Kanye West on 'true love' Kim's 'disturbing curves,' his sex tape, porn obsession... and an awkward encounter with Kris Jenner

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Kanye West and his ego are unleashed in a revealing new interview after the rapper spent several days with a magazine journalist.

West opens up about everything from his 'true love' and baby mama Kim Kardashian (including her fashion sense and those famous curves) to his obsession with pornography - and why he almost released a sex tape of himself last year.

Also documented in the scrolling W magazine interview is a rather awkward moment between Kanye, 36, and Kim's mother Kris Jenner - witnessed by the publication's writer Chris Bagley.

Power couple: Kanye West with girlfriend Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala in New York in May. The rapper discusses his relationship with the reality star in a new interview for W magazine

Bagley got a candid peek into Kanye's life with visits to his Parisian loft apartment, where the rapper worked on his sixth studio album Yeezus, which was released last week.

West's clashes with the media and paparazzi alike are well documented, yet he agreed to take part in the protracted interview (despite having a degree of reluctance, Bagley notes).

But with an album to promote, publicity comes calling - and West certainly knows how to get it.
One of the topics covered - his highly publicized relationship with Kim Kardashian, 32, who gave birth to their daughter North West just over a week ago.

Kanye West The Transformer: Kanye is photographed in an artsy shoot by Nick Knight for the W interview

Of course the reality star's outfits have attracted plenty of attention of late, with Kanye - who also has his own fashion line - being seen as influencing her choices.

However Kanye told W magazine he is not masterminding Kim's look as much as people might think - more giving her a foundation from which to build.
'Nobody can tell my girl what to do,' he said. 'She just needed to be given some platforms of information to work from.'

'I loved that it disturbed people': Kanye on Kim's 2010 nude W magazine cover

As is common throughout the interview, Kanye - who describes himself as an 'intellect who doesn’t like to read a lot' - seems to do an about-turn as he continues to discuss the matter.

'For her to take that risk in front of the world, it just shows you how much she loves me. And how much she actually loves the opportunity to learn,' he explains, now apparently suggesting he is masterminding her wardrobe.

Elsewhere in the interview, which was conducted before the arrival of baby North, Kanye gives his own take on Kim's famous and much talked of 'curves'.
Speaking about her nude 2010 W magazine cover, Kanye said: 'I loved the fact that it happened, that it disturbed people.

'I loved the fact that it put those curves right inside that Hamptons house, that there’s some Hamptons husbands who had to cover that up.'
Kanye also referred to a home recording he made with an unidentified woman in a hotel room, before he and Kim got together.

Last year there were reports the tape was being shopped to the highest bidder - and Kanye says he was even considering releasing it himself to avoid the threat of extortion.
He explained: 'For the most part, I’d rather people have one of those home videos than some of the paparazzi photos that get published,' he explained.

'At least I recorded the s**t myself. That tape couldn’t have hurt me in any way if it came out—it could only have helped.'

Experimenting with her looks: Kanye talked about Kim's fashion choices and how he has helped influence them

Fashionable footsteps: Kim seen at Los Angeles Airport last June wearing a pair of Kanye-designed Nike Air Yeezy sneakers

While he decided against releasing it, there no saying he won't change his mind. As he bluntly put it: 'Now, I just do exactly what I want, whenever I want, how the f**k I want... "F**k you" is my message.'

West explains his 'superobsession' now is 'furniture' and 'pornography, still,' adding: 'The porn thing has never left since I was in high school.'

Furniture is probably on his mind more now than ever, as he and Kim are overhauling their 9,000sq.ft mansion which they recently bought in a gated community in Los Angeles.

While it is being renovated, though, Kim and Kanye (and baby North) are going to be living with her mother Kris Jenner - which could make for some interesting encounters based on one somewhat awkward one which was witnessed by W magazine writer Bagley.

Bagley describes a scenario in which he arrived at Kanye's Paris apartment at 10pm at night to find some of the Kardashian clan in the house, including Kim's brother Rob and her mother Kris.

Kris is looking around the apartment for the first time, and admiring the finery, including a set of designer ceramic cups, the interviewer notes.

'Great job': The feature recalls an awkward encounter between Kanye and Kim's mother Kris Jenner, as witnessed by writer Chris Bagley, seen here in June last year in Paris

Then Kanye plays her some of his unfinished songs, 'including [the track] Awesome which is clearly about Kim,' Bagley writes.
Kris then exclaims: 'Great job.'

However, it seems Kanye doesn't find Kris' simplistic critique quite lyrically pleasing enough.

As Bagley observed: 'He raises his eyebrows. "Great job?" he says and sets off on a comic riff that cracks up everyone in the room.

'Toasting with his champagne glass, he says, "Great job, Baccarat, for making a glass that can hold liquid!" He looks down at his waist. "Great job, belt loops, for keeping my pants up!"'

Jenner laughs politely, shortly afterwards hugging West goodbye and tells him: 'I love you. You know where to find us, at the George V. Call us tomorrow, if you want.'
However Bagley notes in an aside: 'It seems apparent to everyone, including Jenner, that West will not call.'

OUTTAKES: KANYE WEST SOUNDBITES FROM W MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

On appearing on Keeping Up With The Kardashians: 'Oh, that’s just all for love. It’s simply that. At a certain point, or always, love is more important than any branding, or any set of cool people, or attempting to impress anyone. Because true love is just the way you feel.
On his track I am God (which he collaborated on with Daft Punk): 'I made that song because I am a god. I don’t think there’s much more explanation. I’m not going to sit here and defend s**t. That s**t is rock ’n’ roll, man. That s**t is rap music. I am a god. Now what?'
On how seriously to take him: 'You should only believe about 90 percent of what I say. As a matter of fact, don’t even believe anything that I’m saying at all. I could be completely f*****g with you, and the world, the entire time.'
On being rich: 'I’m not a billionaire; I’m just a millionaire. But I’m the youngest guy I know who has this much interest in design and the ability to actually get some of it. So that makes me an important cog in the wheel.'
On his self-acknowledged deficiency in the eloquence department: 'God’s little practical joke on me—as an intellect who doesn’t like to read a lot—is like, I’ll say some superphilosophical s**t, but I’ll say it the wrong way... I’ll use the wrong word, so it goes from being really special to completely retarded.'