VH1 Storytellers (Kanye West album)
VH1 Storytellers is the second live album by the American rapper Kanye West. It was released on January 5, 2010, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings.[1] Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics with most praise going towards the performances of West's tracks.
VH1 Storytellers
Background and recording[edit]
The performance lasted eighteen hours. The show's producers cut it to 20 minutes, after getting network approval to expand the episode from its usual one hour. Songs that didn't make the final cut included; "Love Lockdown", "Homecoming", "Street Lights", and "Go Hard", while some were made available to be viewed online.
Comments cut included West's reaction to being snubbed by Thom Yorke at the Grammys and asking for Chris Brown to be giving a break for his altercation with Rihanna. Executive producer Bill Flanagan told Reuters "A lot of the stories that Kanye told went long, I tried to get to the essence of his comments."[4]