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Kanye versus Colbert: Round 1

Nation, it’s hard not to love Stephen Colbert. But sometimes he takes things too far—too far for Kanye West, anyways. Pitchfork’s blog writers, who apparently watch everything Kanye does online, from his blog posts to his Twitter tweets, discovered a brewing animosity between the two, or at least brewing in one against the other.

On a recent episode of the Colbert Report, your favorite conservative news pundit took Kanye to task for declaring himself “the voice of this generation of this decade,” retorting that with all of Kanye’s auto-tuning, he’s not really even the voice of his own album. The whole segment was basically another shill for Colbert’s Christmas special, which recently premiered on Comedy Central. But Kanye apparently didn’t find the gag as funny—his tweet following the broadcast seemed to question Colbert’s relevance in some not-safe-for-work language.

Regardless, ye faithful who love 808s and Heartbreak will be pleased to know the modest one still has concert tickets available to upcoming show. Grab Kanye West tickets at StubHub.com.

Stephen King is a Girl Talk fan

Who knew? Stephen King released his Entertainment Weekly list of the 10 best albums of the year, and you’d be surprised to see who was on it. If you’ve read his books, and know his age, you’d peg King as having typical baby boomerish music interests. But he quite obviously keeps up with new music, and Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals ranks number four on his list of great new records.

To quote the author: “The continuous version is 53 minutes of musical stream of consciousness featuring who knows how many (possibly illegal) musical snippets: In the first 10 minutes I picked out the Spencer Davis Group, Twisted Sister, Sinéad O’Connor, and Avril Lavigne. This is as dense and allusive as James Joyce’s Ulysses, only you can dance to it.”

James Joyce? Maybe it takes a few listens to hear it that comparison. But it’s nice to know he’s such a fan. Maybe he’ll be getting concert tickets to an upcoming show. Girl Talk tickets can be found at StubHub.com.

Aguilera: Working Mom

According to a new article in the AP, Christina Aguilera admits that it is hard to be a working-mom, especially being a 27-year-old pop star.  She tells the AP that she wasn’t prepared to give up who she was after she took on the challenges of parenthood with her husband Jordan Bratman.  She does admit that she has been performing a bit of a balancing act since the baby arrived, but contends that it is all worth it.

Recently she performed at the Grammy Nominations Conert Live at the Nokie Theatre. During the show she performed the song “I Loves You Porgy” from George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.”  Christina Aguilera has become one of today’s most celebrated pop stars ever since her rise to fame in the late 1990’s. Be sure not to mss this workin’ mamas next live performance with your own pair of Christina Aguilera tickets.

Beyonce Takes Over Billboard’s Hot 100

Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” rose from 2-1 after selling 228,000 downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, and became the singer’s fifth solo No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100; that’s one more than she earned with the ladies of Destiny’s Child. Beyonce is also holding the No. 3 spot with “If I Were a Girl” while T.I. is in the middle with “Live Your Life,” which dropped 1-2. The rapper’s former chart-topper “Whatever You Like” remains at No. 4 and charting newcomer Lady GaGa rose from No. 7 to No. 5 with “Just Dance” featuring Colby O’Donis. Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold” dropped 5-6and Ne-Yo’s “Miss Independent” rose 9-7. Rounding out the Top Ten, Pink’s “So What” stays at No. 8, Britney Spears’ hit “Womanizer” moved up 12-9 and Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” climbed 13-10.

Kanye West scored the chart’s top debut with “See You in My Nightmares,” featuring Lil Wayne, which starts at No. 21 and the Fray’s “You Found Me” is the top digital gainer with second-week download sales of 145,000 and a climb from 28-15. “Single Ladies” begins its third week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart while over in the land of country Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried” starts a second week at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart. As for the rock charts, AC/DC’s “Rock’N’Roll Train” remains atop the Mainstream Rock charts for its third week and the Offspring’s “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid” snags the No. 1 spot on Modern Rock for an eleventh.

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