That time Noel Gallagher took the Hot Ones challenge

Noel offers his take on American football, Oasis fans, Brexit, Kanye West and more while downing some very spicy chicken wings.

Before They Were Famous: Kanye West

Kanye West's highschool artwork circa 1995 is appraised by Laura Woolley on a recent Antiques Roadshow episode from Arizona.  

Listen to the sample sources for Kanye West's The Life Of Pablo

Nina Simone, Googoosh, Section 25, Junie Morrison, Arthur Russell & Father's Children all make an appearance.

Watch the trippy clip for A$AP Rocky's Jukebox Joints

The Kanye West-produced track Jukebox Joints is off the album At.Long.Last.A$AP.  

AGO's Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit oddly overlooks groundbreaking 1983 "Beat Bop" project

You'd think Rammellzee vs. K-Rob's "Beat Bop" would be a key part of the AGO's Basquiat retrospective. Nope.

LINKS
SPIN: Jean-Michel Basquiat's Beat Bop – An Oral History
NY Times: Jean-Michel Basquiat – Hip-hop finds an artist to believe in
CBC: The Rapper's Painter – Why Jean-Michel Basquiat is your favourite rapper's favourite artist
AGO: Jean-Michel Basquiat – Now's The Time (February 7 – May 10)

Check out the Kanye vs. Beck "Loser" mashup

Props to DJ Steve Porter for knocking out this mashup in record time after the 2015 Grammys broadcast. 

Kanye West storms Air Canada Centre Dec 22 & 23

Kanye West recently returned to South Park for the boffo season finale which you can watch below.

Earl Sweatshirt @ Sound Academy Friday

Kanye West's second favourite MC Earl Sweatshirt aka "Mocha Desire" hypes his new album

Happy Birthday Gladdy Anderson

Kanye makes a Monster with Justin Vernon

A brand new joint from Kanye West has appeared on his site. It's another banger called Monster, this time involving Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and strangely enough, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. Evidently the track is slated for commercial release as part of Watch The Throne a five-song Jay-Z collabo EP that will also include the Swizz Beats remix of Power although no date has yet been announced. According to a recent Kanye tweet, the plan is to put out a new song each week until Christmas as part of his ambitious GOOD Music Fridays initiative.



Monster by Kanye West 

A thoughtful gift from Kanye

The release date for the final chapter in Kanye West's college series – tentatively titled Good Ass Job – is now set for November 16 but he must be close to finishing the recording sessions since he's working hard to build the buzz.
Evidently our man Yeezy couldn't bear to be the only person rocking See Me Know in his ride this summer so he thoughtfully decided to share it's epic goodness – prominently featuring Beyoncé and the Gap Band's powerhouse belter Charlie Wilson – which you can momentarily get for free right here. There's a good possibility that a remix of Power featuring Jay-Z may magically appear in the next couple days. 

Kanye Crimson puts SNL on notice

The first track to be leaked from Kanye West's secret recording sessions for the forthcoming Good Ass Job album is the King Crimson-sampling Power with his sidekick Dwele sweetly crooning the suicide fantasy coda. When not dropping ill rhymes for Power ("Austin Powers") and Obama Nation ("abomination") over stompin' beats, a choral chant and the tag-line from 21st Century Schizoid Man, our man Yeezy manages to sneak in a subtle shot at those who dare to have temerity to mock his goofy antics ("Fuck SNL and the whole cast"). Just imagine the terrifying "fishsticks" wordplay Kanye has in store for those South Park bitches Cartman and Jimmy... we'll see who's a gay fish!

Check out Power right here while you can.