Avery Storm – Better Man (Prod. By The Heatmakerz) by MassAnthems

Avery Storm teams up with The Heatmakerz for this single off of Shotgun Love that should be out next year.

Avery Storm – Better Man (Prod. By The Heatmakerz) by MassAnthems

Patsy Rodenburg - Why I do Theatre

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! | Video on TED.com

A follow up to his 2006 appearance, you can see below, Sir Ken Robinson tackles the issue of talent and the education system. A conflict that's especially become apparent in society as we too often do what we must instead of what truly is fulfilling and worth while. Miscasting ourselves and even labeling ourselves as untalented instead Robinson asks us to dig deeper within ourselves, while pointing to the education system as the chief catalyst for this "revolution." So embrace the diversity of talents and really start to look at what you are passionate about.

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com

Just continuing the TED talks series as we head into the new year.

Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com

An interesting take on vulnerability Brown challenges us, and herself, to embrace it as a claim to authenticity. A powerful talk Dr. Brown emphasizes the importance of this oft neglected and suppressed emotion, claiming that in order for us to truly enjoy the high points in life we must also accept the difficulties and imperfections we all possess. A definite must watch

Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes | Video on TED.com

A talk from TED about education and failure, Laufenberg highlights some of the pitfalls that we face today. An issue that not only impacts students but has truly become a universal problem. Diana concludes that we are and always should be learning and that failure, if we learn from it, can be one of the best teachers.

Kisses by Kisses

Kisses by Kisses An old track from the LA collective who have really picked up steam in 2010, hopefully they will see even more success in 2011

Kanye West (feat Teyana Taylor & CyHi Da Prynce) - Christmas In Harlem by DJRADIO718

Kanye West (feat Teyana Taylor & CyHi Da Prynce) - Christmas In Harlem by DJRADIO718 This is a little dated but this is the latest in Kanye's Black Friday Edition. An ode to the holidays, Kanye teams up with Jim Jones, Vado, Teyanna Taylor on the hook, and several other artists to create this mellow track. Enjoy

06 COMING & GOING f. rhymefest Nottz & Asher Roth – Rawth EP by Hypetrak

06 COMING & GOING f. rhymefest Nottz & Asher Roth – Rawth EP by Hypetrak Another track off the EP. Rawth/Nottz really put together a good mixtape and if you haven't already, this is a definite must listen

Asher Roth - Gotta Get Up by thedopestop

Asher Roth - Gotta Get Up by thedopestop New track off of Asher and Nottz's first collaboration project, titled the Rawth EP

Sun Airway - Oh, Naoko (Houses Remix)

A little remix from the Philadelphia collective enjoy and Happy Holidays

Sun Airway - Oh, Naoko

Here's a song from Philadelphia's Sun Airway

Karl Lagerfeld - The Luxury Channel

A poignant and I think fascinating interview with the directive coordinator of Channel, Karl Lagerfield, as he talks about everything from our perspective on life, changing trends, and even Facebook. Useful knowledge not only for those of us in fashion, but applicable in parts of our lives.

Rusko - Hold On (feat. Amber Coffman) (Sub Focus Remix)

Das Racist - You Oughta Know

Dizzee Rascal — Fix Up (XL) (RATATAT REMIX)

Sky Ferreira - One (Official Audio)

TRON: LEGACY - Daft Punk's "Derezzed"

As Tron dropped last Friday so did Daft Punk's Soundtrack for it. Here is the visual for the track Derezzed. By the way the movie was sick.

Dreamin-Kid Ink ft K-Young (NEW!!)

Song of the day

The Official Ralph Lauren 4D Experience - London

Ralph Lauren's Flagship opening on London's Bond St

darwin deez - dna (official video)

Keep a look out for Darwin's self titled album out now on itunes

KISSES - Bermuda

Song of the day

Lil Kim - Black Friday (Nicki Minaj Diss) [Audio] Hot Or Not

Lil' Kim strikes back as she takes offense to Nicki's Roman's Revenge. She even goes after Drake, Diddy, and Wayne. Bottom line she goes in on Nicki it will be interesting to hear Minaj's response.

Album Covers from Kanye's Album

Kanye West Performs "Lost in the World" at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parad...

A little something for Thanksgiving

Sweet Thing - Change of Seasons

Happy Thanksgiving and as you sit down to the table I hope you remember all you have to be thankful for. Happy Turkeyday

Nicki Minaj - Girls Fall Like Dominoes (New 2010 + Download)

Bonus track from Nicki's newly released "Pink Friday"

T.I. ft. Eminem "All She Wrote" - No Tags [Download] HD

Song of the day

Chain Heavy (With Lyrics) - Kanye West ft Talib Kweli Consequence

Another Good Friday installment courtesy of Mr. West

Kid Cudi - Scott Mescudi Vs. The World ft. Cee-Lo Green

Another track off Cudi's album that features none other than Cee-Lo's smooth vocals. Enjoy

Kid Cudi - Maybe (Prod. by Dot Da Genius)

song of the day

Kid Cudi X Bape release and surprise performance

Kid Cudi suprises fans in Soho with the debut of his new album

Song of the Day

Friendly Fires - Relationships

Lebron James "Rise" Commercial & Cleveland's Response

The latest from the aftermath of LeBron's decision, Cleveland retorts to the highly acclaimed Nike commercial. It seems fitting that they get the right to respond to LeBron's commercial. The commercial is sharp, witty, and extremely clever.

Miami Horror - Holidays (official HD)

Theophilus London - Life Of A Lover (feat Jesse Boykins)

Theophilus London releases his song "Life of a Lover." A mellow track that really illustrates his creative wordplay and is his latest since his acclaimed "I Want you" Mixtape.

Hoodie Allen - You Are Not A Robot ft. Marina and the Diamonds

Kanye West - All of the Lights (FULL)Ft. Kid Cudi, Rihanna, Alicia Keys,...

Finally after hearing versions of Kanye's All of the Lights track the final masterpiece is here. It features 11 other artists and is a bit everywhere. I still love the song but am slightly disappointed after hearing the song beforehand and expecting so much. The track however is till epic and must be at the top of every play list.

Big Sean - Too Fake feat Chiddy Bang

Here is the latest visual for Big Sean's track "Too Fake" where he teams up with the Philadelphia duo Chiddy Bang. The track is on his Final Famous Volume III, hopefully he provides better visuals than this for the rest of his tracks.

Kanye West - See Me Now (Feat. Beyonce & Charlie Wilson) [CDQ]

I was just going through the potential tracklist for Kanye's upcoming album and am amazed at how I overlooked this gem. Just the mass of talent on this track is enough to blow you away. Enjoy "See Me Now"

J. Cole - I'm Coming Home (Prod. Alex Da Kid) [HD/Download/Lyrics]

So J. Cole is back with vengeance with his new singe I'm Coming Home and it looks like it'll be on his December release Cole World in December. Just one more thing to look forward to.

Kanye West - Runaway (Full-length Clean)

So by now we all have seen Kanye West's long anticipated video. It's brilliant and carries an avant guarde style to it few artist have attempted in recent history. Few artist are as willing as Kanye to step out of the box and pursue is vision of beauty and art. We get a glimpse into his genius with this video. If you haven't watched it get on it!

Barack

So today I got the honor of President Barack Obama visiting my school. A unique distinction for anyone, it was really cool seeing the man in person. It's really crazy seeing the leader of the free world so close. Having said all of that this video is about none of those things it is a hilarious cover of Waka Flaka's video Hard in the Paint!

Skyscraper

I'm continuing the Mickey Factz love. This track comes off his "I'm Better than You Mixtape" of course where he dares to dream big... shoot I want a Skyscraper

Cudi's Back

Unfortunately for Kid Cudi but fortunately for us one of his songs leaked. "Maniac" ft. Cage looks to be one of the singles off Cudi's sophomore effort, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager set to drop November 9th. It looks like Mr. Mescudi has found his magic one again with his plunge into the darkness and seemingly hypnotic baseline.

Drake Showing His Range

We all knew Drake could rap, even sing occasionally but with his new project "It's Never Enough" he promises to exclusively demonstrate his vocal range and focus solely on R&B. If all of the installments are like this he may have to think about giving even more attention to this fading art form.

Uniforms feat. Maria Nordström - March of No Coincidence

It's always a refreshing feel when a clothing company combines both fashion and art after all they are arguably the same thing. Uniforms of the Decade did that with this almost Across the Universe style music video featuring Maria Nordstrom.

Props to Cyanatrend on the find.

Matt and Kim- "Cameras"

Matt and Kim's "Cameras" has been making it's way on the blogosphere, and my playlist, for quite some time now, but I feel it's only right that I mention this synth-pop duo. They lace this track with a melodic beat that carries the whole song. This track is a definite must listen as we can only hope they provide some of the same genius they infused within this unique track. Enjoy.

Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars

I came across this song interestingly enough on the HBO show, How to Make it in America. "Shooting Stars" starts slow but crescendos into an uplifting toe tapping track. This song has seen numerous plays on my playlist and after you give it a listen it'll be at the top of yours.

However, be aware of the video it leaves a lot to be desired for such a good song. Enjoy.

Mr. Rager

Here appears to be the artwork for Mr. Cudi's upcoming November 9th Album.

Keep Moving Forward

It's pretty funny that Mad Men would be the show that brings to the forefront the nature of some of the anxieties I feel and I know many others feel as they head into this stage of their life. That uncertain feeling that comes when you think about your future. More nervous than excitement it seems to have consumed the majority of my thoughts, while trying to "take everyday as it comes."

The truth is that these are the most exciting times in our lives and it shoudn't be a source of fear or unwarranted anxiety but a journey that we embrace, and understand we don't control any part of the future, but as Don says we can stop mourning our childhoods and begin to welcome the uncertainties of the future...loosely paraphrased of course.

Drake & Nicki Strike back

From their August 27th mixtape, Bonnie & Clyde 2.0, Drake and Nicki lay down some gems. Some of their music has already been release some have not but with tracks like "Right Thru Me" by Nicki and "What If I Kissed You" by Drake it's clear they aim to remain in our consciousness for the foreseeable future.  

Mickey Factz

I finally got around to Mickey Factz 7th album "I'm Better Than You."It has received critical acclaim from bloggers hypebeasts alike and from what I've heard all of it is deserved. Two tracks really struck me Diamond Dust and Mona Lisa, but don't take it from me give it a listen yourself. 

A different view on Single (lil wayne cover)

This is a song I came across on a blog called hypetrak that features the smooth vocals of an artist named Mar Variation and his twist on Lil Wayne's track on No Ceilings, "Single."Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4QCwxrXGDE

The First

In writing this first post I was a bit at a loss for what I wanted to start writing about, but as I kept going I came to the realization that I don't have to cover just one thing or just post once a day but it can be about anything and what I want to focus on are the challenges that face the urban traveler, those who are at that point in life in which they are trying to figure out their place in the world. 

As someone who is a couple months from hitting the real world this fact resonates with me profoundly and I want to share my input, get yours, as well as try to enjoy the process and journey that is life. This blog is about art, music, fashion and everything in between that relates to our generation and where we figure in in the grand scheme of things.