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• Rihanna Brings Out Drake & Kanye West For NBA All Star Performance

  02.21.11 | No Comments

  Who say Rihanna ain’ a Jungaliss?

  The 2011 NBA All-Star game came to an end last night with The West taking the win and Kobe Bryant earning his fourth MVP trophy. For halftime entertainment, Rihanna took to the stage for a medley of her hits.

  RiRi kicked things off with an orchestral version of her 4-year-old hit, “Umbrella.” She then moved into “Only Girl” before winin’ and grinin’ to “Rude Boy.” Once again, the flamin’ redhead brought out Drake for “What’s My Name.” This time around, the interaction between the two was a bit less bumpin’ and grindin’ and more flirty fun. To finish the performance off, Kanye West joined Rihanna for a performance of “All Of the Lights.” All in all, the visual of Rihanna kept us entertained.

  Take the jump to view the video for “All Of the Lights,” which premiered over the weekend…
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  Tagged: all of the lights, drake, kanye west, nba all star 2011, only girl, rihanna, rude boy, umbrella, what's my name
  

• Kanye West Churning Out New Music In 2011

  01.23.11 | No Comments

  

  In 2011, if you are not a fan of Kanye West then you will either become one or further despise him. The talented yet talkative artist took to his official Twitter account with some news.

  WATCH THE THRONE COMING IN 2 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!

  MY NEW ALBUM COMING THIS SUMMER

  ALL THE LIGHTS VIDEO IN 1 WEEK!!!!!!

  So there you go, a new video in a week, and two albums between Spring and Summer. West most likely is capable but we doubt many media outlets will be giving near-perfect ratings across the board for his next solo studio album.

  

  Music Media, NEWS

  Tagged: all of the lights, kanye west, music video, watch the throne
  

• Epic or Oversaturated? Kanye West Enlists 11 Features For 3rd Single

  10.19.10 | 2 Comments

  

  Based on the handful of features in Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Friday releases it was no surprise when news broke of West collaborating with 11 people for his third single. “All Of the Lights” which is the third single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, out November 22, will feature:

  Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Elton John, Fergie, John Legend, The-Dream, Tony Williams, KiD CuDi, Charlie Wilson, Ryan Leslie, and La Roux’s Elly Jackson. [SOURCE]

  With so many people on one track, West had to truncate each of the verses for the “completely seamless and completely ghetto as f**k” single. We only have to wait until Saturday 8pm EST to hear the single. It will be played during the premiere of Kanye West’s 30-minute “Runaway” video which will air simultaneously across MTV, VH1 and BET.

  

  Music Media, NEWS

  Tagged: alicia keys, all of the lights, charlie wilson, elly jackson, elton john, fergie, john legend, kanye west, kid cudi, la roux, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, rihanna, ryan leslie, the-dream, tony williams
  

• Kanye West To Skip G.O.O.D. Friday After Another Leak Hits the Net

  09.30.10 | No Comments

  

  There will be NO G.O.O.D. Friday this week as this is the second day that an unfinished track from Kanye West’s forthcoming fifth LP has leaked, Kanye tweeted:

  It would have seemed like since I give free music every week even the lowest form of human being would respect that enough not to leak unfinished songs from my real album…

  I’m in the studio or editing suite every night to 3am finishing the film and the album or practicing for my SNL performance

  We’ve got 4 engineers mixing the album to finish it as soon as possible [SOURCE]

  The new song to leak is a definite unfinished track of “All Of the Lights.” It’s the song Kanye previewed which featured Drake but only Tony Williams is featured on the leak. We shouldn’t be posting this but this song is an addiction.

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  Tagged: all of the lights, kanye west, tony williams
  

• Epic Candidate For 2nd Kanye West Single, “All Of the Lights”

  08.09.10 | No Comments

  

  Kanye West is heavily delving into the social network realm this time around. After refusing Twitter for so long he set the rapidly expanding social site on fire after creating an account a few weeks ago. With the premiere of his video painting “Power” he is kicking off the promo for his yet-to-be titled album. The extremely gifted and formerly RUDE rapper took to USTREAM for the first time where he revealed many things. Here’s what he had to say about the album’s second single:

  We droppin’ the next single in about twenty days. It’s between these two songs, one is called “Lost In the World” the other one is called “All Of the Lights.”

  Kanye then proceeded to let the viewers listen to a 40 second preview of “All Of the Lights.” The songs bleeds epic with the loud instruments and swooping melody. Now turn your volume to its max and listen to the preview of “All Of the Lights” below. Let’s just hope West doesn’t get too carried away with the attention he receives from the social networks and ends up overexposing himself.

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  Tagged: all of the lights, kanye west