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Kanye West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ Becomes First Stream-Only Album To Go Platinum [PEEP]

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Kanye West continues his ‘The Life Of Pablo’ dominance by going certified platinum. In doing so, the album becomes the first-ever, stream-only album to earn an RIAA platinum certification.

Although the album was released last February, it earned the certification after it achieved over 3-billion streams according to a press release from Def Jam. The streams equate to 1-million equivalent album sales. Last year the album became the first-ever stream-only album to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.

The “living album” was exclusively released on TIDAL before being available on other streaming services a month later. It had several alterations, updates, and different versions of certain songs with different features. It was innovative in the sense that it went through different transformations and was a working piece of art.

BIG ups, Ye.

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Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2016 Includes Béyonce, Kanye West, Drake, Chance The Rapper & More [PEEP]

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Béyonce, Kanye West, Chance The Rapper, Frank Ocean, and Young Thug all finished in the top 10 of Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2016.

Queen Béy lead the way with her highly-acclaimed ‘LEMONADE’ topping the list. The platinum-selling album’s placement came to no surprise to some, after its worldwide popularity and countless awards and accolades.

“Beyoncé shut everyone else down this year with a soul-on-fire masterpiece, testifying about love, rage and betrayal that felt all too true in the America of 2016,” wrote the magazine. “The queen not only made the album of the year (and make no mistake, David Bowie would have been the first to say so), she delivered a confessional, genre-devouring suite that feels larger than life yet still heartbreakingly intimate, because it doubles as her portrait of a nation in flames.”

Chance The Rapper, Frank Ocean, and Young Thug all followed Béyonce in the top 10 for their albums ‘Coloring Book’, ‘Blonde’, and ‘Jefferey’, respectively. Both Chance and Franky Ocean have received high praise for the continuous success of their projects while being indepedent.

Drake’s ‘Views’ finished 42nd after ‘If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late’ placed third last year, behind Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ and Adele’s ’25’.

Other hip-hop notables include: Danny Brown’s ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ (19th), Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ (25th), A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘We Got it From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service’ (30th), Alicia Keys’ ‘HERE’ (32nd), Maxwell’s ‘blackSUMMERS’night’ (40th), and Future’s ‘Evol’ (43rd).

What do you think about the list? Tell us in the comments or his us on Twitter @LALeakers.

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Kanye West – “Wolves” Feat. Vic Mensa & Sia [VIDEO]

Kanye West kicked off his Balmain campaign with the video for “Wolves” off ‘The Life of Pablo’ album. The emotional video features cameos from Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Vic Mensa, Sia and supermodels: Cindy Crawford, Alessandra Ambrosio, Francisco Lachowski and Joan Smalls.

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Kanye West – “Famous” feat. Rihanna [VIDEO+REACTION]

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Kanye West sold out the Forum in Los Angeles Friday night to premiere the video for his song “Famous.” The NSFW video has made waves on the Internet since pictures of celebrity bodies laying between satin white sheets have surfaced.

The familiar faces laying naked in the controversial video are: Kim K-West, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, George W. Bush, Anna Wintour, Caitlin Jenner, Ray J and Amber Rose.

Kanye is known for being controversial and thinking out of the box and loves being talked about hence his line “I’d be worried if they said nothing.”

What do you think the message on the video is? Tell us in the comments below.

TWEETS IS TALKING:

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https://twitter.com/SheWhoVotes/status/746570188091330560

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Kanye West Teases ‘TLOP’ Tour

Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Kanye West already has one of the most successful albums of the year with ‘The Life Of Pablo,’ and he is looking to follow the success with a tour.

He teased ‘The Life Of Pablo’ tour on Steve Harvey’s show Tuesday saying he could be hitting the road in September.

“My tour game is unprecedented,” he bragged to Harvey. “So we’re going to go out in September I believe, and we’re just working on some of the ideas right now.”

I’m excited to see the kind of creativity he will exude for the tour, from the merch to the stage design.

The tour is only in the planning stages, so there are no dates out or opening acts on the bill as of now. Although, it is safe to assume he will probably take his artist Desiigner on tour with him after the success “Panda” has had.

Keep it locked with us and we will share any further developments.

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Kanye Rants and Drops New Song At 1OAK

Mr. “No More Parties In LA,” Kanye West made it a party at 1OAK Los Angeles, as he spontaneously dropped in and dropped new music last night for Yo Gotti’s album release party.

Prior to premiering his newest record, ‘Ye took over the mic to share an interesting story of Beanie Sigel saving his life, mentioned that Louis Vuitton offered him a deal, took shots at Apple and MediaTakeOut. He did show love and support to TIDAL, Jay-Z and Taylor Swift.

After his Kanye-ish rant he dropped a new song called, “Closet Thing To Einstein” and hinted at dropping another album in the summer.

Subscribe to TIDAL to listen to Kanye’s ‘The Life Of Pablo,’

Peep the full rant video and song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69_4BvHnCWA

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @beeroxx90