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Jay-Z and Kanye's "Paris" Music Video Finally Released

Jay-Z and Kanye's "Paris" Music Video Finally Released

Jay-Z and Kanye West’s highly anticipated video for their hit “Ni**as in Pris” finally hit the internet today and proved just how much the duo balls so hard.  read more

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Kanye West’s Twitter Rant: A Paste Guide

Kanye West’s Twitter Rant: A <i>Paste</i> Guide

Absence might make the heart grow fonder, but Kanye West’s return to his Twitter rants of the past got a little ridiculous last night. The rapper and clothing designer went all “H.A.M.;" on the social networking website, tweeting 91 times to make up for lost time and to clarify a few things about his fashion line. In the process, West quoted Leonardo Da Vinci and George Bernard Shaw. Here’s a few things we learned by taking a look at West’s feed where he clarified how he got into designing and talked about his newest creative project, DONDA. You can check...  read more

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Watch Shaq And His Puppet Lip Sync To Kanye West

Watch Shaq And His Puppet Lip Sync To Kanye West

It’s a good thing Shaq retired—or else he may never have had time to make this video. Below is a video of Shaq lip syncing to the Kanye West song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” with a puppet of himself handling the rapping parts. If you’ve only ever watched Shaquille O’Neal play basketball, what you are about to see might be shocking. But if you’ve ever read any of his tweets, seen him talking about something other than basketball, or seen him in a TV show or movie (i.e. Kazaam), then this video will totally fit into his persona. Check out...  read more

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Watch The Throne Sequel Could Be Released Next Year

<i>Watch The Throne</i> Sequel Could Be Released Next Year

According to a short interview with MTV, Jay-Z says that him and Kanye have been such a strong creative "zone" on tour lately that they could very well put out a sequel to Watch the Throne next year.   read more

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Watch Kanye West Mini-Doc VOYR

Watch Kanye West Mini-Doc <i>VOYR</i>

Turns out Kanye West is now using his infamous Twitter account for normal "artist stuff". Last Thursday night, Kanye West linked us to a site via a tweet, where we got to watch the first episode of something called "VOYR". What we got was some backstage footage of Kanye West in the Watch the Throne tour and some narrated rants about his funeral and the "pursuit of awesomeness".  read more

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The 11 Most Epic Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)

The 11 Most Epic Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)

The word “epic” gets thrown around quite liberally these days. It’s used to describe everything from Internet fails to baked goods; some would argue the word’s gigantic nature has been rendered impotent. Luckily some music still lives up to the term.  read more

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Watch Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake’s “History of Rap 3”

Watch Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake’s “History of Rap 3”

Whenever Justin Timberlake makes an appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, you can expect a new version of “History of Rap”, their rundown of the greatest songs from hip-hop history. Last week, they released their third iteration of the series.  read more

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15 Great Music-Related Pumpkins

15 Great Music-Related Pumpkins

With Halloween coming up, it’s a great time of the year to celebrate with all things pumpkin: beer, pie and now, your favorite musicians. We scoured across the internet to find some of our favorite music-related pumpkins.  read more

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Hear Every Sample Kanye West Has Used

Hear Every Sample Kanye West Has Used

Whether you think he’s a creative genius or a raging lunatic, sampling is one thing Kanye West has always been known for. The video below goes through every sample he ever used for any number of his songs from albums up to 808s and Heartbreaks, but doesn’t include his newest album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The first thing to note is Kanye’s amazingly wide and historical record collection. The samples from soul, disco, rock and pop make his use of Bon Iver’s track “Woods” in his newest album make a lot more sense. Secondly, its pretty interesting how some...  read more

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The Throne Expands Tour, Gets Remixed By T.I.

The Throne Expands Tour, Gets Remixed By T.I.

According to "Pitchfork":http://pitchfork.com/news/44321-jay-z-and-kanye-expand-tour-again/, Kanye West and Jay-Z (aka The Throne) have once again made some alterations to their touring schedule, but this time its good news! The rap duo have added extra stadium-sized shows in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, which should be a relief for those hoping to see the superstars perform their top-selling album Watch the Throne.  read more

Found in: Concerts, News