Stargazing at Two G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtapes

Two mixtapes I've been bumping hard for the past 2 weeks are Aleon Craft's 'The Stargazing Soundtrack' and Perajok and Kanye West present, 'G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape' featuring artist from the G.O.O.D. Music label. The Stargazing Soundtrack is retro inspired, smooth hip hop for 2010, while G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape is a blend of dope soul music and rap. I recommend both of them. Links below.

Perajok and Kanye West Presents: G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape
Aleon Craft: The Stargazing Soundtrack

Affion Crockett - Who's Gonna Hunt Chris Brown (Run This Town Spoof)

Affion's a fool for this one. The Kanye impression is priceless! Oh and by the way, Affion doesn't just play rappers for fun. Dude can really spit. Here he is featured on Black History with Strong Arm Steady Gang.
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GFC New York Artist, Ronin

Original photo

Ronin's interpretation

Like most people, I've seen promotional photography for Kanye West's 808's & Heartbreak album. So when I stumbled across this Kanye illustration by GFC New York artist Ronin I knew that I had seen that image before. However, my gut reaction despite knowing where I originally saw it was: This is Fresh! I like that he took something familiar and gave it a new face. With that said, I can't help but think about the controversy that resulted when Shepard Fairey interpreted a photograph of Barack Obama in his "Hope" poster. How far can we as artists and designers take appropriation without crossing the line? On the other side. How far should we go to make sure that others don't profit off of our work? I'm not sure that I have an answer for that. What do you think?

Kid Cudi - Super Boo Video

Cudi gets right to the point with this one. He's talkin' about his "Super Boo" so he don't need to be in the video right? No complaints here. By the way. The song is fire too. If you aren't that familiar with Cudi click the link below to get the Super Dope mixtape he released last year. Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi