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Kanye West talks Taylor Swift collab & Grammys
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He got paid to perform and its important to his friend, perhaps.
nintendork666
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I'd be way more interested in a Beck collab. Couldn't be worse than Yeezus.
Yeezus has ascended to a whole other state of being with this interview. Dude can coherently put thoughts together and is looking out for everyone and the isms that may affect them. ;_;
We should just call him God from now on.
NaturalHigh
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Surprisingly nice interview. I love Kanye's older shit but every thing post MBDTF is just a fucking joke. 4-5 Seconds is terrible and it bothers me that people are going to make money off of that single. There is literally nothing impressive about it. Not much in the eyes of a production. Just Paul playing simple guitar chords over and over. Rihanna singing a decent bonfire chorus and Ye spitting maybe 8 terrible "bars". If you want to call it that.
Not taking anything away from his career. Kanye is damn good and I respect him. I also love Rihanna and am pretty diverse in my musical tastes. This whole worshiping of Kanye just always baffled me. You all can have your opinions but man I just don't get it, lol.
tl;dr: I don't understand how people are still on Kanye's nuts.
Not taking anything away from his career. Kanye is damn good and I respect him. I also love Rihanna and am pretty diverse in my musical tastes. This whole worshiping of Kanye just always baffled me. You all can have your opinions but man I just don't get it, lol.
tl;dr: I don't understand how people are still on Kanye's nuts.
TheExhaustedWalrus
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I must be one of the few people who thinks Kanye is honestly a nice guy deep down. He just kinda gets full of himself sometimes and goes off. It's not easy for people to hear when they're in an industry that is mostly hugs and kisses most of the time. He just speaks his mind when most don't. I don't condone what he says and I feel like most of it is nonsense, but I genuinely like him.
Yeezus was mediocre though.
Yeezus was mediocre though.
Just saying, that would be one hell of a kickstarter project.
why would they come to our concert just to boo us?
He speaks his mind without actually thinking before he speaks. Resulting in him telling two different stories in the third person, none of which accurately reflect his actions. If he actually backed up any of the nonsense he talked he'd be like any other self respecting musician by not trying to constantly garner media attention to get into the public eye. Dude has sold out in every way imaginable and is an integral cog in the machine that he allegedly hates or thinks is a joke. It's walking around with shit on your face 101.
And Becks a Scientologist
At least Lennon had a point in saying that Christianity was in decline among children in England. Lennon said the Beatles and popular music were more important to kids than organized religion.
He did say Rock N' Roll would outlast Christianity which seems to be wrong.
Kanye has delusions of grandeur.
Angelus Errare
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No, Kanye doesn't have a history of beating women.
He hasn't had a history of making anywhere near the quality of records Lennon has made either.
Lennon was a better singer.
Lennon wrote close to 30 #1 hits during his short career.
Lennon and the Beatles sold are the #1 or #2 selling act in every decade since 1960.
Lennon has had a much larger impact on fashion than Kanye West.
Lennon and the Beatles had a much greater cultural impact than Kanye West.
No one else besides Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley has influenced popular music as much as the Beatles.
MBDTF is a great record, but you can't say that Kanye is close to Lennon in terms of overall impact on music. Lennon hit women. That makes him a dick, but that doesn't make Kanye a better artist than him. Even Kanye West was steering clear of comparing himself directly to Lennon.
Same reason everyone on GAF probably clicks to see what IGN's game of the year is.
Actually he hasn't gone in several years so this time it was probably just to perform
Yeah he really sold out with that mainstream Yeezus album.
this isn't a born to runner up concert
It's a promotional vehicle. Look whose record is at the top of the iTunes Best Seller list. If it didn't increase the sales of recorded music, then it wouldn't exist. The Grammy's also have a history and prestige that can still sell records and guarantee future appearances.
Oh, most definitely. He seems like a really cool guy. Some people just can't stand anything that goes against the grain, and once they start disliking something, they'll actually go out of their way to dislike it even more at any opportunity. Not sure why people are like that, but they are. I suppose it helps them feel better about their own insecurities.
In the beginning of his career, he produced quite a bit of pop and R&B. But he's produced very little for other artists in recent years.
Here is Oozer3993's Recommended Listening List for Pop Slash R&B Produced By Kanye West:
Britney Spears - Me Against The Music (Kanye West Remix)
Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name
Brandy - Talk About Our Love
Maroon 5 - This Love (Kanye West Remix)
John Legend - Used To Love U
Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene (Kanye West Remix)
John Legend - It's Over
Mr Hudson - Supernova
Drake - Find Your Love
Please don't disappear into the dizzying depths of the Kanye Vault like the Miley Cyrus collaboration.
The Driver
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Doubt anything will actually come of this, remember when Miley was all the rage after her VMAs appearance and supposedly she was in the studio with Kanye that very night?
Angelus Errare
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Kanye gives inner city youth hope. Inner city youth could give two fucks about a Lennon, Yoko or Elvis.
It's cool Lennon did all that, I'mma let him have that, but he beat a few chicks and never apologized. He ain't shit to me, he's worse than Chris Brown and Dr. Dre combined.
Discotheque
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angelus just trying to get 'em all riled up again lol.
lennon's a genius. moreso than kanye of course though i think yeezy is doing some of the most interesting stuff in the rap-game right now. always look forward to an album from him, he's been on fire since that piece of shit graduation.
if we only listened to music and watched film by nice guys then we'd deprive ourselves of some really great shit.
lennon's a genius. moreso than kanye of course though i think yeezy is doing some of the most interesting stuff in the rap-game right now. always look forward to an album from him, he's been on fire since that piece of shit graduation.
if we only listened to music and watched film by nice guys then we'd deprive ourselves of some really great shit.
not even in the top 20
rokkerkory
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He's a jerk n overrated
Syph Medwes
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Yeezus has ascended to a whole other state of being with this interview. Dude can coherently put thoughts together and is looking out for everyone and the isms that may affect them. ;_;
new slaves really was about us
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equippedwithtowel
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Meh, Lou Reed has a better catalog then Lennon. He's a big Ye fan so by the transitive property...
The Kanye/30STM collab that ended up being unreleased is worth listening to as well. Hurricane I believe.
On a related note, Kanye said that he will boycott the Grammys unless they change it so that the artist who sells the most albums wins
I mean the Grammys aren't really going to miss Kanye and his moronic suggestions.
I mean the Grammys aren't really going to miss Kanye and his moronic suggestions.
That's not what he said at all.
People suddenly love sensationalist journalism when it's talking trash about Kanye.
I think we need a clear understanding of what the Grammys are meant to be for. It doesn't seem to be the Oscars award show for music, which i thought it was. But if it was, commercial success does not equal talent. I've used this example before, if the Oscars were to do that, them the Transformers series would be winning hella awards.
Charlie0108
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Kanye will be remember fondly once he's out of the spotlight, just like every other arsehole musician from the past. People remember the music not the person and Kanye makes good music.
I'm hyperventilating over here. I've been dreaming of this since before Taylor said she had dreamt about this. It's finally happening!
Taylor is so adorable <3 <3.
Kibbles
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Sad Kanye: http://ohsoswiftly.com/post/110876574413/taylor-was-supposed-to-be-at-kanyes-fashion-show
Damnit Taylor
Damnit Taylor
Delta Assault
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Yeah. Popularity equaling awards... hell, even the Video Game Awards are beyond that mindless standard now. Call of Duty isn't winning awards every year.
Grover Cleveland
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It looks like Jay brokered the peace between Tay Tay and Yeezy
Why did Taylor keep saying Watch to Jay at the end tho?
Watch The Throne 2 with Kanye X JAY-Z X Taylor Swift coming soon?
Why did Taylor keep saying Watch to Jay at the end tho?
Watch The Throne 2 with Kanye X JAY-Z X Taylor Swift coming soon?
Kibbles
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Actually in this longer video you can see Taylor went up to Kanye first and gave him a hug . Not sure what Taylor was saying to Jay tho lol. Maybe talking about how the media will react or something
"Popular votes" means more than just album sales. If he wanted to say album sales he would have said album sales.
He's going after Greek gods now?
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