MrMagpie Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 The Monster video looks like it is going to be graphic and disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 The Monster video looks like it is going to be graphic and disgusting. wouldnt be right any other way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i'maveryneatMonster.' Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 So I'm taking the time to listen to his new album. Songs are too long for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 "Monster" has pretty much been my song for the past four days. WUT. :surprised: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Triple J Music Director Richard Kingsmill on Kanye Looking back over the year in music, one figure has loomed large and omnipotent. He is still much derided for his past and present rantings; openly ridiculed for his extreme public behaviour at more often than not award ceremonies; but when all is said and done, Kanye West is still proving to be music's most enigmatic and bravest mind. Kanye has just appeared at #1 in a poll of the world's most influential men beating Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He has also just had nude photos of himself appear across the web; photos he's supposedly taken of himself and sent to female fans from his MySpace account. This is just an ordinary day in the life of Kanye. The extremes of his life are played out daily for the masses to either sneer at or celebrate. But all of it may well seem meaningless if he didn't have some fairly hefty talent to back it up. This year has seen his fifth album released. The lead up to it was orchestrated beautifully. Songs appeared early on like "Power". Once again it showed Kanye's broad palette of influences as it mined King Crimson's prog-rock prototype anthem "21st Century Schizoid Man" for its main sample. Then came a string of releases each and every Friday - the G.O.O.D Friday series ("Getting Out Our Dreams") - where songs as disparate as the special guests Kanye was drawing on would appear without any huge announcement. The line-up of stars alongside Kanye included Jay-Z, Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj, Swizz Beatz, Kid Cudi, Common, Pusha T, Justin Bieber, Rick Ross, John Legend and Mos Def. A dozen singles in all and a handful eventually to be included on his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I know some of you will be thinking that this is all just clever marketing by an extravagant rich kid with a serious contact list. But have you heard "Runaway" - and I mean really heard it? The album's main single arrived as simply as the few piano notes which West plonked out to open it. But when those notes give way to that shuffling beat and cinematic soundscape, you are now in the presence of greatness. The song's character appears forlorn and rejected, but has the bravado to still toast all the douche bags, scumbags and assholes that he's known and that have seemingly torn his love from him. Whether Kanye is channelling himself or not in the song, it's still a wonderful finger he's pointed skyward to his detractors. For me, "Runaway" has echoes of Prince's "When Doves Cry"; a song that appeared on that artist's 6th album and was later judged a milestone for the Minneapolis musician. As with that song's accompanying "Purple Rain" film, Kanye himself released a 35-minute film based around what may well be his landmark song of 2010. As good and rounded a talent as he is, Kanye still has a way to go before reaching Prince's league. But as this year comes to a close, I can't help but hope that the surprises the man has dealt us during 2010 will continue for a while longer. Love him or loathe him, there are few characters in the music world today as active and fascinating as Kanye. couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 here it is. the video we've all been waiting for has dropped. http://www.rap-up.com/2010/12/30/video-kanye-west-f-rick-ross-jay-z-nicki-minaj-monster/ briggins was right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 dp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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busybeeburns Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 ^ looks like you got caught inside the backup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Politix Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Someone wouldn't know of his official fan mail address would they? I just wrote a four page letter to him and I don't even know his physical mailing address. I goggled it but something out in L.A. came up with a studio address and that is the address he gets thousands of letters a day. Any help would be amazing ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'm surprised people still send fan mail, but that LA one is probably your only answer :( (unless you happen to know a friend of Kanye's or something :P) So, Watch The Throne is coming soon. I'm interested but I don't see it being anything amazing. Jay-Z is a boring rapper. I like his early stuff but his new material has been pretty middle of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Someone wouldn't know of his official fan mail address would they? I just wrote a four page letter to him and I don't even know his physical mailing address. I goggled it but something out in L.A. came up with a studio address and that is the address he gets thousands of letters a day. Any help would be amazing ;) im curious to know what you wrote to him about? if its not too personal I'm surprised people still send fan mail, but that LA one is probably your only answer :( (unless you happen to know a friend of Kanye's or something :P) So, Watch The Throne is coming soon. I'm interested but I don't see it being anything amazing. Jay-Z is a boring rapper. I like his early stuff but his new material has been pretty middle of the road. jay-z was an absolute legend back in the day but it has been downhill since Blueprint 2 with the exception of American Gangsta which had some awesome tunes on it. now that i think about i really wish they had stuck with the EP instead of going for a full length release. in the past it has always been really exciting whenever jayz and kanye have collaborated but too much of a good thing can sometimes be bad, this new release might just be that. i found this great vid on youtube the other night. listen to the crowd when kanye walks on, its his first live performance after Swiftgate (bar his appearance on the letterman show doing the same song) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnCNWl1DFoA]YouTube - Jay-Z brings out Kanye West for Run This Town, Isle of Wight Festival '10[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Watch the Throne 1.11.11 http://twitter.com/#!/kanyewest/statuses/23240555156742145 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 in new zealand that would mean it would be coming out in november :P dd/mm/yy is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 dd/mm/yy is the way to go. damn right it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvjonnyboy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Don't know if anyone's seen this or not: [ame= ] [/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 ok two months on. anyone sick of this album yet? i seem to love it more and more with every listen. it's still my no.3 for the year but i've reached the point where i can't differentiate between my top 3 in terms of their quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Escapist Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 ^If anything, I love it more now that I'm familiar with it. You can sing along and I can look back on the time when it came out and think how lucky we all were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 haha yeah. i was listening to it today and i found myself singing along to most of the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You'reWelcome Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Graduation > MBDTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [/url] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This is an example of why I love Josh Groban. :wacky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Escapist Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I love reading this tweet. http://twitter.com/#!/kanyewest/status/25288471584 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Graduation > MBDTF you're entitled to your own opinion but i think you would find most people would argue that Graduation is his worst (or second worst) effort to date. it has some very very weak songs like Drunk Hot Girls, Barry Bonds, I Wonder and Good Life. of course i'm saying it is weak by Kanye standards as the album also has some of his better work. imo Kanye is yet to bomb out on any record. not bad for a hip hop producer, most struggle to create more than 2 decent albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You'reWelcome Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 ... imo Kanye is yet to bomb out on any record. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 i really like this [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZShI381OnY&NR=1&feature=fvwp]YouTube - Kanye West - Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Acapella)[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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