Fake Shore Drive was kind enough to upload a mixtape of Kanye West's appearance on VH1's storytellers. Download it in whole here.
Showing posts with label Kanye West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kanye West. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2009
New Music: Kanye West on VH1 Storytellers
Fake Shore Drive was kind enough to upload a mixtape of Kanye West's appearance on VH1's storytellers. Download it in whole here.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Video: Kanye West - "Stronger" (Live on VH1 Storytellers)
(Via)
Of all the albums from last year that could've been on MFR's "Top Albums We'd Like To Hear Audio Commentaries For," Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak is at the absolute top. After all, to have an entire album of sadness, woe, and regret from one of the cockiest bastards in the business (face the facts, that's why we love him) is fascinating--especially given the heartbreaking circumstances of the album's creation.
Luckily, we've got VH1's "Storytellers", a program that I didn't even know was in existence still, covering that beat for us. Kanye's one of the artists playing the show, and his segment will air on Saturday. In the meantime, Stereogum has got video of Kanye performing Graduation's Daft Punk-sampling "Stronger". Watch it at the top of the post.
Here's 'Ye's setlist:
"Nightmare"
"Robocop"
"Flashing Lights"
"Amazing"
"Say You Will"
"Stronger"
"Good Life"
"Heartless"
"Touch the Sky"
Kanye West MySpace Page
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Video: Kanye West on the 'Wake Up Show"
"3 more beats, and then [Jay-z] is done" - Kanye West, on The Blueprint 3. Awesome. This is 'Ye on MTV's "Wake Up Show", hosted by Sway.
Via Midwest Broadcast
Kayne West Myspace Page
Monday, February 2, 2009
New Music: Alla - "Love Lockdown" (Kanye West Cover)
Download: Alla - "Love Lockdown" (via)
Download: Kanye West - "Love Lockdown"
Download: Alla - "Tu Vida
Download: Alla - "Sigue Tu Corazon"
Chicago psych-pop trio Alla, who last year put out one of the most tremendously underrated albums with Es Tiempo, released a cover of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown," a track that might appear on their upcoming covers album, Digs. For comparison sake, I've put up both the original and the Alla version. What do you think? Additionally, I've added the title track of Alla's last record, for your enjoyment.
Buy Es Tiempo here.
Alla MySpace Page
Monday, January 19, 2009
New Mikkey Halsted feat. Kanye West - "Foolish Game"
Download: Mikkey Halsted feat. Kanye West - "Foolish Game"
An recently leaked archived track from two titans of Chicago hip-hop. Both pic and track via Nah Right.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
New Kanye West - "Heartless" (Mastered) - plus new version of the video
Heartless from kwest on Vimeo.
Download: Kanye West - "Heartless"
Download: Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" (via)
Yeezy has released new versions of previously released material. The first is a mastered version of his song "Heartless", which finds West continuing in his new, dark musical direction while actually rapping, and another version of "Love Lockdown", the first single from his upcoming 808s and Heartbreak. Additionally, there's the VIMEO version of the "Heartless" video, which is at the top of the post.
Cross-published on MFR
Friday, November 7, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
New Kanye West - "Coldest Winter" and "Robocop"
(Kanye West - "Coldest Winter")
Download: Kanye West - "Coldest Winter"
(Kanye West - "Robocop")
Downloads via P4K and Nah Right
More and more material is being leaked from Kanye West's upcoming fourth record, 808s and Heartbreak (the supposed cover album for which can be found at the bottom of the post. H/T ) Over the weekend, two new songs appeared. First off is "Coldest Winter", which is driven by a Tears for Fears sample and is reportedly about the passing of Kanye's mother. That track continues the "expressing-emotion-wounds-through-autotune" vibe of "Love Lockdown", in addition to being a more straightforward modern R&B track.
"Lockdown"'s lyrics concerned West playing the obsessed aggressor in a unhealthy relationship, and its interesting to note that the lyrics from the second leaked track "Robocop" are from the opposite perspective. In other words, it's Kanye on the receiving end of a too jealous lover. Kanye poses the question "who knew that she was a drama queen/that'd turn my life into Stephen King?" before asking "when did you become a Robocop"? The vocals in this track are more spoken, but that doesn't necessarily make it rap. It's definitely a synth-driven song with a poppy chorus.
Listen to both songs at the top of the post.
Kanye West MySpace Page
(Jonathan Graef)
chicagoismildlyinteresting@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Kanye West and Rhymefest Ink Comedy Central Deal For Puppet Show
via the Hollywood Reporter:
Comedy Central has teamed with Kanye West for a project described as hip-hop meets the Muppets.
A half-hour pilot has been shot for the project, tentatively titled "Alligator Boots." It's from Jackhole Prods., the production company founded by Jimmy Kimmel, Daniel Kellison and Adam Carolla that also was behind Comedy Central's puppet-centric "Crank Yankers."
The project, which is under consideration for 2009, would feature music produced and performed by West and fellow rapper Rhymefest, both of whom are serving as executive producers on the pilot alongside Kellison.
If I told them once, I've told them a thousand times. Kanye West, then puppet show!
Seriously though, who wouldn't want a program where a Kermit stand-in drops some sick rhymes over a beat produced by Miss Piggy? How could that lose!?
(Jonathan Graef)
Friday, September 19, 2008
New Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" (Young Son Remix)
Download: Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" (Young Son Remix)
Young Son is an emcee from the Twin Cities who, like many rappers in the Chicago area (like Rhymefest and Lupe Fiasco) peppers his rhymes with social commentary. Flow-wise, he skews closer to Lupe's Tribe Called Quest-isms, but lyrically, he deals with the day-to-day struggles, much like Rhymefest. Recently, he remixed Kanye West's new track "Love Lockdown", the heavily re-recorded first single from 'Ye's fourth album, supposedly titled 808s and Heartbreak. Listen to it at the top of the post.
Young Son MySpace Page
(Jonathan Graef)
Cross-published on MFR.
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