News Ticker: Kanye West, Cypress Hill, AC/DC and Jimmy Page
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Tracks from Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak continue to leak out. Yesterday it was “Heartless” and today we have the Tears For Fears-sampling “Coldest Winter.”
Fifteen years after Black Sunday’s release, Cypress Hill have been sued for $29 million over the sample permission on that album’s “Lock Down (Interlude).”
Australian music stores are selling AC/DC’s [...]
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Rolling Stone — Photo: Buckner/Getty
Kanye West knows one way to make guests pay attention at an album listening party: a room full of live nude women, standing and posing in silhouette ... more info
The Lemur Blog — Oh wait, Kanye West IS from Chicago. Oh well. Anyway, so is JDP, which you've been able to read previously on the blog. As I've told you before: this dude's tracks are so... more info
MTV.com News — 'Ye laid out stringent requirements for the new LP, which the press heard Tuesday.By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Kim Stolz and Yasmine Richard.
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VH1 News — Kanye West gave the press a sneak peek at 808s & Heartbreak, and producer Mike Dean explained 'Ye's stringent rules about beats, singing and keyboard for the LP. more info
I Guess I'm Floating — First there was "Love Lockdown" the equally loved and hated new single from Kanye's mostly auto-tuned, mostly sung, mostly Roland 808-produced new album 808's & Heartbrea... more info
Pop Crunch —
There’s trouble in paradise for Rihanna and Chris Brown. Rihanna has sparked rumors that R&B’s hottest unconfirmed couple is on the rocks after the Barbados-born bea... more info
Starpulse — Kanye West shocked fans at his "808 & Heartbreak" album preview party in Los Angeles on Tuesday night with a room full of naked models.[...] Read more! more info
Stereogum —
This second single from 808's & Heartbreak was previewed in concert earlier this month. Now Kanye's letting us hear the studio version in its full-length, unmastered for... more info
Idolator — At the end of my 2007 poll essay, I mentioned that Kanye West was clearly trying to ingratiate himself to the indie audience: fake videos with Will Oldham and Zack Galifi... more info
Kanye West shocked fans at his "808 & Heartbreak" album preview party in Los Angeles on Tuesday night with a room full of naked models.[...] Read more! more info
VH1 Blog — A tabloid report says Rihanna kissed Kanye. What happened to Chris Brown?
Reese Witherspoon strips for Jake Gyllenhaal.
Angelina Jolie to make more babies.
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The Lemur Blog — I've heard and read that this is an official remix. Huh. Well it is one of the better remixes of Kanye's Love Lockdown. I'm dropping a shitload of remixes of this track t... more info
TMZ —
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ... wait -- Kanye's smiling?!?!Turns out Kanye's new favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor has changed from Hawaiian Punch Paparazzi to ... more info
Idolator — The newest track to leak from Kanye West's forthcoming 808s And Heartbreak is "Heartless," which has lyrics that sort of depict the "anger/grief" stage of breakup grief. ... more info
Pop Crunch —
New York Magazine has slammed Grammy Award-winning college dropout Kanye West for plagiarizing articles and posts from its Vulture blog and passing them off as original ... more info
Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty
Tracks from Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak continue to leak out. Yesterday it was “Heartless” and today we have the Tears For Fears-sampling “Coldes... more info
Paste Magazine — By now you've probably heard about Kanye West's
bizarro listening party
this week for his upcoming LP 808s & Heartbreaks . More than 700 guests showed up for the L.A. e... more info
Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — AC/DC singer Brian Johnson recently spoke to Motor Trend about the 2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom car he bought a few weeks ago. more info
Popdose — Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait, did that sound screamy enough? Be honest. Okay, lemme try it again … Uhh-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!! Yep, that’s the one. I... more info
The Lemur Blog — I've heard and read that this is an official remix. Huh. Well it is one of the better remixes of Kanye's Love Lockdown. I'm dropping a shitload of remixes of this track t... more info
Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Wal-Mart and Columbia Records have partnered with MTV to create an "AC/DC Rock Band Store" in New York's Times Square and in Los Angeles to give fans in the these cities ... more info
Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Classic Rock Q107 radio station will air an interview with Brian Johnson and Angus Young of Australian hard rock legends AC/DC on Friday, Octob... more info
Pasta Primavera — Okay. So Mr. West has leaked out another un-mastered track from 808s & Heartbreak called “Coldest Winter” and guess what? Yup…he’s rockin’ the auto-tune... more info
Pasta Primavera — First off let me just say that I’m a Kanye fan. While I may not like every song he’s put out, I definitely enjoy the strides he tries to make with hip hop and his... more info