Kanye West On Some Celebrity – Gangsta – Street Shit

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As we all have heard by now both Kanye West and Ludacris will bereleasing albums on the 24th of this month. I don’t know if anyoneelse thought of the irony that exists between a rapper from Atlanta who movedto Chicago versus a rapper from Chicago who moved to Atlanta for the 2008 hiphop superbowl bout. Kanye West spoke on an array of topics in a recentinterview that just happened to take place on this very day.

In a recent phone interview Kanye West spoke on the anticipation behindhis latest album as well as some of his personal turmoil throughout the courseof the past year with this.

“I’m at a listening session in the UK playing my joint right now. Ilove listening sessions, because it feels like Christmas Day when the parentsget to see their kids open up the gifts. I feel like I try to give the gift ofmusic. This album is based off the devastation and the hurt that I’ve felt thepast year. All the hurt that I’ve felt within the past year from all the lossesthat I’ve endured, have sort of settled me into being this fucking super-famousalien, where everywhere I go, somebody wants a fucking photograph…it’s hardwhen you not really a celebrity, but you’re just a real person that ended upbeing famous for your craft.”

Kanye clarifies his decision and musical abilities with this as he spokeon auto tune and its relevance with the title 808′s & Heartbreak:

“What’s good is that this is therapeutic for me…it’s better thansuicide to just keep on putting out music and art. I got a lot of backlash forthe medium that I wanted to do this in. I created a thing I call ‘Heartbreak,’that’s like a mixed drink. It’s Auto-Tune meets distortion, with a bit of delayon it and a whole bunch of fucked up life. And that’s what I call my‘Heartbreak.’ And that’s what every record basically has.

“I’m delivering what I feel like is art, and that’s what I want todeliver from this point on. The records I’m doing right now might not have highhats and shit like everything else has. But when I go out and be listening toshit like Jimi Hendrix and The [Rolling] Stones and Lenny Kravitz, theywouldn’t play no Hip Hop records in the midst of that. I feel like niggas giveup on trying to make music on the Quincy Jones level. On this record I’m tryingto improve my craft and take it a level that no nigga ever made it to. Noniggas are rocking 50,000 people and stadiums with 100,000 people 10 yearsafter their records came out. Anybody that saw the tour knows my goal is totake it to a whole ‘nother level.”

Kanye speaks on how his latest album will relate to different peoplewith…

shit that has niggas bobbing their head crazy like ‘Can’t Tell MeNothin’.'

“Ofcourse I always hit ‘em with a curve to start off with. Y’all know with that’Heartless, ‘that’s straight nigga shit. The whole album is shit that 50 would rap over, but I’m trying to put them Phil Collins melodies when I rap tothem. Even if I’m harmonizing, it’s still from a nigga perspective. I’m not makingno ‘Girl You Know,’ this is the perfect melody…Nah, this is none of that. Thisis still 100 percent, rap perspective music with melody.”Kanye speaks on recent rumors of Good Ass Job in June…

“It’s rumors of another album coming soon. I’m not gonna put thatpressure on myself. I’m probably coming with another tour in June though. But,that’s where I’m at with my life right now. I really wanted to release thismusic, and I forced L.A. [Reid] to give me this release date. I was like,’Don’t fuckin’ wait months and months to set it up. Just give people themusic!’ I’m constantly making music; we almost finished with Jay. Jay’s albumis coming in February…There’s a new Wayne with special packaging that’s comingbefore this Christmas is out. We’ve got a new record on there together. So westill got a bunch of shit.” album. We was almost finished before I evendropped my album.

Kanye goes on to shed some light on recentrumors of him leaking songs from his new album…

“The label moved it up to get more Thanksgiving sales. They told meto get on the call and tell y’all that I did it because of the fuckin’excitement, but I don’t do that shit…you know what I’m saying? The labelmoved it up. They were trying to get more sales and shit. I’m excited about thealbum.

“Also, ‘Robocop’ is completely different on the album. ‘Paranoid’is different. I did not leak those, and I did not leak the ‘Heartless’ video.Motherfuckers is leaking my shit. The only shit I leaked was ‘Heartless’ and’Love Lockdown.’ Them the only joints I actually put out. Basically, the labelmoved it up to get more sales and shit. If I get the sales, then cool. If Idon’t, then, hey…I’ll have to bare the burden, because I’ve been a cockymotherfucker and talked my shit and all that. And the people would love to seeme not sell…hey, it is what it is. That’s the way life is, man. But hopefullyI sell.”Kanye speaks on his recent collaboration with Young Jeezy…

“We’vebeen doing pretty good with the singles I’m dropping. We’ll put this one out today,and hopefully get more sales because of it. It’s got Jeezy on it. Jeezy camedown to Hawaii with us. Every time I write a chorus or write any type of hook,I be like, ‘Man what would Jeezy do.’ Niggas have big bumper stickers with’What would Jesus do?” but my shit is ‘What would Jeezy do? What would hesay on this record?’ I make my shit straight white t-shirt ready at all giventimes. So, he came down and helped out. But he actually helped with otherrecords. So it’s records that’s straight singing records that have Jeezy lineson it. And you’ll feel that energy throughout the entire joint.”