Kanye’tda Pushed Back
gloom
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The powers that be at Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam have pushed Kanye West's sophomore album, Late Registration back to August 16. The album was initially expected to release on July 12. West's music video for his first single, "Diamonds From Sierra Leone," directed by Hype Williams, premieres Wednesday (June 15) on BET and Monday (June 20) on MTV's "TRL." Shot in Prague, the video depicts the civil war and destruction caused by diamond trading in Sierra Leone. A remix of the song, featuring Jay-Z, is currently in heavy rotation.
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does he still rock his jesus piece and all that shit?
and what's up with this?
um? i can think of a million places that look more like Sierra Leone than Prague. Sierra Leone for one, the rest of the african continent for #2. wtf? at least the premier isnt on the 19th, i could see kanye trying to co-opt juneteenth with this bullshit "message" poser garbage.
Diamonds suck...
"The "blood diamonds" of Sierra Leone have funded rebel leader Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front since 1991[/b], enabling his men to wage a guerilla war which still rages against the elected government of Tejan Kabbah and also against civilians in the north-east of the country."
2). Dude said he signed SA-RA. Even though I'm a big sceptic of SA-RA's music I'm still interested to see what they are going to put out on a major label.
I guess it's supposed to stand in for Antwerp? Why not shoot it in the trading center of the diamond trade - i.e. Belgium (and maybe a side swipe @ good ole King Leopold and his decimation of, oh, close to 10 million in the Congo prior to the turn of the 20th century)? Anyway...
And, I'm quite impressed with Kanye's willingness and eagerness to take chances... and, as the Fader blog mentions, not of the Kanye 3000 variety. Most dudes would just be like "OK, this worked last time, so let me get some more bank," but Kanye seems genuinely interested in fucking with some next level music and isn't trying to be on same catering shit but is trying to be on some "walk with me" shit. I fucks with that mentality like a mug.
Dude is clearly a music lover.
Anybody peep the Just Blaze interview in the Source?
It's so simple and stupid and shit, but it suddenly struck me why these guys make such good music: because they fucking love music.
-e
*ahem*
Dude, the beat he used for Diamonds sounded like something off of a Thievery Corp album..ohh... and "Fix your skirt, poptart".
Ther are alot of Artists taking chances in the game. This doesn't make him unique.
Im just sayin' that this single is not that good and I know the public is going to suck on this shit 'cause its new.
Yeah, fine, but not a lot of artists in the position of power/success that he is in are taking chances the way he is, and I respect that. Just little subtle shit-- like "Diamonds" as the first single? The fuck? That's not a radio or a club song (and I don't think it's an amazing song either... the remix is way better). I just think the whole "taking chances while in a position of power" shit is dope and I think it's part of the reason I think Jay-Z was always ahead of the pack. He wasn't satisfied with just fitting the mold of what a "hot" song was... he basically dictated what "hot" could and would be. He made and re-made the mold pretty steadily. That's impressive. I think Kanye is the dude that'll most likely be doing that kind've mold-making over the next few years, and I ain't mad at that.
And, yes, I read the Source... at lunch time over at Border's.
-e
"not strictly on some money shit"
You really dont believe that shit, do you. C.R.E.A.M. All these Artists put the cash first, no matter how they like to present themselves as "being real".
Dont get this "BUSINESS" twisted. They are not some 16 year old neighborhood mixtape rookies, believe that. Dont confuse the image with the reality.
I beg to differ... I can attest from personal experience this is the kind of song girls who don't really pay attention to rap will just start singing out of nowhere... I don't think its an odd choice at all (especially considering everyone's already familiar with the song the hook is lifted from)
I find the political slant of it interesting but MAD suspect considering where its coming from... but I really don't care enough to figure out whats going on there
Diamonds arent rare gems. The industries want the public to believe they are. Unless its some super rare blue diamond, these gems only really hold sentamental value.
Try selling your mother's/wife's diamond ring back to a jeweler and see if she gets the same price she paid for.
It's a circus act. Kinda like Mercades being regular taxi cabs in Europe, but a "luxury" item in America.
Well now you know.
simmer down..all I said is "another hit."