Music

No matter what you may think of the man. He's got talent.

I.E. this video of him taking a sample from the musical Wicked and flipping it to what will surely be a head nodding cut off his new LP "Good Ass Job."

First it was about the "Power" and now its about being "Popular."

Check the original record and Mr. West's version below.

Via Life Files

This is an elegant and classy way to play the soundtrack to a gaming classic. I didn't grow up in a 3-D gaming world like these spoiled newbie youngans, all I had was this game and a zest for Princess Toadstool. If you ever felt the same, this vid will bring a smile to your face for sure.

Major props to Japanese violinist Teppei Okada for the eloquent rendition and salutes to NY Mag for the find.

The "Faith and Science" event was so popular that World Science Festival had to move it to a larger venue. NYU’s Kimmel Center played host to a provocative discussion on the relationship between faith and science, two seemingly intractable opposites. Or, are they actually two sides of the same coin? While much of New York City melted in balmy weather, the esteemed panelists on stage were cool in the assessments of their own passions and crafts. Faith, it seems, is what both science and religion have in common.

Tokyo beat makers HIFANA hook up a bunch of Nikes to mixers and amps and correspond them to different sounds. This is the end result.

Via Josh Spear

Out on an ill-advised shopping trip to Georgetown one sweltering August afternoon some years ago, the two of us rounded the corner from Pennsylvania Ave. to M Street. In our path a junkie lay shirtless and spread-eagle, a pitted dark briquette smoldering on the new brick sidewalk. A factoid bubbles up as the sweat beads down: “Gil Scott-Heron’s playing at Blues Alley this week” just a few wavy-lined blocks away.

Springtime’s burst of energy is always refreshing, but the churning unpredictability of recent weather (via climate change) saps some of the excitement about rising temperatures. As dead zones balloon in the oceans, the UN is grasping for direction and memories of the Copenhagen Summit now linger like the stench of thawing permafrost. All that being said, spring is still pretty frickin’ awesome.

Further proof that Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter doesn't lie on his records, he did go to the White House and he does have "Obama on the text."

Interestingly enough in these photos it shows that he also brought along Beyonce, her mother, RNB singer Trey Songz, and manager Kevin Liles

Props to Politico and Rap Radar.