Video: Kanye Speaks @ The Rolling Stone Offices
The offices of Rolling Stone were the latest stop on Kanye’s promo tour:
West says the vibe of his new record is positivity, acknowledging that he’s made mistakes in his life. Adding that he believes great art doesn’t have to come from dark places, he said, “I feel like [now] I can be a vessel for good will and energy.” Dressed in a tailored charcoal gray suit, black wayfarer-style sunglasses and lace-less Dries Van Noten shoes, West opened up his laptop and fired through nearly a dozen new tracks plus snippets of unfinished ones. He played the full version of “My Chain Heavy” (the racially charged song he debuted a cappella at Facebook earlier this week), which was anchored by an old-school beat with a spacey whistle hook. Other songs featured some of Kanye’s most adventurous and experimental music yet: heavy beats, cellos, sparse piano lines, fuzzed-out electric guitar solos, and spooky sci-fi melodies.
In this clip he pontificates about how his art is coming from a place of joy and excitement, and the limits of rap and putting your life on the line for your art and how so many artists today are pussies.
I’m just saying… what’s your credenza game…#DON‘TTALKTOME!!! http://twitpic.com/29sqph
Kanye West
kanyewest
July 31st, 2010 at 1:35 am
Chill
July 31st, 2010 at 1:39 am
Wtf is son talkin bout
July 31st, 2010 at 1:43 am
kanye close your mouth and promote your album instead of givin speeches and shit
July 31st, 2010 at 1:46 am
never mind kanye i respect what u said at the end
July 31st, 2010 at 1:50 am
real talk on that him and eminem thing tho, u get to a point where you’re so famous it fucks your life up… white boy went crazy on pills … kanye joined illuminati
July 31st, 2010 at 1:51 am
jokes … but yea, ‘ye real talk … that rap was nice
July 31st, 2010 at 2:00 am
My Chain heavy is prod by DJ toomp no lie
July 31st, 2010 at 2:03 am
kanye joined illuminati
^
its sad the IIluminati shit is a fad now. i rember back in the day ppl used to take it seriously now its everywhre. if you make over amount of dollars you gotta sacafice someone or some stupid shit. ama conspiracy person myself but u niggaz is takin it too far. you dont know the first thing about the “enlighted ones” learn ya history before you say stupid shit
July 31st, 2010 at 2:06 am
smh at niggas saying eskay sacrificed nation for the Illuminati
July 31st, 2010 at 2:12 am
I’m just saying… what’s your credenza game
^ *dead*
July 31st, 2010 at 2:14 am
smh at niggas saying eskay sacrificed nation for the Illuminati
^ He did haven’t you seen Nation lately; that cat looks like a zombie
July 31st, 2010 at 2:22 am
*spits acapella in 2dopeboyz comment section*
July 31st, 2010 at 2:31 am
this guy..
July 31st, 2010 at 2:45 am
ye you really think Jesus had a wife dawg?
July 31st, 2010 at 2:46 am
*spits acapella in the panty/bra section at Walmart*
July 31st, 2010 at 2:48 am
ye you really think Jesus had a wife dawg?
^ of course and she a bad bitch too, ride or crucified type chick
July 31st, 2010 at 3:05 am
*spits acapella on top of eskay’s coffee table*
July 31st, 2010 at 3:16 am
smh at niggas saying eskay sacrificed nation for the Illuminati
^
ROFL
July 31st, 2010 at 3:22 am
Got a main bitch, and a mistress, a couple girlfriends, I’m so hood rich (c) Jesus
July 31st, 2010 at 3:28 am
so many artists today are pussies.
^
People many years ago predicted this shit to happen though. Always some people doubting everything and some thinking shit won’t last and people selling out or just never changing and wanting to go to the “next level”.
Oh and also looking at the Power stills I’m wondering how Hip Hop went from amateur recorded Graffiti , B-boy, and big chain wearing rap videos on MTV to Videos on BET with graffiti on t-shirts while getting head from a chick while some dance movie is playing in the little screen tv in the Mercedes to some Sistine Chapel inspired dark rap video with naked chicks dressed as demons and angels on youtube.
No shots either.
July 31st, 2010 at 3:31 am
Videos on BET with graffiti on t-shirts while getting head from a chick while some dance movie is playing in the little screen tv
^ Slim Thug?
July 31st, 2010 at 3:45 am
Oh and lol at the thought of Ye getting all the major blogs together and talking about mostly random shit, music, and 30 minutes of the dudes opinion on blogs while standing on a table. Hip Hop bloggers and Miss Info on one side and gay and female gossip bloggers on the other.
July 31st, 2010 at 4:00 am
This man is brilliant. Sept 14th, the game changes again.
July 31st, 2010 at 4:40 am
Miss Info on one side
^ *white boys it up*
*I would like to get Miss Info on one side, it you know what I mean!!*
*laughs for 20 minutes*
*High-five’s self*
July 31st, 2010 at 4:51 am
I think im fresh huxtable…joe 88 wakko flocko i go hard in the paint…stop@5 you know my flow is live…so complex to my life you will subscribe…i think im tong po.. landlord so hoodrich aint shit i cant afford..I think im beezy ..jihad..smack eskay in his mouth for thinkin that hes god…i think im casket face nahright on here all day smh this cant be life
July 31st, 2010 at 5:52 am
# Troubleshooter1900 Says:
July 30th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Finally read that Freddie Gibbs article and looked up some of his material. Man, that nigga is like what Pac’s son would sound like. He a funny character though.
^^^
been sayin…although he spit better than ‘Pac ever did
July 31st, 2010 at 6:23 am
” he spit better than ‘Pac ever did ”
No.
July 31st, 2010 at 6:28 am
last sentence of the whole thing was legit…rest of the interview is just kanye spitting total self conceited garbage
July 31st, 2010 at 6:33 am
in terms of “coke rap”
Clipse >>> Ricky
all day
^^
yup…and the only reason you’re even able to make that comparison is because Clipse give him their leftovers. You really thought the C.O wrote that ish himself???
July 31st, 2010 at 6:36 am
“No, no , no. I’m Not you rapper. I’m not just out here rappin and tappin, spittin and skitin and shit.” PushTonKey – now ghostwrites for those rappin/tappin/spittin/skittin fuckers. Uuueghck!LOL
July 31st, 2010 at 7:19 am
“They Hate” only Yayo song i can listen to
July 31st, 2010 at 7:20 am
# Smear Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 6:33 am
in terms of “coke rap”
Clipse >>> Ricky
all day
^^
yup…and the only reason you’re even able to make that comparison is because Clipse give him their leftovers. You really thought the C.O wrote that ish himself???
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“Stop @ 5″
July 31st, 2010 at 7:27 am
“Stop @ 5″
^^^
LOL
Stop it 5…innit?
To be honest, Yayo actually put some decent shit together with that Swine Flu series and I always enjoyed his work on the early G-Unit shit….all energy, was a decent compliment to Banks and 50.
July 31st, 2010 at 7:45 am
# Smear Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:27 am
“Stop @ 5″
^^^
LOL
Stop it 5…innit?
To be honest, Yayo actually put some decent shit together with that Swine Flu series and I always enjoyed his work on the early G-Unit shit….all energy, was a decent compliment to Banks and 50.
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July 31st, 2010 at 7:47 am
Whoa. just watching that Preemo/BunB clip it occurred to me that those two collaborating makes more sense than anythin on this planet. Shit is fuckin GangStarr reincarnate. RIP GURU n all but think on it tho, Bun fills those shoes more than adequately, he has that deep monotonous but killer flow and is a genuine dude…. Both lost their longtime partners in the game…Plus Premier is from fuckin TEXAS to begin with, its a natural fuckin fit.
Now before you cunts get sand in ya vaginas over any misperceived insinuation that Guru is just a disposable/replaceable figure in Hip-Hop let me just say I have the utmost respect for the dude, his legacy and was privileged enough to catch one of GangStarr’s last performances together in 04….
Just sayin tho…
July 31st, 2010 at 7:52 am
Ya lost there me Ldner.
July 31st, 2010 at 8:09 am
yup…and the only reason you’re even able to make that comparison is because Clipse give him their leftovers. You really thought the C.O wrote that ish himself???
^^^
SMMFH
July 31st, 2010 at 8:54 am
i think im tong po
^ *starts to blush (nh)*
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jihad..smack eskay in his mouth for thinkin that hes god
^ roff eskghey do be walking around thinking he created the first blog or sumthin’
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” he spit better than ‘Pac ever did ”
No.
^ double-no, you give that herb too much credit
July 31st, 2010 at 9:12 am
Whats crackin Rigz?
Reckon BAWSE writes his own rhymes?
July 31st, 2010 at 9:17 am
” he spit better than ‘Pac ever did ”
No.
^ double-no, you give that herb too much credit
^^^
Not necessarily as a whole songmaker….but straight rappin? fuckin oath.
Pac was incredible at what he did, he influenced people on a global scale never seen before or since…..the sad shit is tho and think on this…would a major record label in this day and age actually sign and promote him properly?
July 31st, 2010 at 9:31 am
Remember now, Pac came up hard like a lot of people and he was able (and afforded) to grow as an artist and a man. Havin said that he was also a performing arts student, whose THUG tendencies really emerged AFTER his time as a backup dancer for D.U. Wonder how his career woulda played out if fuckin ignorance like WorldStarShitHop was flourishing during his come up…. fuck even the Prodigy’s SummerJam screen moment could’ve been ‘Pac if he kept ridin on Hov/BIG/NYC instead of being murdered and subsequently immortalised. That’s no shot at pac neither because Pac had some real wisdom and words to say, especially at his age, as well as being an incredible musician and talented actor (Gridlock’d was great)…… still makes me wonder tho coz alotta shit would have been different.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:34 am
Kanye finally on his shit again, but he’s a bigger douche bag than before
didn’t even know this was possible
I pray that this isn’t called “the best album of our time” or sumtin
dude might go crazy and run for president
July 31st, 2010 at 9:40 am
# Smear Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 9:12 am
Whats crackin Rigz?
Reckon BAWSE writes his own rhymes?
^^^
Wha um…
& yes of course I do. Why would I think any different..?
July 31st, 2010 at 9:40 am
‘Pac had some real wisdom and words to say, especially at his age’
^^
THAT x2
July 31st, 2010 at 9:42 am
To be honest, Yayo actually put some decent shit together with that Swine Flu series and I always enjoyed his work on the early G-Unit shit….all energy, was a decent compliment to Banks and 50.
^^^
aw heeeeeeell naw
July 31st, 2010 at 9:44 am
^^^sorry, imma give it back to you but,
Greatest Douche Of All Time!
Goddamm if he doesn’t make some seriously dope music though.
Hey, if Wyclef can do it…..
July 31st, 2010 at 9:44 am
Can’t really see the GOP or Democrats endorsin him tho, lol.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:47 am
Wha um…
& yes of course I do. Why would I think any different..?
^^
His RAPID improvement…..and the similarities in cadence/content between his and some recent collaborators work
Check Pusha on Doorman….and then tell me you can’t hear Rawse spittin it.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:50 am
Just brought Cocainism back into rotation. This is one of the best albums of the year.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:52 am
Check Pusha on Doorman….and then tell me you can’t hear Rawse spittin it.
^^^
I cant. Cant imagine Clipse spiting ANY recent ross verse either
And his improvement hasnt been THAT rapid…if you listen to Ross, you’d know he’s been dumbing his shit down for a while..he could always rap when he wanted to
saddens me, rap fans complain rappers aint nice enuff…they get better & get shitted on 4 doing so…Only in hiphop. lol. Just give credit where its due. Ross & Clipse sound NOTHING alike. Not even remotely similar (excluding subject matter). any1 saying different is delusional.
and im a clipse fan
July 31st, 2010 at 9:52 am
lol FOH with that Clipse shit. Ross has been steadily improving since he’s been in the game.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:54 am
^^^Cocainism= dope
@RIGZ
Even his “introspective” dope talk – “What did I do to deserve this?” ish sounds like Malice….. One minute the bros. Thornton were shakin their head about dude’s lyin ass, constantly callin out fake dope talk…next they are partyin it up with him on camera and citing DTR as album of the year….. right after their boys took a heavy federal fall for living the shit they were spittin bout… C’mon now.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:59 am
@RIGZ
Even his “introspective” dope talk – “What did I do to deserve this?” ish sounds like Malice…..
^^
So Malice invented that..?
Thats Reasonable Doubt 101 b.
To be real, everything you’re saying is a reach. Plasticman status lol. Clipse probably said DTR is album of the year because it DESERVED to be in that convo
I remember them saying Money Make Me Cum was their fav record, & that was a long time ago
why you wanna believe they have ANYTHING to do with his writing so much…? LOL.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:00 am
Smear, what evidence do you have of that though? You could say anyone wrote for anyone.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:01 am
For the record, I enjoy listenin to Teflon Don. I wish the Clipse picked beats as consistently. Just dunno bout Ross’ bars being his own. Remember his feeble attempts at dissing 50 with those bullshit freestyles? THAT was Ross’ rhymes.
Similaritie are right there..straight coke talk clever…with improved insight/introspection…..no storytelling……
July 31st, 2010 at 10:01 am
KanYe >>
That is all.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:03 am
I think man will say / make up anything to help them believe Ross isnt Top 3 rappers right now…
But its just the truth man. I seen the same shit happen to wayne…
July 31st, 2010 at 10:05 am
@Rey Did he release any new music?
July 31st, 2010 at 10:12 am
Remember his feeble attempts at dissing 50 with those bullshit freestyles? THAT was Ross’ rhymes.
^^^
Mafia Music was verse of the year candidate tho…
This is like when people try to tell me Jada wrote for Biggie. Like, cmon b. LOL
July 31st, 2010 at 10:15 am
Fun Fact: Jungle wrote Illmatic
July 31st, 2010 at 10:17 am
” saddens me, rap fans complain rappers aint nice enuff…they get better & get shitted on 4 doing so ”
Word … People hating for the sake of hating … formulating theories and whatnot … smh …
July 31st, 2010 at 10:17 am
Afu-Ra made all of Premo’s greatest beats
July 31st, 2010 at 10:19 am
Ty Ty wrote Reasonable Doubt.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:20 am
Asher Roth been ghostwriting for Raekwon too, ya’know …
July 31st, 2010 at 10:20 am
Ty Ty wrote Reasonable Doubt.
^^^
roff
July 31st, 2010 at 10:22 am
Rhymefest wrote College Dropout. Oh, wait…
July 31st, 2010 at 10:22 am
80% of College Dropout beats were leftovers that Kanye stole from Lex Luger notebook.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:23 am
Dru Ha wrote Monkey Barz and sold Sean his rhyme book. thats why he was the brokest rapper you know
July 31st, 2010 at 10:24 am
What if I told you that AZ didnt exist…
July 31st, 2010 at 10:27 am
Saigon ghost produced Breathe for Just Blaze
July 31st, 2010 at 10:29 am
Sean Kingston wrote all the lyrics for Damian’s Welcome To Jamrock and Halfway Tree
July 31st, 2010 at 10:32 am
” Sean Kingston wrote all the lyrics for Damian’s Welcome To Jamrock ”
lolol
July 31st, 2010 at 10:33 am
@shooter Word. What if we used that whole beef thing as a marketing tool?
July 31st, 2010 at 10:41 am
wtf.. hows are the links in that twitter screenshot”pic” click able??
July 31st, 2010 at 10:41 am
Bleek wrote all the lyrics for “Mind Right”
July 31st, 2010 at 10:49 am
Kanye is one of my favorite artist but what is he talking about?
July 31st, 2010 at 10:53 am
LOL…fair play
cunts…..
trawled TSS for backup:
It’s the G-O-D .. Godfather part P! says:
June 28, ’10 at 7:20 pm
Now that someone mentioned they think the brothers thorton are ghost writing for ricky ross, I can only imagine Pusha spitting everytime I listen to ross. That is all.
^^^
There ya go I knew I wasn’t alone
and before y’all OD on this one just remember Pharoahe Monch wrote for P.Diddy… Cheers.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:55 am
I think Kanye has become like George Lucas or James Cameron
Talented people who have become extremely successful,
but have no one with the heart or backbone to challenege them
when they think and say dumb shit.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:55 am
“Buy what we want,spend what they WANT, young rich hot aggin everything she WHONTS!” (c)PushaT soundin like Rawse
July 31st, 2010 at 11:39 am
*daps all*
came to work 2 hours late wit a hangover…
walked 20 somethin blocks on the strip in search of spaghetti lol
July 31st, 2010 at 12:01 pm
listening to knaan makes me wanna listen to k-os
July 31st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
ahah waht up Free J, hows that hangover
Pand i think its been known that
Pusha T>Ross & a whole bunch of people who talk cocaine.
him & yeezy working with each other=win.
BLACK KEYS TONIGHT
if you havent’ heard the new album Brothers, check it out, one song (musically) sounds lieka slowed down Wu-Tang beat, “Too Afraid to Love
July 31st, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Yeah, but Knaan and K-os BEEN ghost writing for Wil-I-Am
July 31st, 2010 at 12:03 pm
BLACK KEYS TONIGHT
if you havent’ heard the new album Brothers, check it out, one song (musically) sounds lieka slowed down Wu-Tang beat, “Too Afraid to Love
^BLk Keys is quite dope…Id see ‘em live
July 31st, 2010 at 12:04 pm
whaddup mcb
this shit sux but thank god its saturday aint got shit to do but bs on nahright, facebook and write music
July 31st, 2010 at 12:05 pm
OJ da Juiceman ghostwrote for Plies on Goon Affiliated,
just saying…
July 31st, 2010 at 12:06 pm
” aint got shit to do but bs on nahright, facebook and write music ”
That’s not a bad thing at all.
July 31st, 2010 at 12:07 pm
yah Free J, sounds pretty legit, if you gotta be there.
im gonna try to catch up on some work that i didint do this week, then get Super high ((c) Rozay) and hit up the Black Keys show. I kinda hope they do a couple beats/instrumentals from Black Roc but who knows…
July 31st, 2010 at 12:14 pm
# mcb Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
BLACK KEYS TONIGHT
if you havent’ heard the new album Brothers, check it out, one song (musically) sounds lieka slowed down Wu-Tang beat, “Too Afraid to Love
^This albums stays in rotation. They come to my town on the 9th of september i believe and I can’t fucking wait.
July 31st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Yo fuck you mcb. I’ve been trying to ween (none) myself off this brothers album because I realized 90% of the time thats what I listen to and then you bring it up and now I’m about to light up and listen to it all the way through…
July 31st, 2010 at 12:19 pm
SeniorCivilian Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:14 pm
# mcb Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
BLACK KEYS TONIGHT
if you havent’ heard the new album Brothers, check it out, one song (musically) sounds lieka slowed down Wu-Tang beat, “Too Afraid to Love
^This albums stays in rotation. They come to my town on the 9th of september i believe and I can’t fucking wait.
^^
yeah man, ill let you know some of the set monday if you’re around, just holler.
anyone know other groups/aritsts that have a SIMILAR sound, kinda bluesish rock… thats the shit right there. they could make a ton prob just selling their instrumentals to producers/rappers, but I bet they’d rather keep that music close to them.
July 31st, 2010 at 12:21 pm
SeniorCivilian Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Yo fuck you mcb. I’ve been trying to ween (none) myself off this brothers album because I realized 90% of the time thats what I listen to and then you bring it up and now I’m about to light up and listen to it all the way through…
^^^
haha my bad?
im assuming you OD’d already off the Black Roc? I wish they would make another one, I mean Jimmy Jones spit a nice 16, if you can get him to do that today, that’s gotta means omething (not taking anything away from Jones tho)
July 31st, 2010 at 12:25 pm
BLACK KEYS TONIGHT
if you havent’ heard the new album Brothers, check it out, one song (musically) sounds lieka slowed down Wu-Tang beat, “Too Afraid to Love
^BLk Keys is quite dope…Id see ‘em live
^^^
Fuckin Great Live
July 31st, 2010 at 12:27 pm
mcb Says:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:21 pm
haha my bad?
im assuming you OD’d already off the Black Roc? I wish they would make another one, I mean Jimmy Jones spit a nice 16, if you can get him to do that today, that’s gotta means omething (not taking anything away from Jones tho)
^Yeah Blackroc was how I first heard of the Black Keys. Downloaded their shit and wasn’t a huge fan, but then Brothers came out and it sounds a lot more like Blackroc than their other stuff and thats exactly what I was looking for.
July 31st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
*spits acapella with random girl in the sheets*
July 31st, 2010 at 12:39 pm
People are stupid thinking Rawse has a ghostwriter. He clearly LIVES it.
You ever think maybe sometimes he actually IS Big Meech?
July 31st, 2010 at 12:40 pm
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July 31st, 2010 at 12:40 pm
what did ya ll think about my bmf remix?
July 31st, 2010 at 12:42 pm
*spits acapella during a live taping of the Rachel Ray Show*
July 31st, 2010 at 12:42 pm
oh and Rachel Ray’s bumper >>>>>
July 31st, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I think I’m big meech, Larry Hoover,
live like me, delusions rule ya…
just playing bawseeeeeeeeeeeee
July 31st, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Man Yeezy slow down on all that excess shit and deliver a powerful album