Kanye West to be politer to the Paparazzi
Dec 20, 2008 Kanye West
Any reason why he said that? Just simple, because he want some damn favor and he know he has to be at his best behavior to get the paparazzi wooing for him or else he will have to do it his way which is to dish out a million bucks and he’ll get painted as the poster boy of the town for just doing nothing.
The Stronger hit-maker has had troubles with the photogs on 2 different occasions this year along after clashing his now seemingly good friends. He was detained by the English police just last month after being accused of pushing a camera into a photographer’s face. He was subsequently released without charge.
Cannot understand another reason for his new found love for those guys expect for that he needs them to be on his side for some useless promotion. “Nice”, means he’ll hit them with a golf club. Not a baseball bat.
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Kanye Tries to Explain
Dec 15, 2008 Album, Kanye West
In comparison to the sales of his previous albums, Kanye West’s latest is release is anything but up to par. But if you need to have a good laugh, you need to read his recent blog post about his new album. He pretty much just builds up his own hype. Here’s a snippet: “I’M GONNA WALK THIS ALBUM SLOW LIKE A MORE INDEPENDENT APPROACH. I FEEL LIKE A NEW ARTIST. THERE’S ACTUALLY ARGUMENTS AGAIN. IT REMINDS ME OF THE FIRST ALBUM WHEN EVERYBODY SAID I COULDN’T RAP. I LISTENED TO ‘SAY YOU WILL’ LAST NIGHT AT MY HOUSE AND WAS DAAAMN, THIS SONG IS SOOOO DOOOPE!!! I’M A FAN OF WHAT I’VE MADE.” I’m sorry for all the caps by the way.
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Kanye Says He’s Innocent
Nov 25, 2008 Kanye West
Kanye West has taken to his blog to address his most recent arrest in the UK for allegedly assaulting a member of the paparazzi. For the sake of those with sensitive eyes, I typed parts of his blog post in the friendly style instead of his angry caps. In his account the rapper said “When I left the club, I was encountered by a thirsty paparazzi as usual. He felt he had more rights to my space than me so I put my hand up to prevent him from taking my image. I didn’t assault him but merely putting my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled ‘get the camera off him.’ I guess in all the commotion the camera scraped his nose.”
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Kanye West Needs a Lot of Humble Pie
Nov 19, 2008 Kanye West
Kanye West really needs to be knocked down a peg or maybe even a thousand pegs. Did it ever once cross your mind that the rapper is the musical equivalent of Michael Jordan? Never? I thought so. But in Kanye’s mind, he is. In a new interview, Kanye said “I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice. It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.”
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Early Releases for Ludacris, Kanye and the Killers
Nov 18, 2008 Album, Kanye West, Ludacris, The Killer
It looks like some artists are trying to make a little extra cash this holiday season as Island Def Jam is pushing up the releases of three of its biggest artists – The Killer’s ‘Day & Age’, Ludacris’ ‘Theater of the Mind’ and Kanye West’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’. The albums were scheduled for release in both physical and digital formats on November 25th, Tuesday, but they will now be seeing a Monday the 24th release date. Each album has already proved promising with each shelling out a single in the top 40s. Kanye’s ‘Love Lockdown’ was at #3 on the Hot 100. The Killer’s ‘Human’ was #6 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart and Ludacris’ ‘One More Drink’ featuring T-Pain was at #34 on Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs.
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Kanye West crowns himself king:
Nov 17, 2008 Justin Timberlake, Kanye West
In a recent interview the rap star had this to say: “There were people who had the potential to do it but they went on vacation, so when Justin went on vacation I made albums. And it just came out to be that.” Justin, of course, being the all-known Justin Timberlake. The rapper also added: “I realize my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.” Of course, he makes perfect sense and we all bow down in accordance to his magnificent talent and fast album recording skills. A century from now, after the nuclear winters, the reversal of the magnetic poles and the end of all civilization, the memory of Kanye West will live on as the voice of the 21st decade.
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Kanye VS 50 Part 2
Oct 10, 2008 50 Cent, Kanye West
Another Kanye West versus 50 Cent show down is about to come upon us! The two rappers are releasing new albums in December with only a week separating them. 50 will release his new record on December 9 while Kanye will release his on December 16. I smell a publicity stunt! Apparently, the two are already warming up for the show down as according to a report, 50 poked fun at Kanye’s new single ‘Love Lockdown’ with a sarcastic rendition of the song, with Tony Yayo pretending to smash a camera in reference to Kanye’s biff with the paparazzi. Kanye responded on his blog saying “I guarantee this will be 50’s favorite album of mine. This will be gangster’s album of the year.”
Kanye on Lockdown
Sep 23, 2008 Kanye West, MTV VMA, Song
Kanye West debuted the song ‘Love Lockdown’ at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and has recently dropped the studio version of the song. The rapper is reportedly releasing another album before the end of the year. I’m not sure if the song is going to be a single or not but it’s going to be interesting to see how radio is going to respond to his song. It’s a great song but it’s an artist’s song – a prestige piece. It’s a risky move but you have to give kudos to Kanye for having balls. He has the whole world listening and this is the message he wants people to listen to.
Kanye West Closes VMAs
Sep 17, 2008 Kanye West, MTV VMA
It’s a little bit sad and greatly hypocritical that some people just forget their words and let go of their pride. If you remember, Kanye West was rather upset and insulted at last year’s MTV VMAs because he didn’t win the number of awards he thought he deserved. He was also annoyed that his performance was limited to a small stage. He vowed to never return to another VMA after that. Apparently, his word is only as good as the money they can throw at him as Kanye was at the 25th VMAs this past Sunday. Talk about being a sellout.
Hip Hopping Rich
Aug 25, 2008 50 Cent, Diddy, Hip Hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West
Hip hop is one rich industry. According to Forbes, in the last year alone, Jay-Z released a platinum album and signed a $150 million deal with Live Nation for a 10-year contract. But that pales in comparison to 50 Cent who, after taxes, took in over $100 million when his stake in the high-calorie Vitamin Water was bought by Coca-Cola. In total, 50 raked in over $150 million in just 12 months – double what Jay-Z made last year. So 50 comes in first on the list of richest hip hop artists for 2008. Jay-Z comes in second. Diddy comes in third for the second year in a row after raking in $35 million from all his revenue streams. Kanye West came in fourth with $30 million.
Kanye’s Restaurant Empire
Aug 20, 2008 Kanye West, MTV
In a move that is so unlike Kanye West, the rapper is reportedly going to add a line of Fatburger restaurants to his growing empire. According to MTV, the stylish artist is going to be opening 10 branches in his hometown of Chicago. Maybe there’s a lot of money to be made in the burger business. Or maybe it’s just one of his lame attempts at trying to keep it real. Why did he have to choose Fatburger though? In N Out is a far more superior chain. I would even accept it more if it was White Castle instead.
Rappers United – Jay-Z
Aug 4, 2008 Album Release, Hip Hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rapper, Timbaland
The divas of hip hop are reuniting as reports say that Jay-Z is set to work with both Kanye West and Timbaland on sessions for his new album. And here you thought he was retiring already. Early reports say that Jay-Z’s new stuff was going to be produced solely by Timbo but the hip hop star has revealed that the sessions are more of a musical competition between his peers. Jay says “I’m a person that works off music. If Timbaland makes 10 great tracks then he produces the album, if Kanye West makes 10 great tracks then he produces the album; if he makes three, I’ll take three. I let the music dictate the direction. You know I love Timbaland, he is like a brother to me, but until the music is done it’s premature.”
Hip Hop for Barack Obama
Jul 17, 2008 Hip Hop, Kanye West, Wyclef Jean
Who knew that the Democrats were so cool? It has been revealed that Kanye West, NERD and Wyclef Jean will be performing at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next month. Hollywood Democrats who plan to attend the convention include the likes of Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Forrest Whitaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cheryl Hines and Ed Norton, who’s been shooting a documentary about Barack Obama’s race to the White House. That’s definitely one star-studded occasion. I wonder how the Republicans are going to compete with that. Maybe they can have Heidi Montag perform and have Spencer Pratt be the musical director for John McCain.
Kanye Rants on Harper’s
Jul 10, 2008 Kanye West, Rapper, Rumor
Kanye West is off on another rant. This time, he’s after Harper’s Bazaar for assuming the painting on his ceiling is a winged version of the rapper. He says “To put it short as Kanye-ly possible (don’t mean to speak in third person)… Harper’s Bazaar came to my home, took pics, asked a lot of questions and then assumed the painting in my dining room was of me as an angel. This isn’t true and it bothered me greatly because people think I’m so so so cocky that I would have something like that. I’m sure it was an inside joke to everyone from the magazine in my home that day… I wanted people to see my home because I spent 2 years gutting it and was proud. I’m just a regular guy with cool stuff in his crib but instead I was made out to be Ben Stiller’s character in the movie Dodgeball with the huge pic of him wrestling a bull in his office…”
Kanye for Soulja Boy
Jun 28, 2008 Blogging, Kanye West, Rapper, Soulja Boy
Kanye West has recently gone to his blog to publicly announce that he’s on the side of the marginally talented and highly annoying Soulja Boy. Kanye wrote “Soulja boy is fresh ass hell and is actually the true meaning of what hip hop is supposed to be. He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain’t Hip Hop then what is?” I’ll tell you why Kanye was in great support of Soulja Boy – it’s because they’re both just way too into themselves.
Kanye Gets Heat
Jun 23, 2008 Concert Gig, Kanye West, Rapper
Kanye West got some fans pretty frustrated after the rapper showed up two hours late for a gig. The rapper was supposed to take the stage at Bonnaroo at 2:45AM last weekend but he showed up at 4:25AM. The crowd really tore into him chanting “Kanye sucks” and even threw glow sticks on stage. According to reports, the big delay was caused by his big stage set which took quite a while to put up after Pearl Jam’s appearance. It was a freaking festival gig. Why did he have to have a big stage set up? Those things have to be quick. I’m not surprised that the fans turned on him for being a big diva about his set.
Kanye praised by Jay-Z
Jun 14, 2008 Jay-Z, Kanye West, MTV, Rapper, lyrics
Jay Z has praised the rhyming skills of Kanye West.
Last month MTV bosses voted Chicago rapper Kanye top of a list of “Hottest MCs In The Game” and now New York man Jay has shown his love.
Jay, real-name Shawn Carter, told MTV: “He’s a complete package now, he’s working on his craft as an MC.” He explained: “In the beginning, his flow wasn’t as tight His flow was lacking in my opinion.”
Aside from his razor-sharp rhyming skills, Jay is keen to highlight West’s lyrical talent.
He said: “The hooks were incredible and the lyrics – he really takes a lot of pride in what he writes. That happiness is seeing his evolution from the first album to now.”
Another Kanye Diva Moment
May 6, 2008 Kanye West, Rap Music, Rapper
Kanye West is definitely a raging diva over the weekend. It started with his rant on Entertainment Weekly for their shitty review of his concert and then there’s that bit of technical malfunction at his concert in Houston on Friday night. The rapper actually ended up walking off the stage in a tantrum. The side screens that the venue had to show Kanye weren’t working and they weren’t the screens that were part of his show. Kanye told the venue to “Turn the fucking screens off” but when no one did anything, he stopped the show and said “If the shits not working just turn it off” before storming off. After around a minute, he came back on stage to finish the show.
Kanye’s New Tour
Apr 21, 2008 Concert Tour, Kanye West, Tickets Sale
Kanye West recently kicked off his new ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour and the first review is in! He not only took it to another level, he took it all the way to outer space. Actually, the Seattle Times reviewer says that “He not only took the concert experience to a new level, he took it to a new planet.” Okay. I’m officially jealous of whoever has caught the show and of whoever is holding tickets to see a show. I want to see it too! Is anyone holding on to an extra ticket and looking for a date? I’m free!
Rappers Delight
Feb 16, 2008 Blues, Busta Rhymes, Common, Concert Gig, Kanye West, Live Music, Rapper
Going to a concert is always a fun thing to do. It’s especially fun if artists have a little something planned too. Fans at the House of Blues in LA on Wednesday night got fun, more fun and even more fun.
Common was the one scheduled to take the stage but after a couple of songs, Kanye West came out to perform ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ and ‘Good Life’. If that wasn’t enough for you, Busta Rhymes also busted out on the stage and performed too. Essentially, that’s 3 shows for the price of one – how lucky can you get?