iEm Blog // Jay-Z - Picaso Baby: A Performance Art Film

Art.

Wonderful - Inspiring!

iEm Blog résumé // Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience

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Justin Timberlake just released his fresh LP "The 20/20 Experience" about one week ago!

It took Mr. Timberlake seven years for his musical comeback after his successful LP "FutureSex/LoveSounds, which he puts out in late 2006.

Timbaland is the Producer of the whole Album again, but this time he mainly works alongside J-Roc who is a long time co-producer of Mosley.

The Sound of the "20/20 Experience" is amazing and combines very old soulvibes with pop elements.

The whole LP is definitely a grower, but once it has grown on you (which happens very fast) its pure fun and music at its finest.

We need more of that good good grown man music.

...and it looks like 1 Mio copies sold  in the first week + some Tour dates with Jay-Z!

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The iEm-Blog´s temporary fav. three songs out of the 20/20 Experience

04. Strawberry Bubblegum

05. Tunnel Vision

08. Let The Groove Get In

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So here are the both visuals for the first two singles ("Suit & Tie", "Mirrors") and a live performance of "Strawberry Bubblegum".

Watch the videos below!

"Strawberry Bubblegum" live @ Jimmy Fallon

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"Mirrors"

"Suit & Tie ft. Jay-Z"

iEm Blog // Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean - No Church in the Wild (MusicVideo)

Greatness!

"Watch the Throne" is one of my favourite Hip Hop Lp´s of all time already!

Jay-Z & Kanye West did a amazing job on their last project - the whole sound/vibe is simply incredible.

To show how its done right, here is the video for "No Church in the Wild".

The first song of the "Throne" features the talented Franc Ocean and The Dream also put some vocals on the track which are not credited!

The visual was directed by Romain Gavras (M.I,A,adidas. etc) and shows a intensive cinematic riot scene!

#Masterpiece

iEm Blog // 54th Annual Grammy Awards

So the Grammys took place a couple hours ago.

The performances were ok and Adele was the winner of the night with six Grammys!

Here are the iEm Blog fav. performances and the winnerslist is right below...

Jennifer Hudson - Whitney Houston Tribute


Nicki Minaj


Chris Brown



Rihanna & Coldplay

to see all performances click right here(yardie)

And the winners are...

Album of the Year – Adele, 21

Record of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Song of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best New Artist – Bon Iver

Best Pop Solo Performance – Adele, “Someone Like You”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse, “Body and Soul”

Best Pop Instrumental Album – Booker T. Jones, The Road From Memphis

Best Pop Vocal Album – Adele, 21

Best Dance Recording – Skrillex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”

Best Dance/Electronica Album – Skrillex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Tony Bennett & Various Artists, Duets II

Best Rock Performance – Foo Fighters, “Walk”

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance – Foo Fighters, “White Limo”

Best Rock Song – Foo Fighters, “Walk”

Best Rock Album – Foo Fighters, Wasting Light

Best Alternative Music Album – Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Best R&B Performance – Corinne Bailey Rae, “In This Love”

Best Traditional R&B Performance – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”

Best R&B Song – “Fool For You” (Performed by Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)

Best R&B Album – Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.

Best Rap Performance – Kanye West & Jay-Z, “Otis”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie, “All Of The Lights”

Best Rap Song – “All Of The Lights” (Performed by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Best Rap Album – Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Best Country Solo Performance – Taylor Swift, “Mean”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance – The Civil Wars, “Barton Hollow”

Best Country Song – Taylor Swift, “Mean”

Best Country Album – Lady Antebellum, Own The Night

Best Spoken Word Album – Betty White, If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t)

Best Comedy Album – Louis C.K., Hilarious

Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech

Best Song Written For Visual Media – Tangled, “I See The Light”

Best Historical Album – Paul McCartney, Band On The Run

Best Short Form Music Video – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best Long Form Music Video – Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters: Back And Forth

iEm Blog // Jay - Z & Kanye West - Niggas in Paris (MusicVideo)

Love the song, love those different kind of visuals, love the live recording version!
The Album is a Hip Hop Masterpiece and this is the right single for a video!
#Throne

Kanye West x Jay-Z - The Chi Video

Thats a amazing footage.

Kanye shows where he spends his childhood and talks about the CHI and more...

I guess he remains Chi Town!

Kanye West x Jay-Z & Nicki Minaj @Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2011

I saw that about 2 weeks ago for the first time!
So amazing how the audience reacted when Jay-Z appeared!
Nicki did her thing as well...Hip Hop lives!
N***** in Paris at the Victoria Secret Show c´mon! So nice!

 Kanye West - Stronger/ Kanye West & Jay-Z - N***** in Paris






Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

MTV EMA´s 2011

So this year the EMA´s took place in Belfast and were hosted by Selena Gomez!
Like every year there were some nice performances and here are my favs... 
(Check out the winner-list right below the performances)

Bruno Mars - Marry you live 
*That version is so goooood



Jessie J - Price Tag live 
*Her vocals are on point.Incredible.



to be continued...


And the winners are...

Best Song
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Bruno Mars – ‘Grenade’
Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull – ‘On The Floor’
Katy Perry – ‘Firework’
Lady GaGa – ‘Born This Way’ - WINNER!

 

Best Live
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Katy Perry - WINNER!
Lady GaGa
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Pop
Britney Spears
Justin Bieber - WINNER!
Katy Perry
Lady GaGa
Rihanna

Best New
Bruno Mars - WINNER!
Far East Movement
Jessie J
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa

Best Female
Adele
Beyoncé
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Lady GaGa - WINNER!

Best Male
Bruno Mars
David Guetta
Eminem
Justin Bieber - WINNER!
Kanye West

Best Hip-Hop
Eminem - WINNER!
Lil Wayne
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Pitbull
Snoop Dogg

Best Video
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Beastie Boys – ‘Make Some Noise’
Beyoncé – ‘Run The World (Girls)’
Justice – ‘Civilization’
Lady GaGa – ‘Born This Way’ - WINNER!

Best Push
Alexis Jordan
Big Time Rush
Bruno Mars - WINNER!
Far East Movement
Jessie J
Katy B
LMFAO
Neon Trees
Theophilus London
Wiz Khalifa

Biggest Fans
Justin Bieber
Lady GaGa - WINNER!
Paramore
Selena Gomez 

Thirty Seconds To Mars

MTV UK & Ireland / Best UK & Ireland Act 
Adele - WINNER!
Coldplay
Florence + The Machine
Jessie J
Kasabian

Best Worldwide
Lena
BIGBANG - WINNER!
Abdelfattah Grini
Britney Spears
Restart

more infos right here

Jay-Z covers SOURCE MAG!

Jigga!

2011 MTV Music Awards

The Video Music Awards had some Nice suprises.
Big winners of the night were Adele and Katy Perry with each 3 Moonmen.
Tyler, The Creator won the best New artist award and Beyonce announced her pregnancy.
Jay-Z´s and Kanyes Otis was my personal favourite performance, so just take
a look at the video below.
Lady Gaga as Joe...nice!
The winners listand some more footage of the award show right after the jump!

Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis
*incredible Hip-Hop

Jay-Z & Kanye West on the cover of RESPECT Magazine

The Album is so incredible!
Its on instant replay 24/7!
Thats a nice cover.

Watch The Throne Album Release Party x Jay-Z @ Club LIV,Miami

So I heared the interview where Jay confirmed his appearance @ Club Liv (Miami)
to clebrate his and Kanye Wests higly succesful collab LP "Watch The Throne", a couple days ago.
Here is a really nice video which shows the beautiful 305 and the Party at Club LIV where Jigga breakes the Ace of Spades ordering record.
See some special guests and chek out the amazing footage of that night.
Definetly a good time.






by HeadlinerTV

Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis (MusicVideo)

Love that song and "Watch the Throne" is so incredible!
The video is so nice!
Both just having a real good time!
Give it up for real Hip-Hop!

"Watch the Throne" documentary

Check out this lil documentary which shows Jay-Z & Kanye West
recording their upcoming Collab Album, "Watch the Throne" (Aug. 1st.).
All of the songs which are played in that video are brilliant!
Watch out for some cameos/visits in that following short insight!
Thats the vibe that you need to create such music! Very nice!

Jay-Z x Kanye West - Watch The Throne (Tracklist)

So this is the confirmed tracklist of Jay-Zs and Kanyes Collab Album!
That looks promising!

1. No Church in The Wild (Feat. Frank Ocean)
2. Lift Off (Feat. Beyoncé)
3. Niggas in Paris
4. Otis (Feat. Otis Redding)
5. Gotta Have It
6. New Day
7. Prime Time
8. Who Gon Stop Me
9. Murder to Excellence
10. Welcome to The Jungle
11. Sweet Baby Jesus (Feat. Frank Ocean)
12. Love You So (Feat. Mr Hudson)

Bonus


13. Illest Motherfucker Alive
14. H*A*M
15. That’s My Bitch
16. The Joy (Feat. Curtis Mayfield)

click here to see the cover (recent post)!
via Rap-Radar

Jay-Z x Kanye West - Watch The Throne (Cover)

You ready?

Artwork by Ricardo Tisci who is the creative director of the label "Givenchy"

"Watch the Throne" droping soon!

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards

 Grammy night was just a couple hours ago!
Lady Gaga arrived in an egg, Cee Lo looked like a huge bird and Esperanza Spalding suprised by winning the award for Best New Artist.
There were some nice performance by Mick Jager and Justin Bieber who performed alongside mentor Usher and buddy Jaden Smith.
The big winner of the night was the band "Lady Antebellum" with 5 Grammys followed by artists such as Jay-Z, The Roots & John Legend and Eminem etc.
All in all a cool show with some suprises and no Grammy for Drizzy or JB.
See the full winners list and some of the performances of that night by reading the rest of this post...

Kanye West x Jay-Z - H.A.M (Single Cover)

Kanye is definetly on another level! 

That cover was designed by Riccardo Tisci who is the creative director of Givenchy.

The single H.A.M will be out soon and i´m so excited about that full "Watch The Throne" Album.

Good Times!

Jay Electronica got signed to Roc Nation

Wow! Thats perfect!
Congrats to Jay Electronica.
Nice performance.