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It was only a matter of time before the most self-obsessed rapper of his generation was drawn into the vortex of self-absorption that is Seinfeld. Over the weekend, Kanye West not only made his triumphant return to Saturday Night Live but also debuted his long-delayed, highly anticipated The Life Of Pablo on Tidal. Of the…
On his new album, Kanye West tells stories about the pressures of fame, and the madness brought on by having too much. Credit Illustration by Michael Cho Barrier Status: ‘none’ One of the reasons Kanye West inspires such a devoted following is that, despite all of the changes in his life and in his music,…
Might B.o.B. and Neil deGrasse Tyson have to take their mixtape beef elsewhere? According to the Financial Times, music streaming service SoundCloud could be in trouble unless it raises additional capital in the next 12 months. At the end of 2014, SoundCloud reported a gain of $17.35 million in revenue for the year, yet experienced…
Kanye West just debuted both his new album T.L.O.P. (a.k.a. The Life of Pablo, formerly known as Waves and Swish) and “season three” of his Yeezy fashion line with a lavish two-hour event that confused the hell out of everyone who wasn’t physically inside Madison Square Garden with him. (Based on what we saw of the…
When Kanye West premiered his new album The Life of Pablo at Madison Square Garden yesterday afternoon, one line seemed to jump out of the stadium and onto computer screens around the world. It’s part of “Famous,” a clanging, dense new track: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / I made that…
GettyIt looked like Kanye West and Taylor Swift found peace between each other at the 2015 Grammy Awards. But maybe not. When the rapper released his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” on Thursday at a performance, he dropped one lyrical bombshell in particular — what seemed like a sneering dis of Taylor Swift in the lyrics. On…
A report casts “significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.” SoundCloud struck a landmark deal with Universal Music Group last month, but its latest financial filings suggest the company is in dire financial straits. As Music Business Worldwide reports, the company’s recently published financial report for 2014 reveals that its overheads have increased faster than its revenue…
For a long time now, Kanye West has existed simultaneously as a rap musician, an outspoken social critic (“George Bush doesn’t care about black people”) and a frequent and much-followed Tweeter. He veers from the mild (his love of fonts, praise for his wife, frequent photographs of fashion fittings) to the boastful (his new album is not the…
Photo Fall Out Boy performed at Pandora Holiday, a concert sponsored by the music service, at Pier 36 in New York on Dec. 10. Credit Theo Wargo/Getty Images Pandora Media, the largest Internet radio service, has held discussions about selling the company, according to people briefed on the talks. Pandora is working with Morgan Stanley…
Songs From A Mountain Goats Album In Which Cicero Is Not Mentioned And Everybody’s Marriages Work Out on October 28, 2015in Albums In Which /end .article-byline The Mountain Goats – John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster, December 2010. /end .figure “I Love You. Let’s Stay Away From Fire Accelerants” “This Motel Isn’t A Symbol…