A few other collabs - Beyonce, La Roux’s Eleanor Jackson, Frank Ocean, Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, and Q-tip - made more than the line notes. Admittedly, Ye’s last brilliant album makes this less than spectacular for me though. They can’t be all twisted fantasies eh?

P.S. I don’t get Frank Ocean’s hype.

P.P.S. Please drop Mr. Hudson from your roster, Jay. Chipmunk singing is NOT balling.

P.P.S. H.A.M. sux.

(Source: heavensrejection)

imnumber8:

“I’m liable to be go Michael, Take your pick, Jackson, Tyson, Jordan”

Jay-Z, Niggas in Paris, 2011

“I perform like Mike, Anyone – Tyson, Jordan, Jackson” 

Notorius B.I.G, Victory, 1998

So??? What you think?

There’s a history of this.

Best of 2010 .::. 25 ALBUMS | #01. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (Song: Lost in the world (feat. Bon Iver))

A complete album with everything but the kitchen sink thrown in. Kanye dove into it like a mad man, and it paid off in spades. It’s hard to cool down when being a hot head leads to (by consequence, not causal) some of the best work of your career. Say what you want about Kanye, but he wouldn’t be where he is if he was just your typical narcissist. This was a soul searching album - either he’s pulling wool over our eyes, or he’s a well meaning jerk. Whatever the case maybe, Kanye’s so far ahead that he’s essentially operating in his own sphere now, which must be exciting and frightening at the same time. This is not your ordinary rap album. It’s immortality. His ego can rest now.

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All albums I listened to in full in 2010 (alphabetical order)

1.  Anika – Anika (EP)
2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
3. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
4. Bad Braids – Arrow and Orb (EP)
5. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
6. Beach House – Teen Dreams
7. Best Coast – Crazy for you
8. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot
9. The Black Keys – Brothers
10. James Blake – CMYK
11. James Blake – Klavierwerke (EP)
12. Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle
13. The Books – The Way Out
14. Braids – Native Speaker (EP)
15. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
16. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
17. Buke and Gass – Riposte
18. David Byrne and Fatboy Slim – Here lies love
19. Candy Claws – Hidden Lands
20. Caribou – Swim
21. CocoRosie – Grey Oceans
22. Crookers – Tons of Friends
23. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
24. Cults – Cults (EP)
25. Das Racist – Sit down, man
26. Dead Confederate – Sugar
27. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
28. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
29. The-Dream – Love King
30. Justin Towne Earls – Harlem River Blues
31. Sage Francis – Life
32. Foals – Total Life Forever
33. Fol Chen – Part II: The New December
34. Forest City Lovers – Carriage
35. The Franks – Duh (EP)
36. Girl Talk – All Day (smashup)
37. Hannah Georgas – This is good (EP)
38. Glass Vaults – Glass (EP)
39. The Golden Filter – Völuspà
40. Goldfrapp – Head First
41. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
42. Ellie Goulding – Lights
43. Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer
44. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
45. Hurts - Happiness
46. Jenny and Johnny – I’m Having Fun Now
47. jj – n° 3
48. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – I Learned the Hard Way
49. Jónsi – Go
50. The Knife – Tomorrow, In a Year
51. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
52. Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Real Life is No Cool
53. Lissie - Catching a tiger
    
54. Lost in the Trees – All Alone in an Empty House
55. M.I.A. – MAYA
56. Major Lazer & La Roux – Major Lazer & La Roux Presents LazerProof (Remix)
57. Marina and the Diamonds – The Family Jewels
58. Massive Attack – Heligoland
59. Maximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
60. Jeremy Messersmith – The Reluctant Graveyard
61. MGMT – Congratulations
62. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
63. Kyle Minogue – Aphrodite
64. Mixylodian – Wild in Church (EP)
65. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
66. My Gold Mask – A Thousand Voices (EP)
67. The National – High Violet
68. The New Pornographers – Together
69. New Young Pony – The Optimist
70. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
71. Of Montreal – False Priest
72. The Pass – Burst
73. Ra Ra Riot – The Orchard
74. Rae Spoon – Love is a Hunter
75. Rafter – Animal Feelings
76. Raindeer – Raindeer (EP)
77. Ratatat – LP4
78. Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
79. Rihanna – Loud
80. Josh Ritter – So Runs the World Away
81. Robyn – Body Talk
82. Mark Ronson and the Business Int. – Record Collection
83. Sade – Soldier of Love
84. Sambassadeur – European
85. Sea of Bees – Songs for the Ravens
86. Secret Cities – Pink Graffiti
87. Shakira – Sale el Sol
88. She & Him – Volume Two
89. Sleigh Bells - Treats
90. Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
91. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
92. Kelley Stoltz – To Dreamers
93. Super Wild Horses – Fifteen
94. T.I. – No Mercy
95. The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! – I love you. I love you. I love you and I’m in love with you.
96. Tracey Thorn – Love and Its Opposition
97. Titus Adronicus – The Monitor
98. Toro Y Moi – Causers of This
99. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
100. Uffie – Sex Dreams, and Denim Jeans
101. Sharon van Etten – Epic
102. Versus – On the Ones and Threes
103. Warpaint – The Fool
104. Wavves – King of the Beach
105. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
106. Wye Oak – My Neighor / My creator (EP)
107. Zeus – Say Us

Best of 2010 .::. 100 TRACKS | #07. Monster (Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) - Kanye West

A monster track for a monster line up, and Nicki is the baddest of them all.

Gnomes - Sea of Bees

Best of 2010 .::. 100 tracks | 76-100 (DL)

I listened to hundreds and hundreds of songs in 2010. I truly love, love, love everything I’ve picked for my top 100. In most cases, there isn’t a real order of preferences. These are the best of the best, and I hope it rocks your world. Here’s the first awesome quarter.

76. Gnomes – Sea of Bees

77. Endless Summer – Still Corners

78. Devil’s Spoke – Laura Marling

79. Popinjay – The Joy Formidable

80. Before and After Light – CFCF

81. What You Know – Two Door Cinema Club

82. Thieves - She & Him

83. Record collector - Lissie

84. Convertible Balloon – Wavves

85. Boxer – Lovers

86. John The Determinist – Jeremy Messersmith

87. This Body – The Lightning Bug Situation

88. MCs Can Kiss – Uffie

89. New Space – Glass Vaults

90. Rattling Locks – Josh Ritter

91. Find A Home (New Forest Shaker) – Delays

92. Wylin’ Cause I’m Young (ft. Kanye West) – Kid Cudi

93. Ace Of Hz – Ladytron

94. Leave Everywhere – Toro Y Moi

95. Loca (feat. Dizzee Rascal) – Shakira

96. In California – Joanna Newsom

97. Carolina – Super Wild Horses

98. Learning to cry – Justin Townes Earle

99. Zeus – British Sea Power

100. Wha-La-La-Leng (feat. Face-T) – Ghislain Poirier