Kanye West - Late Registration REVIEW

01. Wake up Mr. West

Intro thats funny the first time, nothing special, but interesting opening to the album I suppose.

02. Heard 'Em Say - (featuring Adam Levine of Maroon 5)

I really enjoy the production of this track, it's not extravagant or anything, but its simple and feels perfectly simple. Some deep lyrics from Kanye with a slightly monotonous flow (only bad thing about the song). Adam Levine is enjoyable. A great opening to the album, it sets the mood very well. 8.5/10

03. Touch the Sky - (featuring Lupe Fiasco)

Arguably the song that showed the world Lupe Fiasco, and we thank it for that. Simple hook, energetic story-like verses that are just fun lyrics to listen to. Kanye is just celebrating (and if your debut album was considered classic and you were put on by your idol). Lupe delivers a flawless third verse. The production is perfect for the song it is, a fun, "time to celebrate" kinda track. 10/10

04. Gold Digger - (featuring Jamie Foxx)

Pretty sure everyones heard this song, and it's exactly what the title is. A story of a Kanye's love towards a girl who was just looking for some cash. A quick, catchy, fun, true song. The production is amazing, but Jamie Foxx in the background of the verses gets slightly annoying. Other than that this song is amazing. 9.5/10

05. Skit #1

just a skit

06. Drive Slow - (featuring Paul Wall & GLC)

Jazz-y production, slowed, serious Kanye lyrics & flow start this song off, marvelously. I'm not a Paul Wall fan (at all) but he is at the least enjoyable here, nothing special, but doesn't take from the song. Same with GLC, but he is a bit better than Paul Wall. 7/10

07. My Way Home - (featuring Common)

Common on this song with classic Common (which is a very good thing, as Common is an amazing rapper). Very nice sample chorus, and production. No Kanye here, just Common on classic Kanye production. to short though, 8.5/10

08. Crack Music - (featuring The Game)

Another classic 'Ye beat, and a very interesting verse that compares selling CDs to selling, well, Crack. Kanye's second verse holds up the high bar set. No Game verse though...which is disappointing, but the outro is amazing and hilarious. 9.5/10

09. Roses

This is one of my favorite Kanye West songs. This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Simplistic, beautiful production underneath Kanye's extremely emotional, perfectly delivered verses are only pieces of this song. The hook is amazing as well. You can really feel 'Ye's words, and can feel the story he's telling throughout the song. The extended Kanye-esque outro allows the beautiful lyrics to sink in before the next song plays. 10/10

10. Bring Me Down - (featuring Brandy)

Some nice strings open this song up before Brandy graces the track with very nice vocals. Piano keys and the rest of the instruments kick in right before Kanye begins a verse that is dissing the current state of hip-hop, how since Pac passed away, most rappers don't even deserve a track from him, and how they want his help now that he's where he's at, but they wouldn't have put him on when he was starting. Brandy laces the hook/bridge with more spectacular vocals over the ominous orchestral production. 10/10

11. Addiction

Bring Me Down flows effortlessly into this song. Kanye starts off wondering how bad things feel good, which is the basis of this song, how he's and others are addicted to things like drugs, fame, money, ect. Kanye is on his amazing autopilot again, easily flowing over the dark, ominous, simple production that emphasizes the simply used sample. Good song. 8.5/10

12. Skit #2

just another skit

13. Diamonds From Sierra Leone Remix (featuring Jay-Z)

Another song I really love. Brilliantly used sample, amazing production and perfect verses from Kanye and Jay-Z, who have perfect chemistry together on the mic. Kanye raps about real issues about blood diamonds from Sierra Leone, and is honest how he knows about the conflict behind the diamonds but still says he can't give up his diamonds. Jay drops some of his best lines here "difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week" "I'm not a business man, I'M A BUSINESS, MAN". Jay is at his best here. 10/10

14. We Major - (featuring Nas & Really Doe)

Kanye spits some stuff that a bunch of people can relate to, on a laid back track. "feeling better than some head on a sunday afternoon, better than a chick that says yes to soon, until you have a daughter, thats what I call karma and you pray she don't grow breasts to soon". The Nas comes in wondering what he should write to the beat, ironically laying down a very good verse. Great production and outro, has a very cinematic, musical feel to it. Right as you thought the song was over...Kanye exclaims "can I talk my shit again?!" and the beat comes back one, he doesn't drop another verse but yells out his label, Rocafella, and G.wth.gif.D. Music. He also explains the title Late Registration, and closes the song with a great outro. 9.5/10

15. Skit #3

just another skit

16. Hey Mama

Heartfelt, innocent hook from Kanye. Much like Roses you can feel Kanye's words here, but these are on the other end of the spectrum, this track is optimistic, how he promised his mom when he grew up that she wouldn't have to work no more, and how it's finally true. He continually praises her for all the things she did for him, and for believing in him. Kanye feels vulnerable, honest, and raw here. 10/10

17. Celebration

Cinematic production. Nothing extraordinary, but this is classic Kanye. A nice soul sample, laid back flow with nice lyricism and fun lyrics and subject. This song is extremely enjoyable. 10/10

18. Skit #4

another skit

19. Gone - (featuring Consequence & Cam'Ron)

Up tempo production, that once again sounds amazing. A great verse from Kanye with good lyricism, good lyrics and Kanye's signature flow. Cons has an enjoyable verse here as well, no complaints about him at all. Same with Cam'Ron, but he is a bit more enjoyable than Cons, and better lyrics. A fun song, but a low point of the album (that doesn't mean it's bad...). Kanye's second verse is amazing and brings the song up greatly however. 8/10

20. Diamonds From Sierra Leone - (Bonus Track)

The original, and much like the remix, is an amazing song. These Kanye verses are just as great as the ones on the remix, but it is missing the classic HOVA verse, still an amazing song. 9.5/10

21. Late

Flawless production and use of the sample. Classic Kanye flow and delivery and great lyrics. No disappointment at all. 9/10

Average: 9.2
Title: Classic Album

I love Game Stop

So I just ordered something from them, and I was reading some of the stuff under all the info, and I found this: "Your credit card will not be billed until your order actually ships. The packing slip included in each shipment also serves as your receipt and makes a great paper airplane."

In Russia...touch Putin's hand after touching 1,000 pairs of boobs

This was an actual mission by a Russian man. And he succeeded. He effectively got more than Matt ever will in less than 20 minutes

Tyops I do all the time

Here are some typos:

• I almost always hit the ; key, instead of the '.
• A lot of the time, I will mix up the i and e in a word, like in the last post, I almost always put sheild instead of shield.

I can't think of any others at the moment. Hopefully I'm not the only one who has these problems.

Captain America (SPOILERS)

So I just came back from seeing the new movie. It stars Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, and Dominic Cooper. First off, I liked it. I wouldn't say it was the best movie ever, but it was still good. It was definitely better then some of the other movies I've seen recently. I saw Rango and that was kind of stupid.

Back to Captain America. It started off in a snowy area, where some people find some kind of huge metallic object. They go into it and find something round with a white star on it. Now it goes back to the 40's. It doesn't tell you this, but it happened. During this time, there's a lot of dialogue. I almost felt like it was going too fast. It did show how Steve Rodgers was a wimp, and was just too small to actually win a fight. His best friend, "Bucky" is also introduced. He is an average guy, but stands up for Steve, and is a good friend. Steve has tried to join the army 5 times, in different places, all of them saying he was from a different place (that's illegal). His 6th time, we meet the German scientist who makes Steve Captain America. We then also meet the love interest, who is a British agent named Peggy Carter. After a while, Steve becomes super strong, and about 6 inches taller through a medical procedure done by the scientist, and who I would believe is Tony Stark's grandfather, Howard Stark.

The German scientist then gets shot in the heart, by a German spy, right after Steve becomes super human. Steve then chases the man and kills him, becoming a hero. He is then named Captain America, and does shows for a few months. He then tries to do a show in front of a group of soldiers who aren't as amused. Steve then learns that Bucky, who got into the military, and the rest of the squad that was captured by the bad guys who are in an organization called Red Skull, which later becomes Hydra after the leader decides to branch off of the Nazis.

He then goes on a solo mission to rescue them. This is the first time we get to see him in action. He's more stealthy though, because he doesn't have much armor, and only has a regular shield. He gets all of them freed, including whoever else was captured, but not before the leader of Hydra, decides to blow the place up in an attempt to hide all of the power they were harnessing from this little cube thing, and kill the Captain. The leader of Hydra, then pulls his face off... Yes. He pulls his face off, revealing a red skull, which turns out to be the side effect of another experiment that was done by the German scientist who was mentioned earlier. He then escapes. Bucky then walks across a beam to get to safety, but right before it breaks. The Captain then has to jump across, as he has no other choice.

The camera then changes mid jump, to a Colonel telling a Lieutenant what to type into a type writer, saying that Captain America has died. We then see everyone else in the camp get all exited over something. We then see Captain America and the 400 other soldiers he saved, walking up a hill.

This is when he finally gets some respect. He then gets new armor, and his shield. He also makes a team, composing of some of the people he saved. Then there's a montage of about 10 different missions they went on. I love these, you really get to see Captain America in action. After that, Mr. America gets some. Not really, but he does start making out with an intern, right before Peggy finds them, and interrupts them. They go on a few more missions, and a movie is made of him that Peggy sees, and Steve has a pocket watch with a picture of Peggy in it.

The Captain then devises a huge plan to raid Hydra's main base. He kills some of the Hydra soldiers, and then gets captured. He ends up in the main room of the base, in front of Red Skull. Three of the American soldiers then break through the glass and into the room. More people are cued, and a big fight scene starts. Red Skull then tries to escape into a jet. The Captain is too slow to catch him by running, but the Colonel shows up in Red Skull's car with Peggy. They then quickly speed up to catch it. While doing this, Steve finally kisses Peggy. He jumps, and barely makes it. The car then stops right before the edge of the cliff.

The Captain gets in and sees that the inside is filled with nukes, labeled Chicago, Boston, and New York. He fights his way up to Red Skull, and fights him. Red Skull then holds the power cube in his hands, and he goes into another dimension. Steve finds out how close he is to New York, and he can't cancel the bomb dropping. Captain America then has a heart breaking talk with Peggy, who is back at the base, saying they will dance next Saturday. The Captain then dives the plane into an isolated snowy area. He then wakes up in a hospital, hearing a baseball game on the radio... back in the 40's. A nurse comes in and he then realizes that he was at the game that's being played on the radio. He busts out of the room, and finds himself in modern day New York. Soldiers surround him, and he's told by some guy that he's been asleep for 70 years. He says that he's ok, but he missed a date. The movie then ends.

Go see this movie if you haven't, it's worth it alone just too see the action scenes. Something I noticed though, I saw almost no bullets or muzzle flairs, yet somehow the Hydra soldiers were dying. I saw a lot of the blue stuff Hydra was shooting, but not many bullets. But besides that, you need to go see this movie.

Avril Lavigne Digital Painting/Vector: Update 1

Never done one of these before, but decided to give it a try. Will update with every major step take, currently working on shading the hair in.

Jay-Z & Kanye West "Watch The Throne" [REVIEW]

WATCH THE THRONE


1. No Church In the Wild (feat. Frank Ocean)

The second the album starts off you hear the this gem of a instrumental, and it just elevates when guest vocalist Frank Ocean graces the hook with "Human beings in a mob/What's a mob to a king/What's a king to a god/What's a god to a non-believer/Who don't believe in anything?" Jay-Z explodes in with the first verse of the track, showing that he is still a titan of hip-hop, that he can't be touched, and that he deserves the throne. After Ocean's hook artist The-Dream lays a nice, auto-tuned, bridge before Kanye comes in and picks up where HOVA left off. Ye hits with very nice quotables, but in the end, doesn't take the throne from Jay. This is the first time you hear that odd outro, and wonder, why is it there, however perfect opening track. 10/10

2. Lift Off (feat. Beyonce)

Synths popping right away as they build up for Beyonce's beautifully laid hook. Kanye starts his part with 808's reminiscent autotuned singing, executed rather well, but no real rapping from him before Beyonce cuts in once more for the second hook. More of Ye's singing before Jay drops a couple bars, what doesn't sound like a full verse. This sounds more like a Beyonce song featuring Kanye West & Jay-Z still delivers instrumental wise and talent-wise. 6.5/10

3. Niggas In Paris

Odd intro at first, but as soon as the beat starts you can tell this is gonna be a hard hitting lyrical rap song. Jay-Z starts the track off, starts hitting hard right away and doesn't let up at all throughout his verse. Kanye then begins delivering his verse in his trademark flow, and is very enjoyable. "Prince Williams ain't do it right if you ask me/cuz I'd Mary(Marry) Kate & Ashley". Then the beat completely switches up and Kanye takes the mic and starts it up and makes it known that you are now watching the throne. For pure hip-hop over amazing production. 10/10

4. Otis (feat. Otis Redding)

Classic Kanye production with a great soul sample. Jay-Z first and doesn't disappoint. Him and 'Ye trade the mic flawlessly with no hook over a great soul beat, how much more classic 'Ye & Jay could you want? Some nice Kanye quotes? "I made Jesus Walks so I'm never going to hell" "Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive". 9/10

5. Gotta Have It

Another great sample to lead off with. This time Kanye takes the lead with a laid back flow. Him & Jay passing the mic every couple bars. This is a very enjoyable collaboration as it's the two artist working so closely together. "I'm planking on a million" (Jay-Z). Nothing quite outstanding but extremely enjoyable. 8.5/10

6. New Day

Piano beat and dark hook play before Kanye lays an extremely introspective verse while talking about his unborn son. He sounds more vulnerable here the any other time in recent history. His verse is reminiscent of College Dropout or Late Registration. Jay-Z also talks about his unborn son while mentioning evils of fame, and who could tell us that more than arguably the most famous rapper alive? This song shows that no matter how much they brag, they are just real people and feel too. An extended outro allows the lyrics to sink in as well. Note, odd outro once again plays after. 10/10

7. That's My Bitch

Hard-hitting drums kick this track off. The production is phenomenal. Kanye leads the track off with a mini verse/pre-chorus. Elly Jackson of La Roux handles the chorus flawlessly before Kanye once again takes the mic and both lyrically and flow-wise delivers here, setting the bar high for Jay. For the second hook after Elly Jackson an uncredited singer (Charlie Wilson I believe) add a bit to it. Jay-Z easily holds up to Kanye and makes this a great, above average track. 9.5/10

8. Welcome To The Jungle

Swizz Beatz production and ad-libs the hook here. Jay-Z, the "Black Axl Rose", begins this track with great lyricism before passing the mic to 'Ye who continues the streak before passing it back to Jay, who's "Still big pimpin". Jay-Z delivers one of his greatest verse and makes you forget Kanye was even on this song. Odd outro #3. 10/10

9. Who Gon Stop Me

"This is something like a holocaust" is the first line Kanye says in this dubstep influenced track that seems to be about hood violence. The beat drops about half way through and both Kanye goes off, Jay then takes the spotlight and goes even further off. Another flawless Jay-Z verse. 10/10

10. Murder To Excellence

The second this track started, I loved the intro to the instrumental. Kanye (without auto-tune) sings the hook before Jay-Z once again goes in. However Kanye lyrically may take this one. "I in the murder capital where they murder for capitol." Kanye takes it again after the hook and once again amazes, comparing war violence to hood violence. "314 soldiers died in Iraq/509 died in Chicago". Beat switches up around the middle and Jay-Z starts up again and completely shines again before 'Ye takes it again and doesn't let up. 10/10

11. Made In America (feat. Frank Ocean)

Frank Ocean's encore over interesting, but amazing production. Honestly I love the hook and beat for this track and none of the artist let up. This seems like it would be the radio track of the album (much like Lighters of BME:HTS, although with a much better outcome). From a song that would be a 8-8.5, Jay-Z bumps it up to a solid 9 with his verse and the outstanding faux-outro to final hook bumps it to a 9.5. Nothing really wrong with this track and its very enjoyable. 9.5/10

12. Love You So (feat. Mr. Hudson)

Instantly love this beat and hook from Mr. Hudson. Jay-Z starts off completely burning the mic with his lyrics and flow. "I try teach these niggas to be kings, all they wanna be is soldiers". Jay-Z takes the second verse with ease as well and sounds flawless leading into him and 'Ye trading bars. Kanye and Jay trading lyrical, amazing bars as the track ends is the perfecting ending to the original album. 10/10

13. Illest Motherfucker Alive [Bonus]

3 minutes of silence to seperate the bonus tracks from the album, and after that you hear that odd outro music that we heard in some of the aforementioned songs open this one, and the feeling of unity to the album kinda draws out. Once it kicks in 'Ye kicks it off with some (un-autotuned) singing before rapping some memorable bars (both lyrically and emotionally). Jay-Z steals the show with another legendary verse proving he deserves the throne, they both prove they do. This is easily one of my favorite tracks and I see how it doesn't fit with the album, and I'm glad we got it. 10/10

14. H*A*M [Bonus]

When I first heard it I loved it, then when I kept listening to it, I was on the line on this one. Jay-Z delivers, Kanye not so much here. The hook is mesmerizing and the ending of the beat is hypnotic. Jay-Z's verse is insane, so that helps. 7.5/10

15. Prime Time [Bonus]

Soulful beat, piano led. Jay-Z kicks his verse first and doesn't disappoint, but after everything we've heard doesn't impress either. Kanye is a bit above average here and steals the throne from Jay. 7.5/10

16. The Joy (feat. Curtis Mayfield) [Bonus]

One of my favorite G.O,O.D. Friday tracks. No complaints at all and some really dope lines and amazing production by Kanye & Pete Rock. 9/10

Average: 9.2/10
Title: Average Classic Album

Klein Grid

So i took a quiz to see my sexuality. (I was on Cracked and a few links later I found it) So I took it.

Results:

Click the image to take the quiz thing yourself.

And sorry I haven't posted in a while. Life come's before blogging. And I got 3 new games so I was pretty preoccupied with those. And about the VGotW, I'm not sure If I'm going to resume that or if I'll just update it every now and then since I'm bad with schedules.

Welcome To My Hood (DJ Void Remix)

Kanye West - College Dropout [Review]

1. Intro

It's an intro...no need to review...lol

2. We Don't Care

Amazing opening to the album. Ye is singing with a fun beat, but when the rapping kicks in, more seriousness shows in the lyrics. Classic Kanye is displayed here. This song is fun and makes you feel happy just listening to it, it's simple and works, I very much enjoy this song and it definitely is the perfect opening track. 9.5/10

3. Graduation Day [Interlude]

Just an interlude, a good one though.

4. All Falls Down (Feat. Syleena Johnson)

Syleena starts the song off and doesn't disappoint at all. Ye starts rapping about a girl going through college but having issues. Lyrically this is a shining point for Kanye. The beat is simple, but effective nonetheless. 10/10

5. I'll Fly Away

Creative transition into Spaceship.

6. Spaceship (Feat. GLC & Consequence)

Seems like a weaker chorus at first. Same sing-songy style from Kanye as he did on the hook but his verse is awesome, lyrically and delivery just fits perfectly over the soul-sampled beat. GLC sounds equally amazing, his flow is so near flawless and his lyrics fit perfectly here as well. Consequence doesn't disappoint at all, but doesn't quite hold up to the other two emcees, he does however ride the beat very well. Overall this is definitely a seemingly perfect song. 10/10

7. Jesus Walks

Classic, legendary song. This song cemented Ye in Hip-Hop when people doubted him. Everything about the track is flawless, the lyricism, the production, the theme, the daring of putting this out as a lead single (A lead single about God back then), the expertly used sample. Absolutely nothing is wrong with this song. 10/10

8. Never Let Me Down (Feat. Jay Z & J. Ivy)

After Jesus Walks you don't expect another legendary song, but you would be wrong. Jay-Z is flawless here, lyrically and his flow is on point, legendary HOVA. The production is breathtaking, I really love this instrumental. As soon as Kanye comes in he demands your attention, and deserves it. He was a newcomer in hip-hop and held his own with Jay-Z, a legend in rap, especially at this time. After the amazing 2 verses the last thing you expect is a spoken word poet one the third verse. This isn't rap, this is one hundred percent art and nothing but. 10/10

9. Get 'Em High (Feat. Talib Kweli & Common)

I love this instrumental. Kanye's flow is flawless, on both of his verses. Talib Kweli jumps in after a comedic transition and impresses, Common does the same but his flow can turn some off. All in all this song does what it sets out to achieve, it's not a serious song but is by no means a bad song. 8.5/10

10. Workout Plan

Interlude/Skit

11. The New Workout Plan

When this starts, your thinking...WTF? But you trust Kanye based on his last songs you trust it. This song feels like it belongs, but also feels odd. The productions is insane and the lyricism is great for this kinda track. Near the middle you feel like the track is about to end, but your enjoying it also and don't quite want it to end because the production is going crazy. The whole beat switches up, which sounds insane, it sounds perfect. "Allow myself to introduce...myself". 9/10

12. Slow Jamz (Feat. Twista & Jamie Foxx)

I love this song, just felt I should say that. Jamie Foxx sets the perfect mood for Kanye to deliver a beautiful sing-songy verse over perfect production. Jamie Foxx's extended verse sounds great. This was my introduction to Twista and wow, I had never heard speed-rapping before and I was astounded by Twista's verse, and still am because he stays on point while still rapping quick. 10/10

13. Breathe In Breathe Out (Feat. Ludacris)

Dislike the hook...it's just annoying. Kanye doesn't disappoint but doesn't necessarily impress either, but he's set such a high bar for himself at this point. The production yells southern, which would fit Ludacris being here. Kanye's third verse however...wow, surprises you after your on "autopilot" while listening. I'm sure I'm not the only person who wanted a Ludacris verse over this verse, I think it would've been insane. 8.5/10

14. School Spirit Skit 1

It's a skit

15. School Spirit

Another brilliant soul sampled production, executed beautifully. Another sing-songy verse by Ye executed brilliantly. Nothing wrong with this song at all. 10/10

16. School Spirit Skit 2

It's another skit

17. Lil Jimmy Skit

two skits in a row =\

18. Two Words (Feat. Mos Def, Freeway & The Harlem Boys Choir)

This songs production...is awesome. Mos Def blazes through his verse flawlessly. The hook is nothing special, but the sample and the choir sounds great behind it. Kanye sounds like he's on a sort of amazing autopilot, he's doing great but nothing really stands out. Freeway rides this beat flawlessly as well and doesn't disappoint one bit. I also love the outro of this song, it sounds perfect. 10/10

19. Through The Wire

Another classic, legendary Kanye song. He literally rapped this with his mouth wired shut after a car accident. He still delivers his signature flow while telling stories of his life, mostly of the accident. This song, the lyrics, the perfection, the sample is all perfection. This showed Kanye could not be held back, no matter what and showed music is his passion. "Thank God I'm not to cool for the safe belt". 10/10

20. Family Business

Very interesting start up, but when Kanye kicks in the rapping everything falls into place. The beat fits perfectly to Kanye's words. The chorus is a great switch up to the verses. This track just has a feel good vibe and seems like a track many people can enjoy, it's theme is broad enough to make everyone feel some way when listening. 10/10

21. Last Call

Lol at the intro to this track. It's much like an ode to Kanye's label, Rocafella. It's a braggadocio track done right, if rappers that just talk about themselves nowadays did it like this, I would still listen to the radio, this track is near flawless, but doesn't quite feel like a "closing track". 9/10

Total: 9.6

Title: Classic Album