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Born Again Lily Allen Beefs All Over New ‘Sheezus’ Video

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Ri-Ri isn’t scared of Katy Perry’s roaring
Queen B’s going back to the drawing
Lorde smells blood, yeah, she’s about to slay you
Kid ain’t one to fuck with when she’s only on her debut

We’re all watching Gaga, L-O-L-O, haha
Dying for the art, so really she’s a martyr
The second best will never cut it for the divas
Give me that crown, bitch, I wanna be Sheezus

She is born again. Now run along and tell all of your friends to come and join her. Give yourself to her. She is our leader. Let her be Sheezus. Nope, it’s not the long-awaited Avatar-sequel; it’s the equally long-awaited follow-up to 2009’s It’s Not Me, It’s You — the title track, Sheezus, off Lily Allen’s upcoming third studio album (out May 6th). Rolling Stone caught up with the pop star recently to ask her if she was worried that the song’s lyrics would be misinterpreted as pop star mutiny. “It’s completely the opposite of that, though,” she countered, “I’m saying that I want all of them to be Sheezus, and I want to be Sheezus too.”

With a song and video like this, the throne better heighten security. Watch Allen slay:


Images courtesy of Warner Music Group.

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Non-Fiction: Kanye West Spoke at Harvard Last Night

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When in Boston… lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design? Sure, go ahead, if you’re name’s Kanye Omari West.

REWIND: If you’re not up to speed on your Yeezus, DONDA is one of West’s ventures that was originally conceived as an experimental design agency, named in remembrance of his late mother. There were naysers, like Vibe Magazine, who famously described the agency as “essentially a future funnel for West’s obsession with his legacy, DONDA is poised to be the ultimate vanity project.” And while that could be argued, one piece of the puzzle has surfaced, awash: he stopped by Harvard yesterday (Sunday) as part of his “Donda Design Lecture Series” to give a speech to a packed-crowd before offering free tickets to all those in attendance to that evening’s Boston stop of his Yeezus Tour. West was good-natured, kind, and seemingly gracious, and the reception from the crowd seemed genuine. Was Kim there? Kim was there.

Care to watch his speech? Be our guest.

Main image courtesy of Virgil Abloh’s Instagram; Featured Image courtesy of RapGenius.com.

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Stop Treating Kanye Like A Zoo Animal, Says Kanye

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Twenty-one-time Grammy winning artist Kanye West is many things. Count among them, unfettered. When Mr. West appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night his agenda was a long one, having to address his headline-making recent BBC interview (“I’m a postmodernist, at best, as a career. I’m a futurist, mentally.”), Kardashian banter, and, of course, his “epic”/epic twitter feud with Kimmel, himself:

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The interview was a sincere one, immediately addressing what Kanye was wearing (“Ralph”) and his grills (“they’ve been in my mouth for three years”) with West telling Kimmel he felt like he was being “treated as an animal in a zoo” because of his celebrity status.” He wasn’t done. Here’s some other noteable quoteables:

  • “There’s no way that Kim Kardashian shouldn’t have a star on the Walk of Fame.”
  • Kimmel: “Do you really think I look like Spongebob?” Kanye: “I mean, it’s the first thing that came to my mind.”
  • ”[The tweets] were really fun to me as I was writing it…the only reason why I could do that is because we could speak on a similar level and go back and forth…I just thought that this was amazing you know, just crack media…I do everything I can to break media.”
  • ”I’ve got ideas that mean something, if I could put the proper production around them…I mean there’s no black guy at the end of the runway in Paris.”
  • ”We bring something of joy to the world…I should be respected and such when I walk on the street.”



But if Kanye’s an animal at the zoo, all better beware. “When people hear my music, they have a good time. And I should be respected as such when I walk down the street. Don’t ask me a question about something you saw in the tabloids. Don’t try to antagonize me. Because you know what: it’s not safe for you in this zoo.”

 






We leave you with this:

“I wouldn’t even say that I was a rapper

I’d say that I was more of a messenger.”

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Yeezus Has Landed, Somebody Text Kim

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Kanye birthed two babies this week (one dropped; one swaddled): His still unnamed daughter with Kim Kardashian and his sixth studio album, the equally anticipated (and named) Yeezus.

 

(This short-film slash album promo ‘starring’ Keeping Up With The Kardashians cast members Scott Disick and Jonathan Cheban is… decidedly… unusual.)

 

  • West is polarizing.
  • West is an egomaniac.
  • West is transmundane.
  • West is an enigma.

 

Vulture says:

“Executive co-producer Rick Rubin gets a beard-load of credit for helping make what could’ve been an assaulting overload feel contained and of a piece. He and Kanye deployed a less-is-less strategy, making sure that every contusive hit has maximum impact.”

But Rolling Stone says the opposite:

“With Kanye, it’s always more is more. More sounds, more sensations. More sex, more politics, more ego, more outrage.”

West, himself, says:

“Yeah, respect my trendsetting abilities. Once that happens, everyone wins. The world wins; fresh kids win; creatives win; the company wins.”

Scour the hundreds of reviews already tallied and you’ll find descriptions that include: “mesmerizing” “focused” “exhilarating” “misogynistic” “intoxicating” “historical” “primal” “disgusting” “filth” “radical” “sinister” “narcircistic” “horsefuckingshit”. Needless to say, few are short of opinions on the topic of Kanye Omari West

You can listen to the album in full — and for free(zus) — over on spotify:

 

If all else fails, we recommend this Kim Kardashian crying face iPhone case (available for 4, 4S, and 5 thanks to Etsy) as a great compliment to your Yeezus and a certifiable crowd pleaser.

 

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Wolf Of Wall Street: First Trailer Unleashed

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Kanye West does not hate when you use his songs to underscore your movie trailer. The proof is in the pudding: Broken City, Limitless, The Hangover Part III, and The Great Gatsby helped build the 2013 ego of Yeezus, birthing goldmine quotes of recent like “I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve [Jobs] of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump.” And thus, with the release of Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated Wolf of Wall Street trailer, the self-described Michael Jackson of music is the go-to-guy… once again.

Original Book Cover for Jordan Belfort's "The Wolf of Wall Street" (left) and the movie poster for Martin Scorsese's film adaption (right).

Original Book Cover for Jordan Belfort’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” (left) and the movie poster for Martin Scorsese’s film adaption (right).


Leonardo DiCaprio, clearly enjoying his recent foray into roles of smarmy egocentrism, is joined on-screen by sometimes totally serious; sometimes not at all serious actors Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey. The film chronicles the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) — the real-life Wall Street whiz kid — who was earning $49M a year at twenty six and a federal convict a decade later. Let’s just say, he wasn’t terribly compliant when it came to cooperating with authorities.

Set for release in November and co-starring a slew of heavy hitters including Jean Dujardin, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, and Spike Jonze you can practically smell the golden statuettes.