Discobelle.net — The new Kanye West album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” is released today and we’re celebrating by posting this amazing video of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” that features Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "...On Monday West, who is 33, will release his fifth album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), and it's terrific -- of course it's terrific -- a startlingly maximalist take on East Coast rap traditionalism. And yet that doesn... more info

Guardian Music — (Young Money/Universal Island)After several mixtapes, innumerable guest spots and a verse on Kanye West's record that almost steals the album from under him, Nicki Minaj's long-awaited major-label debut is a triumph of prevarication. Pink Friday can'... more info

Chorus.fm — *Kanye West's* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/kanyewest) Good Friday tracks are now streaming on Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/kanyewest). Submitted by Paddles more info

Guardian Music — When Nicki Minaj guest raps on a track she invariably steals the show. Rebecca Nicholson picks out some of her best momentsDid you know that "high-speed scrubbing" is not something an EastEnders cast member might be caught engaging in by a Sunday tab... more info

Guardian Music — Boasting a Greek chorus of pop-star cameos, West's herculean fifth album is a flawed near-masterpieceThe highest office in the land rarely weighs in on American hip-hop. But no less than two US presidents have referred to Kanye West recently: Barack ... more info

The Music Fix — Let's cut to the chase: a masterpiece. more info

Starpulse — I never thought these words would pass from my lips, but: poor Kanye. It's hard these days not to feel sorry for the guy, in spite of his famous and well-documented infamous antics. Though I cannot... more info

Topix — KANYE WEST prefers his narratives linear, uninterrupted, undistressed. That's why, when he's been in the news media lately, his interlocutors have largely stayed out of his way. more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Chicago rapper Common has inked a deal with Atria Books to release his first ever memoir, which will hit stores in 2011. The name of Common's memoirs will be One Day It'll Make Sense. According to Atria, the book will detail the 38-y... more info