"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"

To be honest, it's one of the best albums of all time.

People don't like Kanye because of his ego and because of his world view.  They think that he's a stuck-up asshole that doesn't care about anybody but himself; and that's exactly what he his.  The thing is, he knows that and he doesn't care to change it.  It's who he is, and it's what makes him the great musical talent that we hear today.

Despite what seems to be widespread unpopularity (especially among girls who are unhealthily obsessed with the ever-repetitive Taylor Swift) Kanye is always dropping something that tops the charts, at least for a short while.  His tactics may be unconventional, but Jay Z still hangs out with him, so he can't be that bad.

The MBDTF album is something that we have all heard of before, but really haven't.  It's the album that he secluded himself to write.  He dropped off the face of the earth and went into a self-imposed exile to produce it, and came back with this wonderful work of art that we have today.

I downloaded it, bought the vinyl, and bought a hard copy of this album not because I support Kanye as a person, but because I support his music and I think that the musical talent that he possesses deserves some credit.

MBDTF delves deep into the soul of the man and tells us what he really thinks.  The circumstances under which the album was produced are a testament to how deep the thought process was behind each of the songs that are included on the album.  G.O.O.D. Friday gave us a glimpse of a couple of the songs, and the singles that dropped gave a patchwork design of what the finished product was going to be, but the complete picture is what truly makes this album something for the history books.

Kendrick Lamar.

I don't see it.  People are saying that he's the new king of the West.  Dr. Dre and Snoop have basically anointed him the new king of gangsta rap and have said that he will rule the West when they give up or die.

I mean his new album is good, but is it really THAT good?

I said the same thing about Drake's Take Care album when it first came out, and it took me forever to get it and really start to listen to the songs on it and enjoy them, but now I can't stop listening to it day in and day out.

This Kendrick Lamar album might end up being the same thing and I kind of hope that it is, but who knows.

Also, Kendrick Lamar's last name is Duckworth.  Finding that out made my night.

"White Dress" download

http://www.kanyewest.org/2012/10/12/new-music-kanye-west-white-dress/

Follow the link, download, and enjoy.

Two songs from "The Man With the Iron Fists" Soundtrack

Kanye West - White Dress

RZA & The Black Keys - The Baddest Man Alive

The Man With the Iron Fists - Soundtrack

I don't know about you, but I've been waiting for this for a long time.  When I first saw the preview for this movie and saw that it was going to be a product of RZA and Tarantino, I nearly jumped out of my seat.

Then I saw that the soundtrack was going to feature some of my favorite artists, and I did jump out of my seat.  I literally stood up in the theater and put my fist in the air.  This is going to be the best movie soundtrack of the year.

The song that I'm most excited about is Kanye's song "White Dress", which he has already released a 60 second preview of, which can be found here (thanks to @Coach_Eli for the link).

In short, I'm stoked, and I've already pre-ordered it on iTunes for $7.99.. It should be well worth your money to BUY it.

Brew's SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/brewthetruth

Black Sunset Preview

I just got a preview from my buddy @BrewTheTruth from his new mixtape entitled "Black Sunset" which he plans to drop later this month.

The preview that he sent me includes three songs which are entitled "Fam First" "Droptop Dream" and "All We Have."

Follow this kid on Twitter and stay tuned for when he puts the songs on YouTube and his Sound Cloud account later this month.

I can't figure out how to post the songs on here but I will when I find out how.

#BlackSunset
GET IT TRENDING!!

The Weeknd - Trilogy

Yesterday (I don't know if this went up earlier and I just didn't see it), I saw that The Weeknd is finally going to drop his first studio album.  This is huge.

Most of you know The Weeknd even though you don't think you know him.  That song Crew Love that everyone has heard about 50 million times on the radio?  Yeah, that's The Weeknd in the hook.  Most people don't know it's him (even though the name of the song is Crew Love (feat. The Weeknd)) and it's a damn shame.

He also appears in The Ride in the background sample.  If you listen to something with him in, you will instantly fall in love.  It's almost Frank Ocean-esque the way that he sings, but it also has a little bit more auto-tune so it's more electronic when he appears on the Take Care album.

However, his solo stuff is just good.  He's released three mixtapes: Echoes of Silence, House of Balloons, and Thursday.  They are all available online for a free download.  Thursday is my personal favorite but to be honest I've never really sat down and just listened to them all from start to finish, despite the fact that I have told myself that I would over and over again.

You know what.. I'll do that right now.

In the meantime, just download his stuff and listen.  It's awesome.  His new album "Trilogy" drops on the 13th of November so be on the look out for a pre-order sometime soon.

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Country Music

Some people don't like.  To be honest, I didn't really care for it myself until I moved to Texas last year.  I knew that I was going to be constantly exposed to it when I moved there and my cousins loved it, so I thought that I would go into it with an open mind.

To be honest, I think that country music is the most honest and widely appealing genre.

We can all relate to having a bonfire in the summer with friends.  We all love to sit around and just sip beers with our family and closest friends and just talk about life, love, and what it takes to live a fulfilling life.

Country music stars are not perfect by any stretch.  Like any other famous musicians they do drugs and have rampant sex, but they seem to be more down to earth than the other musicians that are involved in different kinds of music, as a whole.  They sing about universal truths that we can all relate to and stuff that we can experience in our everyday lives.  They don't sing as much about the clubs, money, drugs, sex and opulence that accompanies most of the airwaves today.

The fact that most of the songs that are about love have to do with making mistakes makes them even more appealing to the wider public because we can all relate to making mistakes.  We have all done something to someone that we loved and cared about that we wish we could take back.  We don't know why we did it because deep down we care so much about that person, but we did it anyway.  This theme pops up in a lot of country music and is more of a true statement than something that a rap artist would probably say.

Also, country music just makes you feel good.  It's more about sitting around a fire with a guitar, laughing and talking with friends while watching football on a nice warm summer evening.

At least that's my take.