Kanye West Says “I’m The #1 Rock Star On The Planet”

    Noted Chicago lyricist Kanye West may have offered up a few, rare details on his personal life during a nearly hour-long interview with the “Kris Jenner Show” a few weeks back, but with the release of an upcoming interview with BBC Radio 1 personality Zane Lowe, Kanye will now speak in-depth on his music.

    A preview of the interview with Lowe, which was posted on YouTube earlier today, lasts less than a minute, but in it ‘Ye touches on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, being the “number one rock star,” and criticism from others.

    “You know Dark Fantasy could be considered to be perfect,” Kanye said. “I know how to make perfect, but that’s not what I’m here to do… We the real rock stars and I’m the biggest of all of ‘em. I’m the number one rock star on the planet.”

    Additionally, Kanye seemed well aware of the criticism, which seems to always find its way to the G.O.O.D. Music artist.

    “People [aren’t] gonna look at this interview and say ‘Hey, I understand what he’s talking about.’ People are gonna look at this interview and say, ‘I don’t like Kanye. Look, he looks mad. I don’t like his teeth,” said the Yeezus rapper.

    Although a Kanye interview is still a rarity, the rapper has taken part in the occasional interview this year especially given the release of his sixth studio album, Yeezus. This year, Kanye most notably chopped it up with W Magazine and the New York Times’ Jon Caramanica. In his interview with the Times, he discussed his work with Rick Rubin and gave props to Hip Hop duo dead prez.

    A 50-second preview of Kanye West’s interview with Zane Lowe can be found below.

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    85 thoughts on “Kanye West Says “I’m The #1 Rock Star On The Planet”

    1. Drake’s first week album sales are going to be higher than Kanye’s total album sales since the release of Yeezus.

      I ain’t buying this biggest star bullshit Kanye!

      1. rock =/= album sales. If you had a choice of concert to go to where you are front center who would you choose before Kanye? Not a damn person. That’s a rock star.

    2. Love him or hate him gotta love his confidence in his ability to make music and go into unchartered territory (rock)!

    3. Kanye has turned over a new leaf since having a child with Kim Kardasian. Unfortunately, he went clubbing with Lamar Odom, and is now a crack addict with mom issues.

    4. Zane Lowe?

      Why do Jay and Ye use this dude?? Westwood is a dick – But he is UK’s most resepcted hiphop dj.

      Zane Lowe plays pop music.

      1. great job pointing out the fact that no one gives a fuck about….dont you think they have reasons why doing things????….people are fucking idiots…actually butthurt fags are

    5. basically trying to fuel speculation like the Kendrick “I’m the King of New York” line accomplished. Kanye always says outlandish things for attention, why people give in to it every time, i dont know.

    6. If I like and support an artist, I buy his/her album.

      Otherwise, I’ll download their album free of charge.

      I didn’t, and wouldn’t bother, downloading Yeezus.

      What sort of “rap artist” grabs attention left right n centre, dates KK and has a baby named North West, and continuously acts like a washed up pop star.

      #1 Rock star.. scrap that.. #1 moron

      1. LOL you butt hurt bro? Ye is a musical genius wake the fuck up

        Washed up pop star???????? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO if that means selling millions of albums and selling out tours LOLOLOLL

      2. In the words of Kanye “There will always be hater niggas thats the way it is, hater niggas marry hater bitches and have hater kids”.

    7. yeezus was trash- even jayz album was better

      he got outsold by a guy who moved up to compete with him

      kendrick lamar is better

      if he didnt have such great beats and production he would be bottom of the barrel

      1. Outsold? Outsold by what, 20,000 or more copies? LOL, around the world sales say different. J Cole needs YEARS to outsell him little boy. Y’all acting like it’s 200,000 copies.

        “OMG, he outsold him, he must be better”

        better YET:

        “HA HA, got an A on this test, you got a B instead of an A this time, I’m smarter than you”

        What that GPA in FOUR YEARS looking like? You don’t graduate in ONE, little BOY. That “honest opinion” of yours don’t mean SH*T without CREDIBILITY.

      2. LoL, if you KNEW it was STRONGER, why didn’t YOU notate it’s strength(S)?

        “Uhhhh, it must be a better album because it sold more”

        L M M F B A O

        YOU FANS DON’T EVEN SPEAK ON HIS ALBUM, WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE YOU NOW?

        FOH & STFU

        Y’ALL STILL ACTUALLY THINK HE MOVED THE RELEASE DATE HIMSELF! STOP EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.

    8. And why did he fall off, because you don’t like what he’s putting out? Little shrimps don’t understand that true artists ain’t gonna cater to you, that’s the thirsty for a dollar fakers.

      A real artist gonna put out what they feel, you like it, cool. Not, next song.

      MBDTF goes, y’all to invested in the skirts, masks, headlines, talk. Yeezus ain’t for y’all, like WTT wasn’t. Yeezus is that European, international, runway, chic music, WTT was that arena music. End of the day he doing things y’all can’t comprehend because y’all one dimensional. Real talk.

      1. i agree. its tough though , because so much of hip hop was founded on sticking to rules. Kanye has ALWAYS been ahead of the times in music period. he might be in that top 5 of most important artists of the decade.

      1. …first off hip-hop beats are far more diverse in sound than those simply distorted guitars
        second, sampling is and always been a part of the genre
        and yea, last thing in case you get stupid enough to argue with that, niggas use guitars or sample them in they beats for decades too

      2. not defendin kanye in any way tho, he gonna say any scandalous bullshit to get even more attention, real humble motherfucker, lol

      3. “Kanye actually makes his own beats…”

        naw he doesnt. he got a team of slaves making shit for him to put his name on. he adds a lil hit hat or a sound effect hear and there… go look at his album, every song is co-produced by like 5 or 6 other niggas

    9. GUCCI MANE is the realest rapper and heres why.
      1) all other rappers rap about being gangster shooting and killing but they havent done it.
      2) Eminem raps about killing he hasnt.
      3)Jay z raps in open letter about sending shots he hasnt.
      4)Nas raps about how he is a queens thug but he wasn’t.
      5)Most of the rappers rap about stuff they havent done yet you all support them and say its real rap.
      6)When rick ross does it you all claim he is fake and say its fake rap.

      This shows that hiphop fans are hypocritical and all these real hiphop fan wanna be’s are just some unjustified haters whose opinions are just as irrelevent as the swag fag rapper fans.

      GUCCI MANE KILLED A MAN HE WAS A DRUG DEALER BEFORE RAPPER HE HAS STREET CREDENTIALS HE IS THE ONLY RAPPER THAT RAPS ABOUT FACTS THERE FORE BIG GUWOP IS THE REALEST RAPPER IN THE RAP GAME AND THATS A FACT!

      The Gucci Mane Army doesnt support A FAGGOT like Kanye West

    10. Boy you need psychiatric therapy dude…Come down to earth U just a human beeing…Don’t forget where da f*** U came from…!!!

    11. What’s Wrong With Hip-Hop? Kanye says he’s the planets #1 ROCKSTAR – That’s wats wrong with hip-hop. Hip-Hop is about spreading knowledge, No one in the mainstream does that. Theres a reason for that – the gov’t won’t allow it. They don’t want you to be smart and knowledgeable about what going on. Keep buying your shoes, whips and chains.

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      2. “The gov’t won’t allow it.” You’re an idiot. The reason the mainstream is “dumbed down” is because it has to, by definition, appeal to the lowest common denominator – the reason why sex sells is because 99.9% of humans are biologically inclined to find it appealing.

    12. Kanye is one of the best rappers. Yes, I’m serious. I will always continue to support my favorite rapper. That’s all.

    13. TOP ALBUMS THIS YEAR
      Key, #. Artist – Album Name (first week sales in US)

      1. Drake – Nothing Was The Same (TBD)
      2. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 2 (TBD)
      3. J. Cole – Born Sinner (297,000)
      4. Pusha T – My Name is My Name (TBD)
      5. Jay-Z – Magna Carta ….. Holy Grail (528,000)
      6. A$AP Rocky – Long. Live. A$AP (139,000)
      7. B.o.B. – Underground Luxury (TBD)
      8. Kanye West – Yeezus (327,000)
      9. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With the Sound Off (101,000)
      10. Wale – The Gifted (158,000)
      11. Kid Cudi – Indicud (140,000)
      12. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II – (217,000)
      13. Juicy J – Stay Trippy (64,000)
      14. Big Sean – Hall of Fame (72,000)
      15. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime (64,000)

      If you think I forgot something or have a disagreement please comment.

      1. Those aren’t ALL of the albums released this year, those are the highly publicized releases. A damn shame you have to include first week sales to even have a conversation about M U S I C.

      2. 1. My choice for best album this year is Rub The Jewels by Killer Mike and El-P. It’s just straight hip hop for the whole album without any filler.
        2. B.O.A.T.S. II should have gotten more respect. He has great beats on those tracks. It’s not an artistic album to say the least but it’s more fun than most of these whiney bitches.

    14. Except you don’t play rock music/sing without autotune/are a great songwriter, slick. If this is the bar for rockstars, then the bar has been set real low.

    15. upto I saw the bank draft which said $4192, I didnt believe …that…my cousin woz like truley erning money part-time at there labtop.. there uncles cousin has been doing this for under nineteen months and as of now repaid the loans on there apartment and got a top of the range Nissan GT-R:. additional reading… http://www.Fb39.com

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