Hold up, imma let you finish but... Kanye West opinions -

[wristwatchswisswatch]

Howdy, Kiwis. I'm just curious to see what the consensus on Kanye West is here. I'm still anally annihilated for him fucking with Paul McCartney and Beck.

I personally think he hasn't released a good album since Graduation and his god-complex is getting out of hand. I expected Jay-Z to bop that dude for nearly embarrassing him and his wife again.

 

[Dr. Meme]

good music, shit personality. I like him.

 

[YI 457]

He sucks and he stole from Enter the Void:

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[Zenotwapal]

I personally think he's a stuck up asshole.
I can't take you seriously if you say shit like this and wholeheartedly BELIEVE it:

"My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."
“[AIDS is] a man-made disease. [It was] placed in Africa just like crack was placed in the black community to break up the Black Panthers.”
“Kim doesn’t understand what a blessing I am to her.”

 

[Venusaur]

"Meh". Any song I like of his is just remixed music from other artists (Daft Punk, King Crimson...). The guy has a douchy personality, a lot of money to make videos and an godzilla-sized ego. People seem to like him and think he's amazing, but he's just never done it for me.

 

[wristwatchswisswatch]

He reminds me of a lolcow, to be honest. That's mostly why I made this thread. He just goes dumb all day.

 

[EI 903]

Egotistical twat.

 

[R.A.E.L.]

Couldn't care less about his music. He seems like a dick though.

 

[Dalish]

I dunno.

He's doing shit with music that no one else has done. He's got awards and accolades for a reason-- he's inventive, wildly talented and Yeezus was possibly the most well-constructed album in the last decade.

Musician Lou Reed reviewed the album shortly before his death, describing it as "majestic and inspiring [...] no one's near doing what he's doing, it's not even on the same planet."

He's still an asshole.

 

[Cuck Norris]

Decent producer, terrible rapper, moderately entertaining as a lolcow mainly because his ego is so far removed from reality. Kanye is the definition of unwarranted self-importance.

 

[Lefty's Revenge]

Musical genius. Not too smart in anything else. He's also remarkably bad at articulating himself. To the point where he has good points at time but can never spit them out.


I also get annoyed with the people who get all morally outraged over fucking Kanye West. If he's not as important as he thinks he is stop writing essays about him.

Also when exactly did Kanye West "Fuck with" Paul McCartney?

 

[DrChristianTroy]

Dude's fresh. Might take awards too seriously but whatevs. Glad someone within the system called out the Grammy's bullshit decision making.

Love people coming the defense of Beck though. Like who gives a fuck about the dude after 1994?

 

[Queen of Tarts]

I think Kanye West sucks cock. And if the rumors are true, he probably does literally as well.

 

[Abethedemon]

I like him because he dares to do things outside of the popular music sphere but still in the mainstream. I think his douchiness is mainly put on for show though.

 

[Konstantinos]

Great, profound, music. Obnoxious person. What a strange paradox.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

The only entertainment value I find I get from him is whenever he fucks something up with his own ego.

Otherwise the man can go straight to hell.

 

[The Joker]

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=JJcmCME_jG8

I'm not a fan of rap but I do like a couple of his songs. The guy is a major douche nozzle though.
Beck is one of my favorite artists with wicked talent. What Kanye said was pure disrespect.
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=aa3rBVb3v4g

 

[Dalish]

honestly one of the best music videos recently. Kanye always has a good mix of that angry, righteous wrath music but when he slows it down a bit and shows off his vocals, dude is killing it.

also siqq as fuck and trippy

 

[TheUltimatePickle]

He's a douche with a massive but he's an incredibly talented musician and producer.

Honestly though, he's probably not as bad as a lot of the rockers from the 70s that a lot of us love so much. It's just that with the way media works now it's a lot harder to get away with being a massive, egomaniacal, tool bag without everyone making fun of you.

 

[MACH-IV]

He sucks and he stole from Enter the Void:

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I love that movie and the music vid is an undeniable rip off. I blame Hype Williams, since he was the "creative mastermind" behind the project. The music samples don't bother me because Kanye does a really nice job with them most of the time.

Youtube comments on those Paul McCartney collabs are hilarious: "good song but they should've had someone famous like Bruno Mars on guitar instead"