Kanye Vs. Colbert Televised Showdown Comes One Step Closer To Happening

There was the gauntlet throw and the Twitter baiting. Last night Stephen referenced both as he celebrated jumping to #2 on iTunes with his Xmas album, asked why you buy 808s when you could "just put a tin can to... CONTINUE READING KANYE VS. COLBERT TELEVISED SHOWDOWN COMES ONE STEP CLOSER TO HAPPENING»

Posted on December 5, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Depeche Mode | Kanye West | Stephen Colbert

Radiohead, Lil Wayne Nominated For Album Of The Year Grammy

Remember the 50th Annual Grammy Awards? Alicia Keys duetting with the ghost of Sinatra? Will.i.am rapping nonsense? Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters??? It's easy (and fun!) to make fun of the Grammys, but last year they really... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD, LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY»

New Jay-Z (Featuring Santogold) Video - "Brooklyn (Go Hard)"

That Jay-Z/Santogold/Kanye West BK fight song from the Notorious OST now has itself a video dedicated to Brooklyn, to the letter. Director Evan Roth uses typographic illustration, spelling out "Brooklyn" in cascading typeface, the component parts meshing and building full... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEATURING SANTOGOLD) VIDEO - "BROOKLYN (GO HARD)"»

Posted on December 3, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Asher Roth | Holy Fuck | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Santigold

Kanye Has A Question

Via KanYe West: Twitter: "who the fuck is Stephen Colbert?" As Alex Blagg points out this is absolutely in no way priming the pump for the inevitable Colbert/Kanye showdown on The Colbert Report, which we'll absolutely in no way inevitably... CONTINUE READING KANYE HAS A QUESTION»

Posted on December 2, 2008 (45 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert Declares War On Kanye West

Stephen would like to thank Colbert Nation for making his Xmas album #1 on iTunes, except he can't because that slot belongs to "sunglasses mannequin Kanye West." In an effort to humble Kanye West, he's launching Operation: Humble Kanye West,... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN COLBERT DECLARES WAR ON KANYE WEST»

Posted on December 2, 2008 in Video, Where's The Beef? (13 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | of Montreal | Stephen Colbert

New Jay-Z (Featuring Santogold) - "Brooklyn (Go Hard)"

That B.I.G. biopic Notorious will have an OST likely dominated by Biggie Smalls cuts, especially since his estate is so creepily enamored with the project, but here's at least one track for the collection from some of Brooklyn's other residents.... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEATURING SANTOGOLD) - "BROOKLYN (GO HARD)"»

Posted on December 1, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: Fleet Foxes | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Notorious B.I.G. | Santigold

Late Night Guest Kanye Has To Pee Really Bad

If Kanye West looked uncomfortable answering Conan O'Brien's questions last night, it wasn't because he was nervous. This defense of Auto-Tune that came eight minutes into the interview should explain things... "If I sing off-key it really points that out.... CONTINUE READING LATE NIGHT GUEST KANYE HAS TO PEE REALLY BAD»

Posted on November 26, 2008 in Video (38 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Conan O'Brien | Kanye West

Kanye Does "Amazing" On 106 & Park

The guy's lugging that auto-tuner and drumline into every TV studio that'll have him, it's true, but this time he's got a Young Jeezy in tow. Watch. ... CONTINUE READING KANYE DOES "AMAZING" ON 106 & PARK»

Posted on November 25, 2008 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Crystal Castles | Kanye West | Young Jeezy

Kanye West Brings "Love Lockdown" To Letterman

Fresh off telling the AMAs he wants to be "better than Elvis," Kanye hit Ed Sullivan Theatre last night with "Lockdown." The vibe was VMA style, but with two tiers of masked drumline to better fit Dave's stage. I like... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST BRINGS "LOVE LOCKDOWN" TO LETTERMAN»

Posted on November 25, 2008 in Video (17 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Kanye West | Mogwai

2008 American Music Awards: Just The Good Parts

Good being relative, of course. AMA stands for Auto-Tune Music Award so it wasn't long before Kanye was onstage. Upon accepting his first ever AMA, for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, Kanye urged his contemporaries to join him in pushing the pop... CONTINUE READING 2008 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS: JUST THE GOOD PARTS»

Stream Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak

Listen to the album at KanYe West: Blog, join the premature evaluation. ... CONTINUE READING STREAM KANYE'S 808S & HEARTBREAK»

Posted on November 21, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Tegan And Sara

Premature Evaluation: Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

After several closely monitored weeks of leaks, it's time to take a look at the year's most anticipated album that doesn't feature Buckethead. Given Kanye West's reputation for finding musical inspiration in unlikely places (be they leftfield samples or genre-bending... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: KANYE WEST - 808S & HEARTBREAK»

Alternate Kanye Cover By Kaws

After all the leaks and Auto-Tunes, Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak is finally out next week (11/24). In the meantime, we have one more tidbit: The Brooklyn artist KAWS created a cover for the iTunes release that offers a variation on... CONTINUE READING ALTERNATE KANYE COVER BY KAWS »

Posted on November 19, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | KAWS

Stream Kanye's Sky High Remix Album

West's been busy claiming self-defense, but in the meantime, a number of producers -- A-Trak, Diplo, and Stretch Armstrong, among others -- have been contributing their Graduation knob turnings to Plain Pat & DJ Benz's Sky High imeem remix project.... CONTINUE READING STREAM KANYE'S SKY HIGH REMIX ALBUM»

Kanye Claims Self-Defense

West has blogged about the circumstances of his arrest in a long, all caps post titled WHO'S WINNING, ME OR THE MEDIA? He claims that he didn't assault anyone (probably true), that paparazzi should be illegal (perhaps), and that he... CONTINUE READING KANYE CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE»

Posted on November 15, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | The Kills

Kanye Apologizes To Jeret Leto

There were a few names Kanye used in attacking the credibility of MTV's award-selecting process, names like Britney Spears and Jared Leto. Later Ye felt bad and apologized to Leto, by spelling his name "Jeret" on his blog (now fixed).... CONTINUE READING KANYE APOLOGIZES TO JERET LETO»

Posted on November 14, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: 30 Seconds To Mars | Black Lips | Grizzly Bear | Jared Leto | Kanye West

Daily Kanye: New Leaks And Lulz

Yes, it's another post with leaks from Kanye's forthcoming Heartbreak: "Tell Everybody That You Know" (a messy-breakup duet with Lil Wayne) and the supple swells of the escapist standout "Street Lights." But today's installment comes with a bonus platter of... CONTINUE READING DAILY KANYE: NEW LEAKS AND LULZ»

Posted on November 12, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Comic-Con | Kanye West | Lil Wayne | Twilight | Vampire Weekend

New Kanye West - "Amazing" (Feat. Young Jeezy)

If you haven't distilled a theme from Kanye's assorted 808s & Heartbreaks leaks, lemme help you: Ye's traded rapping for pretty much nonstop Auto-Tuned warbling, and dude is really, really glum. If you're thinking a song titled "Amazing" is gonna... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST - "AMAZING" (FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY)»

Posted on November 11, 2008 in MP3 (16 comments)
Tags: Elbow | Kanye West | Vampire Weekend | Young Jeezy

New Kanye West Video - "Heartless"

Hype Williams directs the animated clip for 808s' second single "Heartless," and while it's not the first time Kanye's gone cartoony, this time it's actually him featured in drawings and not his surrogate shutter-shaded Ye-Bear. West walks around gesticulating and... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST VIDEO - "HEARTLESS"»

Posted on November 7, 2008 in MP3, Video (14 comments)
Tags: Grand Duchy | Kanye West | Nine Inch Nails

Obama, Rick Astley Preside Over MTV Europe Awards

The MTV Europe Awards took place at Liverpool's Echo Arena last night. Katy Perry and Jared Leto hosted. Both also won awards. (Huh?) Britney Spears won a couple, too, though she didn't attend. Tongue-and-cheekily, Rick Astley nabbed "Best Act Ever"... CONTINUE READING OBAMA, RICK ASTLEY PRESIDE OVER MTV EUROPE AWARDS »

New Kanye West - "Anyway"

After complaining about the latest 808s leak -- too brief and barely audible through LowKey's car stereo -- we received this full-length radio rip via e-mail (thanks Steven). Decent audio quality if you overlook the DJ drops. Mechanical beats and... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST - "ANYWAY"»

Posted on November 3, 2008 (34 comments)
Tags: Doves | Kanye West | Kid Cudi | Paul McCartney

Kanye's 808s Album Cover, And A Snippet Of "Anyway"

Kanye West is nothing if not artsy. As rumored in various sneaker and furniture forums, and now confirmed by Amazon (Amazon doesn't lie), LP4's artwork features the deflated, heart-shaped red balloon seen on "Love Lockdown"'s cover. On the left border... CONTINUE READING KANYE'S 808S ALBUM COVER, AND A SNIPPET OF "ANYWAY"»

Posted on November 3, 2008 in Album Art, Video (9 comments)
Tags: Doves | Kanye West | Paul McCartney

New Kanye West - "Robocop"

Earlier this month we learned that when Kanye's not checking his RSS for fresh KAWS Be@rbricks, he's dusting off his Tears For Fears LPs. You can hear the fruits of his eighties nostalgia in high fidelity now that we've updated... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST - "ROBOCOP"»

10 Trendy Pop Star Costumes For Halloween '08

I was going to write up a guide to contemporary Indie Rock Halloween Costume Ideas, but decided against it. You're probably wearing a Fleet Foxes costume right now. Where's the fun in that? So instead we turn our attention to... CONTINUE READING 10 TRENDY POP STAR COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN '08»

New Kanye West - "Coldest Winter"

Kanye has totally gone emo on us: Strip away the Auto-Tune on "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless" and you have yourself a pop-radio dude self-deprecatingly singing about his heartache (over a Tears for Fears sample, no less). Maybe Pete Wentz should... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST - "COLDEST WINTER"»

Posted on October 17, 2008 (40 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Kanye West | Tears For Fears