Kanye West and Ashton Kutcher were part of an epic high five battle that saw 75 Ashtons and Kanyes Exploit Chaos in Toronto’s Dundas Square. The “Kanye vs Ashton” high fiving feud was apparently fueled by a tiff related to Kanye’s glasses and Ashton’s trucker hat.

Like many flash mob epic high five battles, the first round led the two mobs to a tie game. Go to ExploitingChaos.com to decide the final round. Who would you high five? Kanye or Ashton?

GLC unearthed this lost clip from “Spaceships,” which featured some of the best production on Kanye’s stellar debut. Can you believe it’s been 5 years since College Dropout dropped? Memories, man.

[OnSmash, GLC's Blog]

Since I posted a video of Kanye’s horrendous AI performance earlier, it’s only right that I counter with one nice post about Mr. West to appease the gods. So, I give you Kanye (aka Clifford) and 88 Keys (aka Rufus) looking convincing as dirty old men on the set of the latter’s “Stay Up (Viagra)” music video. Pop the trunk for mo’ pics. Read the rest of this entry »

*Speechless* [Kanye's blog]

Dame Dash is playing PR games by trying to divert attention from stories about his financial woes. Dash is telling more tales about his estranged relationship with Jay-Z, claiming that Jay and Kanye had beef over the Roc-A-Fella chain.

From the Daily News:

Dash claims the simmering beef dates back to a 2003 Chicago concert, where the then-up-and-coming Kanye expected ruling Roc-A-Fella artist Jay to “knight” him by presenting him with a gleaming chain.
But, according to Dash, Jay didn’t want to fork over the chain.

“This n- [Kanye ] was like, ‘Wow. [Jay-Z] ain’t going to give me the chain,’” Dash alleges in December’s Complex magazine. “I had to take off my chain and give it to him, and I was heated. I had the real canary diamonds. That s- cost $40,000! I told Kanye, ‘Yo, you got to give that back when we get off this stage!’”

On another note, Dame owes $2.1 million to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. I wonder if he’s considered asking either Jay or ‘Ye for loan.

Kanye working on 808s & Heartbreak

DJ Earworm – “Reckoner Lockdown”
“Reckoner Lockdown” (by DJ Earworm) marries Radiohead’s “Reckoner” with Kanye’s “Love Lockdown.” What I like about this remix is that he combined various elements — drums, vocals, 808s etc — from both songs, whereas most remixes simply merge vocals from Song A with the instrumental from Song B.

Bonus: See pictures of Kanye working on 808s & Heartbreak below.
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Kanye West – “Heartless”
Some more Auto-Tuned goodness from 808s & Heartbreak. Like “Love Lockdown,” Kanye’s 2nd second single spots a prominent 808 pattern and tribal drums. The photo above is from the 808s & Heartbreak listening party in LA, which featured 50 nekkid ladies.

[Via Ye's blog.]

I’ve gained more appreciation for “Love Lockdown,” but I still think Kanye has no business singing. With or without Auto-Tune.