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Kanye West Preforms New Songs at Facebook Meeting!

Kanye West took a trip over to Facebook headquarters and previewed some of his latest work. Lyrics that are both REAL and FUNNY? Now that's the Kanye we know, love, and missed!!

Nicki Minaj- Your Love

N.A.S.A.- 'Strange Enough' (feat. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip)

this vid is deff strange enough. ha

ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Dominique Young Unique

DOMINIQUE YOUNG UNIQUE is a 19 year old Florida native rapper. She is most commonly compared to artists like M.I.A, Santigold, Rye Rye, and Kid Sister. But I have to think, is that because they are all minority women who incorporate electro into their hip hop tinged flows, or because that is the group she fits in with the quickest? To me, I would say sounds more like she's been influenced by Lil' Kim, Trina, and Nikki Minaj, mostly because of her dirty, dirty lyrics.

                                 Dominique Young Unique-CEO Girl by Toast Press

Of course, you can't help but to notice all the similarities to the others (Rye Rye fo sho), too. Honestly though, her name doesn't have Unique in it for show. She can back that namesake up. The reason why I can get her shit out of my head is because she can hold her own on vocals against the AMAZING tracks produced by David Alexander, producer for Yo! Majesty. Alexander was introduced to DYU through Shunda K. of Yo! Majesty, and after some time Dominique signed to David Alexander's small British label, Art Jam. She has been working on tracks since she was 17,  and has released a mixtape, Dominiation, and an EP Blaster, that came out in May.


Dominique started creating a stir on the music scene when she preformed at the SXSW festival in March. She was even featured in The Rolling Stones because of the event. Then blogs started spreading the word about DYU after her first music video for "Show My Ass" came out in April.

As for me, I came across this mash up by The Hood Internet  a couple of days ago that caught my attention. I began researching Dominique Young Unique like crazy and knew that she was one to watch.

 The Hood Internet - I'm In Love With A Hot Girl (Dominique Young Unique x YACHT) by hoodinternet

You can download her full mixtape below. My favs are "Blaster" and "War Talk".
Dominique Young Unique - Domination by Toast Press

Converse Video - "All Summer"

Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam Batmanglij – ‘All Summer’ by nmemagazine

Miike Snow- Rabbit

Just because I do love me a video with some booty shakin'.

Listen to M.I.A.'s new album

MIA's new album, /\/\ /\ Y /\, drops next week, July 13th, but is now available for streaming on Myspace.

check it HERE!

ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Chiddy Bang

Chiddy Bang is a hip hop duo from Philadelphia, PA. Emcee Chidera "Chiddy" Anamege, and DJ/Producer Noah Beresin, a.k.a. Xaphoon Jones, met while attending Drexel University in Philly. 

Their music sounds to me like rapping over an indie electro hip hop baby.
 My favorite kind of baby.

Chiddy Bang often samples underground favorites like Kate Nash, MGMT, RATATAT, Yelle, and Passion Pit, giving them the indie/electro feel I spoke of. Xaphoon then takes these samples and puts his spin on it, resulting in a track that really stands out from Chiddy Bang's hip hop peers.  The duo has released two mixtapes, The Swelly Express, and Air Swell.


Below is Chiddy Bang's music videos for their first two singles, 'Kids' and 'Truth'. They recently released the video for their third single, 'Sooner or Later' where Chiddy filmed a recent trip to his parents hometown in Nigeria. 
View that one HERE.

Love this next one. The vocals by Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos is why I love this song.

Chiddy Bang has been gaining a lot of respect and attention in the blogosphere since late 2009/early 2010, but has just started reaching widespread popularity with the release of the 'Kids' music video. That same song even peaked on the top of US charts at number 8. Chiddy Bang was signed to EMI back in March, and is releasing their first album, Here We Go, August 24th, 2010.

Two of my Chiddy Bang favs:

Chiddy Bang-Get Up In The Morning

alt+click to download

Chiddy Bang-Hey London

You can also cop their second mixtape, Air Swell. 'Hey London' is in the download.

Amazon Special on Passion Pit Album

For those of you who haven't listened to Manners from Passion Pit, shame on you! 

But here is your chance to redeem yourself. Amazon MP3 has chosen this album as one of their 100 Albums for $5. Now, this is the deluxe version of Manners, so you get extra special songs like Passion Pit's cover of 'Dreams', by The Cranberries.

Buy the album in Amazon HERE.

New Cover Art for Kanye West Single- Power

Have you peeped the artwork for Kanye's single 'Power' on iTunes? 

I love that he is into art. Keep bringing hip hop to another level. 

artwork by George Condo

All Aboard Air Drake!

Here is another thing to add on to Drizzy's list of accomplishments this year: a plane in his namesake. This Virgin America plane jets between Drake's hometown of Toronto to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
I've gotta say, you know you've made it when bitches be namin' shit after you. Congrats!