Kanye West

Kanye West And Illmind Making Beats Live

A couple of older videos from Beatsociety Philadelphia 2003 featuring Kanye West and Illmind collaborating to create a beat live on stage.  The second video has Illmind showcasing a beat straight out of a Korg Triton with Kanye going nuts on the left and 88 Keys doing The Wop on the right. Respect to Illmind … Read more

Kanye West: Making of “Good Life”

Big shout to k02 for sending this closely guarded in-studio footage of Kanye West laying the foundation for what would eventually become "Good Life".  The video features Kanye programming drums on an Akai MPC 2000 XL with additional personnel supplying keyboard assistance.

Donda West, Mother of Kanye Passes Away

Our sincere condolences go out the the West family for the passing of Kanye West’s mother.  Donda West 58 passed away suddenly on Sunday under circumtances currently unknown.  A statement has been issued by his label Island/Def Jam stating that "the family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief."

Hip-Hop Word of the Day: Kanyego

I’m personally of the opinion that The Kan deserves his own place in the dictionary and the general public is in desperate need of a specialized term to describe Kanye West’s trademark temperamental outbursts. So, in the sake of public service we have today’s Hip-Hop Word of the Day: Kanyego kan?ye?go [kon/YEE/goh] -noun, plural kan?ye?gos. … Read more

Havoc Challenges Kanye West

A tipsy Havoc offers a friendly challenge to Kanye West to see who has the best beats.  Kind of funny that he knows the track numbers, but not the names of the songs that he produced.  

50 Cent Declares War On Def Jam After Lying About Kanye West Bet

According to preliminary numbers it looks like 50 has already lost his sales challenge to Kanye West.  We all knew he wouldn’t honor the bet and retire rapping, but after blaming lagging sales on his own label, he’s declaring war on Def Jam and by threatening to release independent albums for each one of Def … Read more

Kanye West Talks About How Started Producing

Here’ another video of Mr. West talking a little production and how he initially got started by trying to make video games. I had to throw this up in honor of Kanye blasting the folks at the MTV Video Music Awards. Who would have ever imagined that MTV is actually in the business of exploiting … Read more

Kanye vs. Swizz Beatz Beat Battle At Hot 97 Summer Jam NYC

It’s not often that you get to see superstar producers battling each other, but it’s pretty entertaining to see Kanye battle Swizzy at the Hot 97 Summer Jam. I think Swizz took this one because, for whatever reason, Kayne left his real heat at home. Where were joints like Guess Who’s Back, The Corners, Heart … Read more