Cockiness (Official Remix) - Rihanna X A$AP Rocky

Rih Rih drops the Official Remix to one of the standout tracks from her 6th studio album 'Talk that Talk'. The Def Jam princess called on A$AP for this one....you can grab it on iTunes after her VMA performance (which will probably feature the Harlem rapper) this Thursday; \

100...100...100..100

There are songs that come along now and again. The type of track that make you get up from whatever you're doing and just start 'cooking', bumping your head at an alarming pace or just do the awkward 'throw your hands in the air' in amazement at what you're hearing. 

If you're a Hip Hop head, you'll agree that only the likes of 'Mercy', 'Shook One's' or even Rozay's 'BMF' are all pretty much benchmark tracks now if you're looking to make a 'hit'. Bangladesh is pretty much the king of making 'THE' Hip Hop banger...tracks like this or this, and even beat's as recent as 'Did It On Em', Rihanna's 'Cockiness' and Brandy's revival track prove that the Atlanta beat-smith is one of few producers who has the ability to make hit after hit. 

'100' is probably one of the best songs i've heard in a long time. If you're a fiend for Hip Hop, good music, or anything with bass...you really need to grab yourself some headphones and take a listen. Oh and did I mention that Mr Bangladesh calls on Pusha T, Jadakiss and 2 Chainz for the verses.. 

And a cheeky behind the scene's to the upcoming video; 

'Nigga's In Paris' dropped 11 TIMES...in Paris

A bit of bootleg material that had to be shared. They've been on their worldwide 'Watch the Throne' tour over the past months, hitting pretty much every major city in the world...if you've been on a Hip Hop site  since they've been touring, then you'll know that the pair have been dropping their hit 'Nigga's In Paris' numerous times every concert. 

Whether they were 'breaking a record' in L.A or bringing out Rihanna in London...the duo have caused a stir at every show, Paris being absolutely no expection. Bringing out producer of the track; Hit Boy and dropping it 11 times;

Photo Highlights From Coachella Week 1

Here are some of the great photo's taken from the First weekend of the California Festival;

A$AP Rocky performing

Azealia Banks

Danny Brown & Kendrick Lamar with Childish Gambino after they joined him onstage

Araab Muzik

Florence & The Machine

Frank Ocean performing

Rihanna watching David Guetta

Kendrick Lamar

Childish Gambino

Rihanna with Coachella crowd

Tupac Hologram performing alongside Snoop

Radiohead

Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg performing

The Weeknd

Avicii

Drake releases two new videos

Drake took to his Vimeo page to release two new videos from his album; Take Care. The first; 'HYFR' shows some of the footage from the Young Money Rapper's re-Barmitzvah, which took place recently. The video is filled with appearances from all of the YMCMB and OVO crew, and the chance to see Birdman and DJ Khaled in a synagogue should be more than enough persuasion for you to watch it below; 

And the other video, Drake's collaboration with Rihanna; Take Care has had it's video released as well. The Jamie XX produced track is given quite an arty and minimalistic with features from both Drake and Rihanna, as well as a Bison and a bird...?

One thing to learn from the Brit Awards...

If there is one thing to learn from The Brit's...other than the fact that Lana Del Rey should be my wife by now...it's the fact that ITV are far too reliant on their advertisers. Without going a bit media frantic, the most anticipated speech of the night (Adele's Album of the Year Win) was cut off after about 10 seconds, simply so Blur could perform in time for ITV to show their end of ceremony adverts. Anyway...rant over ITV screwed up Adele's moment, so she gave the station executives a taste of what she thought.

Also a pretty mental performance of 'We Found Love' from Rihanna;

The Grammy's - Review

So the 54th Grammy Awards took place last night...not everyone's cup of tea, but it's the popular music's world cup - so you have to give it some attention. The obvious place to start first is Adele, claiming 6 awards, including; 'Album of the Year', 'Record of the Year' and 'Best Pop Solo Performance'. She also performed the award winning 'Rolling in the Deep', which you can view below; 

Foo Fighters were the other big winners of the night, taking home 5 awards including 'Best Rock Album' and 'Best long form Video'. Bon Iver was awarded with 2 Grammy awards - one being 'Best New Artist'. Other notable winners were Skrillex and Taylor Swift (not on this blog) who won 3 and 2 awards respectively. Lastly, there was a collaboration between Rihanna and Coldplay, which is worth a look here.

For a full run down of the winners and nominees check the Grammy Results site.