Rap-Up.com || Kanye West Talks Album, Next Single, & Racism in First Ustream Session

Kanye West made his Ustream debut on Friday from Korea where he performed the night before. As the sun rose over the ocean, the dapper rapper answered fans’ questions before heading to the airport. Among the topics he touched on in his inaugural “‘Yestream” session…

•His fifth album will be dropping “sometime in November.”
•RZA, Pete Rock, Jeff Bhasker, and Q-Tip have all contributed to the album.
•He originally considered doing a 30-40 minute piece for the “POWER” video. He may do a lengthier version later on. “This is not the full re-creation ’cause I still might want to do that.”
•He was scared to release the “POWER” single because he thought it was too reminiscent of “Jesus Walks” and “Amazing,” but decided he needed to start embracing his past.
•Avatar and the late designer Alexander McQueen’s last collection inspired him. “Hopefully this album that I’m doing right now—if not this album then the next album—will be that master work.”
•His next single will drop in about 20 days. It’s either going to be “Lost in the World” or “All of the Lights.” He plays some of the latter at the 14:31 mark.
•He learned to be more particular about his videos after being unsatisfied with “All Falls Down.”
•His favorite music video that he’s done is “Flashing Lights.”
•Kanye responds to someone in the chat who called him a racist. “I actually don’t know a rapper before me that liked white people more than me, in all honesty. I don’t know a rapper that wore tighter jeans. I don’t know a rapper that collaborated with more white people. … In no way am I a racist.”

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16 Comments

Will
August 6th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
He was unsatisfied with all falls down r u serious? Thats one of his best music videos i thought it was incredibly directed.
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HEY HEY HEY
August 6th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
smart move on moving ur album to november…separate from the pack so all the focus is on you and so you have a better shot at “best rap album” at the grammys in 2012
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Dillon_68
August 6th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
“All Falls Down” was one of his BEST videos, up there with “Good Life”.
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WhatTheF
August 6th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
#TeamKanyeezy
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WhatTheF
August 6th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
@Will I think he was just saying that the video was supposed to be in 1st person with him walking around, but since you saw him in the X-Ray and lookin in the mirror, it ruined the 1st person point of view style of the video.
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taj mahal
August 6th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
it was good to answer these questions and address some of the things
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money love...love money
August 6th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
cosign with will and dillon…all falls down was his greatest…i literally cried when at the end
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keith
August 6th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
I FEEL EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT SINGLE
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Jordyn
August 6th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I asked him was he a racist &I still believe he is one. All the artist he support are black and thats sad because ur suppose to be bias and he wasn’t toward Taylor Swift. Kanye West will forever be a racist pig and I hope Susan Boyle’s album come out the same date as this fools album smh. Flop Flop Flop should be his middle name. DoucheLord
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UltraKid
August 6th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Adam Levine was on his 2nd album.
He collaberared with Jon Brion on his 2nd album.
He did a song with John Mayor.
He did a song with Chris Martin.
He did a song with Madonna.
He did a song with 30 Seconds to Mars.
He highly supports Indie artists/groups like Grizzly Bear and Lykke Li who are also white.
He just mentioned Thom Yorke and Trent Reznor in the video…So he obviously does supports artists who are White as well…Plus he got Lily Allen to do a song with Common….Man, you little kids need to stop bringing race and religion into everything.
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mr
August 6th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
@jordyn correction mr hudson, adam levine, eminem, coldplay frontman and others that he supported and worked with. He isnt racist and you shouldnt waste time hating it will consume you.
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JhuntdaProdigy
August 6th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Lol @Jordyn needs to go on somewhere, with they hating @$$! If u looked at his blog, and knew anything about him, you would know about the white musicians, he listens to, and co-signs. When u think about it, how many rappers do you know that completely “support white artist”, give me a break. And give me a break Susan Boyle sucks, I doubt she’ll do the numbers she did again.
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DRB
August 6th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
He said they aren’t fronts but I seriously hope he didn’t get rid of his real teeth for that fuckery
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JRoc76
August 6th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
@jordyn HOW CAN HE BE BIAS TO BLACK ARTISTS WHEN HE HAS mr. hudson (who is white) ON HIS RECORD LABEL, PLUS HE IS A hip-hop artists AND IF U DIDNT KNOW hip hop IS A MAJORITY OF BLACK ARTISTS…
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Ash
August 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Kanye is dope man!!! I cant wait for the tour!!!!!!!!!!! oh & the Grammys Yeah hes gonna sweep!!!!!!!!!!!!
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