Kanye West on 'true love' Kim's 'disturbing curves,' his sex tape, porn obsession

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. 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.

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.'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.' 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.

For the full interview, go to W magazine's website.

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.'