People are allowed not to like Kanye’s music, you know.
Yeah, yeah. And Snoop. I know.
So, originally, both of them were famous for music: Snoop Dogg is a rapper, Kayne a rapper and record producer.
Both of them have become broader celebrities:
Snoop has been an actor and TV personality, entrepreneur, and commercial spokesperson (lately for Corona beer); he also has become known for his unlikely friendship with Martha Stewart. He’s generally seen as laid-back, and as a big fan of pot.
Kanye, meanwhile, has likely had the more successful music career of the two, and has also had a number of business ventures, but a lot of his notoriety in recent years has come from his marriage to “famous for being famous” Kim Kardashian, and his erratic behavior (including his abortive run for U.S. President in 2020).
I like neither.
It’s not at all hard to lump both Kanye and Snoop’s efforts in the “crap” folder. I doubt I have listened to either for years, and if so, purely by chance, not choice.
OTOH Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky also live there so I am a relatively equally disliker of poor music. Lloyd-Webber can also join the pitting.
ETA… and Coldplay.
At one time, Prince claimed that the symbol was pronounced “Christopher.”
In one of Beavis & Butthead’s books, they said that the symbol looked like something you’d put on a bathroom door for people who aren’t sure if they’re men or women. (This was, of course, in the 1990s.) I posted that on another board, and got walloped by several people on that board who fit that demographic. I’d had no idea.
I thought it was “Victor”.
The first time I saw it, it was turned 30º and foreshortened and lit by an exit light. So I thought it was pronounced “Wilbur”.
Yeah, Snoop seems more like a regular guy. I’d like to hang with him sometime. Besides, him and Mr. Monk are friends, so that could be interesting. West is just an all around asshole and has been for a long time. If he really has mental problems, he has all the resources he will ever need at his fingertips. If he chooses not to, fuck him.
I’d never heard of the dude until he jumped onstage to interrupt Taylor Swift (with whom I was also unfamiliar) when she was accepting an award: the whole “imma let you finish, buuuut…” bullshit.
So the best I can say about Kanye is that he added the word “imma” to my vocabulary. It’s subtly different from “I’m going to…” since “imma” carries the connotation of an imminent “… but …” to me.
You don’t remenber this?
Big Head Energy?
Poor Mike Myers.
I’m no Kanye fan, but Gold Digger is still a hell of a song.
I can’t stand Kanye as a person.
But Jesus Walks is a fantastic song.
Nice tune. Misogynistic MRA trash lyrics with just a hint of (ironic) racism.
I didn’t say anything about the lyrical quality. It’s got a good beat to it.
If he has mental problems, you realize his choice might not be so easily made, right? Especially if no one is confronting him about them.
If you weren’t referring to the song in it’s entirety (lyrics, melody, rhythm, etc), you probably should have been more specific.
Wipeout is a great song, too. Do I need to mention that the lyrics are immaterial to my enjoyment of the song?
He’s had mental problems since forever, I’m sure he knows about it. There are a lot of people who think their mental illness is a talent or gift of some sort. Doesn’t mean I have to play along with their fantasies, especially once they start putting out not so subtle signs that they want someone dead. So yes, fuck him, his family members, his “friends”, and everyone else that makes excuses for him. He should have been in therapy/on meds a decade+ ago. Hopefully when they talk about custody of the kids, they will have him examined by a psychiatrist. Maybe loss of his kids will convince him to get help, but I doubt it.