Music Video Premiere: Drake - Best I Ever Had
July 2, 2009 (4 hours ago) by Willis
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Music Video Premiere: Drake - Best I Ever Had
Newly signed Young Money/Cash Money artist Drake’s video for his smash hit “Best I Ever Had” has finally landed. The track is the first release from his upcoming debut album, “Thank Me Later”, which is rumored for a 4th quarter ‘09 release. Watch the Kanye West-directed clip below…
Interview: Drake On It’s On With Alexa Chung
July 1, 2009 by Willis
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Interview: Drake On It’s On With Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung has come a long way since her Channel 4 “Popworld” days - the 26 year-old fashion journalist turned model turned tv presenter has now landed her own daily live interactive entertainment, music, talk, and variety program in America, which acts as TRL’s replacement. Man of the moment, singer/rapper Drake was yesterday’s guest, in which the rising star spoke about his career so far, the music industry, Kanye West and more. Watch it via YouTube below…
Performances: Kanye West - Stronger & Heartless @ Ellen DeGeneres’s Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
June 30, 2009 by Willis
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Performances: Kanye West - Stronger & Heartless @ Ellen DeGeneres’s Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
The talented Mr. Kanye West performed his hit singles “Stronger” and “Heartless” this weekend at Ellen DeGeneres’s “Bigger, Longer & Wider Show” in Chicago. Watch them via YouTube below…
Video Premiere: Kanye West - Street Lights
June 29, 2009 by Willis
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“Street Lights” is the brand new single from rapper/producer Kanye West’s fourth studio album, “808s & Heartbreaks”. The track was produced by West himself and Mr. Hudson. Here’s the brand new Javier Longobardo-directed clip to the song…
New Music Video: Kanye West feat Mr Hudson - Paranoid
June 17, 2009 by Willis
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New Music Video: Kanye West feat Mr Hudson - Paranoid
New Single Review - Mr Hudson feat Kanye West - Supernova
June 17, 2009 by Willis
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Mr Hudson feat Kanye West - Supernova - Maybe Kanye West is on to something here. I’m actually really digging Mr. Hudson, and between this single and “Paranoid”, they’ve got two heavy hitting singles here. 8/10
Click below to listen (not the original video)
The Clipse feat Kanye West - Kinda Like A Big Deal
June 9, 2009 by Willis
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The Clipse feat Kanye West - Kinda Like A Big Deal - This track basically describes me, and that’s why I love it. 9/10
Click below to listen (not the original video)
Rick Ross feat Kanye West, T-Pain & Lil Wayne - Maybach Music 2
May 29, 2009 by Willis
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Rick Ross feat Kanye West, T-Pain & Lil Wayne - Maybach Music 2 - I can’t really see this doing well on Mainstream Radio, but Urban and Rhythmic stations should be bumpin it already. 8/10
Click below to listen (not the original video)
‘Proud non-reader’ Kanye West turns author
May 26, 2009 by Willis
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‘Proud non-reader’ Kanye West turns author
Rapper Kanye West does not read books or respect them but nevertheless he has written one that he would like you to buy and read.
The Grammy Award winner, known for his No. 1 albums and outspoken statements on everything from racism in America to the banality of Twitter, is the co-author of “Thank You And You’re Welcome.”
His book is 52 pages — some blank, others with just a few words — and offers his optimistic philosophy on life. One two-page section reads, “Life is 5% what happens and 95% how you react!” Another page reads “I hate the word hate!”
“This is a collection of thoughts and theories,” West, 31, said in an interview about his spiral-bound volume, which was written with J. Sakiya Sandifer.
West said he put his thoughts in a book because “I get paraphrased and misquoted all the time.” He calls his wisdom “Kanye-isms.”
“My favorite one is ‘Get used to being used,’” he said.
“I feel like to misuse, overuse or abuse someone is negative. To use is necessary and if you can’t be used, then you are useless.”
So does he fancy himself a modern-day Confucius?
“I’m trying to end the confusion,” he said, laughing and adding, “I’m gonna put that on the next album.”
West’s derision of books comes despite the fact that his late mother, Donda West, was a university English professor before she retired to manage his music career. She died in 2007 of complications following cosmetic surgery.
“Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed,” West said. “I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph.
“I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life,” he said.
West, a college dropout, said being a non-reader was helpful when he wrote his book because it gave him “a childlike purity.”
West dedicates the book to his late mother.
“My mom taught me to believe in my flyness and conquer my shyness,” he said, defining “flyness” as confidence. “She raised me to be the voice to allow people to think for themselves, to find their own way.”
Kanye West Promises Jay-Z’s ‘Anti-Auto-Tune’ Blueprint 3 Will Be ‘Amazing’
May 26, 2009 by Willis
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Kanye West Promises Jay-Z’s ‘Anti-Auto-Tune’ Blueprint 3 Will Be ‘Amazing’
‘We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album,’ West reveals.
“Where amazing happens” doesn’t just take place on the NBA courts — it also happens in Kanye West’s studio. The Grammy winner says Jay-Z’s long-percolating Blueprint 3 will be well worth the long wait the MC’s fans have been enduring.
“Jay is in control of everything in his domain,” Kanye, the album’s producer, said last week during a promotional visit for his book, “Thank You and You’re Welcome.”
“He’s just been working on it, and it’s gonna be amazing when he drops it. I think it’s good he’s taking his time to give people the best product possible and not being rushed by this fast-food, media-outlet, Internet, everything-is-getting-leaked, people-stealing your-songs-before-you-can-mix-them-and-put-them-online world we’re living in right now.”
Kanye revealed that he and Jay went back in and made some alterations to B3 since they first started.
“We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album,” West said, “to make the point that this is an anti-Auto-Tune album, even though I released an album that has all Auto-Tune!
“It doesn’t matter to me,” Kanye laughed about Jay not wanting to incorporate the sound that is featured so heavily on Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak. “It’s music; it’s just sonics. I like Auto-Tune so I do it, but you want the other thing — like you’ll wear a suit to a wedding and gym shoes to a basketball game. I think it’s a perfect moment for Jay to provide some gym shoes to a basketball game right now.”
No release date has been set for Blueprint 3, however, last week, Jay-Z secured his release from Def Jam Records, which will allow the album to come out on his own Roc Nation label, presumably in partnership with Rock Nation (although the specifics of that deal have not been confirmed). Meanwhile, Kanye has been in the studio, grabbing inspiration for his own next album.
