Kanye West

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This thing is starting to grow on me.
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I'm tempted to go see the premiere in a movie theater, but I can't justify the price.
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how much is it?
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bodysnatcher wrote:how much is it?
$35 per person. Includes a download of the album.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:how much is it?
$35 per person. Includes a download of the album.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:how much is it?
$35 per person. Includes a download of the album.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:how much is it?
$35 per person. Includes a download of the album.
That seems reasonable. I'm sure it will be mostly white people so why not?
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http://theconversation.com/friday-essay ... west-54169

Written by an academic colleague of mine.
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The beat in Father Stretch My Hands is so hypnotic guys
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zeb wrote:http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-sounds-of-kanye-west-54169

Written by an academic colleague of mine.
Great read, thanks Zeb.
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Isn't rap/hip hop for dumb teenagers?
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Nope. Suburban white guys age 23 to 34.
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It's stuff like this that I have a problem with:
Nothing in commercial rap until that point had managed to combine such vulnerable text, non-violently visceral real-life experience, and unabashedly expressive sampling. West here has seamlessly introduced new elements to both rapping and hip-hop sound production.
This is just bullshit. Through the Wire is a great song, but lots of great rap music had been made before it, people like this just probably didn't listen to any of it. Kanye doesn't make (white) people uncomfortable, so they think his music is way more revolutionary than it actually is.
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Orpheus wrote:It's stuff like this that I have a problem with:
Nothing in commercial rap until that point had managed to combine such vulnerable text, non-violently visceral real-life experience, and unabashedly expressive sampling. West here has seamlessly introduced new elements to both rapping and hip-hop sound production.
This is just bullshit. Through the Wire is a great song, but lots of great rap music had been made before it, people like this just probably didn't listen to any of it. Kanye doesn't make (white) people uncomfortable, so they think his music is way more revolutionary than it actually is.
That statement is obviously ignorant, but that doesn't mean we should undersell the significance and insight of Kanye's music. He, like Michael Jackson did before him, is pushing pop music forward both aesthetically and as a sociopolitical and personal art form. He's certainly a revolutionary artist - that quote just misrepresents why.
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Alright I think I'm done listening to this now. No staying power. LV will like it though.
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verb_to_trust wrote:Alright I think I'm done listening to this now. No staying power. LV will like it though.
What would have to happen for him to not love this album?
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