Kanye has Singing Locked Down.

Kanye West can probably be considered one of the most current controversial artists. The things he says both publicly and in his raps, mainly about himself, seem to aggravate and annoy people. The fact that he samples music for every one of his songs makes people think that he is unoriginal. 

But Kanye West as you know him is a different artist as of last night. During the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards West unveiled his new song, "Love Lockdown". This new single, is rumored to be the first off of his new album due out by the end of the year, features no rapping, and a style of singing with Auto-Tune, which is a pitch correction device, used to distort and correct singing. Kanye West used this style of singing with Auto-Tune when he was featured on Young Jeezy's single "Put On". He also used it on his last tour to perform songs like "Put On" and "Can't Tell Me Nothing."

Kanye's set was fairly simple, he had a set of about 20 drummers in the background of him, modestly singing. He came out last night in a good looking suit, as always, and a little broken heart, lighted, red pin. As he mentioned in "Put On" he recently "lost the only girl in the world that knows (him) best", which could be a reference to his split from longtime girlfriend Alexis Rainey, or the recent death of his mother. "Love Lockdown" is said to be a reference to both of these losses. (From the lyrics I'm leaning towards the gf split....)

Check it out for yourself.