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January comes and goes and still no real, meaty album from the poet slash rapper, Mr. Kanye West. There’s still no real word (IN ALL CAPS OR OTHERWISE) that says he’s even going to release a new Kanye West album in 2010. (Although… there was this!) Okay, so we all know it’s coming and we’re waiting in anticipation.

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The first album of singer, rapper, actor and record producer Kanye West to be available in 2010 is scheduled to be released in January and is a live album that it is entitled “Kanye West: VH1 Storytellers.”

VH1 Storytellers is a television music series where the artist performs in front of a small group of people and tells them stories regarding his songs. This album would be available as a DVD or a two-disc CD. Continue Reading

Doing his best to restore his damaged image, singer and rapper Kayne West has vowed in his blog to finally push through with his derailed next album in 2010 and compared himself to poets after his infamous blunder at the 2009 Video Music Awards forced him to withdraw voluntarily from the limelight. Continue Reading

Many Kanye West fanatics agree that Graduation is the best Kanye West album. Graduation, Kanye West’s third release in a fanciful trilogy of his scholarly albums, wears its badges of success of its predecessors on its sleeve. Apparently, matriculation pays off with rewards and it is high time to take stock.

In terms of lyrics, there are a lot of self-congratulation events worth attending to; however, the real fun here comes in the collaboration, and Kanye West chooses his co-conspirators like a graduating kid getting his candy reward from the store – Coldplay’s Chris Martin for “Homecoming”, John Legend for “Good Life“, Mos Def and the Section Quartet (great choices for the “Drunk and Hot Girls”), and he plucks his samples with top braggadocio: Steely Dan, Elton John, Can, Daft Punk, Public Enemy, and Michael Jackson.

Though Graduation technically earmarks a memorable junior year, West’s approach to completing this album was very much like a senior. This only proves that West has continued to prove and show his appreciation and understanding for different types of music as well as musical influences.

What makes people think Graduation is the best Kanye West album? Well, like most of his titles, his blindness and fearlessness to holding back boundaries, paired with his fan driven expertise and competence is an evidence that he knows what people are looking for – perspective, great voice, and most of all, great music! If you get all these in one album, wouldn’t you think this album is the best?

Kanye West seems to have a New Year present to his fans with the Kanye West new album he is currently working on in his studio these days. From Kanye West’s revelation in his Kanyeuniversecity.com blog, Kanye revealed that he will be taking one step away from his traditional rap style on this new album, and he even described himself here as a “true poet.”

West stated that he is happy to be back making new music in the studio and even promised to bring his fans the best he has to offer with the same commitment and dedication Michael Jordan has on the basketball court. He added that he thinks it is so funny to see how many rappers get worse as they move on to stretch out their career, but poets improve and get better over time.

Kanye said he and his team will be following the footsteps of Gill Scott-Heron, Maya Angelou, and Nina Simone. He is so inspired with how their works improved with experience and time as well as how these personalities documented everything that had been happening in the culture. Kanye West said he believes that modern day poets and artists should take this as a responsibility.

West added that with the Kanye West new album, he would like to bring out a real sense of realism. With these statements of promises, it seems that his fans definitely has something to look forward to and the Kanye West new album would surely become a real hit once again!

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Kanye West has certainly influenced the sneaker community over the last few years. He had the great chance to make his own designs for his own sneakers with great brands such as Nike and with his recent team up Louis Vuitton, one of the most popular signature brands today, there are no signs of Kanye West shoes saying goodbye to the limelight even in the far future. To give you an idea of what makes Kanye West shoes different from the others, read on and get to know the top 3 Kanye West Shoes in the market today.

First on the list is the Air Yeezys, the Kanye West signature sneakers produced by Nike. These two great shoe mandates produced Air Yeezy in three color ways: the Zen Grey and Light Charcoal color way, Black, and the Net/Net. Because of the amazing welcome Yeezys shoes received, every retailer of Kanye West shoes always ran out of stocks.

Second on the list is the result of Kanye West’s partnership with Louis Vuitton – the Louis Vuitton x Kanye West Collection, which like Yeezy, also received a warm welcome from the consumers. This Kanye West shoe collection features three different men styles of sneakers. The first style is called Dons, the second is the Jasper, and the third is the Mr. Hudson.

Finally, to complete the list is the Nike Dunk ‘Kanye at Proenza Schouler’ which was inspired by Kanye West. This pair of custom sneakers features a durable grey plaid fabric on the toe box, tongue, heel, and mid-panels while its upper rest is made of white pebble leather.