Mr. West has been quite busy lately preparing to release his upcoming album. Last night, Kanye publicly debuted his new album, 808s & Heartbreak, at the Ace Gallery in Los Angeles via a collaboration with Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft.

As for album: yes, it’s almost entirely sung by West, aside from one verse by Young Jeezy on “Amazing” and a duet with Lil Wayne; yes, it is sung almost entirely through Auto-Tune; yes, some people are not going to be sure what to make of it, but we applaud West’s decision to step off a creative ledge wearing a jetpack that no one else is sure will actually work.

FADER published a great piece from the listening event that goes more into detail about the event and the album, check it out and then hit the jump to see Ye’ performing on Jimmy Kimmel.

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Max B, French Montana & Dame Grease - Goon Musik (We Run N.Y.)

Buckshot has been released from the hospital, and is now resting at his home in Brooklyn, NY. Upon returning from a 3 week European Tour last week, the Black Moon and Boot Camp Clik frontman suffered a series of seizures. While it’s still unclear what caused the seizures, Doctors believe that Buckshot was physically drained and became severely dehydrated to the extent  that caused his body to shut down and suffer 9 seizures in less than 1 day. In a statement this morning, Buckshot said:

“I want to thank all the fans who called and wrote emails extending their well wishes and prayers. All the support helped me recover that much quicker.”

Reporters caught him outside the hospital with the Duck Down Man moments after leaving the Hospital.

The film should be out sometime in 2009.

Karmaloop TV has just launched The Daily Loop, your daily update of what’s going on in culture, streetwear, music, movies and fashion. The Daily Loop will be dropping every Monday through Friday so be sure to stay tuned for more episodes.

The Bible of Hip Hop is a documentary about the ups and downs of the most important hip hop magazine ever, The Source. For the first time ever, during the celebration of its 20th anniversary, hear the untold story straight from the people who lived it speak about: The staff walkouts, the near bankruptcies, the battle with Eminem and Interscope, Benzino’s effect on the magazine and the final blow a sexual harrasment case.

More leaks from R&B singer Trey Songz. This one is called Off The Sunset. Hopefully the new album will drop soon.

Trey Songz - Off The Sunset

Bonus: Crishan - Gimme That (Prod. by Capo Decina)

Another little but nice new music update for your years! In this edition you get hits by Glenn Lewis, Chris Brown, Pleasure P and more, after the jump!

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Gol’ Dust is taken from Common Market’s (RA Scion & DJ Sabzi) forthcoming LP, Tobacco Road, which will be released on September 9th on Hyena/Massline Records.

Common Market - Gol’ Dust

New Music update that includes hits by Cassie, Mario, Usher, Joe, AC and more, after the jump!

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Via MTV:

“I’ve been doing an album with Lil Wayne,” T-Pain told MTV News. “It’s called T-Wayne: The Project. It’s basically just going to be an array of things, just a visual love. The two artists you’ve seen collaborate with everyone except each other. When you see us together, it’s crazy right now. We already have what we’ve done. We’re gonna keep going till they tell us to stop. We might even put out a mixtape. We’ve got so many songs that we just might do a T-Wayne mixtape too.”

I’m sure we’ll be seeing the mixtape before too long. All this T-Pain and Wayne ish’ is gonna be so fire.