re: Kanye makes his triumphant return to US selling out twice and proving he’s un-cancelable

Impressive light show, but that performance was objectively horrid.

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Is Kanye cool? Is he old people cool or the other kind of cool? I think I only care about old people cool things now but I’m not a Kanye fan. Sorry to disappoint.

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He’s cool to every generation

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Through the wire is the GOAT

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Hold My Liquor. Entire Graduation album.

Through the Wire is incredible, though. His first 3 albums are just untouchable.

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I thought this was a more mature board full of experienced, thoughtful people.

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I don't know what ever gave you that impression.

And that's coming from a guy who agrees on the subject matter.

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He’s cool to every generation

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I heard my 9-year-old singing “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys last week so I suppose anything is possible.

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They don't understand the things I say on Twitter...

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Jtards love Kanye.

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mad because you people don’t control the narrative like you used to lol

Bump for SFP to calm listening to shitty so called music.

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Well you sound like a moron

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No, he's right.

We're talking about a grown man with a made-up ghetto name who has shortened it to be pretty much a grunt sound.

It's interesting to me that as much as this board hates black culture when it's in the news, so many embrace it when it's part of an entertainment act that is basically a Dr. Seuss book with a beat.

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I was never much of a romantic
I never could take the intimacy
And I know it did damage
Cause the look in your eyes is killing me
I guess you knew of an advantage
Cause you can blame me for everything
I don't know how I'll manage
If one day you just up and leave

And I'll always find yeah, always find something wrong
You've been putting up with my shite just way too long
I'm so gifted at finding what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

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Just curious, what is it you think is so profound or skillful about those particular lyrics?

I would say that Kanye himself has done much better than that. Those are pretty vanilla. No slant rhymes, no imagery at all, an easy rhyme necessitating a complete throwaway line at the end (actually, nothing but easy, obvious rhymes throughout), there's one relatively weak example of using a common phrase in a new context, and that's about all that's interesting about them at all to me.

Contrast that with bright spots from Power:

I'm living in that 21st Century, doing something mean to it
Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it
Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it
I guess every superhero need his theme music
No one man should have all that power

Much more interesting statements, framing "screams from the haters" as his "superhero theme music." "Doing something mean" to the 21st century, etc.

And this next section is brilliant:

My furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies in
And I embody every characteristic of the egotistic
He knows, he's so fricking gifted
I just needed time alone with my own thoughts
Got treasures in my mind but couldn't open up my own vault
My childlike creativity, purity and honesty
Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
Reality is catching up with me
Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody
With these responsibilities that they entrusted me
As I look down at my diamond encrusted piece

Suggesting conclusions and placing certain phrases in novel contexts, like "inner child fighting for custody," "treasures in my own mind but couldn't open up my own vault," etc. Pronouncing diamond using three syllables so that "encrusted" will rhythmically mirror "entrusted" exactly.

If everything he wrote was like this, I would get it.

But I don't get what's great about the first set of lyrics posted.

And since music is 3-4 elements (rhythm, melody, harmony, and possibly lyrics) and rap only uses 2 of those elements (rhythm and lyrics), and never uses odd time signature or anything other than 4/4 time really for rhythm, the lyrics better be exceptional, not average vanilla.