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Trendhumper: Marching Band Jackets

In this age of extreme individuality, sometimes the situation just calls for a uniform. To match the vague French Revolution theme of their latest album Viva La Vida, Coldplay has been rocking military-inspired marching band-style jackets everywhere they go, from iTunes commercials to magazine covers.

But Chris Martin and company are far from the first ones to try out this look. The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Adam Ant, Chris Brown and Kanye West have all pulled out variations on the style at various points in their career. Will the marching band jacket make it to the streets, or will it remain the momentary fashion statement of overpaid musicians? Vote whether to “hump” or “dump” this trend below.

Popularity: 38% [?]

Nookanooka Watch Mascot Keeps Time

Last year in the pages of Complex, Kanye West gave the co-sign to forward-thinking watch brand Nooka by rocking one of their bright orange creations in his “Beatdowns” portrait. Well now the company is giving watch junkies like ’Ye a spot to store their collection with the release of their vinyl mascot Nookanooka.

Started by designer Matthew Waldman in 1999, Nooka is known for their futuristic watches that use linear and graphic representations of time, rather than the traditional clock or number-based designs. The Nookanooka is currently only available in black for $70, but it will be released in new colors like glow-in-the-dark in the coming months. See all the colors (sans watches) after the jump.

Popularity: 44% [?]

Trendhumper: White Shades

During these sunny months, more and more folks seem to be reaching for a pair of white sunglasses, the icing on any hot weather outfit. From the squared look seen on T-Pain to a cheap pair of frogskins prefered by surfers and skaters, these lenses are everywhere.

Pioneered in the hip-hop world by D4L’s Fabo, the trend has risen to absurd heights in the last year thanks to Soulja Boy’s white out glasses and Kanye West’s shutters. Actually “seeing” has apparently taken a back seat to forging a unique style. Will this trend make it through the summer or die a much deserved death? “HUMP” or “DUMP” the white shades look after the jump.

Popularity: 85% [?]

Wayne Vs. Kanye: Who Killed The “Lollipop” Remix?

It’s hard not to be out-shined by Lil Wayne, even for the cockiest of rappers. But on the new remix to Wayne’s single “Lollipop,” Kanye gives it the ol’ college try. The two superstars both throw on the beloved Auto-Tune and croon equally quirky, robotic verses, where ’Ye claims that he’s up for the challange: “This a song with Wayne, so you know it’s gon’ melt/But you ain’t finna murder me like everybody else.” Listen to the full song after the jump and vote on who came correct.

Popularity: 87% [?]

N.E.R.D., Kanye, Lupe & Pusha Remix “Everyone Nose”

Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

Apparently, the secret is out: club-hopping women love cocaine. In case you hadn’t noticed all the girls standing in the line for the bathroom, Pharrell, Chad and Shay’s recent single “Everyone Nose” has put the phenomenon on blast. Now, the song—which is the lead single from N.E.R.D.’s third album Seeing Sounds—has been remixed with a new beat and verses from the rest of the CRS supergroup (Lupe and Kanye), along with Clipse’s Pusha T. Thank god for that white! Listen after the jump.

Popularity: 86% [?]

Young Jeezy And Kanye West Put On The Auto-Tune

It must have been annoying for Jeezy to watch Kanye’s song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” become one of the biggest hits of the Chicago rapper’s career. See, the Graduation single was originally a remix of Jeezy’s 2006 song “I Got Money” that DJ Toomp produced. Unfortunately, Jeezy passed on the song, Kanye swooped in, finished it with Toomp (keeping Jeezy’s ad-libs in for extra trap-rap flavor), and the rest is history. And from the sound of Jeezy’s new single, he knows he lost one.

Young Jizzle has been killing it lately with a slew of R&B guest spots, but his new joint “Put On,” produced by Drumma Boy, definitely recaptures the serious, motivational mood of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Sure, this is Jeezy in his element, but Kanye still manages to upstage him by using the auto-tune/vocoder effect on his memorable verse. Listen to the full song after the jump.

Popularity: 86% [?]

Aubrey O’Day Is Our Guilty Pleasure

The Danity Kane singer let us know the (head) lights are on but nobody’s home on a recent trip to MTV’s TRL. [F-Listed]

A giant adidas sneaker gets customized in a new documentary entitled The Superstar Film. [Slam X Hype]

Pictures of Kanye West rehearsing for the Glow In The Dark tour, which starts tonight in Seattle, WA. [Nah Right]

New York’s Suffolk Kitchen serves up a $12,000 knish. [NY Mag]

Kristen Bell has sex on camera…sort of. [Holy Taco]

Popularity: 86% [?]

Kanye Live At Murakami’s Brooklyn Museum Opening

Last night at the Brooklyn Museum, the Louis Vuitton Don celebrated the opening of Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami’s new exhibit at a party thrown by (who else?) Louis Vuitton. While MissInfo recently posted a clip of ’Ye doing “Stronger,” Complex also managed to get our hands on some exclusive footage of him performing “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Act more stupidly after the jump!

Popularity: 85% [?]

Kanye & Chris Martin’s “Homecoming”

The verses? 5 years old. Collaborating with Coldplay? Two years late. The song? From last year’s album. But the video is all fresh!

In the 5th official clip from Graduation, Kanye West resurrects his duet with Chris Martin for a black & white tour through Chi-City. Does this mean he scrapped those plans for the extended versions of the “Flashing Lights” video? “Homecoming” has fewer murderous Playboy models, but we guess it’s pretty good too. Watch it after the jump.

Popularity: 86% [?]

Kanye’s New Video Goes Back To The Future

Finally, six months after the release of Graduation, Kanye West is starting to release the exclusive videos that he screened at the album’s listening session. In case you missed it, ’Ye made movie magic when he sat fans down at New World Stages theater in NYC and played songs like “Stronger” and “Good Morning” set to futuristic classics like Akira and 2001: A Space Odessy. Just wait ’til he pulls out his Ace—the NSFW hentai porn set to “Drunk And Hot Girls”. In the meantime, brace yourself for a visual rollercoaster for “I Wonder,” set to clips from the 1982 sci-fi classic Tron, after the jump.

Popularity: 87% [?]