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The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s
Why now? Because — and there’s no reason to ignore the elephant in the room: SPIN stewardship has changed hands many, many times since we made the online jump — we got our chance. Because plenty of our favorite albums of the last 10 years could still use a boost. Because some of the already unanimously beloved music on this list still merits further praise. Because we relish excuses to sound off on the music that’s affected us the most and to enlist some of our favorite writers to do so. Because the works of art below serve as a reminder that the 2010s weren’t all bad. Because lord knows we need the distraction. Because it’s fun. There’s a lot of music that isn’t on this list. Which, duh, but plenty of artists whose work defined the decade for many, many people, including many of us, ...
Kanye West Covers Chicago Gap Store With Open Letter
Source: KanyeWest.com / Kanye West Kanye West was in his bag this weekend. The “Spaceship” rapper turned a Chicago Gap store into a mural, covering it with a shroud than includes an open letter about his collab with the retailer. On Friday morning (June 26), West announced that his Yeezy clothing line was partnering with the Gap, and he started dropping content from then on. From finally dropping the unreleased “Spaceship” video, where he portrays a Gap employee (which he actually was back in the day), to his cartoon with Kid Cudi to a documentary about his Yeezy Supply website’s redesign, West’s social media feed was busy. But his play at the Gap in Chicago along the Magnificent Mile and located at 555 Michigan Avenue could be the biggest move, at least physically, as he shrouded the enti...
Kanye West Partners Yeezy With The Gap, Teases Collab
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Kanye West may have been known as the Louis Vuitton Don, but his latest venture will be more affordable. The Chicago rapper, designer, and a lengthy list of other job descriptions teased a collaboration his Yeezy clothing line has on deck with The Gap. The “Power” rapper made another return to Twitter to announce he’s dropping a collection called YEEZY Gap that if all goes to plan will debut in 2021. Check that, he’s actually partnered with the Gap. This morning (June 26) West tweeted teasers of what to expect with the hashtag “#WESTDAYEVER” including a “YZY” logo styled in recognizable GAP logo Per the New York Times, Yeezy’s design studio is tasked with creating “modern, elevated basics for men, women and kids at accessible price points.” Reportedly, West’...
Kanye West Praises Michael Jackson in New Interview With Pharrell Williams
In a new interview with i-D, Kanye West spoke with fellow studio wizard and Neptunes mastermind Pharrell Williams, comparing his own impact to that of Michael Jackson. “It felt like you really tore down the walls and the doors much like Michael Jackson did a generation before, and in a way, he’s very similar to Michael Jackson, in the ways where Michael Jackson was doing covert, super gangsta stuff, like he’d just pop the needles off,” West said during their conversation. “He kissed Elvis Presley’s daughter on MTV. Black culture used to be… we used to be fronting all night, but Michael was doing stuff that was different to what we were programmed to understand as being what we should do.” And after the compliment, West spoke on Jackson’s influence, later drawing parallels between thei...
Mask On: Kanye West Joins Chicago March Organized By Students
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN Yesterday (June 4), news broke of Kanye West dropping at least 40,000 Virgils (that’s $2M USD) to support the families of Ahmaud Arber, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Besides opening his wallet, on the same day Yeezy also participated in an anti-police brutality march in Chicago. Kanye West is here at a “Justice for George Floyd/CPD out of CPS” rally on Chicago’s South Side, where protesters plan to walk to CPD headquarters. Organizers say West called yesterday and said he wanted to join a protest. — Grace Hauck (@grace_hauck) June 5, 2020 NBC Chicago reports that the “Power” rapper was spotted on the South Side of Chicago at a protest that was organized Chicago Public Schools students and activist Ja’Mal Green. According to the NY Post, West called up the orga...
Kanye West Donates $2M To Families Of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor & George Floyd
Source: Consolidated News Pictures / Getty We’re up to day 10 of unrest across the nation and the world after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, and Kanye West has been quiet. But it turns out Yeezy has been cutting checks—he reportedly has donated $2M to the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, who are all victims of racist violence. According to TMZ, a Kanye West reps says the “Jesus Walks” rapper has donated $2 million to set up a college fund for the late George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, who is just 6 years old. Also, Yeezy has reportedly also made donations to cover the legal costs of the Arbery and Taylor families. West has also dropped coin on Black business back in his native Chicago as well as nationwide that have been affected by the protests a...
Kanye West Childhood Home Renovation Halted By City of Chicago
Source: Michelle Thorpe – PA Images / Getty It seems that Kanye West‘s plans for his childhood home aren’t coming to fruition without a few problems after the city of Chicago halted renovation to the old crib. According to the Chicago Tribune, Kanye West has run into trouble with the city of Chicago while in the midst of renovating the South Side home he grew up in. The city issued a stop-work order in February after it said it found plaster had been removed without a building permit. This makes the second time that the city has filed a citation against the tan house located at 7815 S. South Shore Dr. after it reportedly landed in demolition court last year after the city claimed it had “dangerous and unsafe conditions.” Work has since resumed on the property since the latest issue, t...
Desiigner Explains Why He Left Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music Record Label
Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Once an internet sensation with the release of “Panda,” Desiinger went from potential Hip-Hop star when he signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music label to arguably another rap one-hit wonder (no shots). Since going from hot to cold in a span of months back in 2016, Desiigner’s been vocal about wanting off of Kanye’s record label and finally got his wish last year. Now in his first interview in a minute, Desiigner revealed to the Everyday Struggle team why he wanted to leave the label that Yeezus built and and actually pointed to Kanye’s pivot to Christian music as a reason he felt he needed to move on. “Being with G.O.O.D Music, I was happy and sh*t, but then it was like kinda weird with certain sh*t,” Desiigner explained. After revealing that the comparisons to ...
Kanye West Sued For Allegedly Not Paying Software Company
Source: Splash / Splash News Kanye West is a multi-billionaire, allegedly. Nevertheless, it seems like someone in the Yeezy camp neglected to pay a bill, and now Mr. West’s company is getting sued for it. According to The Fashion Law, last week, a Colorado-based company called Backbone PLM filed a complaint in a California state Superior Court in Los Angeles alleging that Yeezy Apparel is in breach of contract for an agreement that was inked back in September 2018. Backbone claims they have not been paid for the software it provided Yeezy to manage their design specs and inventory. Reportedly, Backbone and Yeezy Apparel’s relationship was all good until the latter stopped paying its bills. In exchange for a subscription fee of $198,000 for two years, Backbone – which counts Allbirds, Outdo...
