Here are two videos from kanYe’s blog. Mr. West w/ Justin Timberlake and in the studio w/ Timbaland.
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Here are two videos from kanYe’s blog. Mr. West w/ Justin Timberlake and in the studio w/ Timbaland.
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week’s U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.
West’s “Graduation” sold an estimated 437,000 copies during its first day of release Tuesday, ahead of 310,000 for 50 Cent’s “Curtis” and 107,000 for country star Kenny Chesney’s “Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates,” according to a new “Building Chart” devised by tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan.
The Building Chart gives an early look at how the race is shaping up for SoundScan’s final charts, which post projected national sales each Wednesday morning, extrapolated from a panel of merchants representing more than 90% of the U.S. music market.
Some pundits project West will surpass 750,000 copies for the week, breaking the 2007 record of 623,000 copies held by rock band Linkin Park’s “Minutes to Midnight.” But West did better with his last album, 2005’s “Late Registration,” which debuted with 860,000 copies. 50 Cent also will fall far short of the 1.1 million start for his last album, 2005’s “The Massacre.”
With the much-hyped Kanye West/50 Cent battle just days away, here’s why Kanye should win out…
The following MP3s are streamed via this Google search results hack:
The Good Life (next single):
Through the Wire:
Diamonds are Forever:
Jesus Walks:
All Falls Down:
Touch the Sky:
Stronger:
GoldDigger
Slow Jamz:
The New Workout Plan:
Just ask Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Swizz Beatz…
Artist: Kanye West Featuring Chris Martin
Title: Homecoming
Album: Graduation
Artist: Jay-Z featuring Chris Martin
Title: Beach Chair
Album: Kingdom Come
Artist: Swizz Beatz featuring Coldplay
Title: Part of the Plan
Album: One Man Band Man
MP3s via:
PrefixMag.com
theLastMinuteBlog.com
A Digg user has leaked the location to a downloadable zip file of the Clean version of Kanye West’s forthcoming Graduation album. If you click on the post title, zShare.net simply allows users (2927 as of this post) to steal the album. I do not see how this is legal, but in this age of torrents and viral online spreading, I also cannot see how the music industry will be able to stop such practices, but as the Digg poster says, “Here it is boys and girls, Kanye West’s Graduation. It’s the full album, but the clean version. Enjoy!” Just makes you wonder what other content is hosted on zShare.net? Will a downloadable version of 50 Cent’s entire Curtis album be next…probably, if it’s not already out on the Net! With blogs blatantly disregarding copyright laws, will the RIAA and MPAA find a way towards the good graces of the public or will this practice change the business model of the music industry forever? We’ll just have to wait and see, but with iTunes and Wal-Mart selling DRM-free music soon, what will be the incentive to purchase a CD?
Under-appreciated (positive) hip-hop classic moment. The culture needs more of this aspect publicized.
Scream Tour 2007 (NYC - Madison Square Garden)
The following 7 artists were all on stage together:
1. Good Morning
2. Homecoming (Featuring Chris Martin)
3. Stronger
4. Champion
5. Good Life (Featuring T-Pain)
6. I Wonder
7. Even More Broke Phi Broke (Skit)
8. Can’t Tell Me Nothing
9. Drunk and Hot Girls (Featuring Mos Def)
10. Evrything I Am (Scratches By DJ Premier)
11.Good Night (Featuring Mos Def & Al Be)
12. Big Brother
13. Graduation (Skit)
14. The Glory
15. CRS (Featuring Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell)
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