RCRD LBL

Our bloodhounds on the ground hit us to this sweet fan video of Kanye's mixtape tune, "Us Placers", which lifts Thom Yorke's "The Eraser" as the soundtrack for rappers Lupe Fiasco, Kanye and Pharrell. Directed by up-and-coming director Va$htie, the above video portrays the rappers (and Yorke) as junior high kids.

Va$htie excites us not just because she's attractive, young, and brimming with creativity (she's rumored to be dating Pharrell), but the Lower Eastsider's youthful energy and creative DIY sensibility (vid was shot on a budget of zero) oozes on-screen in her work.  We expect big things from her in the music video world, and beyond.

Equally as exciting is the rumor that supergroup CRS (Lupe, Kanye and Pharrell) want to record an album together.  More on that as we hear developments...