i was thinking i cant be bothered to think about kanye anymore. but i cant help it. argh. i think his career is interesting for being a sort of start off indie, move closer to the mainstream, end up as stupid as many mainstream artists, but still kind of do that thing people always talk about but dont often do, which is take new ideas into the mainstream without alienating people. so his concessions (not that i think they are even conscious, i think he has just become who he portrays, even if hes semi-aware of its problems; semi aware cos kanye has so little real self awareness, which might be what he should see a therapist about) are the sexism, the bro-isms, all the stuff people love dream and weekend for, the 'fuck you im rich' stuff, but all the while the music is getting more challenging, less obvious, less pop. also, all his confessional imperatives, the 'i must tell you everything about me' stuff reminds me of eminem, who also ended up boring everyone, cos after a while, ugliness, is just ugliness, no matter how honest. i wonder if that is where kanye ends up going.
The quietus review is pretty spot on. All that stuff about kim and ray j is just straight embarrassing.
idk. kanye talking about being the best all the time in the hope that others believe it? i mean, thats just hip hop. its about talking shit. bigging yourself up. how is kanye any diff? obv the lines about kim and women in general are pathetic, but i mean, the idea of kanye as being conservative might be right morally, in terms of his attitudes, but musically, it just doesnt really hold true. as for equating success in playing the capitalist game with genius, well, kanyes hardly the only one doing that. thats hip hop for you. its all one messy whole.
ok, im not posting about kanye anymore.