Jay-Z & Kanye Beefing about the Tour?!

[Almostlity]

A battle royal has broken out behind the scenes of Jay-Z and Kanye West's new album, "Watch the Throne."

Sources say the rappers -- who call themselves The Throne and are releasing their expected blockbuster collaboration Aug. 8 on iTunes and four days later everywhere else -- are barely speaking to each other as they iron out the details of their upcoming tour.

Live Nation's presale event on Thursday was delayed, but tickets for the tour are slated to go on sale today, with shows at the IZOD Center Sept. 27 and 28.

The sources say West wants flashy concerts with "next-level production," which would cost more than $400,000 per show. Jay-Z is said to be meticulous about costs and already has a larger, long-term advance from Live Nation that he has to pay back.

"Jay-Z can't deal with Kanye," an insider told Page Six. "Jay is a stone-cold businessman. He wants to recoup all of his money from Live Nation. But Kanye wants to upstage rock stars with a blowout show. He doesn't care about costs. He has a lot less to gain from the shows."

West is expected to agree to the conditions of the tour next week, but the business brouhaha between the powerhouse artists might have affected their backstage relationship.

Industry insiders were shocked to see West and Jay-Z perform separately with Young Jeezy last Monday night at the Highline Ballroom. "We were expecting them to come out together to perform a track from the album," a source said. "They didn't even go out together after the show."

"Jay-Z is fed up with West's antics," another source said. "He doesn't even want to be around him." However, the two are expected to perform together at a listening party tonight at The Rose Planetarium in Central Park, according to The Post's Dan Aquilante. A Live Nation rep said, "No comment." The rappers' reps didn't get back to us.



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[Sam.]

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[DƎRDYPK]

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[Drug.Ballad]

PUBLICITY STUNTS .

Yep. Would be funny if it was true and they actually fell out over this and didnt tour

[EminemBase]

Nice to see Kanye is focused on pushing every aspect as far as he possibly can, if this is true. Fuck money, impact and effect are more important. And tacky Jay putting cash above art.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

i dont trust this.

[Atone]

Jay-Z always fightin o0n collab albums, 1st it was R Kelly on both their collab albums, now this lol

[DanWS]

Apparently it's "completely false".

http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2011/08/k ... -wtt.html/

[Suicide]

Nice to see Kanye is focused on pushing every aspect as far as he possibly can, if this is true. Fuck money, impact and effect are more important. And tacky Jay putting cash above art.

Exactly. Jay-Z is such a greedy bastard. He has so much money he could afford to do shows like this and it wouldn't hurt him.

But, hopefully it's not true.

[Ka0t1c]

kanye is an idiot with cash, the shows are great but you gotta be dsmart with your money, i'm on jay-z's side on this one

[Sam.]

Apparently it's "completely false".

http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2011/08/k ... -wtt.html/

and we knew it all along *shrug

[TheGentlePlayer]

PUBLICITY STUNTS .

This!

We all know the lov Kayne has for Jay-Z

[EminemBase]

I wouldnt really call a bunch of flashing lights art. It should be about the music. Jay-Z was amazing at the Home and Home show and the only things they had were a live band and a huge screen.

If it's part of Kanye's expression and vision, it's art. Art is just self-expression and some form of conscious creativity or input.

Calling something art doesn't immediately mean it's good, meaningful, deep or original. Which is the mistake people always make.

Like cocky parents who snuff at the idea of calling rap poetry. Again, calling something poetry doesn't mean it's GOOD poetry. It's a label. I could write utter shite but if I intend it to be poetry, and it's my self-expression through words, metaphor and rhyme... it's poetry. Regardless of quality or what anybody thinks of it. Poetry is just a label. Art is just a label.

So considering Kanye uses his stage and visuals as a piece to the puzzle of his music, I would call it art. Or certainly a brush stroke to the painting. It's part of it. He likes to make everything as vivid and extreme as he can, he thinks a lot bigger and better than Jay.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

jay was on hot 97 with angie like an hour ago

shits on RR

he called kanye genius and that he loves him,so this is fake

and he also said that WTT wont leak whatsoever.