Do we both live in America? America is the land of the "everyone is awesome," and "you can't judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree." If anything, America is, overall, way too proud and not humble enough.
Maybe you're right, maybe his music wouldn't be the way it is if his personality was different. If that's the case, then oh well. I don't actually know how much of "being an insufferable idiot" is relevant to his musical ability, so... /shrug.
Chick Fil A may have tasty chicken sandwiches, but because of other non-taste issues I stopped eating there. I do listen to Kanye still, but it's not that hard to see why his personality may turn others off to his music.
Well, I don't live in America, but I would still say that North American societal norms favour humility instead of bragging about yourself, nationalism/patriotism is a whole other monster that is it's whole other monster and kind of specific in terms of social interactions.
I definitely feel he has his idiotic moments (Obama/Michelle stuff, most notably) but they're not as frequent as the public perception seems to categorize, he just doesn't hold his tongue; and that doesn't make him an idiot necessarily in an industry that tells you shut up and smile as you are lathered with prejudice. And I really do think the positives far outweigh the negatives here.
Ye that dude who said what everybody was feeling about Bush out loud. Being expressive or idiocy?
Ye that dude who jumped on a table and started rapping in front of Jay when they were only there to hear him play beats. Bravery or idiocy?
Ye that dude that was low key questioning White appropriation of Black culture during his career and hit a head a few years ago because of his fashion frustration, leading him to recently accuse gatekeepers by name of institutionalized racism. Being passionate or accusatory and idiotic?
And that's all reflected in his music, from breaking onto the scene to today. But ultimately, if he's ruffling feathers and offending people, I really do think he's doing his job. Things would be amiss if there was no one left for him to challenge. Kanye is the villain hip-hop needs, if it wasn't for that, he wouldn't have pushed the culture in the way he has, helping break race, genre and even gender/sexuality expectations. I think it's difficult and potentially impossible to quantify, but Ye is a cultural force and that's not just his talent but his ability to cross a line somewhere that people told him he shouldn't cross. He's not even really a villain because anyone who has a slight grasp of how hip-hop has evolved over time knows his contributions.
...dude would get up on stage and enlighten the masses that Wu Tang Clan is still for the children.
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