Consequence ft. KanYe West x John Legend - "whatever you want" [music video].

the Microsoft Courier tablet.

boogieb: the nerd inside me [pause] went crazy after checkin this out. still in protoype development stages but i want it now.

[some pics]

[holla@gizmodo]

making of the blueprint 3 album cover.

boogieb: took more work than u thought. i think this is the first solo album cover without his face on it. oh and congrats on his 11th number 1 album in a row. damn.

Diddy x Dirty Money ft. Notorious B.I.G "angels" [music video].

boogieb: was anyone else aware that they moved "Making His Band" to saturdays on mtv? are ratings that bad? "Last Train to Paris" (11.24.09) might not be for everyone but i've heard at least 2 decent tracks, this is one of them. the other is tomorrow tonight, i think...cant remember. still dont understand why he feels the need to sing though. maybe we need a DOA remix Hov...

KanYe "im really happy for you and imma let you finish" pics.

boogieb: KanYe's greatest quote ever (besides "george bush doesn't care about black people") + terrible photoshop = hahahahahaha.







[more@kineda]

Clae footwear - lookbook 2009.

boogieb: because you can't wear Nike all the time. unless your paid to.


[part 1 pdf] 

[part 2 pdf]

The Jay-Z x Oprah interview @ the Oprah Winfrey Show.

boogieb: Hov finally on Oprah... wait, what? Hov finally on the Oprah show... ok better.



[holla@hiphopdx]

Rosa Acosta talks about stuff, and stretches a little.

boogieb: if you dont know about her by now, shame on you. hottest lady of the moment (along with Amber Rose & Nicki Minaj).

....I told you stretching was important..."thats what i was telling you before!" (shout out to the Cleveland Show which premiered last night.)



[holla@boobootv]

on the cover: Clipse x Jeezy x Dushku - Complex magazine collector's edition covers [october/november].

boogieb: i think Ecko has a fetish for magazine covers.

larger views:
[clipse][eliza dushku][young jeezy]

Ghostface Killah "stapleton sex" music video.

boogieb: "Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City" drops tomorrows [09.29.09]. get your speakers ready.

some Blueprint 3 outtakes.

boogieb: nice, probably worth checkin out...

I got wind of this and was pretty impressed. As the graphic designer / music producer Alex Goose put it, “In spring of 2009, an A&R affiliated with the Roc got in contact with me. Shortly after. I had the opportunity to submit tracks for Jay-Z’s long awaited “Blueprint 3” album. Unfortunately, none of them made the final cut. After letting people hear what I sent Hova (including people that know him), they all suggested I release them for the public to hear. This is what the Blueprint 3 could have been…”. Click the picture to listen or for the download.

[holla@dopecouture]

Drake ft. KanYe West x Lil Wayne x Eminem "forever" music video.

boogieb: the video that started the Eminem x Slaughterhouse rumors...

Jay-Z & friends @ Madison Square Garden - Blueprint 3 edition.

boogieb: friends include Kid Cudi (pants extra tight), John Mayer (guitar extra tight). If you missed the concert you also missed appearances by Beyonce, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, KanYe, Rihanna, Diddy, Mary. J. Blige, & Memphis Bleek ... damn.

mp3waxx.com tracks of the week [#2].

boogieb: weekly collection of tracks in my inbox from Mp3waxx.com [tracks are for promotional use]:

Nitty Gritty ft. Dulaa - "Sexual Healin"

Shawty Lo ft. Ludacris, Gucci Mane & The-Dream -"Atlanta, GA"

Amaze ft. Gillie Da Kid - "Studio Rodeo"

Pitbull ft. Nicole Scherzinger - "Hotel Room Service" REMIX

John Kaos - "The Anthem"

Johnny BLK ft. Milk Dee - "Automobile"

50 Cent ft. Ne-Yo - "Baby By Me" REMIX

Hanzsolo - "Life Goes On"

Beyonce - "Control"

Bizz aka Prince of Jersey ft. Freeway - "Ringtone"

Nicki Nichole - "Around We Go"

Omar Wilson ft. Angie Stone - "Get To Know You Better"

Gphonix - "I Got Money"

Alja Jackson - "Like A Harley (Ride It)"

Lil Flip - "Da #1 Flyboy!"

Likeblood ft. Bobby Valentino - "Money Over Here"

Playaz Circle ft. Bobby Valentino - "Can't Remember"

Kamui - "Get Down"

ICON THE GROUP ft. Too Short - "Butta Soft"

Dondada - "WorldWide Pimp"

Chris Brown doing community service – pick that trash up boy.

boogieb: haha, fail. did i use that right?


[holla@hiphopdx]

Alicia Keys "doesn't mean anything" (mp3 stream).

boogieb: I apologize for the lack of postings lately. We have been dealing with the lost of our grandmother who passed away last week. She will be missed and forever loved. too much death this year.

Here is some new Alicia Keys to lift our spirits, from her new album in November.

also check out what she had to say about the Mtv VMAs.

[ DAPP TRACKS PLAYLIST: September ]

Mtv VMA update - KanYe was right.

UPDATE: the KanYe apology and live performance of "run this town" with Jay-Z & Rihanna on the Jay Leno premiere:



boogieb: nothin against Taylor Swift, very few are rockin it like she is right now, and yeah that might of been a pretty rude but dammit I agree with him. "single ladies" was such a huge song and that video was talked about by everyone. I called bullsh!t on that award even before Ye got up there, sometimes he just has the balls to say what we all thinkin. end rant.

• maybe he was drunk off that Henny... Henny...

• did I see that right, did Solange pull a Britney or an Amber Ro and shave her whole head up?

• like I said, inappropriate but he was right... Beyonce wins video of the year. B is a classy lady, congrats to both Beyonce & Swift (KanYe owes you dinner or something).

• Hov kills it, straight outta the car to the stage (took off the blazer, loosened up the tied, stepped inside of the booth, superman was alive). I swear he was just drivin around the block till it was showtime though. Alicia & Beyonce... dammmmn, as always.

• that was unnessecary Lil Mama, no one asked u to come on stage for that awkward appearance.

a dapp review: Jay-Z's "the Blueprint 3".

boogieb: simple track x track reviews or comments of albums I feel like reviewing:

[1] What We Talkin About:

"grown men want me to set them on my lap / but i don't have a beard and Santa Clause ain't black / I repeat you can't sit on my lap / I dont have a beard /now get off my sack"

welcome back Hov - "i don't run rap no more, i run the map"

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[2] Thank You:

"danger approaches we like wait who's this / let us save you some trouble / what size suit you is? / this way after the Ruger shoots through a few clips / you can lay in your casket just as you is / we appreciate the traget practices / we'll be sure to send flower baskets, kid"

one of my favs on the album, instrumentally sounds like it coulda been on "American Gangster", like a toned down "Roc Boys".

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[3] D.O.A. [Death of Auto-Tune]:

"only rapper to re-write history without a pen"

we all heard this by now - still obsessed with this beat,  and now apparently T-Pain is on the "fuck Jay-z" bandwagon ...looks like someone has some hurt feelings, even after he helped perform the song live with J a few weeks back.

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[4] Run This Town [ft. Rihanna x Kanye West]:
KanYe rapping like Pippen to Hov's Jordan on this one. Or maybe it should be rapping like Shaq to Hov's LeBron for the '09.

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[5] Empire State Of Mind [ft. Alicia Keys]:

"sh!t, i made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee game"

the NY anthem, NY stand up for this one. did it really take this long for them to do a track together?

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[6] Real As It Gets [ft. Young Jeezy]:

"i won this race that ya'll trail / Blueprints for sale / follow in my footprints you can't fail / set sail / i used to duck shots now i eat quail / i'll probably never see jail / each tale contains more than truth of the statue allows me to go into detail / close your eyes you can smell / Hov's the audio equivelent to braille / thats why they feel me... "

im sure 'Ye had some influence on making this collabo happen. Jeezy rocks it though, track gets you hype

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[7] On To The Next One [ft.  Swizz Beatz]:

"i don't get dropped, i drop the label"

i want this to be a single and blow up so i can 2-step to it in the club. "double your money and make it stack"...Swizzy!

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[8] Off That [ft. Drake]:

"with my high yellow broad / and my dark skinned sis / and my best white mate / say what's up to chris / hows that for a mix / got a black president / got green presidents / Blueprints in my white ipod / Black diamond in my Jesus piece"

those bars sounds like it could been a remix to Elzhi's colors. the concept of this track is like a new version of "30 Something"... was surprised at first Drizzy Drake didn't get a verse, but he doesn't even have an album out yet so it kinda makes sense. Getting on a Jay-Z without an album out is still pretty major though, even if its just a hook... same for K Cudi.

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[9] A Star Is Born [ft. J. Cole]:

"Wayne's scorchin / i'll applaud him / if he keep goin / i'll pass the torch to him"

yeah, Cole doesn't have a album out yet either but thats Hov's first artist on RocNation so he gotta let him shine a lil, and he kills it. This track is like a hip-hop timeline of some of his fav rappers in the game

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[10] Venus Vs. Mars:

"me, im from the big apple / that means im a mac / shorty is a PC / she lives in my lap"

song like this makes me think of Amil from the "Jigga What, Jigga Who" days. Im sure everyone will hes talkin bout B, then i heard that last verse... hmmm.

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[11] Already Home [ft. Kid Cudi]:

"im in the hall already / on the wall already / im a work of art / im a Warhol already / on another level on another plane already / H-O-V i got my own lane already"

like Cudi's voice on this track

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[12] Hate [ft. KanYe West]:

after the first listen i could do with out this one, maybe it'll grow on me but right now sounds a lil corny to me. kinda reminescent of "drunken hot girls" on Ye's album.

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[13] Reminder:

"i write 16's in-between running 16 businesses / all the while showing these young bucks what the business is"

Not the strongest J x Tim collabo but still like. sometimes Jay-Z has to remind you how awesome Jay-Z is.

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[14] So Ambitious [ft. Pharrell]:

Love J x Netpunes collabos when they on some laid back tracks, "I Know" will forever be my sh!t (i still don't know what that video was about)

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[15] Young Forever [ft. Mr Hudson]:

Mr Hudson has a pretty bright future, reminds me of a Coldplay or something, so can see them collabing. Hov's flow sounds a lil off beat on this one though, nice track otherwise.

boogieb: after only a few listens i rank the third Blueprint somewehere after "Blueprint 1 or Reasonable Doubt" (still untouchable in my book) but in the same league as "American Gangster" & "The Black Album". Sounds like an 11th #1 album to me, probably just on Hov's marketing alone. definitely worth a buy... yes a buy... remember when you used to pay for music...

"I Am T-Pain" iphone app in action.

boogieb: call me T-boogie, shawty.

...But the fact that you can make your own track, then share it with your friends (or Facebook or Myspace) with just a few clicks is amazing, especially so since it's authentic Antares Auto-Tune technology. [holla@gizmodo][then holla@itunes]

a dapp feature: Jay-Z - the Blueprint 3.

boogieb: as of today, its out this tuesday (assuming you haven't bootlegged it already...). chances are it'll be the only album i'll be listening to for the rest of the year (maybe that ghost and lupe, but everything else will temporarily be put on hold, so hope it doesn't suck.)

listen to every track of the album here:

What We Talkin About - Jay-Z
Thank You - Jay-Z
D.O.A. [Death of Auto-Tune] - Jay-Z
Run This Town [Jay-Z + Rihanna + Kanye West]
Empire State Of Mind [Jay-Z + Alicia Keys]
Real As It Gets [Jay-Z + Young Jeezy]
On To The Next One [Jay-Z + Swizz Beatz]
Off That [Jay-Z + Drake]
A Star Is Born [Jay-Z + J. Cole]
Venus Vs. Mars - Jay-Z
Already Home [Jay-Z + Kid Cudi]
Hate [Jay-Z + Kanye West]
Reminder (Amended Album Version) - Jay-Z
So Ambitious [Jay-Z + Pharrell]
Young Forever [Jay-Z + Mr Hudson]

[holla@rhapsody]

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dapp news bits:

[dapp reviews the album]

[September 10th - "Food for Thought: Converstions with Jay-Z" special on BET @ 7pm]

[September 11th - JayZ Live @ Madison Square Garden and live on tv on FUSE]

[September 14th - Jay-z, Rihanna, KanYe West perform on the Jay Leno show premiere]

[Oprah un-raps Jay-Z: The O Interview]

[watch the 'Blueprint 3' tv spots by Rhapsody]

[the 5 worst Jay-Z songs by Complex]

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dapp videos:

^ "d.o.a - death of auto-tune"


^ "run this town"

DAPPmixtapes: summer 2009.

boogieb: what's the best way to end the summer? i have no idea, but whatever it is i bet you'll be listenin to music while your doing it ("thats what she said").

here are 2 collections of some summer jams i been rockin out to all season (not including all those Michael Jackson (R.I.P) songs i had on repeat), all for 4 easy payments of $19.95 ...nah i kid, i kid. But i bet you woulda paid if Billy Mays (R.I.P) sold it to you.

So welcome back fall & winter... with all of your new tv shows, oscar worthy movies, cold air, holidays breaks from work and/or schools, and blueprint III's ...we missed u.

^[collection 1]

^[collection 2]

[DAPP TRACKS PLAYLIST: August]