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Kanye West plays it cool at Vanity Fair's 2009 Tribeca Film Festival party Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kanye West unhappily took to his blog on Thursday to discuss a leaked version of his latest video, "Paranoid."
"IT HURTS ME TO SEE THE OLD AND VERY WRONG VERSION OF THE PARANOID VIDEO GET LEAKED ALL OVER THE NET WHILE I WAS ON AN 11 HR FLIGHT AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT," Kanye wrote in his trademark all-caps. "IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS
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The star added "THE VERSION THAT LEAKED FROM THE CAMERA PHONE LAST WEEK IS AT LEAST A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FINAL PRODUCT" but still not up to his standards.
Rihanna appeared in lingerie in the leaked version of the video, but in stills Kanye posted from the official version, she appears to be in a more dramatic role, driving a car with an intense expression.
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The black-and-white photos showcase a noir-like style and close-ups of animal eyes, including a wolf.
However, the new video isn't the only thing on the rapper's plate. Kanye has a new book, "Thank You And You're Welcome," which he co-wrote with J. Sakiya Sandifer and discussed in a recent interview with Vanity Fair.
"This book doesn't so much attack any other people's rules, systems or beliefs, but asks people to have their own, and expresses and opinion of what mine are," the outspoken musician told the mag.
Of the difference between writing a book of advice and writing lyrics, he said there was one major change.
"You don't have to rhyme," he said.
Kanye added that the book was the product of "countless hours" of philosophizing.
"Me and Sakiya, we'll get together and think," he said. "A lot of people don't like to think."
But one thing the budding author himself doesn't like to do? Read.
"I am a proud non-reader of books," Kanye said in a separate interview with Reuters. "I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life."
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RhCp GuRl 4 LiFehe soo deserves itreport abuseposted September 19, 2009 5:46 AM PDT
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ChristopherSorry to say but that is what pieces of trash like him do. Be it White Trash or Ghetto Trash thats how they act. They should put his ass in a cage where he belongs.report abuseposted September 14, 2009 4:31 PM PDT
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katherineI do NOT like kanye. Tonight he ruined taylor swifts moment although not all may like her. His head has gotten too big and he always says how he wants to "represent his people" when he is the one who is showing how they are different by bringing it up. He is dirtreport abuseposted September 13, 2009 6:02 PM PDT
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. : nancy : .kanye is the best of the best raper unless like other musitions only steal fromm other artist so stop %@!*#ing up his career!report abuseposted August 25, 2009 12:48 PM PDT
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Sir Dpattiecharleston - Who cares? It's a comment not a spelling bee.report abuseposted August 1, 2009 2:42 PM PDT
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oohaycry me a river or better yet go float down one and never come backreport abuseposted June 1, 2009 9:36 AM PDT
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ewil5What if you were an artist who painted a mural and it was released to the public before being finished or the way you wanted it to look. People may like or dislike it but it is not the total vision you had for the mural itself. It would take away from the original "expression" you were trying to acheive. However, this is how the industry is, leaks happen often...no wonder why hereport abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:17 AM PDT
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PrincessOoooh, too bad on the lack of reading. He's missing out on a whole different dimension of learning. You can't know where you're going unless you know where you're from. Books give that to you. Hope if he has kids he'll read to them... and not hire a nanny to do it for him...report abuseposted June 1, 2009 4:02 AM PDT
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pattiesome people should know how to spell what their comments are before putting the out there for the world to see!report abuseposted June 1, 2009 1:53 AM PDT
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pattiesome people should know how to spell what their comments are before putting the out there for the world to see!report abuseposted June 1, 2009 1:53 AM PDT
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