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  • Listen To Kanye West’s Sky High

    Before Kanye West locks down your love with his soon to be released album, 808s & Heartbreak, there’s a remix tape out called Sky High. Using Kanye West a capella tracks, DJ Benzi and Plain Pat sought out different producers to match with the tracks.

    Here’s the track list according to MTV.com.

    1. “Sky High Introduction”
    2. “Good Morning (The Kickdrums Remix)” (featuring Big Sean)
    3. “Champion (Nick Catchdubs Remix)”
    4. “Barry Bonds (Eli Escobar Remix)” (featuring Lil Wayne)
    5. “Crack Musik (Cookin Soul Remix)”
    6. “We Major (The Kickdrums Remix)” (featuring Nas)
    7. “Get Em High (A-Trak Remix)” (featuring Common)
    8. “Throw Some (Cousin Cole Remix)”
    9. “Electric Touch (Mighty Mi & Steve1der Remix)” (featuring Lupe Fiasco)
    10. “Love Lockdown (Tom Wrecks Remix)”
    11. “Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)”
    12. “Addiction (Kenny Dope & Terry Hunter Remix)”
    13. “Stronger (A-Trak Remix)”
    14. “Workout Plan (Chaise Marcel Remix)”
    16. “Impatient Boy (Benzi Refix)” (featuring Will.I.Am)
    17. “Homecoming (Discotech Remix)” (featuring Chris Martin)
    18. “I Wonder (Scottie B Remix)”
    19. “Good Life (Stretch Armstrong Remix)” (featuring T-Pain)
    20. “Can’t Tell Me Nothing (DJ Godfather Remix)”

    You can listen below.

    DJ Benzi, Kanye West & Plain Pat present: Sky High

  • Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” Video: Mr. West Goes Tribal

    Kanye West. Photo by Tyler Curtis.
    Kanye West. Photo by Tyler Curtis.

    With attention building for his upcoming fourth album “808s and Heartbreak” (out November 25th), Kanye West has just premiered the video for his Top 5 single “Love Lockdown”. Typical of the artier-than-thou West’s previous works, this is a pretty arresting video visually. I can see this cleaning up at next year’s VMAs…and it’s so damn refreshing to see a hip-hop video where the ass-shaking is not coming from a sea of bikini-wearing chicks. I’m just glad ‘Ye didn’t decide to do any of the dancing or dress in any of the tribal gear himself. The other thing I realized while watching this is that the song’s kind of monotonous. Nevertheless, it’ll be interesting to see what the always entertaining Kanye has in store for us in just about six weeks.

    Check out the video here and let us know what you think.

  • Music News Wrapup: Kanye/50 Pt. Deux, R. Kelly’s Embarrassing BET Interview & More!!

    If I can turn off the snark for a second, I wish a speedy recovery to Travis Barker and DJ A.M. and also send my heartfelt condolences to those that were killed in the plane crash in South Carolina Saturday morning. While no one would choose the alternative, can you imagine the memories those two guys are going to carry with them for the rest of their lives?

    OK, snark back on. Here are this week’s most interesting stories from the world of music:

    Kanye vs. 50 Part 2: Guess He Didn’t Learn The Last Time

    With Kanye’s new “808’s and Heartbreak” album coming out on December 16th, 50 Cent has decided to revisit the “battle” that put his last album, “Curtis” against Kanye’s “Graduation” and release his fourth album, “Before I Self Destruct” at the same time…sort of (50 will release his album on December 9th). For those that don’t remember how that one ended, Kanye sold something like 30% more than 50 did in its first week, and has sold about 60% more over the cycle of release. So, unless Curtis has one hell of a publicity stunt in his pocket (which isn’t outside the realm of possibility), I think it’s fair to say that Kanye will whoop his ass once more. How much you wanna bet 50 sells less in two weeks than Kanye does in one?

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