The Good Life

For all you underprvileged kids out there without HBO, here's a clip of Kanye's cameo on last night's episode of Entourage.

The closing credits feature a teaser of "The Good Life," the upcoming 3rd single off of "Graduation." No doubt we'll be hearing a lot of this tune over the next few months, featuring R&B collabo-king T-Pain.

On another note, my boys THE BAD NEWS just dropped a mixtape featuring a joint also called "The Good Life," produced by YOURS TRULY.

NOTE: NickName of Bad News fame brought this to my attention yesterday...I thought that the Kanye and Bad News joints by the same title were a matter of pure coincidence. Nick, however, was salty over the fact that the Bad News performed this song when they opened up for Lupe Fiasco last May. Could Lupe have put his boy Kanye onto this lyrical concept to make his next zillion-selling hit? Who knows...unfortunately there's no way to say. You be the judge.

DOWNLOAD THE BAD NEWS--THE GOOD LIFE

Diggin...Part 1

Peep this incredible jazzy summertime jam by Q-Tip from his 1999 album, "Amplified." This track is produced by none other than the late great J Dilla. The video isn't amazing but man, what a record. "Let's Ride" features a tiny snippet of the ubiquitous "UFO" break by ESG and subtle drum sampling from "The Humpty Dump" by The Vibrettes (video below).




The guitar lick comes from the Joe Pass version of John Coltrane's classic tune from 1960, "Giant Steps." I don't have the mp3, but you can listen to the track in its entirety RIGHT HERE ON RHAPSODY
The sample used in "Let's Ride" is right around the 3 minute mark. Enjoy.

Heavy 90's!!

This Camp Lo classic is helping me get through an incredibly boring and early morning of jury duty selection in Brooklyn. Enjoy. "Let me see ya istols in the air--word life."

Kanyeezy You Did It Again

"Zach Galifianakis (top) and Will Oldham (ghost riding the whip)."

From New York Magazine:
"For his new clip for the single "Can't Tell Me Nothing," Kanye West tapped the talents of famed lip-syncer Zach Galifianakis, along with those of noted choreographer Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy), to create what will surely go down in history as the greatest rap video ever to be filmed on a farm in rural North Carolina."

Props to Matt K for putting me onto this ridiculous video parody of the Kanye West joint, "Can't Tell Me Nothing." ENJOY HERE.

"Delivery Service and Trow Tuck Company"

Peep this NORE video that basically gives you a 4 minute summary of the visually appealing but ultimately-too-drawn-out documentary "Cocaine Cowboys." The Jan Hammer sample used for this beat is a recurring musical motif throughout the film and makes a dope loop. HERE'S WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT "COCAINE COWBOYS." Be on the lookout for Part 2.