Kanye West has made a masterpiece with his 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' album.Rolling Stone writer Reb Sheffield has given the album the highest rating of 5 stars. Check out his review below.
When Kanye West sings about "jerk-offs that’ll never take work off," you’d best believe he means himself. Being crazy is this guy’s job, and judging from the sound of his music, business is booming. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is his most maniacally inspired music yet, coasting on heroic levels of dementia, pimping on top of Mount Olympus. Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes for all of it, all the time. Nobody halfway sane could have made this album.
Last time, Kanye went minimal for the electro melancholia of 808s & Heartbreak. But on Fantasy, he gets ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past half-decade, he’s been the one inventing the rules. There are hip-hop epics, R&B ballads, alien electronics, prog-rock samples, surprise guests from Bon Iver to Fergie to Chris Rock, even a freaking Elton John piano solo. It’s his best album, but it’s more than that — it’s also a rock-star manifesto for a downsizing world. At a time when we all get hectored about lowering our expectations, surrendering our attention spans, settling for less, West wants us to demand more.
Nobody else is making music this daring and weird, from the spooky space funk of "Gorgeous" to the King Crimson-biting "Power" to the paranoid staccato strings of "Monster." Nearly six minutes into "Runaway," long after the song has already sealed itself in your brain, the sound cuts out and you think it’s over. Then there’s a plinking piano, the feedback of an electric guitar plugging in, some "Strawberry Fields"-style cellos and Yeezy himself singing a poignant Robert Fripp-style solo through his vocoder. There’s no way it should work, but it keeps rolling for three more minutes without breaking the spell.
Coming off a string of much-publicized emotional meltdowns, Yeezy is taking a deeper look inside the dark corners of his twisted psyche. He has sex and romance on his mind, but he comes clean about his male angst like never before. In confessions like "Runaway" and "Blame Game," he honestly struggles to figure out why he has to be such a douchebag. Yet the songs are also his funniest ever, with Kanye showing off lethal wit on the mic: In "Dark Fantasy," he rhymes "mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago" with "diablo," "bravado" and "My chick in that new Phoebe Philo/So much head, I woke up in Sleepy Hollow."
There’s a famous story about Queen making "Bohemian Rhapsody": Whenever the band thought the song was finished, Freddie Mercury would say, "I’ve added a few more ‘Galileos’ here, dear." But nobody can out-Galileo Kanye. With Fantasy, he makes everybody else on the radio sound laughably meek, but he’s also throwing down a challenge to the audience. Kanye West thinks you’re a moron if you settle for artists who don’t push as hard as he does. And that means pretty much everybody.
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Lil Wayne might have a fifth child and it's going to take a court ordered paternity test to sort things out.TMZ is reporting that a Missouri woman served the rapper with papers while he was still in Rikers Island. The date for the DNA test for the now 8-year old child is set for no later than December 9.
The strange part of the story is that it is the child's grandmother pushing for the paternity test. The biological mom is not listed in the court documents.
There was no explanation given as to why the mom isn't involved.
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Video After The JumpWhat could possibly motivate a person to allow their hair be lit on fire? And what kid of messed up friends would actually go through with it?
This dude looked like one of those stuntmen doing on the set of a movie, except his dumb a** didn't have a fire suit on.
After putting the fire out by sticking his head in a toilet, one of his friends says, "that was dumb what were we thinking?"
Yeah it was very dumb.
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Eminem has had a tremendously successful 2010 by all accounts'Recovery' is by far the most popular album of the year, his Home and Home concerts with Jay-Z have been called the greatest hip hop shows ever by some, and he's overcome a drug habit that nearly killed him.
He still battles with trust issues though, when it comes to women and people in general. In an interview with Andy Greene of Rolling Stone, Em talks about how hard it is to close to him.
"I have trust issues. With women, friends, whatever. You always wonder what their real motives are. I’ve got a small circle of friends, and it’s a lot of the same friends I’ve known forever. Right now, that works for me. I came out of some difficult things these past couple of years. I kind of feel like I’m just now finding my footing. So I want to make sure that’s secure before I go out and do anything else. I need to keep working on myself for a while."
Eminem is one of those rare artists who has literally written his life story in songs. His troubled childhood and marriage have been well documented on his albums. But you still get the feeling there is a lot you will never get to know about Marshall Mathers.
Will there ever be another special woman in his life? It's probably way too soon to answer that question, but for now, dating is not even an option.
"As far as going out, like dinner and a movie—I just can’t. Going out in public is just too crazy. I mean, I’d like to be in a relationship again someday. Who doesn’t? It’s just hard to meet new people, in my position."
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Video After The Jump15 year old Keenan Cahill has blown up on youtube by sometimes lip syncing and other times singing badly to some of your favorite songs like Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Lady Gaga's "Telephone.".
His videos are really funny and get millions of views
Keenan made it to the big stage yesterday when he visited the Chelsea Lately show for an interview. And to debut his next video.
He chose "Down' On Me" by Jerimih & 50 Cent.
While performing a very special guest popped up as 50 Cent appeared to help him out.
If you want to see more of Keenan's videos check him out on youtube at BeenerKeeKee19952Keenan Cahill interview on Chelsea Lately plus "Down On Me" snippet featuring 50 CentKeenan Cahill & 50 Cent "Down On Me" full versionRead more…
Mug ShotVideo After The JumpWhen you brag about spending $10,000 a month on weed it's sure to draw the attention of law enforcement.
Hip Hop's stoner king Wiz Khalifa was arrested in Greenville, North Carolina early this morning after police raided his tour bus and found and unspecified amount of weed.
According to Rap-Up Wiz, real name Cameron Thomaz was charged with trafficking marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a place to sell marijuana. He was released on $300,000 bond.
Nine others were also arrested and charged with the same offenses.
Wiz has been enjoying lots of success recently after being named MTV's Hottest Breakthrough Artist Of 2010.
His new single "Black and Yellow" is getting lots of spins across the country.
It's unclear how this arrest will affect the rest of his "Waken Baken" tour. He has shows scheduled in Winston-Salem, NC, Norfolk,VA, New York, NY and Clifton Park, NY over the next week.'
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More Photos After The JumpDarling Nicki Minaj graces the pages of BlackMen SSX Tribute Magazine this month.
This is one of the better pictorials I've seen of the Young Money princess.
This edition of BlackMen SSX is on stands now, grab a copy. This should make a nice collector's item.
Actor Verne Troyer saw 50 Cent flashing his millions over the last couple of days and felt like stunting himself.
The diminutive actor most famously known for his role as Mini Me in the second and third Austin Powers movies, sent 50 Cent a tweet with the pic above attached.
Chris Brown found the magic touch again on his Tyga assisted 'Fan Of A Fan' mixtape. The tape spawned the number 1 hit "Deuces."
Chris is back in the lab putting the finishing touches on 'Fame', his next official album, which is due next year. In the interim Breezy has decided to drop another mixtape to keep his fans satisfied.
'In My Zone 2', the sequel to his first solo mixtape will be dropping on "Black Friday" November 26. Chris announced the news via twitter.
"#F.A.M.E album is coming next year so until then i want to keep u guys super satisfied with music!!! #inmyzone2 #BlackFriday," Chris wrote.
"Between The Lines" featuring Kevin McCall is the first leak off the tape.
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Hollywood heavyweight Bruce Willis is in talks to star in the new 50 Cent movie 'Set Up' according to Variety.
The film centers around a group of friends involved in a diamond heist that turns deadly.
'The Fast & The Furious' actor Paul Walker is also in talks to star in the film.
The flick will be the first in the recently announced $200 million dollar, 10 film deal, between 50's Cheetah Vision films and George Furla's Hedge Fund Film Partners.
'Set Up' will continue an established working relationship between Willis and 50, who is producing Willis' upcoming action flick 'Catch 44', along with Hurla and Emmett.
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Videos and Pics After The JumpThe MTV European Music Awards took place yesterday in Madrid, Spain.Eva Longoria was the host for the event, which featured performances from Katy Perry, Ke$ha, B.O.B. featuring Hayley Williams, Shakira, Miley Cyrus, Linkin Park and 30 Seconds From Mars with special guest Kanye West.
The big winner on the night was Lady Gaga who took home four awards. See the full list of winners below.
Best New ActKe$haBest PopLady GagaBest AlternativeParamoreBest RockThirty Seconds to MarsBest MaleJustin BieberBest VideoKaty Perry feat. Snoop Dogg 'California Gurls'Best Hip HopEminemBest Live ActLinkin ParkBest FemaleLady GagaBest SongLady Gaga 'Bad Romance'Best European ActMarco MengoniBest Push ActJustin BieberBest World Stage PerformanceTokio HotelRead more…
Video After The JumpG-Unit comedian Young Jack Thriller recently stopped PMS Radio to chat with GiGi and Wavey about what he's been up to.
Anytime Jack is in the building you can count on the conversation being no holds barred.
The two ladies weren't as familiar with Jack as they probably should have been, but that actually made the interview funnier because Jack got familiar really quick.
Topics included what it's like working for 50 Cent and just how funny he is. B. Pumper and Jack smashing a couple of chicks in a elavator. At one point Jack looks over and Pumper is giving oral sex to a women he just met, EWWWWW!
Also the the G-Unit Comedy tour which kicks off December 11 at House Of Blues in Atlantic City and his role in a movie with Maino titled 'Ivy League'
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Immigration officials may have managed to do what no rapper or hater could do. That is get rid of Kat Stacks.
Stacks, real name Andrea Harrera-Cardena was arrested Friday November 5, and charged with a felony regarding her illegal citizenship status in the United States.
Stacks sent out racist tweets about the situation just prior to being locked up.
"Smh as soon they saw my foreign passport they started fucking with me. The police already cleared me but still messing with me
This is why I hate white people. Snitching racist bitches
The black securities are cool but this white mothafuckers in here fucking with me
I'm getting arrested have fun without me."
Below is a copy of her arrest warrant courtesy of Miss Jia.
Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available.
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Immigration officials may have managed to do what no rapper or hater could do. That is get rid of Kat Stacks.
Stacks, real name Andrea Harrera-Cardena was arrested Friday November 5, and charged with a felony regarding her illegal citizenship status in the United States.
Stacks sent out racist tweets about the situation just prior to being locked up.
"Smh as soon they saw my foreign passport they started fucking with me. The police already cleared me but still messing with me
This is why I hate white people. Snitching racist bitches
The black securities are cool but this white mothafuckers in here fucking with me
I'm getting arrested have fun without me."
Below is a copy of her arrest warrant courtesy of Miss Jia.
Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available.
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Video After The JumpTwo weeks ago singer Ryan Leslie had a black bag containing his passport, $ 10,000 and his laptop stolen from a black Mercedes parked outside of Loom nightclub in Cologne, Germany.
At the time Ryan offered a reward of $20,000 for the return of the laptop.
at we lost," he said.
"That reward is really not even close to the value of everything that we lost," he said
In a new video released today, Ryan has upped the reward offer to one million dollars.
If you have any information regarding Ryan Leslie's lost laptop and hard drive, contact him at ryanleslielaptopreturn@gmail.com
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Suge Knight is looking for a big payday.
He'll have to get it from someone other than Kanye West, at least for now.
Knight filed a lawsuit against West seeking $1 million dollars after being shot in the leg at a 2005 party.
At some point during the party, some let off a shot that hit Knight in the leg shattering his femur and causing him to lose a diamond ring.
Suge blamed a lack of security for the incident which took place at the Shore Club in Miami Beach.
The judge in the case dismissed it Thursday November 4, citing a lack of evidence.
Suge plans to appeal the decision.
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"I'm starting to feel like a dungeon dragon/Look at my show footage how these girls be spazzin/So what I look like getting back to a has been?/Yeah I said it has been/Hang it up, flatscreen/I'm a bad b*tch I'm a c*nt/And I'll kick that hoe, punt/Forced trauma, blunt/You play the back b*tch, I'm the front/You need a job this aint cuttin' it/Nicki Minaj is who you aint f*ckin with - Nicki Minaj "Roman's Revenge"
The Nicki Minaj/ Lil Kim feud has been brewing for a minute. But with Nicki's opening verse on "Roman's Revenge" the beef has reached full broil.
Nicki has denied the verse was aimed at Kim. That didn't stop the Queen Bee from going at Nicki's head early this morning November 6 at Club Pure in Nicki's borough Queens, New York.
"I will erase this bitches social security number. I don't even need a new record right now, I'll kill that b*tch with my old sh*t," Kim said as the beat drops to the "Quiet Storm" remix with Mobb Deep, "All About The Benjamins, Magic Stick and more.
“My records ain’t just enter the charts, they made history. What the f*ck is this bullsh*t, this sh*t come and go.” Kim said referring to Nicki's music
I think it's safe to say the beef is officially on.
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Lil Wayne is not allowed to consume one single drop of alcohol for the next three years of his life -- this according to probation documents obtained by TMZ.
The documents -- which became effective today -- clearly state that Wayne "may not consume or drink any substance containing alcohol" as long as he's on probation ... for the next 36 months.
Wayne is also prohibited from knowingly associating with any person engaged in criminal activity or any person with a criminal record without prior written approval from the probation department.
And Wayne cannot possess illegal drugs, toxic vapors or controlled substances.
He's also required to submit to drug and alcohol testing, per the probation dept.
If Wayne violates any of the terms of his probation -- he could be sent to prison to serve out the remainder of his term.
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In some ways the rap game has gone from sugar to sh*t. Keeping it real isn't what it used to be. Back in the day rappers had to stand for something. That didn't mean being a killer or hustler, it simply meant being who you said you were or else fans would reject you, just ask Vanilla Ice.
These days fans don't care so much about that. A guy can for example be an ex correctional officer, then the next thing you know make records claiming to be the world's biggest drug dealer, And nobody cares as long as the music sounds good.
There are still a few real rappers left in the game though. G-Unit General 50 Cent is probably the realest, so he knows the genuine thing when he sees it. He talked to XXL in their latest issue about how the game has changed and a couple of artists who he respects.
“When I offer aggression, I offer it from an author, a real place,” Fif told XXL co-deputy editor Rondell Conway. “It’s who I am; it’s who I had to be. Not even by choice, but to survive where I came from. So a lot of actual artists don’t have it. They don’t have that thing. Waka Flocka, ‘Hard in the Paint,’ Gucci [Mane], those guys have that.”
“It’s just a lot of the other artists, I don’t believe them,” he continued. “I believe hip-hop is in a struggle of being artistic or [having] authenticity—which one matters? Because a lot of them that write music that has a street-life theme to it haven’t actually been exposed to very much of that. It’s starting to feel like it doesn’t matter. I’m watching it, and I’m like, Okay, it sounded great, but ya lyin’.”
That's real talk from a man who came up the hard way and made it to the top, but never stopped being a real a** n*gga in the process.
Pick up the November 2010 issue of XXL to read the rest of 50's interview.
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