Sun 30 Sep 2007
A nice lil’ birdie told me that after Kanye’s SNL performance, Jay-Z threw him a dope private after-party at the 4040 Club. You know, just Jay-Z and Just Blaze on stage, and Hov playing/performing new material off “American Gangster,” and then dispensing free drinks to the crowd, and then Hov rhyming along as Just spun, and Beyonce and LeBron partying until 5 in the morning…..nothing out of the ordinary. Lol, yeah right! Sounds like a legendary night!
Anyways, thanks to Nigel over at RealTalkNY : here’s Kanye’s freestyle at the end of SNL. I loved that he did it (because I’ve never heard so many songs from a brand new album performed in public. I’m almost sick of them already), but not sure if I actually loved the freestyle itself. I’m open for debate. What do you think?
And here’s Kanye’s self-deprecating skit about his notorious tantrums. It was a lil’ stiff but still hilarious….
September 30th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
that was hard…i would like to see some other artist that claim they hot and try to freestyle on live tv.
September 30th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
The freestyle was just OK but you got to give it to him when was the last time you heard any rapper going off the top of the head on live TV let alone on SNL.
September 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
This was hilarious first!!!!, freestyle was nice, not prewritten like some people
September 30th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
I saw the clips on you tube…
classic performance that the internets will be raving about this whole week…
the freestyle was decent seeing as thought he was making it up on the spot and getting emotional on stage.
Kanye is own is way to G.O.A.T status.
September 30th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Dope performance. He always does that.
Freestyle…was just a BASIC freestyle. But Common sounds the same to. I would much rather hear their written, but for the sake of Hip Hop you have to freestyle. It’s a must.
But, neither Kanye nor Common freestyles like Jay…
September 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
freestyle wasn’t one of the best i’ve seen from mr. west, but he did address everything. what more can he say?
September 30th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
I think he did a good job freestyling. You have to keep in account he’s a producer first, mc second. He also recovered pretty alright and stayed in control and let the musicians around him know when he was done. Last but not least being on live tv with all those cameras on you is hard to deal with, you can tell he was a little nervous but he got through it, at least he ain’t just stop like a lot of other rappers would do. It wasn’t the best freestyle at all but at least he went on with the show. I give him props for that.
October 1st, 2007 at 2:05 am
I got the best pumpkin…..give a short black man a chance. LMAO, oh man, i hate i missed the show.
October 1st, 2007 at 3:33 am
I was @ my mom house and our sunday luch conversation was about how she don’t like him cause he’s too arrogant. And why he can’t be more like jay-z. And me trying to tell her how jay-z is way more arrogant that kanye is just shows his arrogant in his action but he just don’t say it like ye. Jay is the same guy on 106 and park who said that big brother is the second most important song of ye career behind jesus walks. Last time I check kanye has a song called through the wire, roses(about his grandma in the hospital) and a song about his mom. But I just found funny how my mom is not even a hip hop fan buy we could have a 1 hour convo about jay and kanye maybe u will take her to see american gangster and on the way listen to hov new album. After listening to kanye album for the past 2 wks I must say its good but college drop and late registration is way better. Info please don’t delete my post like u do to my other. My mets just had the worst collapse in sport history just do met that 1 solid.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:54 am
Yeah, Kanye’s freestyle thing was hot, it shows a willingness to expose himself to potential criticism, and seemed to be for the sake of his craft and showmanship. And he got some good-to-hot lines off during it, which don’ hurt.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:03 am
I thought Kanye was kinda funny makin fun of himself like that. As for his freestyling, I didnt notice it I thought that was how the song went…lol But LeBron James was hella not funny, it was like watching a robot. Big up to you Miss Info for your tasteful website. I like how you conduct it, you dont trash people like some other sites that act like they have personal vendettas against celebrities.
October 1st, 2007 at 11:16 am
I DNT LIKE FIFF, AT ALL,BUT NIGGA MADE HIM FAMOUSE CUZ NE TIME I SEE HIM IT REMINDS OF HIS BOSS FIFTY…NO ONE CARED BOUT KANYE UNTIL HE GOT PUT IN LINE WIV FIFTY
October 1st, 2007 at 11:34 am
I love kanye 🙂
he looks like he’s playing a dave chappelle impression of himself.
“it has champagne in it !”
thank you miss info, love you! x
October 1st, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Sorry 4 my comment up top if u don’t understand. But I’m typed it on my blackberry and I didn’t feel like deleating a whole sentence to chage a word. They need to make this shit more easy to edit. Hopfully the next blackberry will
October 1st, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Wow that sounds like one hell of a night. I wish I was at 40/40 that night. Also the freestyle was kinda whack but it was defintely a good performance tho Kanye always puts on a good show.
October 1st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
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If you don’t believe me, check the site now for yourself.
October 1st, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Miss info your buggin that kanye skit on snl was mad funny.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:18 pm
sorry again missinfo but i found lil interestin comment what whoo kid said about 50’s mixtape and 50 livin in ATL with a special woman..ummm..lol
HERE’S THE COMMENT AND THE LINK:
“The balancing of the album dropping and the remix to ‘I Get Money,’ ” Kid explained of the delay. “He wanted the remix on there. Then he’s doing his movies. We usually knock out a mixtape in two or three days and put the mixtape out about a month or month and a half before the album comes out. We started working on this mixtape during the album promo, and it was so ridiculous. It finally got done. I had to force him a little, fly here and there. We finished it in Atlanta. He’s got a nice little secret spot out there with a special someone. You know.”- whoo kid
source: http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/100107/
October 1st, 2007 at 5:22 pm
o my bk u knew already..lol
ur gossip game is on point girl keep it up :)~
October 1st, 2007 at 5:27 pm
How u gonna say nobody cared about ye before this shit with 50. nigga last album sold 800k the first week. Em and 50 are the only rappers to do more in first week sales.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Kanye gonna milk this tantrum thing until we’re sick of it huh
October 1st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Funny one; I was at 40/40 but I dont think Kanye was there; it was Jay, B, Jus Blaze and King James and he did offer drinks 4 da last hour free; it was kool; everybody was wasted
October 1st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
booooooooo I really do not understand you people. HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY SAY THAT FREESTYLE WAS HOT OR EVEN OK, THAT WAS AN ABOMINATION. HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO SPIT OFF THE DOME.. go back to that freestyle he did with common on that radio station THAT WAS HORRIBLE and WIL’N’OUT. Granted dudes pop up on mixtapes and spit sayin its freestyle when it was written; WE ALL KNOW THAT BUT Jesus H. Christ that off the dome jargin made no sense. Kanye simply forgot his words, he was messin up throughout both performances. You can only give him props for not dancin around like an idiot but then again this dude is suppose to be a rapper. He got his ass played soooo hard on Wil’ and Out, he sucks as a COMPLETE artist, he should stick to producing and drop the mic, and big brother just sounds like he is soooo jealous of jigga (and sounds so weak as a person) and Jigga aint nobody any way, he sold his soul a long time ago. When do you ask? When he did a song with NAS thats when he is sooo not loyal to his words, futhermore, kingdom come was a spit in the face to fans who liked his music, and persona ie: ME, because before when he loved the hood he just basically shi**ed on the hood with that CD, now he tryin to come back. BOOOO down wit da roc and Def Jam… WHERE IS JOE BUDDEN WHEN NYOU NEED HIM??
October 1st, 2007 at 6:53 pm
@mo cheddar….oh nice! did you take any photos? And…um…was Ace of Spade the only drink that was free? lol….yeah I guess it was an SNL afterparty without Kanye? I dunno.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:14 pm
ENOUGH OF THIS CHUMP!HE’S NEVER GOING TO LEAVE IS HE?
October 1st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
the freestyle wasn’t great, but it was cool nonetheless. that’s part of makes kanye fresh right there, he ain’t afraid to do something different and look like a fool. he doesn’t stick to a formula, like some others.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:40 am
Another passionate performance. Thing I respect about Kanye is that he keeps it real. You get Kanye, not an actor playing a part.
October 6th, 2007 at 6:41 am
I really got a kick out of the skit.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:39 am
come on people, that was first class. ok, there have been better freestyles, but to mess your lines up and then just switch it to freestyle live is quality!
Kanye West is gonna be a greatest of all time.
October 26th, 2007 at 9:24 am
For a freestyle, it was pretty wack. I don’t think it was planned at first (he even had to signal the guy that the song was over), but then when he cracked on that one line, I think in his mind he decided to just go out with the fact that he messed up and break into a freestyle. Dude sounded kinda nervous too. I don’t think he “forgot” his lines like some people I read elsewhere are suggesting. He just messed up and then decided, hell with this, time to do me.
With that said, that’s the part I respect about. I mean freestyling is apart of hip hop. And he made it part of his performance on “Saturday Night Live”. Who else would go out of their way risking face by breaking into an impromptu freestyle right there and then in front of a live audience? I mean that’s not a gimmick… you risk people talkin shit about you. He’s just being who he is unlike the fake clown artists we have here today… what did Nas call them? oh yeah. “black zombies”