Depending on how far you get through their debut album
In romantic (and cliche) “overnight success” fashion, almost exactly a year after they posted their viral YouTube cover of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” (with female half Amy Heidemann hitting, yes, every syllable of Busta Rhymes’ impossible verse), the duo that is Karmin released their debut album, Hello. And despite there being no overt renditions of others’ tunes, the real-life couple (also comprised of Nick Noonan) continue to do what we’ve known them to do best: borrow sounds and styles you know you’ve heard before, but are vested in seeing their take & twist on.
Whatever you imagine Katy Perry would sound like rapping is what you fear Heidermann, in fact, will. And that may not be far from the truth. Mousy, cutesy, nasally - Heiderman’s flow is admittedly all of those things, but then, in a polarizing moment, it begins to rival that of Twista with a syllable seizure that leaves you blinking in the dusk…
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that Rihanna for Terry Richardson… le sigh. #legs
Rita Ora by Damon Baker for The Sunday Times Style
Chrishell Stubbs by Bon Duke for The Block Magazine, S/S 2012
Chloe Moretz by Yu Tsai for Flaunt, Spring 2012
Barbara Palvin by Papo Waisman for Tiger Magazine #4
Irina Shayk by Alvaro Beamud Cortes for S Moda, May 2012
Rianne ten Haken by Petrovsky & Ramone for Vogue Netherlands, May 2012
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Why I Loved Kanye West This Weekend While He Hated on Everything Else
Because his “Lost in The World” video served as his redemption
Kanye West can get away with a lot. Damn near everything. Publicly criticizing Presidents, humiliating undeserving little girls, dissing NBA stars of the same oblivion. And who can forget the Twitter rants? And yet all’s forgiven in a matter of months, usually coincided with the release of music we’re all forced to begrudgingly admit is, yes, genius-good, damnit!
This weekend was no different.
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5 Things You Need to Know About Singer Leah LaBelle
Catch up!
Last week, a “Welcome to NYC” party was thrown for a Toronto-born, Seattle-bred young woman named Leah LaBelle — of which Mariah Carey, Pharrell and L.A. Reid were all in attendance. Proof! Many of us regular folk were left wondering why we’d never received such royal, red carpet treatment upon our own arrival to the big city; we were left wondering what made Leah so special.
But her journey is no secret, and like Jessie J and Justin Bieber before her, it was chronicled on YouTube. Had you done the smart thing of frequenting and fanning out over her channel, then you’d known that her 3 years-worth of pitch-perfect covers (from Etta James to Jazmine Sullivan) just landed her a well-deserved on Epic Records’ roster. Here’s what you need to know…
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A Comparative Analysis of Drake’s Latest Music Videos
“HYFR” vs. “Take Care”
Drake missed the mark with “Practice,” I care what no one says, so on Friday (April 6), he attempted to redeem himself not only with his fans by dropping two videos back-to-back, but with the Lord (apparently) by making one of them the Bar Mitzvah-themed (and Passover-appropriate, as it’s release coincided with the first night of the eight-day festival) “HYFR.” (Drake’s Jewish, ya’ll.) The other was the accompanying clip for the Rihanna-assisted title track from his latest album, Take Care.
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