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Kanye West

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2013

    Fuck Guilty Pleasures: In Defense of Common

    [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Rap only exists in extremes. Don't let the polite reviews of Lil Wayne's Carter IV fool you, for instance. It got lots of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2013

    Sorry, But Kanye Is the GOAT

    Kanye West is the greatest hip-hop artist of all time. He's made the best albums and changed the game the most, and his music is the most likely to endure. One thing before we get going: This isn't one of those arguments meant to piss people off or "start a conversation." We really mean it. And, c ... More >>

  • Music

    January 31, 2013

    Laura Escude Is Oz Behind the Curtain

    The music programmer makes blockbuster tours pop

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2013

    Bizarre Ride: Jeff's Humorous Predictions and Most Anticipated Albums for 2013

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Half of January has elapsed and we've survived. There was no collapse due to fiscal cliff, Central American apocalypse or dubstep deluge. A new year unfu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    Get Your Initials on Esthero's Ass, For Only $150,000

    Esthero, the local chanteuse with Toronto roots, emerged in the late 1990s and has collaborated with the likes of DJ Krush, Ian Pooley and Kanye West. Her solo oeuvre includes everything from trip-hop to country, all with pop sensibilities and a unique vocal register (not to be confused with Nelly F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    A Review of Kanye's Sex Tape, Er, G.O.O.D Music's Cruel Summer

    By David Thorpe [Note: I thought I had a pretty hot scoop when I snagged a copy of Kanye West's notorious sex tape, which remains unseen by most of the public. Unfortunately, my editor didn't think a review of an ill-gotten celebrity porn clip was appropriate for a reputable family blog like West C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2012

    Five Buzz Bands Pitchfork Insists We Like, But That We Can't Get Into

    Every season, a handful of bands dominate Pitchfork's news posts, features and attention. The blog is frequently viewed as the "tastemaker" of the independent music microcosm -- and with tantalizing headlines and by-the-minute updates via Twitter, we feel a strange amount of pressure to love Pitchf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2012

    Kanye West Doesn't Seem To Know Much About Lamborghinis

    See also: *Color Me Badd Lyrical Dissection: What Does "We Can Do It 'til We Both Wake Up" Mean? *What The Hell Is Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" About? Anyone who tells you they know what's going on in the mind of Kanye West is a liar or a prophet. So just know up front: We have no idea wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2012

    Kanye West's L.A. Home Burglarized, Says LAPD

    Kanye West has been trying desperately to get rid of his computer-controlled, aquarium-showered home in the Hollywood Hills for some years now. But we're guessing he didn't ask for these unofficial moving guys to clear his stuff out for him: TMZ reported this morning that "someone in Kanye's camp w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Co$$: "I'll Smoke Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y Under the Table"

    Underground Los Angeles rapper Co$$ has built up quite a bit of momentum, collaborating with folks like Blu and Freddie Gibbs. Ahead of his second full-length album with producer Numonics, Genesis, out on May 22nd, we spoke with Co$$ about the origins of his name, his weed habit, and other subjects. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Hit Boy: Whatever Kanye Wants ...

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. "Ni**as in Paris," last year's most popular song, exploded in roughly the same amount of time that its producer spent creating it. "It took me probably 15 minutes to make tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Five Bizarre Social Networking Sites From Musicians

    Remember about a decade ago when every rapper had to have his own clothing line? And then remember about four years ago when every rapper had to have his own social networking site? Surprisingly, it turns out that artists from all across the musical spectrum have been impersonating Mark Zuckerberg f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Jay-Z and Kanye West - Staples Center - 12-11-11

    Christopher Victorio​Jay-Z and Kanye West Staples Center 12-11-11 See also: Our Jay-Z and Kanye West slideshow Better than: Goofus and Gallant "Will they kiss?" my buddy Jeff wondered aloud before the start of last night's Jay-Z and Kanye West show at Staples Center. I was more wrapped up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Top Five Spike Jonze Rap Videos That Are Better Than "Otis"

    Kanye and Jay-Z​The Spike Jonze-directed video for Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Otis" debuted late last week. In it, the two professional luxury shoppers (and occasional rappers) gallivant around in a modified Maybach while rapping in front of a giant flag. If you've somehow missed it, knock yourse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Top 10 Totally Awesome Artists Inspired by the Valley, plus She Wants Revenge's Valleyheart

    ​ She Wants Revenge releases Valleyheart today, the band's third full length release, which sees them submerging themselves in blissful nostalgia. Not for dark '80s sounds as they are unremittingly accused of (though, yes there is still some of that), but for the breeding grounds that made the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Coachella 2011: Kanye West Closes the Fest with Bangs and a Whimper

    ​Kanye West is way up on top of a crane, its arm slowly spinning above the crowd. "Can we get much higher?", the opening refrain from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, blasts from the speakers. The moon is full. Tens of thousands of eyeballs are on Kanye. The spectacle begins. He's already sw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Top 5 Most Disappointing Musical Hypes of 2010

    5 Most Over Hyped Albums of the Year

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Best Music of the Year Lists: Do Pitchfork, Billboard, NME, Vibe Have A Certain Gender Bias?

    "Hey bro, we hear you like bros, so we put some bros in your End of the Year Best Music Lists so you can bro while you bro!"​Well, 'tis the time of year for lists and charts! Several mags and blogs attempted to answer the question you've been dying to ask: Who had the best album/"new music"? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Website Commemorates Kanye West's Top 10 Meltdown Moments

    Clashmusic.comWhat next, Kanye?​ Just when you thought America's favorite hip-hop star had put all of his embarrassing moments behind him, you cringe when you hear radio hosts poking fun at his latest...embarrassing moment. This time it's Kanye chastising Matt Lauer while on the set of NBC's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Kanye West Interrupts George Bush's 'Today Show' Appearance

    Kanye West Interrupts George Bush's Today Show Appearance

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Branded

    Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Hitched

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Kanye West Feeds L.A. Homeless

    Simon James/WireImage.comKanye West​See that, Everybody-In-The-World-That-Hates-Kanye-West? It's possible to get mad at Taylor Swift over a video music award and give back to the community (who'd have thought?). TheBoomBox.com is reporting that Kanye West and girlfriend/model Amber Rose were a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Experts: New Anti-Pap Law Could Hurt Legit Journos

    Sometimes we feel sorry for the paparazzi. Sure, most of them didn't go to Northwestern, intern for big newspapers or get bright-green LAPD press cards. They don't bring us news we can use. But they do capture an aspect of history, work their butts off, and face great bodily harm daily (especially w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Kanye Pulls Spike Jonze Mini-Movie Off His Website, Twitter Goes Crazy

    Kanye Pulls Spike Jonze Mini-Movie Off His Website, Twitter Goes Crazy

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    SXSSXSW Day 4/Days Late (Pt. 1): On Rap/Rock, The Legacy of the Beasties, and Asher Roth Vs. The Knux

    Other than freshman Delta Sigma Theta rushes at Cal-State Chico, no substrata of the American population has worse taste in rock than rappers. Sure, your little brother likes Fall Out Boy, but eventually, he's going to grow up and discover The Clash, then weed, then hopefully Junior Murvin and Lee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2009

    SXSW Day 3: On Rap's "Little Emperor" Phase and Showing and Proving

    Maybe we ought to blame Kanye--even though this trend started well before him, and will likely persist long after he retires to pursue French anime interior spaceship design. Like it or not, 'Ye's massive success re-removed a lot of barriers into the major label rap game. No longer did you need st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    If the Lakers Were Rappers: A Study in Similitude

    Prediction: If Kobe doesn't grow a mullet, the Lakers will take it in June. Kobe Bryant = Kanye West Raised in more affluent circumstances than their peers, Kobe and Kanye are not only among the best in their respective fields, they share a severe lack of humility and empathy. Mutually ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Talking Hip Hop (and Phil Collins) With At the Movies' Ben Lyons

    By Brandon Perkins Perhaps if Ben Lyons' movie chops were as obvious as his hip-hop track record, then sites like StopBenLyons.com wouldn't exist. Ever since the E! personality took the helm of the Siskel, Roper and Ebert's beloved At the Movies, Lyons has been berated with more thumbs down than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2008

    From Cool Kids to Kanye: Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

    By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Weiss' 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008

    25. Prafit-"Nice Weather" The nice weather is long gone--the ostensibly immutable Los Angeles sun blotted by kidney colored clouds and cold rain. So Prafit's ode to the sizzle of July feels like an antique postcard documenting endless light, chicken breasts smothered in BBQ sauce, and basement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Night 2: Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol, Scott Weiland, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab For Cutie, Paramore, The Killers, The Cure

    By Siran Babayan (All photos by Timothy Norris. Click images for entire KROQ slideshow.) In my worst nightmare, the Cure would be upstaged by Kanye West. Yes, the two would share a bill; West making a surprise appearance and leaving the crowd in a frenzy, the Cure headlining the show and making ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    Kanye West's Melancholy Hasn't Fully Dimmed His Megalomania

    808 state

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    First Thoughts on Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak

    "You can't judge me on this because it's a reflection of my heart and soul. It's like judging a grandmother's love. Can you judge a grandmother's love by giving it 2.5 mics, or saying that it only sold a million?"--Kanye West, directly after the first unveiling of Heartbreak & 808s So Kanye's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    Bonnaroo Crowd Says F*ck You Mister West and Your Awesome Awesomeness

    For the dirt on Kayne's five in the morning show and why that didn't go down too well with the kids, let's check in with Sean Maloney at the Nashville Scene. Early word in the press tent was that Kanye West disappointed the 'Roo crew with an untimely, five-o-clock-in-the-fucking-morning set. Rumor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Kanye West goes to space, sees weird lady mannequin there

    Kanye West with Rihanna and N.E.R.D., April 21, Nokia Theatre L.A. Live If you're going see Kanye West's second of two shows at the Nokia tonight, you should bone up on the narrative, because like all big ticket stage spectacles – Cats, Stomp, “Oh, Streetcar!” – there’s kinda sorta a half ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's

    Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and the motherfucking Time. As far as I know, only two people have paid much attention to Morris Day and the Time post "Jerk Out:" the illustrious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2007

    Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#20-16)

    20. Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian] On first listen, Jens Lekman reminds you of Morrissey. Like the ex-Smith's frontman, the 26-year old Swede's got a rich baritone warble, a sly wit and a penchant for moony-eyed romanticism. But that's where the similarities stop. Lekma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Grammy Nominations

    If you are the kind of person that actually pays attention to this kind of thing, then here's a full list of this year's Grammy nominees . Yes, Amy Winehouse got a ton of nominations, if she can hold it together until the awards area announced. Kanye West got eight, and we can only hope he gets sh ... More >>

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Mixed Messages

    The mixtape scene slowly rebounds nearly a year after DJ Dramas bust

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Fall Harvest

    While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Music

    Fall Harvest While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

  • Music

    September 6, 2007

    Decision 2007: Kanye West vs. 50 Cent

    A voter’s guide to the most important rap election in a generation

  • Music

    February 1, 2007

    Hip-Hop Is Dead

    ...and other reports that have been greatly exaggerated

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    Fugee-L.A.

    Fugees at Hollywood & Vine, February 6, Kanye West at Avalon, February 6

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    Hardcore Middle Class

    Kanye West is no savior, but his refusal to be anything but himself just might set hip-hop straight

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Courage, Cardigans, Kanye

    At the moment, middle-class Kanye West is the hardest man in rap

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Kanye 4 Prezzy

    At the moment, middle-class Kanye West is the hardest man in rap

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Foghat Does Quaaludes, Wille Does Reggae

    At the moment, middle-class Kanye West is the hardest man in rap

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    More Viola! More!

    At the moment, middle-class Kanye West is the hardest man in rap

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    When Legend Precedes

    The erstwhile John Stephens uphill battle with the hype

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