re: Kanye West-Love Him or Hate Him?

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Love Him

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Dude is damn good at what he does. One of the best.

Just going to shoot straight without reading the thread. I am warming back up to Kanye. He was my favorite artist for the longest. This was after I didn't like him at first, for doing "Jesus Walks". But when he did "Gold Digger" I was just awed, and it went from there, peaking with Graduation. I loved his music, loved his outburst about Bush post-Katrina, loved some of this singles from 808s, but he started to lose me with the Taylor Swift incident, and Dark Fantasy was not really appealing to me at first.

But after really paying attention to the progression of the message in his music through his 1st, 3rd, and 5th albums (Dropout, Graduation, Fantasy), I really still love his production, and have to respect the dynamic content of his lyrics. He hasn't stagnated like some artists, he's continued to move forward and change both in his production and lyricism.

As a person, I liked him when he was the outspoken underdog overachiever. Because of where he's come from, I will accept his egotistical antics while he's this high on top. Hell, if you were a nerd bestowed with insane riches, popularity, and "love"... I think you would lose it a little too.

here's my simple opinion on kanye:

he;s absolutely insane.


but you know what? most great artists are. People see kanye and say, "He's a self-absorbed dick so his music must suck."

I think it's the other way around: You HAVE to be crazy to make great music.



IMHO Kanye is the best out there right now. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but thinking that Weezy is better than Yeezy is basically admitting that you like radio pop-style singles more than meticulously recorded/reworked albums.

Awesome

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Kanye West-Love Him or Hate Him?

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don't give a shite about him.