Tag Archives: Kanye West

Song of the Week: “Power” – Kanye West

  Say whatever you want about Kanye West’s rants and personal life, but the dude knows how to make songs. While “Runaway” is emotional center-point of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, “Power” is the album’s sonic masterpiece.  Like Sly and … Continue reading

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Album of the Week: “The Blueprint” – Jay-Z

With all respect to Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint is Jay-Z’s magnum opus. It’s the album where he declares himself to be hip-hop uncontested king with the beats and rhymes to prove it. It’s the rare hip-hop album that was a … Continue reading

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Album of the Week: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” – Kanye West

(Since the Grammys are this weekend, this week I’m looking back on should be nominated and also given “Album of the Year”.  For shame, recording Academy!) Prior to the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, even some of Kanye’s … Continue reading

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The Ten Most Important Artists Of The Last Decade (Full List)

This is technically a repost, but for those interested it’s all in one spot. 1.) The White Stripes 2.) Kanye West 3.) Jay-Z 4.) Britney Spears 5.) Danger Mouse 6.) The Strokes 7.) Radiohead 8.) Lil Wayne 9.) Green Day … Continue reading

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The Ten Most Important Artists of the Last Decade: 8. Lil Wayne

The first time I heard Lil Wayne’s voice was on the song, “Barry Bonds” off of Kanye West’s Graduation in 2007. I knew of him, but never actually listened to him. When he appeared on the second verse on the … Continue reading

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The Absurd Review: Kanye West & Jay-Z: “H.A.M.”

“H.A.M.”, the first single from the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration Watch The Throne surfaced earlier today.  The idea of the two hip-hop giants making an album together sounds exciting, but if H.A.M. is any indication of what direction Watch … Continue reading

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Best Of The Year

Jesus, it’s been a while hasn’t it?  Sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve been kind of experiencing a bit of writer’s block lately.  Not sure why.  But since we’re at the end of the year, I thought I’d give … Continue reading

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The Absurd Review – Kid Cudi -Man on the Moon II – The Legend of Mr. Rager

Kid Cudi’s sophomore effort, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager plays like a hip-hop version of In Utero – an artist gets big and decides that he doesn’t like what he’s seen.  Since the release of … Continue reading

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Top 10 Kanye West Songs

(Daily theme coming later.  But I’ve been listening to quite a bit of Kanye lately- yeah sometimes he can be a jackass, but as far as rap/hip-hop goes, he’s still the best out there.  Granted, I haven’t checked out his … Continue reading

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