Tagged Kanye West

Kanye West is a rapper, songwriter, producer, and designer; essentially, he's one of the most accomplished artists of this generation. He has an ego to compete with his fame and an influence that affects millio...

While most people became familiar with Daft Punk in 2013 with the release of their Grammy-winning album Random Access Memories, the duo has been around longer than I’ve been alive. For a quick refresher, Thom...

November 22nd marked another full year that has passed since Kanye West dropped one of his greatest pieces of work, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). With MBDTF, Kanye created an introspective masterpie...

Kanye West has always thought of himself as a prophet of sorts, a conduit destined to receive divine inspiration from God himself.  This belief, or dare I say delusion, that he has been chosen by the creator h...

As 2018 comes to a close, it’s important to reflect on what happened and what matters. In the past 12 months, there have been quite a few destructive events: more than 300 mass shootings, Facebook giving away...

Kanye West’s solo albums have lacked lyrically for me ever since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). The verses tend to be fraught with as many enjoyable one-liners as they do unfinished phrases and awk...

Just past 9:30, the lights on the stage went dim. Slowly, each light fixture turned on and off, flashing between white, red and blue colors before moving to the next. First, the overheads. Next, the massive pan...

Was the reason you broke up with your last ex really because he wasn’t supporting you emotionally and mentally, abandoning you at your lowest point, or are you just using that as an excuse since you won�...

This past weekend I had a conversation with a former B-Side contributor about the merits of my favorite fruitless activity: compiling my coveted year-end albums list.  As someone who takes this pointless endea...

It’s been a big year for rap. The four biggest rap stars of the moment- Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Chance the Rapper- all put out full length projects, and Young Thug has over the summer skyrockete...

The enigmatic Frank Ocean rewrote the book on R&B with his landmark second album, 2012’s Channel Orange, and the anticipation surrounding his latest release has been bordering on sensational. Ultimately, ...

It has been nearly three weeks since Chance the Rapper released Coloring Book (2016), his latest work following Acid Rap (2013), 10 Day (2012), and a variety of singles and side projects, including last year'...

On October 23rd, just two days after his engagement to girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Kanye West performed the third concert of his Yeezus Tour at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tour comes several mon...

New York rapper Pusha T visited Power 105.1's morning show The Breakfast Club a few weeks ago to promote his new album, My Name Is My Name, and the subsequent interview is surprisingly and pleasantly honest. ...