Kanye West

The man that brought Daft Punk into millions of homes that would have otherwise never have heard of them, has reponded to the near riots that were cause by his 4:30AM start time of his show at the Bonnaroo festival a few weeks ago. In true Kanye fashion it is rambling but frank - and I particularly like the use of the term "Squid Brains." . . .

I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall... Why?? I understand if people don't like me beca

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We've seen all the angry anti-Kanye sentiment around the internet since Kanye's performance at Bonnaroo, now it's time for his side of the story. It's a long read.. complete with ALL CAPS AND FOUL LANGUAGE to let you know he means business. For those who want the Cliff's Note version, I'll highlight the main gist.   "I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall... Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if ... MORE

Remember back in the days.... Before Kanye had ever released a single, before people knew how to correctly pronounce his name. Before College Dropout and "Jesus Walks", he was just an unknown producer working under D.Dot and eventually an in-house producer for Roc-A-Fella. This "Beat Drop" blog post on Metal Lungies takes a look and breaks down some of Kanye's best moments as a producer. Some of the memorable tracks he created before he found fame like Beanie Sigel's "The... MORE

By now you've probably already heard of the resentmant toward Kanye West's Bonnaroo set, which started two hours late with no apology. The crowd threw glowsticks and got all crazy with spray paint. Well, the people at Animal New York have captured some of the messages. "Fuck Kanye" "Kanye Sucks" and "Kanye West Done Not Care About 'Roo People" all make the wall art. My personal favorite is the hippie chick holding the no frills sign "Kanye Hates Hippes." Oh the wonders of p... MORE

There may have been a tornado of angry fans at Kanye West’s Bonnaroo performance, which started two hours late, but the following night at his Moline, IL concert a literal tornado nearly missed the arena he was closing up his Glow in The Dark tour in. Captured by crew and security is a video of the funnel closing in on the venue as tornado warning sirens are goign off in the background. Massive flooding followed. Seems the rapper was totally jinxed last weekend.... MORE

  Lets play a game. The game is: What time do you think it is in the picture below?  
The snapshot, taken during Kanye West’s Bonnaroo set, might look like midday, maybe around 3PM. But the photo was taken at sunrise - 5AM - midway through his shorter than usual, late night/early morning set on the main stage, which started two hours late. It seemed like half of the entire festival came out to see West’s Glow In The Dark production, but aft... MORE

anyone here what happened?

Any MOGGers going to Bonnaroo?

This trilogy is so cool. The third (and final) version of Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" video is now available. Only one shoot was scheduled, but he eventually shot three versions because he wasn't satisfied with the results of the first two. There seems to be some kind of weird Addams Family thing going on in the newest release, check it out. I've included all three versions below in case anyone wanted to compare. Version 3: Released May 29th Ve... MORE

Remember when Kanye shot 3 different videos for "Jesus Walks" back in 2003? Well it appears he's done the same thing for "Flashing Lights". This version is even more confusing than the first, it's hard to tell whats going on, but I think Kanye's girlfriend gets raped when he's out partying with another female. If you have any idea whats going on here... feel free to school me in the comments.... MORE

Those that can, make music. Those that can't, latch on to musicians and subsequently squeeze every penny they can out of the situation... Hopefully this isn't a common theme, but it's an easy mistake to make these days when Rita Marley, Yoko Ono and others continue to lay claim to someone else's art. It's sad when the spotlight exposes the strife over the intellectual property rights of artists they must have really admired at one time. But money talks. And sings and... MORE

A stop in Fargo, North Dakota has been canceled on Kanye West's "Glow In The Dark Tour" due to low ticket sales. Let that be a lesson to you Yeezy, selling out 19,000 seat arenas in the middle of nowhere is reserved for the elite. I don't necessarily consider this a failure because... well... it's North Dakota. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but when I think of N.D. I don't exactly get visions of anything remotely "hip hop". So perhaps this cancellation can be considere... MORE

MTV's "hottest MC's" shit is a joke....who writes or even comes up with this shit??? http://www.mtv.com/specials/hottest/mcs/

The list is finally done, and Yeezy predictably took the #1 spot. There are three rappers from last year's list who failed to make the 2008 edition: Common, The Game, and Jim Jones. The three artists taking their places are Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, and Lupe Fiasco. Andre 3000 is so dope on the mic, that he's still on the list despite only dropping two verses all year. Thats it! No album, no singles, no mixtapes, just two verses. I personally think he should have been left ... MORE