It is possible that Kanye will make a video for every one of 808s' heartbreaks. And that could be fun. This new one, directed by Hype Williams and shot in Hawaii, however, strikes me as an elaborate excuse for Kanye... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST (FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY) VIDEO - "AMAZING"»
Posted on April 24, 2009 in , (12 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Hype Williams | Kanye West | Young Jeezy
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 (0 comments)
Tags: Crystal Castles | Kanye West | Young Jeezy
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»
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (57 comments)
Tags: Herbie Hancock | Kanye West | Kid Cudi | Lil Wayne | No I.D. | Tears For Fears | Wild Orchid Children | 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 (16 comments)
Tags: Elbow | Kanye West | Vampire Weekend | Young Jeezy
Last week West premiered Justice's "Stress" video, which stressed out a lot of people. Maybe Kanye was one of them, because he flipped his shit at Entertainment Weekly for giving his show at Seattle's Key Arena a B+. FAIL. Via... CONTINUE READING KANYE HATES EW, LOVES VOCODERS»
Posted on May 5, 2008 (23 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Young Jeezy
A lot of you guys are writing us to complain that Clipse wasn't higher on Pfork's list (we didn't write it!), but coke-rap is so on in '07. Sasha Frere-Jones explores in his recent piece for The New Yorker:What is... CONTINUE READING THE COKE SIDE OF LIFE»
Posted on December 20, 2006 (5 comments)
Tags: Clipse | Eric Clapton | Joanna Newsom | Young Jeezy