The Urban Scope W/Shasta B

Kanye's new ad campaign for his Louis Vuitton collection features his beau Amber Rose.Its artsy and classy .



The Mr. Hudson boat shoe will be available in June, retails for $840, and is the least expensive in the his collection. Word is Kanye named each of the shoes after his buddies.

I know I'm like 3-days late......2 Months Behind....and I have lost my following! Sucks but I'll bounce back like 23(MJ- duh!).

OMG- I so wanted to hug Kanye- his response to the Southpark Episode was so mature....so heartfelt....awwww!



"SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” IT’S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU’RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE’S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A B*TCH THIS TYPE OF SH*T WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I’M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I’M SURE THERE’S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS… THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S ME!
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I love when men show their sensitive sides....just not overly sensitive (i.e.- QUE from DAY26)

The Nike Air Yeezy's






Kanye West Louis Vuitton Sneakers


Kanye West’s Louis Vuitton High Top Sneaker


Kanye West’s Louis Vuitton DON Sneaker


All will be available June 2009.

*The Louie's are hawt to death....

Happy Monday!!!*Royal Wave*.
..So I dropped my pen-->I didn't write anything this whole weekend. Well, lets just say I was wasted and I couldn't get up....but I'm back like I never left before!

This had to be the funniest thing I've seen in days. So, I decided to share with you, my friends. :)

The folks over at The Urban Daily comprised a list of Kanye West's Best Tantrums.





Even if he never sells another record, Kanye West will go down in history as one of the most insane passionate artists of our generation. Peep some of his most memorable meltdowns.


5. Kanye With Mike Myers After Hurricane Katrina
Quotable: “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people…”

Ballsiest move by a rapper-ever. I doubt even Chuck D would have gone there under similar circumstances.

4.)Kanye West Crashing Stage After Losing Video Of The Year

Quotable: “This video cost a million dollars, fam! I had Pamela Anderson and shit! If I don’t win the Awards show loses credibility.”


I’d be mad too if I got sued by the real Evil Knievel and STILL lost

3.) Wigs Out On The Radio

Quotable: “I’m talkin’ man! You keep on cuttin’ me off!”


Even I gotta admit, dude was mad annoying.

2.)Takin’ On the Paparazzi At The Airport

Quotable:“I told you not to take no pictures!”

Dude got a warning...


But he didn’t listen…



1.)Fan Throws Penny On Stage At Concert

Quotable: “What if that shit had hit me in my pretty ass face?…Eat shit and dieeee”


Ad-libbing in autotune has to be the funniest. Ish. Ever.

BONUS:

Tell Em Why You Mad, son

Quotable:
“I’m gonna be chartin with these ni**as. I’m gonna come out #1!”




Well, he turned out to be right…



That was a great list, but my order would have been a little different. Gosh, ain't life grand with so many Kanye-isms!

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From this weekends freestyle telling a fan to "Eat Sh*t And Die", Kanye's tour in Australia is becoming quite eventful. Reports are now surfacing that Kanye is demanding $40,000 to appear at his own after party.

The word around Sydney is that the Gold Digger singer requested that amount from the Management of the Piano Room, at Kings Cross, which was to have hosted the gathering following his Acer Arena shows. Management is said to be rethinking the event.

Ya'll know Louie ain't free....I ain't sayin he a Gold Digger....but Ye ain't partying 4 free nuccas...lol

Colbert went in on Kanye again last night. He also addressed Kanye's twit with a catchy rap and pictures of the two together. Evidently, they met at the Emmy's. Stephen's album beat Kanye's on iTunes yesterday, so Colbert declared Operation Humble Kanye a success. And Al Roker declared him the voice of this generation.





Check this excerpt from Colbert Nation:

We did it, you guys. Stephen Colbert's Operation Humble Kanye worked. A Colbert Christmas (link opens iTunes) didn't hit the top of the iTunes charts, but it is now ahead of Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreaks.



To everyone who bought A Colbert Christmas, you've not only humbled one egomaniac and delighted another, you also helped out a lot of the needy families supported by Feeding America. Go ahead and take the day off. You earned it.

*Side Note* Some people need to lighten up and laugh a little, even if its at themselves. Life's too short to walk around with a stick in your dirierre.

I'm sure many of you are already aware of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert's "Operation Humble Kanye". If not here's the footage:

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Operation Humble Kanye - Buy Stephen's Album

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

Colbert would like everyone to purchase his Christmas album on iTunes tomorrow before Kanye West's head gets any bigger.<- His words, not mine!

In the midst of all this internet contraversy, Kanye responded via Twitter. Twitter is a online social tool used to display short messages.



And my twitter friends responded to him:

@kanyewest I think I saw u in a picture with him. Love the album lol about hours ago from TwitterBerry in reply to kanyewest

oh lawd!!!! what has Stephen Colbert done to @kanye west!!!????!!!!???

Twitter...the latest crave! Twit w/all your favorite celebs: Jay-Z, Barack Obama, Shaquille O'Neal & Kanye West.

And me-->twitter.com/shastabrown

Kanye's press conferance in New Zealand. He discusses his album, clothing line, religion and kids with the press.

Kanye says he might make dolphin sounds for his whole next album. And he will do albums for the rest of his life...Kanye is a fool yeah....lmao

Today 808's & Heartbreak is in a store near you and is available on Itunes.



The above pictured cover is available on Itunes today and will be in stores December 16th as a special Christmas packaging. The cover was created by world renowed grafitti artist KAWS.


More Kanyenisms:

In regards to Rihanna:

West recently made statements in regards to Britney Spears not being more worthy than Rihanna to recieve the European MTV Award for Act of 2008.

"Im not trying to diss Britney or anything like that," says Kanye. "One of my favorite songs last year was “Gimme Gimme.” Like, I love that record. But I just feel like Rihanna had a really breakout year and became the biggest artist… like Rihanna sells more records than me all together if you include her in national sales and she is arguably the biggest artist in the world right now."

On his newest artist to G.O.O.D Music, Mr. Hudson:

"Ah, he's an incredible artist," West said. "I believe Mr. Hudson has the potential to be bigger than me, to be one of the most important artists of his generation. ... He's playing these songs, he's playing them back-to-back-to-back — 'Dude, I'm telling you, your problems are not going to be getting hit records, blowing up and being a big star — your problems are going to be living real life, and dealing with real life, so just prep yourself.' Everything I hear [from him] is a smash."

Mr. Hudson is a white soul singer from the UK. West says that everything he's heard from the singer so far has been a hit.

On Wayne:

At last nights AMA's after winning Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist, Kanye decided to give his award to Lil Wayne.

"I'm a fan of music," said West. "I got my opinion. And I want to give this award to Wayne, for this year. If it was last year, this would have been my award. This year's Wayne award; we'll see what happens next year."

Kanye also won Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album.

Wow...life has truly humbled Kanye in so many ways. You can tell by his most recent commentary that he is a different person. I couldn't imagine the Kanye of The College Dropout giving anything away or explaining his previous statements to anyone..

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We've seen some interesting Internet feuds over the past few months:

Ciara vs. Sandra Rose

Sandra Rose vs. Necole Bitchie

Omarosa vs. TheYbf

Eff Yo Blog vs. EVERYBODY

Concrete Loop vs Sandra Rose

Gyant(SOHH) vs. Sandra Rose

(Gosh, SR has made that list quite a few times...*side eye*-->Hater in disguise? Or Hated?)

But none has been as interesting as Kanye West vs The YBF!!! Why? Because celebrities are often put on a hypothetical pedistool...or seem as if they are worlds away from reality. So, for ten-time Grammy Award-winning Rapper/Producer/ Singer Kanye West to single out a site, and respond to them is, at the very least, entertaining.
Kanye is infamous for being opinionated and outspoken, however I wouldn't expect him to respond to media that isn't considered to be mainstream.

I personally love Kanye and TheYBF.

Kanye for being authentic and true to himself even when its not so cool to be. For saying what so many of us were thinking about George Bush. For not living or working with in the box->YOU say he's a RAPPER, HE lives as an artist...and artist express themselves through their craft.

The YBF because, in my opinion, the entertainment industry doesn't always give OUR people a voice, eye or ear. If it wasn't for YBF, many of us wouldn't have known OUR people were even in attendance at certain events. Because the only time OUR people make it on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, or ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, or TMZ.com, or even MTV.com most times is when we're acting a fool. Kudos to Natasha- a fellow New Orleanian- for showing the glamourous side of Black Hollywood.

But with that being said here's the play by play:

Kanye has been in the spotlight quite a bit this week-->from an urban blogger's perspective:

808's & Heartbreak sustained major leakage
Def Jam Conference Call (where he compared Rihanna to Beyonce, music to suicide)
The Fader 50th issue cover was released
Multiple intimate Kanye interviews surfaced
Kanye was Arrested

So its safe to say that this was a week full of Kanye-isms.

Being one of the leading black entertainment blogs YBF posted 70% of the stories.


Kanye responds with B*tch Bogus

I CAN DEAL WITH PEOPLE TALKIN SHIT FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE BUT YOUR JOURNALISM SEEMS PARTICULARLY INTRUSIVE AND MALICIOUS. YOU WOULD WRITE STUFF LIKE HEY I BET SUCH AND SUCH DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT SUCH AND SUCH. NOW THAT'S JUST BOGUS! I'D RATHER YOU CALL ME NAMES THEN FOR YOU TO INTENTIONALLY TRY TO HURT THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. I'M A REAL PERSON AND SEEMS AS IF THEY HAVE AN AGENDA TO MAKE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ME HATE ME AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO DO. THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY LIES POSTED ON THIS SITE IT'S CRAZY. I NEVER MADE OUT WITH RIHANNA etc.. YEAH I SAID SHE HELPED PUSH BEYONCE BUT I ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT BEYONCE'S LAST VIDEO WAS ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME. THE PRESS, IN GENERAL, MISUSE QUOTES TO TRY TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A MONSTER SO IT'S NOT JUST THEM. I WANNA KNOW WHAT I DID SO BAD TO YOU TO MAKE YOU WANT TO DESTROY ME. I AM BEING STRONG IN THIS TIME WHERE SOME NIGHTS I CAN BARELY MAKE IT ON STAGE BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE IT HARD. IF ANYTHING, THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

The YBF responds with he say/we say:

You said:

I NEVER MADE OUT WITH RIHANNA etc.. YEAH I SAID SHE HELPED PUSH BEYONCE BUT I ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT BEYONCE’S LAST VIDEO WAS ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME.
We included in our post that you said Beyonce killed it in the “Single Ladies” video. You can check it for yourself here. We also didn’t make up the rumor about you and Rihanna–that was another site and we even included the source for it.

We said:

Awww. I’m sure there’s plenty of chicks without an agenda ready and willing to wipe Mr. West down. His tears of loneliness I mean….
And you basically called us cruel. We were actually offering a compliment. Our loyal and regular readers get our humor and got what we were saying–and knew it was a compliment since we’ve always been fans. Not sure how this could even be seen as a put-down actually.

My personal opinion is this; with fame comes many things and there is no "How To" manual in life. I think Kanye needs a break from the spotlight.
And...Journalist should write as if the world is reading! Including the subject of your piece-->Words have the power to build us up or tear us down.


Are bloggers too insensitive? Or has the cost of fame taken its toll on Kanye?

Kanye West was arrested early this morning in London after allegedly assaulting a photographer.

According to The London Paper, Ye' was arrested around 1:10 am this morning after allegedly assaulting a photographer outside Tup Tup nightclub in Newcastle.

The photographer, Terry Blackburn, is claiming that he suffered cuts to his face and brusing after West pushed his camera into his face and yelled "Get the f***ing camera off him."

West was reportedly arrested three hours later at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead but was released. Kanye West will not be charged with assaulting the photographer.

Real Talk though...I feel for Kanye', it's as if fame is really taking it's toll in his life and people aren't understanding. It's a dilemma because he can't just do what he loves without being the target for the pappirazzi.

What do you think--> Should Kanye' be billed with the cost of fame?

Def Jam and Kanye' West held a conference call to discuss his album, which is based off of the devastation and the hurt that he’s felt in the past year

Kanye West ft Young Jeezy - Amazing



Conference Call- w/Kanye



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