Monday Morning Kanye

You know what time it is.
First up is this week's GOOD Friday jam that wasn't supposed to happen (Kanye was pissed about the 2 song leaks last week and said he was gonna put it on hold for the week):
 
Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie - Christian Dior Denim Flow

Not really doing anything for me.  Buuuuuut, it's not on the album, so whatever.
And I think this might be the official farewell to Kid CuDi on this blog.  I can't take it anymore.

Moving along...
Kanye rocked SNL with "Power" and got the Pusha T assist on "Runaway" later.  And you know there was now way he was using that same subway-station-from-Mars performance stage as everyone else.  I must say, though...I am VERY VERY VERY disappointed in Kanye for swapping the 2nd verse of "Power".  At least it was a decent verse.





It's amazing how much better "Runaway" sounds with the added vocal samples.

When Did We Decide to Ditch Ryan Leslie?

What happened?
We were all jammin' the hell out of Ryan Leslie.

His 2nd album came out and ain't nobody said shit.
Damn.  Fickle, fickle, fickle.

Check out some BTS on the making of "Promise Not To Call"

Ryan Leslie: Transition

Huh?!  Am I the only person who didn't know Ryan Leslie's second album was coming out tomorrow?  I haven't heard/seen anything.  Not a single, not an interview, nont of the now-obligatory behind the scenes stuff.  Very strange.  Anyway...the whole album is streaming at imeem right now.

Ryan Leslie

Album dropped yesterday.
How can you NOT support a dude in modern music who gets credited for 96% of his own album?!

Kid CuDi & Ryan Leslie

Ryan Leslie x Kid Cudi @ studio from Vernonmac on Vimeo.

Yeah, this one describes itself well enough.

Ryan Leslie Flips "Lollipop"

This is old, but I've never seen it before.
LIVE, on the spot remixin'. Ryan Leslie is the truth, Ruth.

Ryan Leslie makes "Addiction"

One of YouTube's greatest contributions is in-studio video. I love the stuff, there's no better way to see what really goes into a song.

Ryan Leslie is a talented dude. There isn't much going on in the Pop / R&B world that I appreciate these days, but I'm always down with someone who creates all their own stuff from the ground up, as opposed to the Chris Brown types that get a finished product handed to them.