After announcing the release of his upcoming album, Big Sean just shocked the world- twice. After teasing the release on on his Snapchat, Sean dropped the second single for Dark Sky Paradise, ‘Blessings’, following his hit single ‘IDFWU’. The track features Drake on hook and guest verse duty with production from OVO power producers Boi-1da and Vinlyz. Now, only about an hour later, the track has been re-released on Sean’s Soundcloud with a verse from his mentor, Kanye West. After releasing ‘FourFiveSeconds‘ and ‘Only One‘, there was speculation that Kanye had left rap to sing once again, mirroring his 2008 album 808’s & Heartbreak. Ye silences the critics on this new record, appearing unexpectedly at the end to drop a verse, with topics ranging from him sending Snapchat pictures to his daughter being homeschooled. Listen below.
Big news day for Kanye West. After appearing on The Ellen Show and releasing his new music video for his Paul McCartney collaboration ‘Only One’, news has surfaced that Kanye’s upcoming line with adidas is coming very very soon. According to Daniel Lindstrom, fashion director of Swedish men’s fashion magazine “Café”, the line will be released in New York in just two weeks. Lindstrom photographed Jerry Lorenzo (founder of “Fear the God”) on Instagram, where he revealed the news. Let’s hope this is true! Check out the photo below, as well as the caption’s English translation.
To help celebrate Ellen Degeneres’ birthday, Kanye West stopped by The Ellen Show to premiere his new music video for ‘Only One’ and talk about his new family. In the interview Kanye reveals that him and Kim are trying for more children and he also tells Ellen that he hasn’t decided the name of the new album. Ellen even wrote a touching rap for Kanye, and spoke about Kanye’s visionary status. At least Ellen gets it! Check out the interview (in two parts) below!
To kick off 2015 Kanye West released his first collaboration with The Beatles’ Paul McCartney, ‘Only One‘, a ballad in honor of his late mother Dr. Donda West. In the song Kanye sings from the perspective of his mother about Kanye’s new daughter North. Today Kanye took to The Ellen Show to debut the song’s music video. Check out the Spike Jonez directed and Nori co-stared video at West’s website and get the tissues ready.
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards are just around the corner, and because (especially in the hip-hop world) things may not go as we hope, we want to submit our picks now. But we won’t be suggesting WHO WILL bring home the most prestigious awards in music but rather WHO SHOULD. Check out our picks below of what artists and albums should win at the Grammys this year.
More and more it is looking like Yeezus Season is back in action, as now Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that Kanye West will be joining her on Ellen this week Thursday (1/29) for an exclusive interview about his new album and family life. In message to fans, Ellen reveals that Kanye’s new album will be titled “Only One”, however we believe that this is just a reference to Kanye’s Paul McCartney collaboration ‘Only One’ (read our track review here). Stay tuned for more details and check out Ellen’s message below, as we can’t wait to hear more from Ye in 2015.
Now Kanye is not only the first, but also the second, rapper to ever do a song with The Beatles’ legendary frontman Paul McCartney, as the two have combined talents with the lovely Rihanna for her track ‘FourFiveSeconds’. The song is available now on iTunesand was released via Roc Nation and Rihanna’s Westbury Road Entertainment company.
A couple of things Wale is passionate about is basketball and his hometown of Washington D.C. A couple of things Kanye West is passionate about is design and creating. Mix it all together and we just may have brand new uniforms for NBA’s Washington Wizards. In a recent interview, Wale told ESPN that he is in talks with Kanye to design the Wizard’s new uniforms. Let’s hope that something leads from this, as those uniforms would be the freshest on the hardwood.
After a number of music’s big names were touring or recording for the majority of last year, which made 2014 fairly average for album releases, 2015 is already looking to be a great year for albums as those artists release their new projects this year. This year alone we are likely to see releases from music superstars like Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Adele, but we are also looking forward to a number of sophomore and debut albums from artists like Frank Ocean, Raury, Vic Mensa and more. Check out our list of the 30 most anticipated albums of 2015 to get updated on what releases you need to look out for in the next 12 months.
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