Kanye West - Late Registration
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Dubquixote
Submariner
You said it. First hip hop full length worth listening to since... His last one. But anyway that was the first since I can't remember when. Clipse probably. Kanye is just so right at the moment. His flows have come a long way since College Dropout, Jon Brion adds an extra level of refinement and complexity to Kanye's already dope production. The collabs are ace. This is just a quality record.
devilsbroth
chunky meat chunx
kanye
Really enjoyed the college dropout.
eye remember hearing 'through the wire' and thinking what the fuck is this, with the speeded up soul? vocal and how weird it was, but now has become a sort of hiphop staple
awesome!!!
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Really enjoyed the college dropout.
eye remember hearing 'through the wire' and thinking what the fuck is this, with the speeded up soul? vocal and how weird it was, but now has become a sort of hiphop staple
awesome!!!
l
Diggedy Derek
Stray Dog
In general I'm kinda ambivalent about Kanye. Obviously he's a quality producer and good MC, but somehow College Dropout wasn't good enough to keep for me. Some fantastic tracks, then some quite mediocre poppy ones.
But I do respect him for what he said yesterday on TV-
But I do respect him for what he said yesterday on TV-
DigitalDjigit
Honky Tonk Woman
I haven't heard his albums but I was really turned off from him after I saw caught a little bit of him on an HBO show. I think it is called "Def Poetry". Basically MCs rhyme without any music. He was just so smug and the whole thing is so pretentious.
Logan Sama
BestThereIsAtWhatIDo
George Bush doesn't care about black people
George Bush doesn't care about people generally, but I'm sure he IS a racist.
On a lighter note... check this thread from DJ D-STYLES' forum... its got a link to a 3 minute "in the studio" with Kanye thing where he's talking about music production while he's making some new beats... kinda interesting. Say's he was inspired by Portishead's take on hip hop... http://66.166.122.93/djdstyles/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=008054 and while you're there, check out the posts by "funky b-style cut" for some laughs... i'd almost like to see the reaction if he posted on this board.
On a lighter note... check this thread from DJ D-STYLES' forum... its got a link to a 3 minute "in the studio" with Kanye thing where he's talking about music production while he's making some new beats... kinda interesting. Say's he was inspired by Portishead's take on hip hop... http://66.166.122.93/djdstyles/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=008054 and while you're there, check out the posts by "funky b-style cut" for some laughs... i'd almost like to see the reaction if he posted on this board.
Kanye West's unscripted statement was exhilerating, yes. However... while an on-air deviation might be one of the few places to get a clear anti-Bush statement across, it was potentially misplaced to do so on a charity event for victims. West ran the risk of turning people off of the cause, associating the fundraiser with his comments.
dsp13 said:
i think he's a closet classist -- as in the natural-born ruling class of the usa -- to the nth degree
whether he's a racist, i don't know
he tries to come off as a west texas populist and born-again xian -- and maybe he is a true-believer in xianity, as he does seem awfully sincere in his faith (to ward off misunderstanding, i'm an atheist, i.e., i believe in music, not gods) -- but there's been enough "inside accounts" of the bush family's belief in their right to rule (especially when they had to take a back seat to the commoner ronald reagan), that there can be no denying his class-ism
i'm actually more impressed by kanye's remarks about homophobia in the hip hop community and his efforts to combat it than his criticism of bush, if only b/c lots of people are outraged by the bush administration's response to new orleans crisis, but few rap stars have taken kanye's approach to issues of "masculinity"
10:02am said:
I've read this argument in a few places and don't buy it - there can't be many people (outside the administration
) who don't see NO for the disaster it is; you're either gonna give your money or not. I can't imagine anyone just about to call the Red Cross, then seeing Kanye's bit and thinking 'Well I'm damn well not gonna give 'em my money now, let 'em rot...'Rambler said:I've read this argument in a few places and don't buy it - there can't be many people (outside the administration
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476904/posts
And numerous other threads on the Free Republic site. Lots of people saying that they'll give to their church. the Salvos etc rather than the Red Cross.
Not uite what you're saying. Regardless, it needed to be said.
