Comments on: Trippin’ Off The Power

By: lubin

lubin — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:12:32 +0000

Great articles & Nice a site….

By: BrontainTheIII

BrontainTheIII — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:56:33 +0000

Great article.. but I got a question.

Where does Kanye the artist stop and Kanye the asshole begin? Kanye’s wearing boat shoes and his stealing Swift’s microphone at the Grammys are two very different things. Sure, both actions embody his typical devil-may-care attitude, but I would argue that they are statements coming from two very different places — and accordingly, they are received in two very different ways.

We look at Kanye’s beats/lyrics/show/fashion and we see a very courageous artist producing exceptional (and controversial) art. Is saying Bush doesn’t care about black people part of that art? How about stealing the mic from Taylor Swift? Or these latest Google/Rolling Stone/etc. drop-ins?

I would say that we listen to Kanye in large part because of his confidence as an artist. We ALSO listen to him in spite of his arrogance as a celebrity. Unfortunately, as evidenced by this article, his art and his celebrity are becoming one and the same…

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By: dougan

dougan — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:59:05 +0000

kanye stopped rapping about real shit a long time ago, but somehow his music is still fuckin nice

By: Figz

Figz — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:24:21 +0000

This is a great article with some magnificent points. This article details exactly why I admire Kanye the Artist. He just doesn’t care about what his consumers think and invests all his creativity in his art. He leaves it up to us to like his work. If we don’t, well, then we just don’t. Nonetheless, the reality is that Kanye is here to stay and produce more hits while setting new trends to his liking and which we eventually come to adapt as well.

Big ups.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:49:14 +0000

This was a great article.

1. I was talking to Regina today and told her to mess with your blog because it’s great. I know you don’t known I’m on here but I am.

2. 808s was great. First listen it was garbage because we wanted that rapping ass rapper on there. But if you’re going through what he went through during 808s (death of mom, break-up w/ girlfriend, and who knows what else) then you can relate to his music. I know I’ve definitely sat back and gone to 808s just to reflect and shit on my life.

3. Yo Caines write some more than just a one liner. I’m outta here..keep writing

By: thiz

thiz — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:11:08 +0000

Good Ass Point

By: ACaines

ACaines — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:43:40 +0000

I win! (do I win?)

Now I’ll read the article and leave a substantive comment…just had to win first.

By: trizz

trizz — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:41:24 +0000

“We are supposed to listen to his music because we find his story and his talent remarkable. ”

This is the point I think Kanye fell off. The reason College Dropout and Late Registration (and Graduation for the most part) were so remarkable was because it was rap that average people could relate to, as opposed to gangsta rap that people vicariously and voyeuristically enjoyed. Most ppl can relate to not having a car on Drive Slow or knowing a rich girl who is lost like All Falls Down. When Kanye started expecting us to listen because it was him, and because he’s so awesome, he got old and lost that genuine sound. I don’t give a fuck if he’s rich and flashy and arrogant because Wayne is too, and has better punchlines about it.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:04:21 +0000

Great article. Informative and well written.