If we’re sharing Kanye links then I’ll link to my favourite song of his, Jesus Walks, but he also takes care to make cohesive albums so there is a lot to be gained from sitting through a full album too.
Not everyone is going to think he’s a musical genius of course, especially if they’re not overly familiar with his work. Each to their own and all that.
No. I cannot get behind Jesus Walks because I hate all songs with choirs of little children singing.
It’s not really a ‘Heal The World’-style singalong, though, so it’s not as cheesy as “choir of little children” might suggest.
The Pit needs more choirs of little children singing anyway, what better to lighten the mood?
Sing along everybody!
Heal the world, make it a better place
For you and for me and…
Okay sorry.
Okay, I’m back in your fan club.
That that, Giraffe!
I don’t know - are you a Boomer? 
I like it! Nice and funky!
Here’s some more rap/hip hop for people who don’t like rap/hip hop - k-os - Man I Used To Be.
That that? I smell new meme! 
Heh, I dated this guy for a while who’d always put on this Bob Marley Greatest Hits CD, so now whenever I hear “One Love” or “Jammin’” I kind of feel like I ought to be having overly-long boring sex with somebody.
I once had sex while the film Wolf Creek played in the background. For that particular occasion Marvin Gaye or Bob Marley would have been a godsend.
It’s blue-funk!
Nigerian born, learned his stuff playing subways of Paris and London, got noticed once by a record producer and voila. Music influences Fela Kuti (I actually read once an interview he did with Fela) and Jimmy Hendricks. Following is his way of giving back by playing after so many years, again, for free in Paris subway http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ns95_keziah-jones-en-live-dans-le-metro_music (I wondered how come subway is well lit, but it’s Paris after all).
True, genuine, humble and talented beyond belief. Now that’s f** brilliant.
Fap? Fax? Fox? Fez? Fey? Fin? Fun? Fit? Fab?
This thread has taken an interesting turn…
Well, you know what they say – there’s no accounting for taste. 
I’ve been a HUGE fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers since I was about 12 years old, ever since. Stadium Arcadium is awesome. I’m partial to “Storm in a Teacup” myself. “Quixotic Elixer”'s a good one too. Too bad there’re no videos.
(It’s a shame that John Frusciante is leaving, but he’s going to concentrate on his solo work, which is damned good too)
Kanye and Taylor need to have an hour long variety show together. She’s a little bit country and he’s a little bit gangsta rap.
This argument falls apart when you consider how many people are in their 20s and still hate most of the the music of ‘this generation’. The music snob scene, the whole Pitchfork crowd, are all in their 20s.
Always struck me out as Kanye being dangerously close to finally making his coming out.
Would explain all that pent up rage in him, and that crazy quest for bravado.
Incidentally, Pitchfork gave Kanye’s new album a 10.0, the first time they’ve given a perfect score to a new studio record since Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2002. The “Pitchfork crowd” is generally not afraid to embrace something great just because it’s popular. They’re (we’re, I guess) just firm believers in Sturgeon’s Law.
He riles people up because he’s a talented artist who has MADE IT (approximately 4 million times over according to fans), but he still has a poor attitude and a chip on his shoulder.
It’s not the Taylor Swift thing, it’s what the Taylor Swift thing represents about him and his ingrained beliefs, personality, and behaviour. He has an ongoing arrogance and dismissive attitude about anyone who’s not “worthy” in his opinion. And from all of his past incidents, it’s apparent that those who “measure up” are black, and those who don’t, are white. So it’s a very racist ongoing arrogant and dismissive attitude, one that’s proven time and again with each new little Kanye temper tantrum.
Pitchfork also gave favourable reviews to Rihanna and Nicki Minaj records this week, the website isn’t as completely indie-rock-focused as some think. I of course dislike music snobs and the we-don’t-like-anything-popular crowd is indeed a bit of a bore but I don’t think Pitchfork itself has much to do with that. I know lots of pop fans who look to the site for good (as in good quality, not just positive) reviews every now and then because they’re very well written.
That was beautiful. I was doing press there, and we couldn’t get the 'Roo people to say a word about it. The speculation was that it was probably mostly Kanye’s people’s fault. His original set on the second stage was scheduled at 7:30–well before dark–so our guess is that he was originally planning to do a stripped-down festival set and changed his mind about a week beforehand to do the full Glow in the Dark show (hence the 2:45AM slot). If the 'Roo people screwed up, it was because they couldn’t accommodate such a big change at the last minute; they usually run a surprisingly tight ship.
I wish I could have seen the show under better circumstances.