"Right Through Me" by Nicki Minaj

you've got it down to a science.

Here is Nicki Minaj's latest single "Right Through Me". I paired the post with Vogue Germany's September 2010 editorial "Salon Berlin" because I felt a common presence of vulnerability in Nicki's lyrics and the Vogue images. I quoted specific lyrics from the song because high fashion designers master each of their designs "down to a science".

_"Right Through Me" by Nicki Minaj [LYRICS, TOP]

_Constance Joblonski by Alexi Lubomirski for Vogue Germany September 2010 [PHOTOS, TOP]

[Images FGR, Video Highsnobette, Lyrics Metrolyrics]

"Decoded" Book by Jay-Z: November 16 2010 Release date

The artwork for the cover was released yesterday [TOP, November 2010] and features an image of Andy Warhol’s “Rorschach” [BOTTOM, 1984]. The book will “decode” 36 of Jay-Z's singles from his catalog.

On his book: "I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics, not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC, are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to.”

At $21, it is much more reasonably priced than most hardcover collectible books. It can be pre-ordered on Amazon, here.

Lady Gaga as Jo Calderone for Vogue Hommes

TOO COOL TOO CARE

_Lady Gaga during her 2010 Monster Ball tour [LEFT]

_Lady Gaga as her male alter ego Jo Calderone on the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan and "Too Cool Too Care" editorial spread Fall/Winter 2010 Volume 5 by Nick Knight [RIGHT]

Monster by Kanye West ft. Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj

Love is the objective, taste is selective

and expression is my favorite elective. _Kanye West

Download/listen to the new track "Monster" here.

Nicki Minaj deserves all the hype that her verse is getting on the track.

I'm a Kanye West fan. Not just because I like his music, but because he's an artist who understands that good taste goes far beyond things that come with a high price tag. His blog is what turned me from someone who "likes Kanye West" into a fan. Similar to mine, it consists of everything from fashion editorials, vintage Louis Vuitton trunks, architecture/design to new music. Perfect title: "Kanye University"

"You ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe when you're with em?

You meet - and neither one of you even knows what hit em..."

_Eminem

...those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music....