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 Kanye
West - 808s & Heartbreak|Kanye West has had a rough year (the death of his mother, splitting from his fiancee), so it's not surprising to hear raw emotion and frustration on his fourth album. He's not mincing words when it comes to women: He's the victim who's been mistreated on "Heartless," and he's unable to wrench himself away from an ex-lover on "Say You Will." While interesting, these tracks aren't nearly as fun as the cocky "Amazing" ("I'm a monster/I'm a maven") and the Lil Wayne-assisted "See You in My Nightmares," where he gains the upper hand in a breakup. Sonically, West pushes the envelope by relying on the drum machine from which the album takes its title, as well as the ever-popular vocoder. In the end, it seems that no matter how pained West is, as long as his one true love—himself—is intact, he will prevail in the face of adversity. —Mariel Concepcion
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Twilight - By
MANOHLA DARGIS|It’s
love at first look
instead of first
bite in
“Twilight,” a
deeply sincere,
outright goofy
vampire romance
for the
hot-not-to-trot
abstinence set.
Based on the
foundational book
in Stephenie
Meyer’s
best-selling
multivolume
series, “The
Twilight Saga”
(four doorstops
and counting),
this carefully
faithful
adaptation traces
the sighs and
whispers, the shy
glances and
furious glares of
two unlikely
teenage lovers who
fall into each
other’s pale, pale
arms amid swirling
hormones, raging
instincts, high
school dramas and
oh-so-confusing
feelings, like,
OMG he’s SO HOT!!
Does he like ME??
Will he KILL me???
I don’t CARE!!! :)
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 West,
Keys and Rihanna
double-up on AMA
trophies
LOS ANGELES -
Kanye West had
nothing to
complain about
Sunday, as he
picked up his
first-ever
American Music
Awards and
delivered a
flawless, if
subdued,
performance of his
new single,
"Heartless."
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