Kanye doesn’t do the most press, but he sells the most records. According to HDD, Ye’s Yeezus will top the Billboard charts after moving an estimated 328,800 copies. Rounding out the top three are J.Cole and Mac Miller. Hip-Hop rules! Final tallies tomorrow. UPDATE: Billboard has the final #s. Kanye scores his 6th #1 with 326,841. Meanwhile, J.Cole’s Born Sinner racks in 296,642 and Mac Miller’s Watching Movies With The Sound Off tallies 101,600.
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It’s been nearly a week since Kim Kardashian and Kanye West became parents. And now, it’s been revealed that the couple have named their daughter, North West. Crazy direction.
24 hours after the release of Yeezus, Kanye’s already ruffling a few feathers. The American Parkinson Disease Association tells TMZ that they’re shaken up over the “On Sight” lyric: “We get this bitch shaking like Parkinson’s”. Says VP Kathryn Whitford: “We find these lyrics distasteful and the product of obvious ignorance.”
Hey it’s Elliott Wilson and after a brief hiatus, he’s back with The Truth. With a new set up, YN speaks with Ibrahim “IB” Hamad and Mike Dean on the showdown between J.Cole and Kanye. Amen.
Screened across the country this past weekend, Kanye has decided to share the HD version of his American Psycho-inspired short film online which serves as his album’s promo. Yeezus available now.
With Kanye’s “Black Skinhead” providing the backdrop, here’s the official trailer for the film, The Wolf Of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Corrupted stock brokers beware. Movie in theaters November 15. hhnm
Following Kanye’s premiere, his girlfriend Kim Kardashian gave birth to their daughter at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. This is the couple’s first child. Congratulations! tmz
Inspired by the film, American Psycho, Kanye projected his two minute short-film during his Yeezus listening last night at L.A.’s Milk Studios. Rap-Up was on hand to capture the clip. The two-minute clip was shot earlier this month in Brooklyn and stars Kim Kardashian’s BFF Jonathan Cheban and her sister Kourtney’s boyfriend Scott Disick. In the horror film, a dapper Disick ends up attacking Cheban with an axe, leaving his bloody body on the floor.
While finalizing Yeezus, Kanye commissioned Rick Rubin to executive produce the album. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Rick speaks on how their session came to fruition and experience. When and why did you join the “Yeezus” project? Kanye came over to play me what I assumed was going to be the finished album at three weeks before the last possible delivery date. We ended up listening to three hours of partially finished pieces. The raw material was very strong […]
YN was right. A month from now, Kanye West will release his sixth solo album, Yeezus. From the looks of it, don’t expect a single anytime soon. You can pre-order the LP here. UPDATE: Fuck a pre-order and a booklet. Here’s the official packaging of Yeezus via Semtex. UPDATE 2: Tracklist with features and back cover below via HHNM 01. On Sight 02. Black Skinhead 03. I Am A God (Featuring God) 04. New Slaves (Featuring Frank Ocean) 05. Hold […]
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