Watch Drake's "Best I Ever Had" on TripletimeXL.com

This may be one of the few times you'll hear me mention Drake on this site, unless he continues to work with skilled seasoned video directors like Kanye West (yes I said it). Kanye West needs a lot more credit for his artistic talents, especially when it comes to videos, he never disappoints. I've read a lot of negative reviews on Drake's "Best I Ever Had" video (which was directed by Kanye West) from people that simply aren't Drake fans and that are greatly overlooking the brilliance of this video. You can hate the artist, but, don't hate the video. You can hate the director, but do not hate the video… because the video is amazing. Starting from the opening shot which sets the scene of a high school gym with raining confetti and a basketball team made up of "video models" running in slow motion in a comedic, yet sexy way, which pays homage to the slow motion effects used in the television series Baywatch. Kanye West made the video classy, and humorous throughout the entire way, by including a storyline of a girls basketball team that cares more about looking good for their coach (Drake) then they do about winning. This video is sheer entertainment. It's a creative concept that allows the hired music video models to be utilized as actresses instead of dancing props (like in other rap videos). The fictional school in the clip is named after Drake and it pays a slight homage to the real Drake University. The team that they're playing against are suppose to resemble the multi-championship winning Bishop Ford Academy in Brooklyn, New York, and Kanye West made sure to include multiple shots of the team banners hanging on the wall.
One common complaint from online critics is that the song has nothing to with the video and vice versa. My question is, why should it? Did any Brittany Spears music videos have anything to do with her songs? No. Did any P. Diddy music videos (other than "I'll be missing you") have anything to do with his songs? No. Were all those music videos brilliant… yes (with the exception of a couple flops). It takes a large amount of skill to take a song and make a video piece that is five to ten times bigger than the original song; and Kanye West achieved this feat with this video.

"Best I Ever Had"
Artist: Drake
Director: Kanye West
Setting: Bishop Ford Academy, Brooklyn, NYC
Album: Thank Me Later
Country: Canada/USA
Year: 2009
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thisisdrake
Label: Young Money/Universal
Booking: booking@bryant-management.com

Adam Tensta recently posted a new blog on myspace directed to, the #1 selling rapper, Lil Wayne that states:“I ain't the type to be hating on other artists, but I've gotta say: What the fuck is Weezy doing? I've been irritated about his arrogance for a while, and after seeing YouTube clips of him acting like he is living in a fantasy world where he can do what ever the fuck he wants, I've had enough. How can people be surprised that he got bottles thrown at him in London?
Wayne… all the dope tracks aside, you need to step your people game up. I don't even think that it needs to be said and I know you probably think that nothing can fuck your promotion game up, but mentioning "fuck the" and "mixtape DJs" in the same sentence is not a good move. Then again, maybe it is a good move if you want the same people you talked about to leak your shit before its supposed to leak. I talked to a couple of DJs about this and they said that they already got the leak last week. I think they will be happy to spread that shit over here in Scandinavia. Since you said "buy it or don't buy it, suck my dick" I guess that's ok.

I'm just saying man, it's so damn obvious. I need to work on some new mixtape shit and Lil Wayne needs to work on those people skills I mentioned earlier.
Nuff said.
Peace
Adam”

You can comment his blog directly on myspace: Adam Tensta's Myspace Blog

“Dope Boy”
Artist: Adam Tensta
Featuring: Eboi
Year: 2008
Album: It’s A Tensta Thing
Country: Sweden
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/adamtensta
Label: RMH/Kwerks
Contact: rmh.ent@gmail.com

Check out this excerpt from XV's Making of the "Definition Part 4" Mixtape.

If you're in the Kansas area, don’t miss XV & Mac Lethal Tear it up on Stage, Dec. 8th, at the Flying Monkey Brewery.

Artist: XV
Genre: Hip-Hop
Location: Kansas
Country USA
Myspace: www.myspace.com/xtothevizzy
Website: www.royaltycity.com
Label: Royalty Recordz
Label Style: Independent
News: “Definition 4” due out exclusively on Online, December 8th 2007.
Next Album: Due out Early 2008.