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Elton John Praises Kanye West: "He's a stone-cold genius."
Posted on 10/29/16 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 10/29/16 at 9:22 pm
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Elton John > David Crosby
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Elton, 63, told how he came to appear on the album's track 'All Of The Lights' playing piano and singing, saying to Rolling Stone magazine: "I ran into Kanye in Honolulu last January. He's a stone-cold genius. He's like Miles Davis meets Frank Zappa. "He played us the track for 'All of the Lights and it was f***ing amazing. It's like, 'Wow, this is something else'. I mean, he sampled Bon Iver! That's his genius. His new album is a masterpiece."
Elton John > David Crosby
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Posted on 10/29/16 at 9:54 pm to urinetrouble
gays usually have each others backs
Posted on 10/29/16 at 10:06 pm to urinetrouble
Senility is a bitch.
Posted on 10/29/16 at 11:09 pm to Strannix
Posted on 10/29/16 at 11:32 pm to urinetrouble
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I mean, he sampled Bon Iver! That's his genius.
For frick's sake...
No, Sir Elton. That's his iPhone. You playing the piano is genius. Bernie's lyrics are genius. Your not realizing that what you and Bernie do takes talent and what Kanye does does not take talent is probably autism.
Posted on 10/30/16 at 1:00 am to urinetrouble
Eat a pussy, Elton
Posted on 10/30/16 at 6:20 am to urinetrouble
He is a genius producer.
Springsteen agrees:
Springsteen agrees:
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As for other genres, Springsteen had kind words for Kendrick Lamar, whom he described as "intense." He is also a fan of Kanye West. "I like Kanye West," he said. "He makes great records. They are creative, amazing records."
Posted on 10/30/16 at 7:21 am to urinetrouble
This one time I sampled bon iver, miles Davis, frank zappa, MJ, Carlos Santana, Ryan Adams....... I was just changing songs on my iPod
Posted on 10/30/16 at 11:12 am to Breesus
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Eat a pussy, Elton
Might kill him.
Posted on 10/30/16 at 12:30 pm to urinetrouble
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I mean, he sampled Bon Iver! That's his genius.
So that's what it takes? That's the threshold now? Sampling someone else's music makes you a Zappa-Miles hybrid genius?
Posted on 10/30/16 at 1:30 pm to urinetrouble
If you don't think Kanye West is a great producer then you are an idiot.
I get that people don't like him as a person or even as an MC, but in the hip hop production business he is as good it gets. The instrumentals don't lie.
I get that people don't like him as a person or even as an MC, but in the hip hop production business he is as good it gets. The instrumentals don't lie.
Posted on 10/30/16 at 1:43 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
ITT: mad white people
Posted on 10/30/16 at 9:03 pm to urinetrouble
Right. Like Elton is well versed in the work of Frank Zappa. Guess what, Reginald. Frank thought you suck.
Posted on 10/31/16 at 1:22 pm to urinetrouble
I sh$t on Kanye A LOT, and deservingly so, but "All of the Lights" deserves all of the praise it gets. It is a masterful track. Kanye may be an egomaniacle idiot, but that idls a really really good song.
Posted on 10/31/16 at 5:09 pm to TIGERSTORM
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Springsteen agrees:
Talk about damning with faint praise.
Posted on 10/31/16 at 8:36 pm to kingbob
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I sh$t on Kanye A LOT, and deservingly so, but "All of the Lights" deserves all of the praise it gets. It is a masterful track. Kanye may be an egomaniacle idiot, but that idls a really really good song.
I don´t believe anyone´s saying he´s absolute crap, nor is good at his craft. Simply, he´s not a musician, and there are a plethora of people who do what he does. Some with more or less (decidedly less) success.
He´s good at what he does, but he´s no musician. He is a compiler and arranger.
This post was edited on 10/31/16 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:25 pm to lsu2006
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ITT: mad white people
Race baiting, who would have thought?Posted on 10/31/16 at 10:15 pm to Ace Midnight
I remember a Billy Joel interview on '60 Minutes' years ago, and he was asked the reasons for his success, and he answered (not a direct quote):
I'm competent.
I can read and write music.
I can write songs.
I can sing.
I can play my instrument.
You'd be surprised how many people in this business can't do those things.
I'm competent.
I can read and write music.
I can write songs.
I can sing.
I can play my instrument.
You'd be surprised how many people in this business can't do those things.
Posted on 10/31/16 at 11:26 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
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get that people don't like him as a person or even as an MC, but in the hip hop production business he is as good it gets. The instrumentals don't lie.
Posted on 10/31/16 at 11:38 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
quote:this right here
If you don't think Kanye West is a great producer then you are an idiot.
I get that people don't like him as a person or even as an MC, but in the hip hop production business he is as good it gets. The instrumentals don't lie.
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