Kanye's Coming To The Bowery TONIGHT

Teyana Taylor, who you may have heard on Kanye West's new 10.0-rated album, took to Twitter last night declaring: "Just got to rehersals for my performance with mr Ye West tomorrow at the Bowery Ballroom 2morr. Dark Fantasy Baby!!!" And indeed, Kanye will be taking the stage there tonight—according to Brooklyn Vegan, the intimate show will be the first full album performance of his new (aforementioned "perfect") album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Want in? Tickets go on sale at noon today—that's a little over 2 hours from now, or in about 4 times of watching Runaway (below):

UPDATE (12:00:01): Sold out!

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on November 23, 2010 9:49 AM

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spiritross

Uh, with Mr. 1950 comment aside - it sounds good - but $106 for a Bowery show, damn that's pricey.

RoboticInsides

Yes, expensive for a Bowery Ballroom show, but a bargain compared to Kanye tickets at larger venues... it's also likely that there will be a bunch of special guests. I don't know about a perfect 10, but the album is excellent.

Susej Sessik Saduj

The new album is ai-ight, but when was the last time Pitchfork gave something a 10.0? All this hype smacks of white guilt.

The Artfully Dodged

Ha. White guilt for Kanye West? I swear some people really stretch far to write off people they don't like.

Susej Sessik Saduj

I actually like Kanye quite a bit and would readily admit he's a genius. I'm just listening to the album and I can't figure out where all this acclaim is coming from.

Only two albums in PF's Top 10 of the 2000s got that score, so for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to get there just doesn't make sense to me. I'm no hip hop expert though and taste is relative.

But I do think people in general are sensitive to this idea that all the press he gets for being impulsive reinforces negative stereotypes, so when his album comes out and gets deemed "perfect," I wonder if there's a bit of agenda there, be it subconscious or not. But I could be wrong.