Uncanny Vision: Kanye West -Paranoid

This is by far my favorite video off of Ye's album.... so far all the videos have been pretty trashjuice... but this one is cool. RiRi is looking mighty tasty in the vid too. I like how Ye is playing the backdrop in the vid. I wonder how he pushed his ego to the side for that one?

Kanye West
Paranoid
808 & Heartbreak
DIR: ???

The Fray- Heartless cover

Every one is bugging out over this song… I mean I like Ye (ok I’m a real stan just got my membership card and secret hand shake yesterday) but I think it’s a lil wack… *shrugs shoulders* you judge…

Heartless cover

How original is Kanye?? All Of Kanye's Samples

Now..  Before I post this video.  I'd like to ask a few questions, because some of these samples I didn't know he basically re-did the beat from.  I just thought he mostly had voice samples, but the video shows he takes the beats too.  

Now, I remember some years ago, when Murder Inc. was on top, and I was gettin' on Irv Gotti's ass for takin' old rap beats and re-doin' them.  Now Dr. Dre did some of this, but..  Dr. Dre only took peices for his song, not just throw in some extra kicks, snares, his, n 808s.  I mean some shit that's really really really really tight, are actually pretty old.  So, with damn near every beat you've heard Kanye do, is basically some old song with a few more tinks added it.  The part we credit him for the most (cuz I surely don't think he's a great rapper,) he actually hasn't masterminded it.  Not sayin' he's not capable for doin' some tight beats, because the "Workout Plan," or beats like that "B Alright" (Trina n Ludacris), track he did isn't on there.  But should he get the credit he deserves?

URB Magazine Reviews 808's & Heartbreak

In basketball, they call it a "heat check." Kobe Bryant has just hit eight shots in a row, so he pulls up from 35 feet just because he's open, just because he can, just to see how hot he really is. Most of the time, these shots tend to clang off the side of the rim. Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak is that.

There is almost no rapping on 808s & Heartbreak. Only a particularly villainous guest spot from Young Jeezy could qualify as actual rhyming. And it's an album highlight. And yes, Kanye uses autotune throughout the entire album.

Whether those same fans will buy into Kanye's heat check is unknown, but the idea is so focused (and occasionally flirting with monotony), that they'll be forced to tear it off the wall...either to stomp on and throw in the trash or steal it for their own wall.

So essentially if you fux with Love Lockdown, You'll likely fux with the album.

URB Reviews 808's & Heartbreak

Love Lockdown Re-DEUX(che)

Ye tweaked a few things. I still like how it sounds. Anyone that says it's not hip-hop is an idiot. It goes without saying it's not hip-hop. He didn't tell you it was gonna be a hip-hop record so I don't know what makes you automatically assume it's gonna be like people can't do something different than what they've normally done in the past. HATERS!