B.o.B. Announces Free Secret Show In NYC On July 22

Myspace has announced a free Secret Show starring Grammy-nominated artist and producer B.o.B. at Highline Ballroom in New York City on Sunday, July 22. Free tickets will be given away at the Highline Ballroom during regular box office hours starting July 13 at 11AM on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. The B.o.B show is one of Myspace’s two free Secret Shows in July, brought to you by the makers of Trojan® Charged™ condoms (HIYO!).

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/secretshows

B.o.B.
Artist, singer-songwriter and record producer B.o.B. got his first taste of fame when he utilized Myspace to release mixtapes and a Top 5 Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Single “Haterz Everywhere.” He became a household name when his debut album B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray entered the Billboard Top 200 at the #1 spot. The album’s first three singles (“Nothin’ on You,” “Airplanes,” and “Magic”) amazingly all reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 song chart. The 2x platinum selling lead single “Nothin on You” featuring Bruno Mars hit #1 in multiple countries including the US and UK. B.o.B. trumped “Nuthin On You” sales success with the 4x platinum selling follow-up single “Airplanes” featuring Hayley Williams. The album and singles achieved 2011 Grammy nominations as well as nods from both the MTV and BET Awards. The Atlanta bred B.o.B. followed up the massive success of his debut with his second album “Strange Clouds” which entered the Billboard Top 200 album chart at #5. The album’s first single “Strange Clouds” featuring Lil Wayne struck Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has sold over 1.3 million digital copies worldwide.

Visit B.o.B Myspace for the very latest news items, tour dates and media:

http://www.myspace.com/bobatl

Event Details:
Event Date Sunday, 7/22
Doors Open 7:30PM
Concert 8:30-10:00PM

Venue Highline Ballroom – www.highlineballroom.com
Address 431 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 414-5994

Tickets available on first-come, first-served basis while supplies last during regular Highline Ballroom box office hours, starting July 13 at 11AM.

Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (9.2/10)

Ye’s back, y’all.  Taylor Swift is brushed off his shoulder, crazy outbursts kicked to the curb… Bonnaroo?  Well, we haven’t forgotten that one, Kanye.  After the piece of trash that was 808′s and Heartbreak, Kanye West has put out a masterpiece in his latest offering, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Kanye goes deep into the bowels of his fucked up head and pulls all the skeleton’s out of the closet for this one.  I always think of great albums as being “front to backers,” where you can pull any song off the album and it’s killer.  This may be a “front to backer.”  With tracks like “Power,” “Gorgeous,” “So Appalled,” “All of the Lights,” etc…  Ye brings it, and brings it hard.  He’s even enlisted Jay-Z, Raekwon, RZA, Swizz Beats, Nicki Minaj, and even Bon Iver on the album.

Creativity on the beats with a consistent nod to the yesteryear of music coupled with sick lyrics and a slick flow make for winner.  Kanye, you mother fucker.  You made Team Excelsior and about 50,000 people wait for your ass all night at Bonnaroo, and didn’t even apologize for it, but you can make a great album.  Keep your weight up, but be on time next time…  Or we’ll be sure you take more than a spill on stage!

By the way, the original cover for the album was banned, but nothing gets banned from The Tracks, so have a look.  I hope Kanye didn’t pay anyone for this shitty painting, but maybe he did it himself.

Second Opinion from The King:

Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – 9.1/10

Let’s have a toast to the douchebags, and let’s have a toast for the assholes cuz Dark Fantasy is a gem.  One of the bigger ego-maniacal douchers to ever hit pop culture, Ye is nonetheless the most consistently excellent artist of the decade.

“Too many Urkels on your team, that’s why ya Wins-low” …eww.

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