Thursday, September 17, 2009

Kanye Being Kanye or People Talk So Much Shit About Me At Barbershops. They Forget To Get Their Haircut.

Alright, as you all must have seen or heard of by now, Kanye West pulled a real dick move this past Sunday at the VMA's by interrupting a speech by "country star" Taylor Swift. First, I still can't believe they give out awards for music videos to the people who had nothing to do with the creative process of the video, let alone let them speak about what it means to win the award. Why not let the director or someone story boarded the video get up there? Oh, right. Ratings. Anyway, if they just gave the video to the director or someone this whole Kanye/Taylor Swift thing could have been avoided. I blame MTV entirely.

Now anyone who is surprised by Kanye's actions must live under a rock or is over 30 (looking at you everyone in the media) because everyone else knows that Kanye + MTV award show = ahh shit! It doesn't even have to be on this continent and the proverbial shit will still hit the fan.

See! And you know what, I don't care. Part of my admiration for Kanye West and his music is his ego and the ability to just be a huge asshole. Granted it looks bad when it's done to a 19-year-old, but come on! Did you see that video?

For the last few days we've all had to put up with those godawful, unfunny Kanye interruption memes, and I for one cannot wait to see what Mr. West does with this new found backlash. If you happened to watch him on The Jay Leno Show (is anyone watching that?), you might have seen how an artist can focus all his anger and intensity into a song. Putting up with Leno and his asking about how Kanye's deceased mother would feel about his actions.

In the end, if he refuses to apologize anymore and please God no duet Swift, this will become just another entry on Kanye's wikipedia page, and I may even go in and edit it myself to "Kanye was right" and "whatever happened to Taylor Swift." After all, he was just being what we all expect him to be: himself.

Kanye West - Hey Mama (Grammy 2008 Version)
Kanye West - Robocop from 808s and Heartbreak
Kanye West - Everything I Am from Graduation
Kanye West - Jesus Walks from The College Dropout
Kanye West ft. Consequence & Cam'Ron - Gone from Late Registration

I'm also including the songs that are sampled on "Gone" and "Everything I Am" because they're great.

Otis Redding - It's Too Late from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Prince Phillip Mitchell - If We Can't Be Lovers


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