Kanye West to Release a New Song Every Week Until Christmas

Kanye West to Release a New Song Every Week Until Christmas


Monday, August 23, 2010 11:26 AM 

By Jake Crates

(AllHipHop News) As the tension and excitement builds in the months leading up to the release of Kanye West’s still untitled 5th album, Kanye West is “all about the fans” and will be releasing a new song every week until Christmas.



Kanye, who tweeted the announcement Sunday night (August 22nd), stressed the importance of giving back to the fans.



He also let the fans know how hard he has been working to ensure that his label, G.O.O.D Music, puts out a quality product.



"I know y'all need the music so I'm dropping 1 new song every weekend until Xmas. It may be my song, it may be a new Jay song, etc," Kanye tweeted.



A minute later the Chicago based MC/Producer coined the impromptu releases as “Good Fridays”.



"I'm calling it good Fridays. Yall know every Friday yall gone have a new joint from our family. We look at the game completely different now,” Mr. West added. “It's about the fans. No more holding back. That's why I dropped see me now... It wasn't about me it was about the Summer the BBQs etc.”



Kanye then talked about what he’s been working on as of late and let the fans know about his dedication to his music and the art he creates.



He is working on projects for Pusha T, Raekwon, Mos Def, Swizz Beatz and Pharrell Williams.



“Swizz looked at me the other night and said man are you getting sleep and I told him I can't sleep... My people need this new music,” Kanye recalled. “Yall make all the hard work worth it.... We been up to 5 am every night working on everything Pusha, Rakwon, Mos, Swizz, Skateboard etc. “



Additionally, Kanye is in the process of creating a movie that will go along with the much anticipated album he has been working on in seclusion.



“In Prague organizing the movie based around the album... I just wanna thank everybody for the overwhelming response to the Power remix!,“ he tweeted.



Kanye West will perform at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, which air live September 12 at 9 p.m. The appearance marks his VMA return after a notorious onstage interruption during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for her VMA Award.

From AllHipHop.com

http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/08/23/22346776.aspx

Hip Hop Reacts To Sade's Return, Soldier Of Love

Hip Hop Reacts To Sade's Return, Soldier Of Love
February 12, 2010 08:53:00 AM CST | by Slava Kuperstein

With Sade's return coming in the form of Soldier of Love, her first album in a decade, nearly everyone had a reaction of some sort.

As such, a number of rappers recently shared their thoughts on the singer's momentous return with NYMag.com.

Legendary rapper Rakim spoke on Sade's influence on him. "I grew up on soul music, but when my pops introduced me to Sade just before Diamond Life hit, it was a revelation. That voice and her style just took out even the hardest hood at the knees. 'Smooth Operator' may have been a smash for everyone worldwide, but that was my track, and you can catch me referencing what she was trying to get across from Paid in Full up to my new album."

Both members of the Clipse also spoke in the matter. Pusha T chose to look back on his introduction to Sade's music. "I remember being turned on to Sade by an older cousin I used to break dance with ... me still being young, [I] couldn't understand why in the hell he was listening to 'old people music.' He used to cook me steak-ums and play Sade on repeat!!!!!! After a summer of that, I was hooked ... Thanks, Why!!" Malice spoke of his "favorite Sade moment," which "was when Julie Knapp brought me into her office and showed me the album cover, and I was like, "She looks better than ever, her face, complexion, the body, the hair ... " Then Julie played the single and the voice was just as melodic, soothing, and hypnotizing as I had remembered. I guess God-given talent never misses a step. Guess who's back?"

Joell Ortiz intimated his emotional reaction to Sade's music, revealing that it reminded him of difficult times. "I always think of the song 'Ordinary Love' whenever someone brings up Sade, because that song came out around the time my dad bounced. After he left, my mom used to sit in her room, getting high while listening to 'Ordinary Love' over and over again for weeks. That was saddest time of my young life. Whenever I hear that song, I well up with tears."

Others who spoke on the singer's return included Missy Elliott, Talib Kweli, Keri Hilson, and Freeway.

From HipHopDX.com

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10617/title.hip-hop-reacts-to-sades-return-soldier-of-love