Checking In With Kanye's Coolhunting Blog

Since losing the great Beyonce Connect Four tourney, Kanye's been blogging his ass off. A lot! Maybe he should write for the new Gawker? In a particularly inspired passage he plugs fancy stone-shaped French furniture Livingstones (groan). ... CONTINUE READING CHECKING IN WITH KANYE'S COOLHUNTING BLOG»

Posted on January 8, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Kanye West

New Estelle (Feat. Kanye West) - "American Boy"

In the four years since Estelle put out her debut 18th Day, she's grown pretty close to John Legend. And having a fan in the man of onstage erections is a very good thing! Because he's got cool stuff like... CONTINUE READING NEW ESTELLE (FEAT. KANYE WEST) - "AMERICAN BOY"»

Posted on January 7, 2008 (18 comments)
Tags: Billy Corgan | Estelle | Kanye West | Rings | The Smashing Pumpkins

Beyoncé Beats Kanye At Connect Four (9 Times Out Of 10)

Here's your picture of the day: Some background:When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours... it helped me zone out. Everybody would get envolved... Derrick Dudley (Common's manager) and Consequence were the best other... CONTINUE READING BEYONCé BEATS KANYE AT CONNECT FOUR (9 TIMES OUT OF 10)»

Posted on January 3, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Beyoncé | Kanye West | The Wire

Mini CRS, Mini Thom Yorke Make A Video For "Us Placers"

Kanye, remember when times were simpler, when you had your innocence and shit wasn't so ham-fistedly black and white? Well, even if he doesn't, this VA$HTIE-directed video for "Us Placers" from Kanye's Can't Tell Me Nothing mix finds cute lil'... CONTINUE READING MINI CRS, MINI THOM YORKE MAKE A VIDEO FOR "US PLACERS"»

Posted on December 21, 2007 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: CRS | Kanye West | Lupe Fiasco | Pharrell | Thom Yorke

Kanye West's Most Miscegenist Interview Ever!

In an interview in this month's Spin, our favorite Venetian-blinded rapper spits about race and MJ, among other things. It's a discussion MC Sasha Frere-Jones would love. Via Spin:SPIN: You made a conscious effort to shape Graduation for the next... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST'S MOST MISCEGENIST INTERVIEW EVER!»

Posted on December 21, 2007 (63 comments)
Tags: Kanye West

New Michael Jackson (Feat. Kanye West) - "Billie Jean '08"

After listening to this you might think, well isn't this more a "remix" rather than a 'newly updated song' as the 25th Anniversary Thriller boxset would have you believe? There's three ways to establish you'd be wrong, shamon: 1) That's... CONTINUE READING NEW MICHAEL JACKSON (FEAT. KANYE WEST) - "BILLIE JEAN '08"»

Posted on December 20, 2007 in Video (17 comments)
Tags: Jack Black | Jimmy Fallon | Kanye West | Mark Ronson | Michael Jackson

Kanye, Winehouse Lead 50th Annual Grammy Award Nominations

There's no getting through to grammy.com, but the music awards that engage your indifference like no other have announced this year's nominations, and with a mix of nostalgia, waning reverence, and morbid curiosity, we're checking in. While we wait on... CONTINUE READING KANYE, WINEHOUSE LEAD 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS»

Posted on December 6, 2007 (38 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Grammys | Kanye West | The Best Show

New Kid Sister (Feat. Kanye West) Video - "Pro Nails"

So many Kids in the hall these days (see Kid Cudi, the Cool Kids, et al). But how many are this thrifty? Kid Sister (aka Melissa Young) got together with director Ruben Fleischer and $3,000 to put together a long-overdue... CONTINUE READING NEW KID SISTER (FEAT. KANYE WEST) VIDEO - "PRO NAILS"»

Posted on December 3, 2007 in Video (26 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Kid Sister

Kneivel No Longer Thinks Kanye's So Evil

That "Touch The Sky" video ended up eliciting more good times than anybody could've expected. We mean like, that video cost a million dollars, fam. It had Pam Anderson. It left West with no choice but to stage crash the... CONTINUE READING KNEIVEL NO LONGER THINKS KANYE'S SO EVIL»

Posted on November 27, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Kanye West

Welcome To 50 Cent's Crib

Devendra's Cali crib had the Lizard King's old couch, but the expansive 19-bedroom mansion of 50 Cent, our favorite bat mitzvah guest, boasts extensive hat, shoe, and Ferrari collections and an $80k chandelier, which hangs over Mike Tyson's chairs and... CONTINUE READING WELCOME TO 50 CENT'S CRIB»

Posted on November 16, 2007 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Kanye West

Hip Hop Charts: If (Sum(O) >= Oodles) Then...

How can you have mad knowledge, science, or Professor without mad charts? Via Fimoculous, "rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs" does what it says on the tin, taking half-remembered or fully-loved snippets out of context and turning them into... CONTINUE READING HIP HOP CHARTS: IF (SUM(O) >= OODLES) THEN...»

Posted on November 12, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Ludacris | Nas | Snoop Dogg

New Kanye West Video - "Good Morning"

This oughta settle the McFlys 2015s controversy once and for all; Kanye's bruin mascot clearly is rocking a pair of the Back To The Future inspired Nikes on the Graduation (for real) cover. The animated clip for "Good Morning" has... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST VIDEO - "GOOD MORNING"»

Last Minute Indie Rock Halloween Costume Ideas

We've had our share of technical difficulties today (that's what we get for having a site updated by witches), but it's time to get in costume and trick or treat or drink the pain away. You really should have your... CONTINUE READING LAST MINUTE INDIE ROCK HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS»

50 Cent Words

Sometimes owning the best line of hip hop-inspired condoms and proving yourself world's coolest bat mitzvah banga isn't enough, so a rapper's gotta spread his wings. You guessed it, 50 Cent, impresario behind the G-United "urban-fiction imprint" is about to... CONTINUE READING 50 CENT WORDS»

Posted on October 31, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West

Checking In With The Roc-A-Fellas

Assorted happenings from "Big Brother" and little brother these days. Like over in Kanye's University City blog, there's a massive MP3 mixtape up for free download, assembled by West, 9th Wonder and Mick Boogie featuring remixes, freestyles, and all sorts... CONTINUE READING CHECKING IN WITH THE ROC-A-FELLAS»

Posted on October 23, 2007 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West

Stereogum Does CMJ: Justice @ Terminal 5, NYC 10/20/07

It'd been too long since we'd last seen Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay -- just about six months ago at Coachella, actually, before the now-iconic magic tees shifted their first shape -- so a trek to Terminal 5... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: JUSTICE @ TERMINAL 5, NYC 10/20/07»

Posted on October 22, 2007 in Concert (6 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Justice | Kanye West

Kanye Mocks Himself, Freestyles On SNL (And "Iran So Far" Digital Short)

Clearly, this couldn't wait 'til Monday. Mr. West gamely mocks his much YouTube'd award show outbursts on Saturday Night Live's Lebron James-hosted season premiere... "It got champagne in it!" After the jump, the live performance of "Champion" ending with a... CONTINUE READING KANYE MOCKS HIMSELF, FREESTYLES ON SNL (AND "IRAN SO FAR" DIGITAL SHORT)»

Kanye Samples Feist On Twista's "Well It's Time"

Pretty sure we used "What's he gonna sample next, Feist?!" as an LOL punchline at some point, but as we saw at the Emmys, Kanye's good at bringing himself in on the joke. This particular cool points quest isn't Graduation-related,... CONTINUE READING KANYE SAMPLES FEIST ON TWISTA'S "WELL IT'S TIME"»

Kanye On Nightline: "I Have Baby Tourette's"

In which we learn Kanye doesn't write down lyrics because he's part of a new breed of rapper for which "paper's just a middleman." Last night, Nightline's Terry Moran spent sometime with Mr. West, whom Terry later called "carnivorously appetitious"... CONTINUE READING KANYE ON NIGHTLINE: "I HAVE BABY TOURETTE'S"»

Posted on September 25, 2007 in Video (20 comments)
Tags: Kanye West

Kanye Knocks 50 Cent Out

Stand tall Kanye. You likely don't need us to tell you this, but Mr. West kicked 50 Cent's ass in first week sales: Graduation almost hit a consciously cool million (956,936), while Curtis moved 691,304. Why Kanye? Well, maybe it's... CONTINUE READING KANYE KNOCKS 50 CENT OUT»

Posted on September 19, 2007 (32 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Kanye West

30 Seconds To Mars Cover Kanye West

Poor 50 Cent ... Kanye's on everybody's minds and iPods these days: And when we say everybody, we also mean emo whipping boy Jared Leto. Recently, 30 Seconds To Mars got all Pink Floyd-y on Jo Whiley for a breathy,... CONTINUE READING 30 SECONDS TO MARS COVER KANYE WEST»

New Kanye West (Feat. T-Pain) Video - "Good Life"

As much as Kanye runs around drumming up things to brag about/have his feelings hurt by, to his credit, he knows where to look (and what to appropriate) on his cool quest. So that little hipster-beloved French dance duo Justice... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST (FEAT. T-PAIN) VIDEO - "GOOD LIFE"»

Posted on September 12, 2007 in Video (32 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | T-Pain

Kanye West's Interior Decorating: A Lot Like His Sampling Style

Interiordesign.net invites you into the crib of Kanye West, the man who'll "never return to MTV." In the pictorial tour, photographer Art Gray captures a side of 'Ye you've never seen before: the man loves his pop art, his shopping... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST'S INTERIOR DECORATING: A LOT LIKE HIS SAMPLING STYLE»

Posted on September 10, 2007 (17 comments)
Tags: James Hall Worship And Praise | Kanye West | Ra Ra Riot

Liveblogging The 2007 VMAs

You've been waiting patiently all weekend, so let's get this thing going. Welcome to this year's MTV Video Music Awards, this year featuring three whole awards dedicated to videos! We've been hypnotized by John Norris's amazing new wig, Kanye's plastic-looking... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2007 VMAS»

Kanye Vs. 50: Behind The Photo Shoot

With the Ali Vs. Frazier-esque Rolling Stone cover, the big hip hop showdown has come to its apex: Kanye and Curtis have, officially, milked this thing for all the publicity it's worth. But fear not, there's still some content to... CONTINUE READING KANYE VS. 50: BEHIND THE PHOTO SHOOT»

Posted on September 6, 2007 (14 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Kanye West