The 'Kanye West' Discussion Thread. [merged]

1. Dark Fantasy
2. Gorgeous (Ft. Kid Cudi and Raekwon)
3. POWER (Ft. Dwele) | MUSIC VIDEO
4. All Of The Lights (Interlude)
5. All Of The Lights (Ft. John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Rihanna and Elton John)
6. Monster (Ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver)
7. So Appalled (Ft. Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi Da Prynce, Swizz Beatz and RZA)
8. Devil In a New Dress (Ft. Rick Ross)
9. Runaway (Ft. Pusha T) | MOVIE
10. Hell Of a Life
11. Blame Game (Feat. John Legend)
12. Lost In The World
13. Who Will Survive In America (Ft. Gill-Scott Heron)
14. See Me Now (Bonus Track) (Ft. Big Sean, Beyonce and Charlie Wilson)
15. Chain Heavy (Ft. M.I.A) (iTunes Bonus)
16. Momma’s Boyfriend (iTunes Bonus)
17. Power Remix (Ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz) (iTunes Bonus)
18. Pure (Ft. Mr Hudson) (iTunes Bonus) {Source}

5. All Of The Lights (Ft. John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Rihanna and Elton John)

anthropo wrote:George, you don't have ONE worst moment! Your entire 8 years was a collective worst moment!

Chris wrote:Kanye's new video for "Monster" just premiered.

Wadsworth wrote:"Runaway" video (full length)

Long ass video but its dope, watch it.

Paris cold-shoulders Kanye
Last Updated: 2:27 AM, March 10, 2011
Posted: 2:03 AM, March 10, 2011
Hotheaded rapper Kanye West got shut out of several runway shows at Paris fashion week after turning up uninvited.

Though the fashion-obsessed rapper attended Valentino, Givenchy and
Vivienne Westwood shows this week, he was not invited to Alexander
McQueen, Balmain and Louis Vuitton, and defiantly faced off with organizers several times -- most of them unsuccessfully-- for access. Last Thursday, West tried to get into the Balmain runway show at Le
Grand Hotel, but was denied entry with his entourage. A source said he
then snuck off to "a separate part of the hotel, so people didn't see
him" after he was rejected.



A rep for Balmain show organizer KCD explained to Page Six, "Mr.
West requested to attend and we let him know we would not be able to
accommodate him. He chose to come to the door anyway and we kindly let
him know we could not accommodate him." On Tuesday, West tried
to get into the McQueen show. "He did not make a request to attend, but
he came uninvited," said the rep for KCD, which also ran the McQueen
show. West was eventually let in through a side entrance by "venue
management, not through the front door," snipped the rep.

Some fashion insiders wondered if West also was booted from the Vuitton show, where Kate Moss
walked while smoking a cigarette. Sources said he wasn't on the list
and didn't reach out for an invitation -- odd considering he designed a
shoe line in collaboration with Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs in 2009.
A Vuitton rep would say only, "Kanye remains a great friend of the house."
Sources said organizers are tired of celebrities showing up uninvited
and expecting VIP treatment. The KCD rep told us, "Kanye has been a
welcome guest at several events that KCD has managed over the years.
Several designers chose to have smaller shows this season and therefore
chose to not invite celebs in order to accommodate press and buyers."
West's rep didn't get back to us.

August 9, 2011 7:33 AM
Kanye West "Hitler" remark his latest flap



(CBS News)

Fans got their first look Monday at one of the most anticipated albums of the summer, "Watch the Throne," a collaboration by Jay-Z and Kanye West, hip-hop's two biggest stars. It hit iTunes, and is slated to be on store shelves Friday.

But, reports CBS News National Correspondent Ben Tracy, the CD's debut is being overshadowed by yet another controversy involving West.

The raw talent that flows so effortlessly out of West's mouth is perhaps only eclipsed by his seemingly endless capacity for sticking his foot in his mouth.

"I am the number one human being in music," he has said. "That means any person that's living or breathing is number two."

This past weekend, the 34-year-old rapper hit another sour note. In a ten-minute, profanity-laced onstage rant during the Big Chill music festival in England, he exclaimed that he often feels as hated as Adolf Hitler.

"I walk through the hotel," he said, "and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm (expletive) insane, like I'm Hitler."

"One day," he added, "people will understand everything I ever did, ever said, was to throw myself on the blade for the sake of someone else."

West's notorious self-pity and penchant for feeling persecuted once led to his depiction as a tortured messiah on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Billboard magazine Senior Correspondent Gail Mitchell told CBS News, "I think Kanye is being true to Kanye. I don't think he thinks he's doing anything wrong."

West has earned his reputation the hard way.

At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, he stormed the stage and told a stunned Taylor Swift that Beyonce should have won the award Swift had just been given for best female video.

"Yo, Taylor," he said. "I'm really happy for you. I'll let you finish, but Beyonce has one of the best videos of all-time. One of the best videos of all-time!"

In 2005, while raising money for Hurricane Katrina victims, West infamously said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

Mr. Bush later called it one of the most disgusting moments of his presidency.

Of course, creating controversy can also generate album sales, and Kanye's collaboration with Jay-Z is expected to be huge.

"It's very anticipated, it's an event album," Mitchell says. " ... And they're on-track with that album to first-week sales of 400,000-500,000."

West, who has never suffered from an excess of humility, also compared himself to basketball great Michael Jordan this weekend as he started his show a half-hour late.

West's weekend concert also included a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse, and he used the opportunity to swipe at the media, telling them to "lighten up" on the "artists that are still here."