Since the now infamous Taylor Swift incident, Kanye West has been laying pretty low. Up until a couple of months ago, he’d been almost completely silent for 9 months, taking some time to lick his wounds from the fallout. But now, he’s back in a big way, which for those of us who enjoy Kanye doing what he does best — making GREAT hip-hop music — is excellent news.
Apparently he’s releasing a brand new album sometime this fall. There’s no official date for the album yet, although it’s said to be September 14th and likely titled Good Ass Job (Ye confirmed that’s no longer the title on Twitter this morning). He dropped the first single off it, “Power,” online, and then performed it at the BET awards. Both indicated a triumphant return to form, especially for those who didn’t favor the style of his 808s and Heartbreak album.
News on the web today is that he rapped a bunch of tracks off of the album at the Facebook HQ (huh?), and they’ve made it to YouTube this morning. All the rhymes are rapped Acapella, so there are no beats, but Kanye does some serious spittin’. Check out some of the videos below of a particularly dapper looking Kanye rapping tracks titled, “Lost In The World,” “My Chain Heavy,” and “Mama’s Boyfriend.” They’re all sick, but I’m especially a fan of “Mama’s Boyfriend.”
“Lost In The World” & “My Chain Heavy”
“Mama’s Boyfriend”
Also, it isn’t verified yet, but some sources close to him are claiming that Kanye has now started a Twitter account. It only has 2 Tweets so far, but they mention him attending meetings in Silicon Valley, which sounds about right with his performance at Facebook HQ. It’s pretty simple: @kanyewest.
*Update: The Twitter is really him, ’cause it’s now verified.
** Another Update: Ahhh, he’s at it again. Continuing on the trend of inpromptu social media drop ins, Kanye decided to spit a few more rhymes for the folks at Twitter today. What is with this guy and websites today. Hey, Kanye, if you haven’t had your fix of website HQs today, come on down to MetroLyrics LOL.
Anyways, there’s one low quality video below. Hopefully some better stuff shows up soon.
August 1st, 2010
Hey kynae…..its a white crowd…..they wont buy ur rap cd honey…they are just blowing ur trumpet
August 4th, 2010
Kanye keep doin ur tin….patiently waitin for the albulm bro
August 5th, 2010
@Sweetu, obviously you can’t see the true talent behind Kanye’s words. Being WHITE has nothing to do with it, nor does being BLACK or any other color. Kanye has the talent that many others wish they had. think about what you speak/say/write.. whatever you wanna call it, before you bother saying anything.