Kanye West likens self to great poets.

Controversial rapper Kanye West kicked off the New Year not with another headline-inviting blunder but with delightful news of his return to recording.

“I'm so happy to be back in the studio making new music. I will bring you the best I have to offer with the same dedication that Kobe (Bryant) has on the court,” wrote the vainglorious musician in his first blog entry for 2010, published on his official website on Jan. 4.

The original “Heartless” hit maker is seemingly bent in moving forward after voluntarily retreating from the spotlight following his infamous interruption of Taylor Swift at the Video Music Awards ’09, and the cancellation of his much-awaited tour with Lady Gaga.

“Let us look past headlines and deal with just a bit of reality in this new decade. We have our own outlets now,” he said.

Albeit his misses made more noise than his hits, Kanye’s 2004 debut album “College Dropout” was named by Entertainment Weekly last year as the “Album of the Decade.” He is also one of Rolling Stone’s “Artists of the Decade.”

In making a fresh start and rebuilding his troubled reputation, Kanye, in his signature egotistic fashion, leveled his upcoming hip-hop masterpiece as that of a poet’s.

“It's funny how so many rappers get worse as their careers stretch out, but true poets get better,” he mused. “We will follow in the footsteps of Maya Angelou, Gill Scott Herron, and Nina Simone. Their work improved with time. They documented what was happening in culture.”

He vowed to use his artistry to serve not just as an entertainer but as a scribe of history.

“That is our responsibility as modern-day artists and poets: to accurately represent what is happening now, so when the powers that be try to rewrite history, you can always look at our works and find truth and sincerity in a world of processed information.”

Towards the end of his entry, Kanye unleashed his inner Dalai Lama and advised readers to infuse good vibes and be keen in recognizing projected reality versus the “real” reality in the age of information overload.

“Let us soak in positive forces and look down on those who masquerade as truth tellers and objective fact givers when in reality, everything that is projected has an agenda of brainwashing us, the ‘consumer’, the public, to believe what they want us to,” he said.