Well, Kanye figured out a way to sell a massively overpriced plain white t-shirt. Remove the name Kanye, and you would sure as hell keep the man on board.
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Well, Kanye figured out a way to sell a massively overpriced plain white t-shirt. Remove the name Kanye, and you would sure as hell keep the man on board.
Femmeworth
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Kanye must be a terrible person to have a conversation with.
The not looking at you thing makes it weird.
Not really. It's more or less what APC already charge for a basic t-shirt. Having the name attached meant it reached a wider audience of morons though, sure.
IrishNinja
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prolly enjoying dude's music and not listening to his interviews?
also see: nas, KRS, pretty much every hip hop artist ever
So would that many people normally buy the shirt so fast? No.
No but replace "Kanye West" with "Daft Punk" or "Lana Del Ray" etc. and they would. Kanye didn't pioneer artist/label collaborations. Justice did one with S2A a few years back, Patti Smith with Ann Demeulemeester.
TheRedSnifit
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Kanye says right in the video that he had no say in the pricing, or anything, really. All he contributed was his name.
This is very true.
I'm dying of laughter because while I read this he just said on the full interview that he did things like Walt Disney.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Lol.
DevelopmentArrested
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Dont step to Da God
I dont think Kanye looked at him once
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I dont think Kanye looked at him once
Awkward
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
I read this just now in a reddit thread:
I suddenly have extreme sympathy for him. Not that it excuses any weirdo actions or anything like that, but he honestly hasn't hurt anyone.
Not a lot of people can fathom what that kind of attention can do to a person. I don't think you could pay me as much as he makes for that much attention on me at all times, good or bad.
I suddenly have extreme sympathy for him. Not that it excuses any weirdo actions or anything like that, but he honestly hasn't hurt anyone.
Not a lot of people can fathom what that kind of attention can do to a person. I don't think you could pay me as much as he makes for that much attention on me at all times, good or bad.
DevelopmentArrested
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He just repeats the same shit over and over and over again. It's kind of creepy. i've heard the nike yeezus story about ten times now.
Not sure why thats funny. And thats coming from someone who doesnt like kanye the person. His talent is undeniable.
But it does it stir the same controversy? Is there as much stigma attached to it? Does it get as many people talking?
I'm not gonna sit here and deny that Kanye can be a douche. We're all aware of that. At some point though, people are just hating for the sake of hate. He called himself a god? Cute. The guy doing the damn interview has "da God" in his title and no one is batting an eye at that.
Did you even read the post?
This randomly reminds me of my early 20s real-life trolling streak.
Was at a party, dude is wearing leather pants and clearly very proud of that fact.
Me: Wow, leather pants huh?
Dude: Yep.
Me: Are you the lead singer of a band?
Dude: No. (confused)
Me: Oh. (disappointed, walk away slowly).
Apparently the dude was very distraught by the interaction and never wore the leather pants out again. (Mission Accomplished)
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
I don't get how this is a reply to what I posted?
He paid for the cosmetic surgery that killed his mother he obviously loved, he'd be fucking weird if that didn't affect him is what I'm saying.
I was the biggest Kanye fan years back. Spaceship was the jam I grinded to. It was my anthem.
But something happened when his mom passed due to complications of plastic surgery.
He lost his anchor. He list his grip on reality.
He's so far down this path that there's probably no coming back for him. He's in a really dark place.
He sounds like a fucking idiot in this video.
I never like Charlemagne, but he spoke truth in this video and I can respect him for that. Most hosts would have kissed Kanye's ass.
Maybe one day Kanye will resemble the dude who I was a fan of. I won't be holding my breath.
But something happened when his mom passed due to complications of plastic surgery.
He lost his anchor. He list his grip on reality.
He's so far down this path that there's probably no coming back for him. He's in a really dark place.
He sounds like a fucking idiot in this video.
I never like Charlemagne, but he spoke truth in this video and I can respect him for that. Most hosts would have kissed Kanye's ass.
Maybe one day Kanye will resemble the dude who I was a fan of. I won't be holding my breath.
Bobby Roberts
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The worst thing to happen to Kanye was believing he should become a rapper. If he'd stayed a top-level producer, selling his beats to the highest bidders, he wouldn't be a punchline right now.
Charlamagne is fucking awesome. Keeps it real as fuck.
Haha a few minutes in and the dude"s hilarious.
Wow, had no idea. The whole snap makes sense then, I guess. I mean, we can't just put him in a box and say thats the only reason but I can believe that it's probably a big part of why he is the way he is.
Not to mention that ever since then, people have largely expressed much hate for the guy constantly. Do you all really think he's unaware of how much shit people give him?
Discotheque
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and then we wouldn't have had that fucking awesome run of albums from him (aside from graduation....fuck dat)
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Look, nobody succeeds by saying "You will see, I'll be bigger than Ralph Lauren, I'll be bigger than Luis Vuitton", unless they are 8 years old and being cute. That he doesn't realize that by constantly saying "I will be bigger than everyone" and then blame others to explain why things didn't work out, that's not right.
Let em have it. It's the holidays.
Cant agree with this at all. I would say as a rapper he's probably altered the trajectory of hip hop enough that guys like kid cudi can come into the game. (Whether you like guys like that is besides the point though). When it was him against 50 on his sophmore album it kinda said somethimg about what people wanted to see in rap imo. Or maybe the assacre was just that bad. Kanye has had a big impact on popular music and thats not just off his beats.
haZethew0rld
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Opening his mouth when he shouldn't is the worse thing to happen to him.
Yes, yes, now what point of mine are you countering here? He explains why things like his Nike shoes fell through in his interview with Sway(if you can survive the breakdown he has, he actually gets to the point).
The Driver
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Exactly.
Because Kanye has such a freaking mouth on him people aren't willing to dig through his shit talk to see the dude has some legitimate points and is indeed very thoughtful.
It's his big mouth that gets him into trouble with people like Charlemagne even though everyone is a contradiction.
I just don't get how people are backing Charlemagne when a lot of his hate is "WE WANT THE OLD KANYE BACK I DIDN'T LIKE THE LAST ALBUM/TRADITIONAL HIP HOP".
This dude is also known for railing on other rappers who don't stick to the normal hip hop formula. Come on yo. Gimme a break.
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In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
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I haven't use the word in a while but.... owned
I haven't use the word in a while but.... owned
Discotheque
Banned
fuck that. fuck all y'all who say this. i'm the 2pac of neogaf. i finna turn up on you dudes now. i know my place and that''s in the upper echelons.
all these muthafuckas trying to hold me back. lenny kravitz is a cool guy but i aint concerned with that shit no more. it's not about that.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
That's kinda what I said
Seriously though - he doesn't become a rapper, he doesn't get the increased attention. He doesn't get the increased attention, he doesn't start to spiral out. He doesn't start to spiral out, the loss of his mother doesn't put him into a tailspin, and he doesn't end up essentially living the lyrics to Gold Digger.
Instead, He stays a top-level producer, he's selling beats at 50-100k a whack to multiple rappers. His style wasn't so influential - Lyrically he's never been any great shakes, its his beats that have been putting him over, the arrangements.
The production.
He could be comfortable, influential, rich, and respected. Maybe even moreso. But he feels under siege at all times, and that's because, I think, he's put himself under a spotlight he is absolutely not built to shine in. He CAN do it. It's just eating him alive the longer he's out there.
He could have attained MOST of that, without a large amount of the negatives that come with it, if he wasn't putting himself and his words out there. He wouldn't probably be as defensive.
Or maybe it was inevitable. "Yo, Kanye, Talib Kweli ain't good enough for your beats." "Yo, why you selling your shit to THOSE scrubs? You can do better than that!"
But I do seriously think if he'd kept himself to just an appearance or feature here or there, he'd still be considered one of the premier (if not THE premier) producers in the hip-hop game, with the money that goes along with that, without all the spotlight that's currently melting him down.
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