Performances from the 51st Grammy Awards

Sooooooooo.....I was going to make a post where I aggregated all the various videos of the performances from last nights' Grammy Awards. The key word being WAS, then I realized that CBS.com is still dumb and doesn't upload or host any content so I'd have to get all the videos from YouTube. I'm sure we are all familiar with the problem of this; the videos will be taken down in a few days once CBS gets around to making a copyright claim (CBS you could avoid all this if you would just host the videos on Hulu or CBS.com).

Anyway, I found a page on Mahalo that does a way better job than I could ever do:

TO SEE ALL THE GRAMMY AWARDS PERFORMANCES GO HERE

Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak

Well it seems like everyone has been talking about Kanye West in the last few weeks with the release of his album 808s & Heartbreak. I've posted about some singles off this cd a few times but I just wanted to share a few good songs. I think the beginning of the album is very solid. The songs all flow together and it seems like the first 5 or 6 songs could all be singles. The album weakens towards the end as it becomes a little too monotonous. Overall, I think its another really creative and impressive album from Kanye West.

Track 1 - Say You Will


Track 2 - Welcome to Heartbreak


Track 3 - Heartless


Track 4 - Amazing


Track 5 - Love Lockdown

Track 6 - Paranoid


Track 10 - See You In My Nightmares



Related Links:
Kanye West on the AMAs
Kanye West - Heartless Music Video
Love Lockdown Video

Kanye West on the AMAs

It was a packed night of big time TV last night. The Indianapolis Colts beat the San Diego Chargers (GO Chargers GO) with a last second Adam Vinatieri field goal. The latest season of 24, 24:Redemption, had a 2 hour premiere (more to come later).

Well with all that said, the American Music Awards was also on.

Highlights include:
-Chris Brown takes home artist of the year
-Rihanna named favorite female artist in two categories
-Alicia Keys accepts the award for Pop/ Rock Album
-Kayne West named favorite male rap/hip-hop artist


Here's Kanye West performing Heartless

...and here's a link to the man who inspired his outfit

Related:
Kanye West Heartless Music Video

Kanye West - Heartless Music Video

The music video for “Heartless” and all its animation glory is finally upon us. “Heartless” is the 2nd single off Kanye West's new album 808s & Heartbreak, which has received mixed early reviews so far. Proceed for the Hype Williams-directed video. [via TheRapUp]


Kanye West Freestyle in Singapore

Love Lockdown Video

I've noticed that some people really seem to dislike Kanye West's new single Love Lockdown well to those people I say relax; Kanye has had such mainstream success because he's willing to take risks and be original. Give the song a few more plays and I'm sure it will grow on you. I on the other hand think it's awesome, how many platinum albums and Grammys do you have? Yea, that's right, quit your whining and enjoy the video.

Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Links:
Kanye West YouTube Channel
808s & Heartbreak Wikipedia