Don’t let the fact that Kanye West has been laying low lately fool you into thinking that crowds don’t go crazy for him anymore. British concertgoers had already packed London’s famous O2 Arena to see Beyoncé perform and lucked out when a couple more superstars showed up. Hov came through to support his wifey, and Kanye hit the stage to spit his verse from thier hit, “Ego.” The festivities went down a few nights ago, but quality footage is just now hitting the web. Watch Ye’s cameo above.
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Left To Right: Kanye West, Beanie Sigel & 50 Cent, Rihanna, Drake, Lady Gaga & Beyonce
Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.
The weekend is finally here and the last Shuffle playlist of the week happens to be the most star-studded as well. No upcoming or unknown artists this time. Strictly superstars. We have new music from Kanye, 50, Rihanna, Drake, GaGa, andBeyonce. There’s no way that there’s not something on the list you’re interested in checking out. Start listening after the jump…
A couple weeks ago, we put you on Kanye West and Spike Jonze’s excellent short film, We Were Once A Fairytale. Now the duo is back with the perfect counter to their lengthy, pensive video–a brief, hilarious behind-the-scenes clip. The post title isn’t entirely misleading, but the confrontation is obviously staged. Hopefully this inspires rappers to get more creative with their behind-the-scenes features and do away with bloated joints that clog the blogs these days.
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Yesterday, we kicked off our Complex Halloween Costumes series with the ultimate Kenny Powers outfit (click here if you missed it). That was cool, we’ll let you finish, but today, we’ve got one of THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN COSTUMES OF ALL TIME!! That’s right, it’s Kanye West at this year’s VMAs.
After the whole Taylor Swift incident, this tight-black shirt ensemble became a memorable Kanye classic. Sure, the intricate Keith Haring inspired haircut may be tough to replicate, but read on to get everything else you’d need to look like West did on the memorable night—including the Hennesey bottle he was swigging from on the red carpet…
Almost a year after the album’s release, there’s a music video for nearly every song on 808s & Heartbreak (with one for “Robocop” starring Amber Rose on the way), but none are as ambitious as this 11 minute, “See You In My Nightmares”-inspired, mini-movie that debuted over the weekend.
Shot in January and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival during the summer, We Were Once A Fairytale is the second collaboration between Kanye West and Spike Jonze (the “Flashing Lights” video was the first). This time we’re treated to same dark themes except on a grander scale. Summaries have been online for months now, so all that’s left to do is click play and let the short film begin.
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Clothing lines are almost a rite of passage for rappers. You know the formula: sell a couple million records, launch a record label, start selling clothes. Yeah, rapper clothing lines fail frequently, but everyone expected different from Kanye West and his Pastelle brand, given his well-documented passion for fashion.
Surely the habitually trendsetting guy who shops enough to speak Italian would put out one of the dopest rapper-helmed fashion lines ever, right? Wrong…sort of. While ‘Ye supposedly plans to release a collection under his own name in the near future, reports surfaced yesterday saying that Pastelle is officially no more, leaving us with nothing but a series of unfulfilled announcements and public sightings of Mr. West rocking pieces from the line. To honor the brand that never came to fruition, we’re taking a look back at all of Pastelle’s Greatest Moments…
Amy Gunther of Brooklyn-based skateshop KCDC interviews Todd Bratrud, the designer/illustrator/artist responsible for the shop’s brand new limited edition t-shirts. Cop ‘em HERE.[KCDC]
Shanghai sneaker store FOOTMARK collaborates with MS for the Futurestep, a fully customizable shoe that ships with multicolor velcro panels set to be released only in China this month. [Hypebeast]
Can’t get enough of Kanye? The new book entitled Glow In The Dark features never before seen photos from his tour of the same name as well as dope designs (some by ‘Ye himself) and other goodies. [Slamxhype]
Forward thinking Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto files for bankruptcy—What’s in store for Y-3’s future? [Wall Street Journal]
Check out the new Vigorelli fixed gear frames from Cinelli. [Weekly Drop]
Real men wear pink, yes, but if you can pull off the Visvim Fall/Winter 2009 Puma Pack (as in, puma print sneakers), all the props to you. [High Snobiety]
Left To Right: Consequence, Soulja Boy, Cam’ron, Little Dragon, Chris Brown
Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.
We’re back from the long weekend with five more bangers. From SOD Money Gang to the chain gang or Sweden to Harlem, we got things covered. We know you don’t feel like hitting all the blogs tonight, so just keep reading, and start downloading from our Shuffle playlist….
Drake-mania continued this week with the release of the Hype Williams-directed visual for “Forever,” the first single off of the soundtrack for the LeBron James documentary, More Than a Game. When we first heard Drizzy was going to shoot a video for the heavyweight-rap track, we couldn’t wait to see just what kind of crazy, game-changing shit him, Kanye, Weezy, and Eminem were going to pull. Unfortunately all we got was a bunch of flashing lights, a few cameos, and a tribute to Bron Bron…We might have judged a little early.
Whatever your verdict on the video is, the fact remains that these four artists are some of the most exciting dudes in music, with their own distinctive styles to match—Kanye with his high-fashion steez, Wayne at the height of his rockstar phase, Eminem with the “I’m going on a jog” look, and Drake with his “I like high-priced designers” look. If you’re looking to swag-jack any rappers, these might be the four to start with. Below, we break down and recreate each rapper’s look. Stick with us—as long as you keep reading, we’ll keep you stylish forever.
