Cassettes Won't Listen Explains His Scheme to Beat Kanye at VMAs

Kanye West probably had a right to be steamed about those awards he's always losing. But, let's face it, from the MTV Europe Awards to the Grammys, Kanye the loser have been far more entertaining than whoever actually beat him out for those honors. Now Cassettes Won't Listen, aka one-man sound factory Jason Drake, is hoping to send West into another memorable diatribe.

With audiences having the chance to select the nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Awards, Cassettes, whose 'Paper Float' has made the cut thus far for Best Male Artist, has set up BeatKanye.com, a Web site where fans can help the indie artist pull off the David vs. Goliath upset. "I decided that I wanted to beat Kanye because it's so much more fun to watch Kanye lose an award than it is to watch him win one," Drake told Spinner. "I'm tired of seeing him win and hear him talk about how he's the best there ever was, how he's changed the game, how he's the second coming of Christ, how his lighting show will beat your lighting show."

Cassettes is promising that if he does indeed end up victorious, he will release his next album for free. And to let people know this isn't just empty political campaigning in this election year, he is making his next single, 'Freeze and Explode,' available for download now.

Drake isn't particularly worried about how the tempestuous hip-hop star will react to the challenge. "I'm not sure if he's aware of BeatKanye.com, but seeing he's now a bona fide blogger, maybe it'll reach his inbox," he says. "Who knows: Maybe he'll laugh it off, or maybe his head will explode."

If Cassettes Won't Listen does pull this off, MTV had better get those censors ready. This could be fun.

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