Left To Right: J. Cole, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Lupe Fiasco, Game
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.
Today was a big day for new music on the blogs. J. Cole and Lupe dropped dope Internet-only songs. 50’s album leaked. Then Game and Alicia Keys came through with official singles. We know you’re not trying to read anything else, so hit the jump to start listening…
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Left To Right: Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B, Amerie, Wale, Timbaland
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 blogs weren’t brimming with obvious, big deal leaks today, but we still managed to put together another solid Shuffle playlist. We have official album cuts from Amerie and Timbaland, Internet-only cuts from B.o.B and Wale, and one awesome freestyle from Lupe. Ready to press play? Keep reading to get started…
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Left To Right: Jim Jones, Timbaland, Lupe Fiasco, Juvenile, Freddie Gibbs
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 usually pride ourselves on keeping the Shuffle playlists diverse, but today’s is all-rap everything. Jim Jones lets his love for black-on-black vehicles be known. Timbaland drops his first single. Lupe Fiasco rocks out for the kids. Juvenile plots a comeback with some help from Gucci Mane. Long story short: there’s a lot of worthwhile stuff to check out before you hit the streets for the weekend. MP3 streams and download links wait after the jump…
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Left To Right: Lupe Fiasco, Theophilus London, Mariah Carey, Walls, Akon
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.
Everyone has different musical tastes, but we’re pretty sure we’ve covered them all with today’s Shuffle playlist. Lupe brings the lyricism. Mariah gets a few Southern rappers to help her out. Akon applies his pop formula to a NYC tribute. And there’s more to look forward to from a couple lesser known artists. The mix is all over the place, but satisfying nonetheless. Press play after the jump…
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Where has Lupe been? Our August/September 2008 cover star has been keeping a low profile since the success of his sophomore album The Cool, working on a number of below-the-radar projects in music and fashion.
His burgeoning clothing brand Trilly & Truly has been releasing some select pieces overseas in Japan, but we’re finally starting to get access to it thanks to the brand’s new American website. Lupe stopped by the office recently to talk about all things Trilly & Truly. Watch the latest episode of our style video series “Cut & Show” below…
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When Kanye West calls you a genius of fashion, you should expect people to start checking out what you’re all about. Which is exactly what happened when ‘Ye co-signed Brooklyn-based rapper Curt@!n$‘ out-of-the-box style sense. It’s not all about the clothes, though. Behind the denim jackets and label-heavy attire, Curt@!n$ is a slick-rhyming MC who has established himself as an Internet favorite over the past few years.
Besides releasing e-acclaimed mixtapes, he’s steadily cranked out impressive videos that are always a topic of conversation throughout the blogosphere. Just yesterday, he released a well-produced video for his conscious-thinking song “Black Folks,” a good holdover until he drops his latest mixtape The Great Adventures of DoPE Boy C: Dope for President on June 16th. When Curt@!n$ came through the Complex office a few weeks ago, we put him through the Complex 7 cipher and also spoke to him about fellow trendsetters Kanye and Lupe…
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Converse is wrapping up its 1HUND(RED) ARTISTS series of sneakers in the next two months, a year-long launch of artist-collaboration sneakers under the Product (RED) umbrella that includes work by everyone from culture heroes Hiroshi Fujiwara and Terrence Koh to music icons Billy Joe Armstrong and Lupe Fiasco.
To drive forward the point that (RED) isn’t a one-off hype machine, but a continuing movement, Converse held its first “Conversations” event, a seated dinner hosted by Converse Sr. Global Director of Visual Arts Scott Patt, musician Lupe Fiasco, and Executive Chef of Aquavit, Marcus Samuelsson, last night at Aquavit in New York City. The dinner brought together 50 cultural movers and shakers, including some of the hype world’s finest, to speak about Africa and what can be done to keep the project alive. Photographer Stephen K. Schuster documented portraits of special guests—read on for images and profiles of Conversations attendees…
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Complex “family” friend/owner of KCDC/model/actress Amy Gunther designed these WeSC Bongo Sailor Headphones. Perfect for bumping Jeezy on your commute to work. [Hypebeast]
Mashkulture must have the in with Vans, fresh off leaking the Eric Elms' collection, the site just put up this Robert Williams x Vans Vault Pack that will release during Fall of 2009. [MashKulture]
Kanye West and friends joined a panel to judge the 2009 Wallpaper Awards. Wallpaper? Who cares right? Actually if you're into design you'll probably be blown away by the winners of some of the categories. [Wallpaper]
Visvim can takeover whatever game they want to. This time around the focus was making deck shoes way cooler. [Star-J]
Lupe's label Trilly & Truly get down with Swagger on two Varsity Jackets. Go Loopey! [High Snobiety]
CLICK HERE for a large version of the N.E.R.D. cover. CLICK HERE for a large version of the Lupe cover.
This year for Complex’s annual “Style & Design” collector’s edition issue, we set out to fuse the worlds of music and art in a way that had never been done. On one cover, we paired N.E.R.D. with KAWS, the graffiti icon-turned-art world darling who also happens to be one of Pharrell’s favorite designers. And on the other cover, Lupe Fiasco teamed up with another graf God'Todd “REAS” James'to create an outrageous image of the Chi-Town superstar sitting on the sun.
In addition to the covers, KAWS and REAS painted over even more photos of the musicians for the features inside the book. CLICK HERE to see the full story with N.E.R.D. and HERE for the full Lupe story. Check back on Monday for the other side of our August/September issue'two sexy-ass covers with Cassie (that’s 4 total, if you’re counting), along with a titillating series of videos from her shoot that are sure to have the 'net going nuts. After the jump, check out four videos from the N.E.R.D./Lupe shoots, including an interview with KAWS.
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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.
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