Kanye West @ 2008 AMAs
Kanye West won 2 awards and performed at last night’s 2008 American Music Awards. West won Best Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album for ‘Graduation’. In this acceptance speech West revealed to the crowd that he wants to be Elvis. “I wake up every morning thinking, ‘What stereotypes do I wanna break. “It’s up to artists to push one another. We’ll push each other to be the new Beatles, the new Hendrix…I wanna be Elvis.” And still sore

World’s Most Pirate-Infested Waters
Maritime piracy is back in the headlines with the hijacking of the Saudi-flagged Sirius Star, along with its $100 million oil cargo and 25-man crew. Piracy remains a serious threat to life and commerce, with 199 attacks tracked by the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre through the first three quarters of this year. Many more attacks, most of which take place near shore, go unreported. What follows is a list of the 8 worst pirate-infested places on earth, along with a sampling of t

Dirty Money: The Business of High-End Prostitution
As the country continues to grow, the demand for more electrical power increases. Currently the US gets 20% of its power from nuclear energy. Many believe it’s time for that number to be in line with France where 80% of that country’s power is nuclear.  There are just over 100 nuclear plants in the US. The last new plant was built over 30 years ago. Now the country is on a verge of a nuclear revolution.  CNBC’s Melissa Francis explores the issue, which according to a recent CNBC poll has

Video: Kanye on ‘Ellen’ Again, Jazmine Sullivan’s ‘Windows,’ Nas & Kelis Perform
Yesterday Kanye West premiered the video for “Love Lockdown” on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Today he performed the song on the program. Listen to a clip of Kanye’s second single “Heartless.” Watch Jazmine Sullivan’s new video for “Bust Your Windows” and Nas and Kelis performing “If I Ruled the World” below the cut. Jazmine Sullivan’s video for her second single “Bust Your Windows” Nas and Kelis performed 

Kanye reveals where he was going with the ‘Love Lockdown’ video.
Yesterday, we showed you the world premiere of Kanye West’s new ‘Love Lockdown’ video. Now, we are telling you where Kanye West drew inspiration for it. He says that inspiration for ‘Love Lockdown’ came from Christian Bale’s killer character in the thriller American Psycho. Kanye stated that he based parts of his musical creation on the 1980s Wall Street murderer Patrick Bateman that Christian Bale portrays in the big-screen adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel. “

Kanye West Debuts “Love Lockdown” On Ellen
Kanye West debuted the video for his single “Love Lockdown” on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, while Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” video will air on “20/20” this Friday—“TRL” really is so over. '; document.write(str); } Tags: Britney Spears, Kanye West, Ellen DeGeneres, music videos, trl, womanizer, 20/20 Comments (0

Why Kanye West Is Not A “Douche”
Seems like everybody's talking these days about how Kanye West is a douchebag. While even just using the word "douche" to describe him annoys me, I also must be totally honest here. I don't find him annoying AT ALL. Why is this? He constantly compares himself to musical legends, he unabashedly claims he is the voice of our generation, and he claims that if the Bible were being written today, he would be in it. There's no doubt, anyone saying something like that sounds really asshatty, and there's absolut

Kanye West - West Embodies American Psycho Bateman For New Promo
Rapper Kanye West drew inspiration for his new video LOVE LOCKDOWN from CHRISTIAN BALE's killer character in 2000 thriller AMERICAN PSYCHO. The Stronger hitmaker unveiled ...

Common - Punch Drunk Love (Feat. Kanye West)
Its always good to hear Common and Kanye West paired up on a track for some ChiTown love. Dont forget to pick up Common’s new album Universal Mind Control when it drops. This track right here is produced by The Neptunes. Shouts to the (2)Dopeboyz for the leakeration. DOWNLOAD: Common - Punch Drunk Love (Feat. Kanye West) (Produced By The Neptunes) Related Posts: Latest Posts: Rick Ross - Gutta Freestyle Joe Budden TV: The Tightest Jeans Ever !! Ryan Leslie - How It Was Supposed To Be (Remix) (F

A dark, moody side to Kanye West - Houston Chronicle
Telegraph.co.uk A dark, moody side to Kanye WestHouston Chronicle, United States - 41 minutes ago“I want to be Elvis,” he blurted after accepting the award for best rap/hip-hop album. So much showboating has made West a pop-culture lightning rod — a …Kanye West Inspires The Question: Should Rappers Sing? MTV.comKanye West AbsolutePunk.netKanye drums up 'Heartbreak' and disappointment on [...]

Kanye West’s apartment is too nice to listen to rap in!
“I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in. I have to be in a way more grimey environment to turn any rap music on” We feel Kanye on this one but our reasons might be a little different. Check out his response to this statement in a recent blog from his website. I LISTEN TO JEEZY, WAYNE, Jim Jones, BIG BRO AND Rick Ross IN MY CAR AND IN THE GYM. I LISTEN TO ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LINKS AND NAS WHEN I DESIGN… BUT IF I’M IN THE CRIB CHILLING AFTER RAPPING ON STAGE EVE

Common - Punch Drunk Love f. Kanye West
Well well well, look what I have here. A new joint off Common’s Universal Mind Control, featuring Kanye to the. Shouts to the homie OcTo. DOWNLOAD: Common - Punch Drunk f. Kanye West PREVIOUS: Kanye West - Angie Martinez Interview Posted in Downloads, Hip Hop      

KANYE WEST EMBRACES AMERICAN PSYCHO AS INSPIRATION??
Rapper Kanye West drew inspiration for his new video LOVE LOCKDOWN from CHRISTIAN BALE's killer character in 2000 thriller AMERICAN PSYCHO.The Stronger hitmaker unveiled the promo for the new single - on which he sings all the way through - on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on yesterday.And West admitted that he based parts of his musical creation on the 1980s Wall Street murderer Patrick Bateman that Bale portrays in the big-screen adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel.He told chatshow host DeGeneres, "On this

Kanye West’s Interview with Angie Martinez
Kanye West spoke with Hot 97’s Angie Martinez on the release day of his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak. Listen to the full interview below. Audio: Kanye West on “The Angie Martinez Show” Source: It’s Another One This entry was posted on Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 5:37 pm and is filed under Kanye West, Interviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Harlem’s Cash - I Wanna Rock
Influenced by the likes of Santogold, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West and more; Harlem’s Cash gets over a mash up of Jimi Hendrix and 2Live Crew done by The Government. This is the first leak off his upcoming mixtape, On My Way to HARLEMwood (December 2nd) which serves as a precursor of his album, HARLEMwoow CASHifornia (which is looking at a Spring 2009 release). DOWNLOAD: Harlem’s Cash - I Wanna Rock ~ by Shake on November 24, 2008. Posted in Downloads, Hip Hop Tags: 2li

Kanye West to premiere 808s & Heartbreak album on Myspace Music
Fans will be able to stream entire 808s & HEARTBREAK Album before official release...

Common Ft. Kanye West- Punch Drunk Love
Off of Common’s, “Universal Mind Control,” dropping December 9th.

West: 'We will be the new Beatles'
Kanye West wants his fellow music artists to take a cue from hip hop and battle their way to the top of the music charts - insisting they have the talent to become as legendary as THE BEATLES. The rapper took the stage to accept his award for Favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, in a first-time category at the 2008 American Music Awards on Sunday (23Nov08). In his first w

Kanye West’s Latest Acceptance Speech Does Not Disappoint
"I wake up in the morning just thinking about which stereotypes I want to break … I see artists like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Chris Martin all in the same room, and we're going to push this music to the point where it was like in the sixties, in the seventies, where you talk about Led Zeppelin and Hendrix and the Beatles. We will be the new Beatles, the new Hendrix. They say in every other industry, you're supposed to do better than the past. Like, computers should get smalle

West: 'We will be the new Beatles'
Kanye West wants his fellow music artists to take a cue from hip hop and battle their way to the top of the music charts - insisting they have the talent to become as legendary as THE BEATLES. The rapper took the stage to accept his award for Favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, in a first-time category at the 2008 American Music Awards on Sunday (23Nov08). In his first w

NASA album featuring Kanye West, MIA gets release date
NASA have revealed the tracklisting and release date for their highly anticipated forthcoming album featuring Kanye West, MIA, Tom Waits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O and David Byrne, among others. The album, which is the culmination of five years of work by Squeak E Clean and DJ Zegon who make up NASA (North America/South America), is called 'The Spirit Of Apollo' and is due out in the US on February 17, 2009. Santogold, CSS' Lovefoxx, Spank Rock, John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers and George Clin

West 'embodies' American Psycho Bateman for new promo
Rapper Kanye West drew inspiration for his new video LOVE LOCKDOWN from CHRISTIAN BALE's killer character in 2000 thriller AMERICAN PSYCHO.

Christina Aguilera @ 2008 AMAs
Christina Aguilera kicked off the 2008 American Music Awards with a medley of “Beautiful,” “Keeps Gettin’ Better,” “Genie in a Bottle,” “Dirrty,” “Ain’t No Other Man” and “Fighter.” Latest Headlines Christina Aguilera @ 2008 AMAs Rihanna & Chris Brown @ 2008 AMAs Beyoncé @

Kanye West: I Want To Be Elvis
Kanye West declared his dream to be the King, Elvis Presley, during his acceptance speech at the 2008 American Music Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night (November 23). Taking home the award for Best Rap/Hip Hop album for ‘Graduation’, West said, “I would like to thank everybody who accepted me trying to break new boundaries in music.  I wake up in the morning just thinking about which stereotypes I want to break. He continues, “I see artists like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Chr

Kanye West Wants To Be King.
Kanye West attended the American Music Awards looking chilled out to the maximum, prompting me to assume a couple Xanax may have been popped. Kanye did end up winning his first American Music Award for favorite rap/hip-hop album category for his CD “Graduation AND best hip/hop artist. So, Big Kudos to ‘Ye. And hey, he didn’t complain about winning either…too much. Instead, his first acceptance speech included the following magical words: “I’d like to thank everybody