“Today we came across a new collaboration over at Sportie LA. It seems like Kanye West got together with Reebok.”
—Highsnobiety

The music video for “Knock You Down” (dir Chris Robinson) premieres. The single, off Keri Hilson’s debut album In a Perfect World… (Zone 4 Records), features Kanye West and Ne Yo. In the song’s opening verse, Kanye raps:

Keep rockin’,
And keep knockin’,
Whether you Louis Vuitton it up,
Or Reebokin’.
You see the hate
That they servin’ on a platter.
So what we gon’ have,
Desert or disaster?

“Run This Town” debuts on terrestrial radio. The single, off Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 (Roc Nation), features Rihanna and Kanye West. The music video (dir Anthony Mandler) leaks on August 19, 2009 via MTV Germany. In the song’s 3rd verse, Kanye raps:

It’s crazy how you can go
From being Joe Blow,
To everybody on your dick
No homo,
I bought my whole family whips
No Volvos,
Next time I’m in church
Please no photos.
Police escorts,
Everybody passports,
This the life that,
Everybody ask for.
This a fast life,
We are on a crash course.
What you think I rap for,
To push a fuckin’ RAV4?

But I know that
If I stay stunting,
All these girls
Only gon’ want one thing.
I could spend my whole life
Good Will Hunting,
Only good gon’ come
Is it’s good when I’m coming.
She got an ass
That’ll swallow up a G-string.
And up top?
Uh,
Two bee stings.
And I’m beasting,
Off the riesling,
And my nigga’ just
Made it out the precinct.

We give a damn about
The drama that you do bring.
I’m just tryna’ change the color
On your mood ring.
Reebok baby?
You need to try some new things.
Have you ever had shoes
Without shoestrings?
What’s that ‘Ye?
Baby these heels.
Is that a May-what?
Baby these wheels.
You trippin’ when you ain’t sippin’,
Have a refill.
You feelin’ like you run it, huh?
Now you know how we feel.