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February 12, 2008
Kanye West LA Date Announced
Recently crowned Grammy Award-winning rapper/producer Kanye West will be performing at LA's Nokia Theatre April 21. Joining him on the Glow in the Dark Tour are Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna and N.E.R.D. Tickets go on sale Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. And are available at Ticketmaster locations and www.ticketmaster.c ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
More Favorite Things!
In this week's Weekly, I blab about some of my favorite things in music this year. Since my ego clearly cannot be contained to just a half page on a newspaper, I've got even more favorite things here (as referenced at the end of the article--that's what we call "convergence" in the biz).
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December 11, 2008
[CD Review] Common, 'Universal Mind Control' (Geffen)
In this week's Weekly, I blab about some of my favorite things in music this year. Since my ego clearly cannot be contained to just a half page on a newspaper, I've got even more favorite things here (as referenced at the end of the article--that's what we call "convergence" in the biz).
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March 5, 2009
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In this week's Weekly, I blab about some of my favorite things in music this year. Since my ego clearly cannot be contained to just a half page on a newspaper, I've got even more favorite things here (as referenced at the end of the article--that's what we call "convergence" in the biz).
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November 27, 2008
[CD Review] Kanye West, '808s & Heartbreak' (Roc-A-Fella)
In this week's Weekly, I blab about some of my favorite things in music this year. Since my ego clearly cannot be contained to just a half page on a newspaper, I've got even more favorite things here (as referenced at the end of the article--that's what we call "convergence" in the biz).
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January 10, 2008
Under Wraps
Many of Dr. Brian West's patients didn't know he was in the state medical board's substance-abuse-diversion program. At least six of them claim they're paying the price
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September 13, 2007
CD Review
Kanye West, Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)
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June 24, 2004
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April 9, 2009
Before It Gets Old: 'Kanye West' on 'South Park'
Though some have decried recent seasons of South Park for being a bit too smug in its satire--"South Park has gotten so self-important it should be parodied by South Park," a friend of mine said just now--I still think it's mostly great, deftly tackling targets that (usually) deserve it. The latest ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; July 29, 2009.Alternative rockers The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera paid a visit to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Wednesday; entertaining a sold-out crowd of teenyboppers, college kids, and post- ... More >>
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July 2, 2009
TONIGHT: Jamie Foxx at the Grove of Anaheim
Jamie Foxx, leave something for the rest of us. He can act, he can tell jokes, he can sing the hooks of smash-hit Kanye West tunes, and now he's got his own solo career going, too. His third studio album, Intuition (not to be confused with the Jewel song of the same name, not that anyone would), cam ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
Kanye West Photoshop Craze in Full Effect
Move over, lolcats. The hot new Photoshopped macro thing is all about Kanye West, playing off the infamous Taylor Swift Incident (TM) at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. You can find dozens of such images--of wildly varying degrees of funniness--right here. It's weird how many of them have to do ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
Kanye West/Lady Gaga Tour Now Officially Official
S. Affandi, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.After a good amount of speculation due to a lack of official announcements and tour dates disappearing from the Internets, the Kanye West and Lady Gaga "Fame Kills" tour is on for realsies, following press releases from Live Nation this morning.
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October 1, 2009
'Fame Kills' Killed; Kanye West and Lady Gaga Scrap Tour
From the "well, you kind of had to see this coming" department: Kanye West and Lady Gaga have canceled their much-publicized, co-headlining "Fame Kills" tour, which was to stop at Anaheim's Honda Center on November 15. (Yes, surely a lot of people are going to be using "'Fame Kills' Killed." Who ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Kanye West/Lady Gaga Anaheim Show (And Tour) in Doubt?
S. Affandi, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.That previously announced Kanye West/Lady Gaga "Fame Kills" tour, scheduled to stop at the Honda Center in Anaheim on November 15? Yeah, now there's some amount of uncertainty to if that whole thing's actually happening.
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September 14, 2009
Before It Gets Old: Kanye Interrupts Obama
Sure, you're probably already way beyond sick of hearing about Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards (or possibly just sick from Lady Gaga's fake blood-stained performance, but we thought it was pretty rad). But this mash-up video by "freeyourpixels," briefly exploring the heretofore unknown conn ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Kanye West: Not Dead!
First Zach Braff, now this? Yeah, as we type, right now the top two trending topics on Twitter are "RIP Kanye West" and "#LongLiveYeezy." Don't be fooled; this is another sad sign that the "microblogging" site is, as I've spent so long denying, sometimes kind of dumb. Or actually harmful. The inf ... More >>
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February 2, 2010
Today in Music News: 'We Are the World,' Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Tom Waits
Lil Wayne (who "humbly noted that he recorded the solo originally sung by Bob Dylan"), Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Barbra Streisand among 80-plus musicians who participated in "We are the World" remake for Haiti. Interesting New York Times piece on Taylor Swift: "Big Win Means Innocence L ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Record Review: Rick Ross, 'Teflon Don'
Borrowing the nickname of iconic crime boss John Gotti, Rick Ross' newest effort employs an Escalade-full of gaudy, bone-rattling beats to remind us exactly how hard he's shining with his latest album, Teflon Don (out today on Def Jam).
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July 28, 2010
New Kanye Songs! (Via...Facebook?)
Kanye West's upcoming record, reportedly titled Good Ass Job, is scheduled for release this fall (rumor has it that it will be out Sept. 14). According to Pitchfork, Kanye premiered a few new songs acapella--at the offices of social networking site Facebook.
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October 5, 2010
Today on Twitter: Kanye West's New Album Title
Yup, that's the new album title. Kanye West's fifth studio album is set for release on Nov. 22. He marked the naming of his album (announced on Twitter, where else) with a Saturday Night Live appearance. Watch it after the jump. [via Pitchfork.]
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October 6, 2010
WTF of the Week: Ron Burgundy, Hip-Hop Icon?
The October issue of Rolling Stone Magazine recently published its annual "Hot List;" under the heading of Hot Influence, the hallowed rock rag listed none other than celluloid news buffoon Ron Burgundy. It seems the persona immortalized by Will Ferrel in 2004's Anchorman has bee ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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November 11, 2010
Watch Kanye West Get Emotional on the 'Today Show'
Yesterday, Kanye West tweeted his frustration against the NBC's 'Today Show,' where he said Matt Lauer tried to force his answers during the (then unaired) segment. Lauer had asked West for a reaction to George W. Bush's statement that West's claim that he was racist during Hurricane Katr ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Top Five OC Artists to Follow on Twitter
These days, you can't go online without reading about Kanye West letting fans know about his latest drama, or 50 Cent on either how lonely he is or his hilarous racist rants--all on Twitter. And while no local artist is as candid as Kanye or Fitty, here are some of the best OC acts to follow on Twit ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Ten Most WTF Music Stories of 2010
We twittered, shared and reposted all these stories ad nauseum in 2010--for a good reason. This year, trashy viral videos made more of an impact than the Grammys, and Antoine Dodson was more memorable than Beatles songs finally getting on iTunes. So the line blurring of talent and fame is m ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Kanye West Leaks Holiday Song 'Christmas In Harlem'
Myspace.comEveryone loves to hate Kanye West. In fact, we were shocked when Pitchfork gave his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy a 10.0, and Rolling Stone rated it a super-rare five stars out of five and named it Album of the Year. Kanyeeze is back with his Christmas gift for all: Mor ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife
But not your WiFi! In 2010, the Internet was the medium by which we all went what the fuck?
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January 10, 2011
[UPDATED Muppets 'Monster' Remix] Kanye West's 'Monstrous' New Video Leaked
S. Affandi, courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsUPDATE, 12:15 P.M., JAN. 10: Kanye's leaked "Monster" video was made into a Muppets-style "Monster" remix. Check it out below.ORIGINAL ITEM, 8:47 A.M., JAN. 3: After a momentous 2010, Kanye West looks to raise the stakes even higher in 2011. A possibl ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
[UPDATED: Kardashian Is Making a Music Video for "Turn It Up"] Kim Kardashian Makes Pointless "Music"
UPDATE, Jan. 25, 2 P.M.: Kardashian's song "Turn It Up" will appear in Hype Williams-directed video. See bottom of post for more details. ORIGINAL ITEM, Jan. 4, 8:55 A.M.: Just because you're famous doesn't mean you should make music. Most of us have seen photos of Kim Kardashian with ridiculo ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Six Most Anticipated Albums of 2011
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyRadiohead at the Henry Fonda Theater on Jan. 25, 2010Last year looked like it might be bleak in terms of truly great albums, but a few artists (Beach House, the National, Yeasayer, Kanye West) managed to produce some future classics in 2010. And now that we've turned ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Village Voice Pazz & Jop 2010 Lists Announced
Each January, the Village Voice (our sister paper) releases its Pazz & Jop critics' Best Of designations for the previous year. For 2010, Kanye West quite unsurprisingly dominates both categories. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy tops the album list (like most Best of 2010 albums lists) with ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Top 5 Most Hilarious Comedy Songs
We all know comedians are funny (at least they'd better be), but they really take "funny" to a whole new level when they parlay their humor into a song. Whether it be a parody of something that deserves to be made fun of or an original bit, comedic genius is usually the outcome. Here are our top ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Ice Cube At the Grove of Anaheim Friday Night
Ice CubeApril 1, 2011Grove of Anaheim It's always interesting to watch an old school, West Coast rapper do his thing in Orange County. It's not that OC isn't street (cough-cough!), it's just that if you're a SoCal rapper who got your start on the gangsta' side of things, chances are you weren't w ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Coachella Day Three: Kanye West Did Not Bring out Katy Perry or Rihanna, but Still Owned the Fest
Laila Derakhshanian/OC WeeklySing along, everybody...By the time Kanye West performed on Sunday night, everyone was stationed at the main stage. And by everyone, we mean that it looked like all 70,000 concertgoers had decided that Mr. West would be the cherry to their ice-cream Sunday of a weeken ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Coachella 2011: Hits and Misses
[Mental Notes] Kanye kills it, Duran Duran's '80s dance party and more
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May 12, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
[Mental Notes] Kanye kills it, Duran Duran's '80s dance party and more
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July 7, 2011
Kanye Tweets for the First Time in Nearly Two Months, Reveals Album Cover
Not to be outshone by America's Independence Day, Kanye West broke his near two-month long Twitter silence (last tweet was May 15) last Monday, July 4.
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July 22, 2011
Kreayshawn Gets Nominated Best New Artist at the VMAs--and Other WTF Moments This Year
I've never agreed with any award-giving body on who gets nominated or gets awards for best this or that, but this year's VMAs are akin to the year Milli Vanilli won Grammys over the Indigo Girls. (The fact that I date myself by remembering this hoopla means I'm really mystified by what's going on ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Kanye and Jay-Z release "Watch the Throne", Bon Iver surprised to be on it
Kanye West has been more of the "do shit, think later" type, so Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver)'s discovery that his hook had been used on "That's My Bitch" off the newly-dropped Watch the Throne couldn't have come as too much of a surprise to the indie-rocker.
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August 18, 2011
Top Five Funny Kanye West Tumblrs
via Fuck Yeah Yeezy Considering the man has long been a meme in his own right, it was only a matter of time before the tumblr community hopped on the Kanye West schtick. And since the whole I'mma Let You Finish thing is pretty much dead and buried, we've tracked down the funniest and most curren ... More >>
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September 5, 2011
Kanye West At the Call Of Duty XP
Kanye WestSeptember 3, 2011The Stages At Playa Vista, Los AngelesAfter attending a certain number of music-centric events, your manner of dress starts to adhere to somewhat of a formula. For concerts -- jeans and a t-shirt; for day-long festivals -- shorts and a t-shirt, both designed to maximize mo ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Kanye West At the Call Of Duty XP Last Saturday
IdolatorKanye WestSeptember 3, 2011The Stages At Playa Vista, Los AngelesIt's common knowledge at big-name concerts that a headlining act will, almost always, never show up on time. Even if you arrive late, you will still reach the venue a good half hour before the performer themselves (guaran ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Kanye West Announces New Album on Twitter
Laila Derakhshanian/OC Weekly Who needs a publicist when you've got 140 characters to spare and 4,675,077 follwers on Twitter? Definitely not Kanye West, who tweeted that his next album is coming out in the spring of 2012. Aaaand it will probably be a compilation from his label Good Music, since ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Big Sean, Now Really Big
The Detroit rapper lives the dream on his debut album
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December 5, 2011
Kanye West's Funeral Will Be an A-List Affair
Laila Derakhshanian/OC WeeklyKanye WestKanye West gets "deep" in the voice-over for his behind the scenes video of the Watch the Throne tour and contemplates his own funeral. For some reason, he thinks world leaders are going to mourn his loss. Who's he kidding?
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December 9, 2011
It's Not Them, It's You: Stop Projecting Your Financial Woes onto Jay-Z and Kanye
Who are these regular dudes?Let's pretend to pretend that you've never heard of Jay-Z and Kanye West. Partly because this appears to be the only way people can enjoy them -- especially the latter -- anymore. "Real rap fans," as they say, are so sick of these two, and rap production has gotten ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Jay-Z and Kanye West at Staples Center Last Night
Christopher VictorioJay-Z and Kanye West Staples Center December 11, 2011 From the Givenchy-designed gold cover to lyrics dripping with foreign luxury brand references like "Hublot" and "Margiela" to the video in which they chop up a $350,000 Maybach for giggles, Jay-Z and Kanye West's albu ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Kanye West's Most Inspiring Tweets About His New Venture, DONDA
Hey! Kanye West, we've been reading your Tweets about your new venture, DONDA, your tool for aesthetic improvement, all night. And yes, Yeezy sounds like he's on meth...or giving pointers at a Life Coach Seminar. So what if Gawker makes fun of you for tweeting about 60 times in the past two hours ... More >>
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