Jay Z On to the Next One
The art references in the visuals of Jay-Z’s new
"On to the Next One" video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1RChZk1EU,
(including Dan Flavin, Damian Hirst, Robert Mapplethorpe,
Kara Walker, and Jeff Koons) are not his first. Jay-Z’s
been making art-world references for years. He's even
mentioned Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat in his rhymes.
In “Ain’t I,” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7L4B5fxIE)
with the refrain bragging “I'm a hustlers hustler /
A gangsters gangster,” he adds:
I got Warhols on my halls walls!
I got Basquiats in the lobby of my spot!
Jay-Z is not the only one. Along with Jay-Z, Kanye West
and Pharrell Williams have also included fashionable modern
art pieces in their videos. Swizz Beatz also rapped about
collecting Basquiats in “That Oprah”
Boy, get lost
My new Basquiat
H.O.V know what that cost
But Weiner also claims that for Jay-Z it is more than
ostentatiously displaying his wealth. He suggests Jay-Z sees
Hirst, Murakami, and Basquiat as kind of “kindred spirits.”
Whereas Murakami and Hirst make art that is largely about the
markets they exist in, “Jay-Z seems to feel a kinship of a
different sort with Jean-Michel Basquiat.”
In one of his freestyle raps, Jay-Z says that he is
"inspired by Basquiat,” and put the artist in a list
of fallen icons. “In this company,” says Weiner, “Basquiat
figures both as a civil rights hero—a type to whom Jay-Z often
compares himself—and a cautionary tale.”
In this "Grammy Family" freestyle, Jay-Z rapped: "Every
step you take they remind you, you ghetto." This is also
a feeling Jean-Michel often had, being a breakthrough
black artist into the heart of the art world,
(with the market hyping and clambering for his work),
but constantly sensitive to the racism of the same art world.
Weiner also quotes some Jay-Z lyrics appropriate to Basquiat’s
life, and his own:
Game stays the same, the name changes
So it's best for those not to overdose on being famous.
Weiner notes that "Jean-Michel Basquiat is the only black
art star to really penetrate the hip-hop airspace, at least
as explicit references go". Although Weiner did not mention it,
Wyclef Jean read passages from Basquiat’s interviews and poetry
for the Brooklyn Museum exhibition in 2005. In an interview with
Vibe, rapper Kayne West said of his own work on Love Lockdown,
“You just do a Basquiat painting over the whole test. And sure,
every answer is wrong, but look, it makes a beautiful picture.”
Jay Z, On to the Next One, FL Studio, Remake,
Fruity Loops, lildrezy22, Producer
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Ray J Tie Me Down 3/7 8am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFj28VCdnC8
New Boyz is an American hip hop/rap group and a former jerkin crew
duo[1] made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin (born October 13, 1991)
and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas (born October 12, 1991)[2] from Hesperia,
California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit,
"You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz
and a Mic, released in September 2009. The song peaked in the top
thirty of the Billboard Hot 100, and it was the first song to bring
the jerkin' style to the national forefront. A second single, "Tie Me Down"
featuring Ray J, was also successful and peaked in the top thirty.
In May 2011, their second studio album, Too Cool to Care, was released.
It includes the top 40 hits "Backseat", featuring The Cataracs and Dev,
and "Better with the Lights Off" featuring Chris Brown. The New Boyz have
also been featured on Hot Chelle Rae's song "I Like It Like That",
which peaked at #28 on the Hot 100.
Ray J, Tie Me Down, FL Studio, Remake,
Fruity Loops, lildrezy22, Producer
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Gorilla Zoe Money Man 3/8 12:01am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oN9_xypXUw
Alonzo Mathis (born January 26, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia)
better known by his stage name Gorilla Zoe ( /ˈzoʊ/)[2]
is an American rapper and member of rap group Boyz N Da Hood.
His solo debut album Welcome to the Zoo came out in 2007.
Gorilla Zoe, Money Man, FL Studio, Remake,
Fruity Loops, lildrezy22, Producer
