Kanye West

By thomasmj99 So when I heard that Kanye West had adopted Mr Hudson as a protege, I was extremely surprised. This was more than random, it was absolutely bizarre. What did Kanye West see in this slightly out there, slightly old fashioned indie act from England? Obviously he saw something because Mr H has no...

By C-EYE This is a Spike Jonze directed short film starring Kanye West.  the film originally debuted during the Los Angeles Film Festival. Definitely a weird little story here but check it out. The movie: ‘We Were Once A Fairytale’ – Starring Kanye West; Directed By Spike Jonze

By locuststreet At the start of 2009, I honestly felt that it could be the year where hip-hop stole the limelight from other music scenes. Jay-Z’s latest studio album was heavily promoted, rumors ran around Dr. Dre dropping a new album, and Kanye West was potentially going to release a proper rap album durin...

By 206up On Late Registration’s best track, “Gone”, Kanye says he wants to quit the rap game altogether and open a hip-hop school for aspiring emcees, a desire presumably stemming from his perceived lack of rappers properly representing. It’s typical Kanye: a romantic but somewhat misguided pr...

By lolitzdo Not only is he not your average Internet-buzzed rapper, but he is also a GOOD (Getting Out Our Dreams) rapper. GOOD Music is a music label started by none other than Kanye himself. Kanye is proving himself as the head honcho in the hip-hop scene as a protégé of arguably the best rapper of all-ti...

By herenoevil It is without doubt that Kanye is one of the brightest stars in the hiphop industry today. He started out as a record producer under Jay Z’s wing and began to flourish as a mainstream conscious rapper shortly after Jay Z announced his “retirement” from his rap career. While he may not be gettin...

By mikthom Last night Kanye West rushed the stage at MTV’s Music Awards ceremony in protest of the gift of “Best Female Video” to Taylor Swift instead of Beyonce Knowles. The fallout has been scattershot and fast. Reality stars and other celebrities have gotten in line to take a shot at West, and the res...

By brianksigley Okay, so we all know what Kanye West did at the Video Music Awards was a sh!tty thing to do and he’s a big fat turd for doing it, but Ariel raised a question the other night which kind of gave me pause, turning the tables in a way that I might in a certain situation.

Kanye West crashes the VMA stage as Taylor Swift accepts the award for best female video on Sunday Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic Related Videos VMA 2009: The Entire Show On Demand Related Photos VMA 2009: Show Highlights Related Artists Kanye West Taylor Swift Ol' Dirty Bastard

I don't think America created a monster, but it has certainly condoned one by letting Kanye West throw whatever the fuck kind of temper tantrum he wants whenever the fuck he wants. Tonight he received his harshest punishment for that yet - a chorus of boos. Whoop-dee-doo. In fact, it seems alm...

By BRIAN Here’s a version of The Clipse’s new single, “Kinda Like A Big Deal,” featuring Kanye West and Bun B., which is serving as a “remix” or a “part 2?” Ain’t nothing wrong with this track to me. I’ve loved The Clipse since Lord Willin’, Kanye is always dope and Bun B. offers up some of the best delivery...

By Joseph For something that feels so obviously like a temporarily shift of attention, a side project, surely it could have been possible to withhold the inappropriate guest appearances and uplifting club bangers for sake of an album as a whole? After all, Kanye is still riding on the mammoth succ...

By Reecie I’m for one happy to hear that Kanye is trying to take his egotistical ways down a notch. Everyone knows I’m a huuuuge Kanye fan but that his ways were starting to grate on my nerves. Sometimes people need to take the time to basque in being on top instead of constantly having an underdog fighter...

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At 9:05 p.m. Saturday, Kanye West and his stable of G.O.O.D. Music artists descended upon the Levi’s/Fader Fort stage at 1101 E. Fifth St. for what would become a highlight of SXSW 2009. Stage entrance: "Amazing" Kanye + Common and miss Badu Kanye + Common Get 'em High G.O.O.D. Music Showcase

By brycewong The actual music on the track ranges from Late Registration to 808’s and Heartbreak with most of the songs coming from the latter. The tunes and beats are switched up a bit due in part to the live performance aspect of the album, but the quality of the production doesn’t miss a step thanks to VH...

By Sterfish(noreply@blogger.com) Universal Mind Control can probably be best described as a diversion, a chance for Common to make some lighter, more party-oriented music.  It's reminiscent of Q-Tip's debut solo album, Amplified, in that respect.  The problem with the album isn't that Common decided to make this type of...

By Cody Kloock So for as self-absorbed and full of himself that Kanye West is, you’d expect him to turn water in to wine or raise people from the dead…almost as if he considers himself to be Jesus Christ or something. Well, unfortunately, Kanye is not the second coming of the Messiah, he is however, a very ta...

By Mark Nielsen I took a chance in class the other day and put a Rolling Stone CD review of Kanye West’s latest release up on the projection screen, to talk about the writer’s use of language and sense of her audience. So I may not be the hipster that I thought I was, but hey, I’m not THAT old! Am I? I took a chance in...

By atreuter@gmail.com (Annie) Using T-Pain's technique for Auto-Tune, 808s & Heartbreak introduces a new side of West. His usual cockiness and danceable tracks are now masked by robotic-like vocals and even more somber lyrics. While the album lacks many of his club-thumping hits from the past, current singles "H...

Now, the guys in the band have such high esteem for Kanye...but we must say, Kanye did ask Franz singer Alex Kapranos for some singing tips. Alex told him to not to have conversations in noisy places, to not smoke, and to stay away from the spirits. Spirits?" Kanye said. "Like, ghosts?"

By Gil Kaufman Rather than staying in the platinum-dipped, award-winning lane he’s already carved with his previous albums, Kanye West promised to swerve on 808s & Heartbreak, taking the bold step of trying to sing more than rap. We already know 50 Cent’s not that crazy about it, and after ‘Ye’s app...

By flamingpineapple Kanye West - “Heartless”: That shot of him was pretty gorgeous, not going to lie. I really do love the set and the dancing and the Kanye. Damnit, 808s and Heartbreak. I wanted to hate you. But I just can’t. Oh, spastic leg dancing. Sometimes I come home and dance like this around my apartment. Kanye sh...

2. Estelle, "Shine a Light": This British singer-rapper-songwriter made her mark with "American Boy," an upbeat jam aided by a Kanye West appearance. The CD is a true reflection of Estelle - gritty, funny and full of sass. From slow R&B grooves to reggae jams, Estelle entertains throug...

By Renato Pagnani(noreply@blogger.com) Kanye West, Graduation review After the grandoise self-importance of Late Registration, Kanye West could’ve gone even bigger for Graduation. But with his junior effort, Kanye discards the masturbatory musical accoutrement of its predecessor in favour of a leaner, more svelte sound.

By DocZeus(noreply@blogger.com) Let’s just say I was wrong about this one. I’ll admit it. When I first heard, “Love Lockdown” I assumed Mr. West had officially decided he was too good for hip hop (and thus forever was leaving us to hobnob with Bono and Coldplay and ignore his hip hop roots as if he were Terrence Howard. I mean could...

By commotionmag Kanye seems to understand his place in the canon of great generational music acts.  And with 808s & Heartbreak he’s asking his listeners to take the leap with him as he finally pushes past the last vestiges of music that pops and into the realm of classic Pop music.  A realm that few have re...

Having grown used to Kanye West luxuriating in the good life, the initial reaction to his brooding new opus is surprise. After three albums chronicling the rags-to-riches rise of a college dropout, West now wants you to feel his pain.

By Jesse Gissen Dash losing his marbles might explain why he's being rather open about the personal relationship between Kanye West and Jay-Z. In the December issue of Complex, Dash reveals that West "hates" Jay-Z for snubbing him during a Roc-A-Fella chain ceremony at a 2003 concert in Chicago.

By Matt Kiser Our Take: The Chicago emcee’s debut lightens hip-hop’s burden with catchy hooks and endearingly sassy delivery. Our Take: Hip hop’s brilliant egomaniac purges heartsick demons through song, with the help of his trusty sidekick Auto-Tune.

By DocZeus(noreply@blogger.com) As much as I criticize, Jay-Z, I will always give him dap for not only being the most successful rapper of all-time (at least, in terms of sustaining popularity over a career) but doing it without pandering to mainstream rockist audiences. He’s lived and died by rap and he has done fairly wel...

By David D. When 88-Keys was retelling his story of how Kanye West called The Death of Adam the best album since Late Registration, the response was pretty skeptical. However, much to Mr. West’s foreshadowing, the producer/rapper has created a project that is a surprisingly cohesive, high quality c...

By noreply@blogger.com (brandon) The focus on Kanye West and Lil Wayne as "post-lyrical" rappers and for the sake of simplification, the post-lyrical rappers, is due to both their popularity and favorable critical reception. They also transcend or just don't fuck around with a lot of the cliches of rap (although they're...

By Sgt. Tibs John Legend “It’s Over” f/ Kanye West Keri Hilson “Turn Me On” f/ Lil’ Wayne FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming, self-titled debut album *Tibs Fav.™ ————————————————————————————— Nas “Make The World Go Round” f/ Chris Brown & The Game uestlove On Karmaloop TV (Pt. 1)

By noreply@blogger.com (brandon) One gets the sense that all this T-Pain/The Dream/Rihanna/Everybody hip-pop futurism, along with the mind-boggling artistic and financial success of Tha Carter III has got Kanye chomping at the bit to jump back in and release the next out-there shit; maybe the definitive "out-there"...

By Charley Rogulewski of MOG Not only has Kanye estranged himself from some pretty important people in the music business, but his temper has driven away a number of longtime friends," the source said. While this news is comforting I feel like the world is going to be a more boring place now with Kanye West in anger manag...

By Michael K Kanye West has responded to that little blog post he wrote the other day where he said Entertainment Weekly was "fucking trash" for rating his concert a B+. First of all, I love that Kanye wrote "fucking trash." Those two words belong together forever. So, here's Kanye's response:

By MrFrost of MOG When I first caught wind that Kanye ranted on Entertainment Weekly, i assumed they said something really mean about him. It turns out they simply had the audacity to rate his "Glow In The Dark" tour a B+ instead of an A+.... check out what he said on his blog. "Yo, anybody that's not a fan; don't come t...

By nivey You thought Kanye spazzing on MTV was bad, well wait until you get a load of what he had to say about a recent review done by Entertainment Weekly when they attended the opening show for his Glow In The Dark Tour in Seattle. Scroll down and read Kanye’s verbal THRASHING that was handed down to th...

By famouspersonality He opened with "Good Morning," the lead cut from his latest CD, "Graduation." He blended most of his key raps — "Gold Digger," "Jesus Walks," "Hey Mama," "Stronger" and, of course, "Spaceship" and "I'll Fly Away" — into the narrative, changing some lyrics, including taking the N-word out...

By people4people Last year Kanye West dropped Graduation, arguably the best hip-hop album of the year. Winning 4 grammies this year gives good evidence of the claim, or at least the fact that it was a real piece of art. Being true to one’s self seems to be the new in thing in music, with Alicia keys dropping As I...

By Daniel Kreps The five much-ballyhooed remixes from Michael Jackson’s twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Thriller have hit the Web. First up, there’s Will.i.am/Fergie’s take on “Beat It,” which is pretty solid, if only because it reminds us of the Alvin & The Chipmunks version of the song. Alvin a...

Even those of us who initially saw through 50's boastful threat of retirement if Graduation outsold his Curtis got caught up in the hype of their September 11 competition and eagerly watched the sales numbers roll in. Then again, when Kanye admitted to GQ that the publicity stunt was his id...

By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com Lupe Fiasco recently revealed that the song “Us Placers”, which the Chicago rapper, Kanye West and Pharrell released as a group called CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers) earlier this year, will not be included on his forthcoming album titled The Cool. “Us Placers” was released via a Kanye West mi...

By Anono-Critic Rolling Stone, Paste, XXL and probably a bunch of other mags went with covers of Kanye West in the weeks and months leading up to last week's release of Graduation. While the October Blender may seem timely, hitting newsstands a few days before West became the newly minted best-selling rec...

By Anono-Critic So here's 50 Cent and Kanye West, right on time for Tuesday's much-anticipated releases of Curtis and Graduation, on the cover of the Sept. 20 Rolling Stone. Brings back fond memories of Britain's Battle Of Fall 1995, in which the unapologetically mercenary, loudly populist Oasis and the...

By illseed KANYE’S BIG PREVIEW After previewing the new album to the entire world, Kanye West finally let the Americans hear GRADUATION! I heard a lot of stuff happened and one of my close pals sent me some stuff for you al to mull over. 50 CENT? One of the few references to Curtis.)

By Bol I WANT YOU A duet between Common and Kanye about the part of Chicago where they lived before they could afford otherwise. Works a rock sample not unlike "The Takeover," but way more repetitive and hence grating. THE GAME BEST TRACKS: "The People" "So Far to Go" BONUS VIDEO: "The People"

By Dillon Doyle Kanye West has a new CD due out late August. The CD continues his school theme, and is entitled Graduation. So far Kanye has released two videos, "Stronger" and "Can't Tell Me Nothing". While both will surly be commercial success, I am starting to question Kanye's skillz', as both a rapper and...

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By Bol Just like the skits from The College Dropout. Cons' GOOD Music labelmate John Legend is all over this. I've begun to appreciate John Legend as a singer (nullus), but I don't think this works very well. GRAMMY FAMILY BEST TRACKS: "Job Song" "Callin' Me" "Grammy Family"