Vipa

First off, what's good everyone. How y'all been? Been a minute. For the past 3 or 4 years I've had this idea for a concept instrumental album and I've been on my Jay Electronica taking forever with every little detail of it....Well it's finally ready... http://vipagts.bandcamp.com/album/regrets It's a bit of a different sound, my goal was to let the music tell the story. Hope you enjoy it :)

Lost and Found is an open letter as to why he doesn't want to do music anymore. He doesn't like the direction rap is going, he doesn't know if he himself can turn it around, and he's tired of trying so hard and getting very little back in return. I don't blame him. Does he still feel that way? Who knows, but it's obvious where his focus is....

So far I've heard 4 songs from MMLP2....And all four are average to terrible....He ****ed up naming it MMLP2.

http://pitchfork.com/news/52794-kanye-west-says-five-yeezus-outtakes-will-probably-be-released-soon/ Kanye said he MAY release 5 tracks from the Yeezus sessions by the end of the year....Fingers crossed that this is one of them...

B.o.B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkvrmSNFVM And even Mickey Factz came back out of no where... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjk0r6DCDw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkZZo0XSm5s Big Sean was alrigt, Jay Electronica was cool....But Kendrick solidified himself as the best in the game.

So apparently the Deluxe Edition doesn't exist :(...

That was what they were going for. He worked with Rick Rubin on this album. It was Rick's idea to strip a lot out of Bound and keep it as simple as possible. I don't know, I'd consider Rick Rubin one of the most respected people in not just Hip Hop, but music as a whole. Like I said, Will likes Kanye and we all know Will would never compromise himself. It's a collaboration, not Kanye telling him what to do. They worked TOGETHER on it.

https://twitter.com/MicahSingleton/status/346073056344670208

Bound 2 off of Yeezus is really good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzxboGGmXlE You seem to be pigeonholing Kanye, AJ. I can definitely see Will on a lot of the tracks Kanye's worked on lately. I understand you expect a certain sound from him but he's a lot more versatile than that. Just look at him and Gillie Da Kid. Its not about who YOU like personally, it's about who he likes and who he feels he can collab with...And from the sounds of it Kanye is someone he clicked with.

Yea Amazon France released a 10 track list (no track with Will), but there are 4 untitled tracks which could indicate bonus tracks for a deluxe edition....

that tracklist isn't finalized. Some of those aren't on the album and it's missing a few...Unfortunately nothing related to a Will Smith feature has been talked about since last night's listening party. Considering all the hype he gets just for stepping into a studio, you'd think people would be talking about this non-stop if they heard it. But that's not to say it doesn't exist....Apparently he didn't play every song at the party last night. He even wanted to hold off on the Chief Keef/Bon Iver song but they talked him into playing it...So who knows....

For what it's worth Kanye just held a listening party in NY. There is a song with Chief Keef and Bon Iver that isn't on the HMV tracklist, and apprently Daft Punk is supposed to be present on the album in some capacity...No word on any tracks with Will, though.

The tracklist itself doesn't seem legit (just the fact that the live performance of BSH is on there, and not a studio version is just one clue), but I don't doubt that the two of them worked on a song, with that name. It just makes sense. Now will that song make the official, cut...We'll now in a few days.

Grain of salt,but HMV Japan has leaked a few tracklists before official confirmation and they all turned out to be accurate. They were the first to announce a release date for Yeezus as well, before Kanye confirmed it...

Not to be a downer, but he's been saying "I might get the bug" and "Maybe" for like 7 years. Every year a new artist comes out and "pushes" him...You'd think that after all that he would have "gotten the bug" by now.

Why? Kanye is a great live performer and puts on a great show. Why is that a bad idea? Is Will not allowed to be a Kanye West fan or something?

Why not just "Lil Wayne acts a fool during his deposition". Or something normal? All this "HEY WE HATE LIL WAYNE HE'S AN IDIOT If you don't think so then watch this!" just comes off as trying too hard. And you explained your position and opinion perfectly in the 2nd post. Why didn't you just say that in the first post instead of "HES AN IDIOT HERE'S WHY"...

Was this thread really necessary? or at least did you need to word it like that? We know you don't like Lil Wayne and no one is forcing you to listen to him or even like him as a person...Why go out of your way like this? That said, out of context the video is pretty funny. In context it's confusing.

Yonas is an underrated rapper and really the only artists to "remix" that song correctly...

I like how they turned a 4 second clip into a 34 second video.

Doesn't sound like he's scheduled to perform, but if Jeff is DJing I'm sure at some point he will...He usually does.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7335092/brandon-roy-portland-trail-blazers-retire-due-knees-sources-say I'm a Blazers fan and Brandon Roy was my favorite player. It's a shame to see so much talent and potential have to hang it up because of injuries :(

Fair warning, his lyrics can SOMETIMES be pretty dirty and harsh (not like most rappers, though...It's hard to explain, He's been described as a nerdy Lil Wayne with more talent) but he's an extremely talented rapper. Picked up his album on Tuesday and thought it was great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONsTnobkeys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZKAo-DfNxM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otPxoVQiIGo