Kanye West is at it again.... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

mikemover · #1 01-28-2006, 07:25 PM

Boy, this one's gonna' pi$$ some people off!.... Check out the new Rolling Stone cover photo.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9183008/kanye_west_world/

It's a time-tested technique: Controversy sells records.

Don't misunderstand: It's not that I'm at all sensitive about "sacriligious" images... Quite the contrary. I think it's pretty amusing that some folks get their panties in such a terrible wad over such things.

What really irritates me is that, even though he is an astoundingly arrogant, race-baiting, babbling idiot much of the time.... he is also that rarest of rare things in the music world: A hip-hop artist with actual talent!

Go figure.

Mike

H2O2 · #2 01-29-2006, 12:18 AM

Why would that piss anyone off? Fashionable headgear has become so hard to come by these days--he's just mining history for stylish examples.

Ara T. · #3 01-29-2006, 02:21 AM

Im trying to figure out how youd let yourself be put on a cover of a magazine like that, and not feel like a total dumbass

ptoro01 · #4 01-29-2006, 05:20 AM

give it 2 weeks and people will lose the bling bling and wear them stylish hats

ImBroke · #5 01-29-2006, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by mikemover

A hip-hop artist with actual talent!

Do those words actually go together?? I don't get it, much like I'm sure my parents never got the whole Heavy Metal thing.

#6 01-29-2006, 08:18 AM

Whos's Kayne West and why is he cover of Rolling Stone? Is he a rocker or something?

Diesel Giant · #7 01-29-2006, 10:29 AM

I never heard of the chap.

mikemover · #8 01-29-2006, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Im trying to figure out how youd let yourself be put on a cover of a magazine like that, and not feel like a total dumbass

Part of the downside of BEING a dumba$$ is that they usually do not REALIZE that they are dumba$$es.

Mike

mikemover · #9 01-29-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MedMech

Whos's Kayne West and why is he cover of Rolling Stone? Is he a rocker or something?

No, he's just "OFF his rocker".

And so are the people at Rolling Stone magazine... and they have been so for a long time.

Mike

mikemover · #10 01-29-2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ImBroke

Do those words actually go together??

It's rare.... but every now and then, it actually happens.

Mike

OMEGAMAN · #11 01-29-2006, 11:13 AM

who is this bon jovial? and whats he so happy about?

davestlouis · #12 01-29-2006, 11:20 PM

My darling step-daugher is on the pom squad at the local high school and they did a half-time routine to this guy's song "Gold digger". Unfortunately there's a line with a word in it that rhymes with digger...the word isn't said in the version they played, but it didn't take a genius to know what he was saying. We live in a semi-rural area, but it's not lilly-white and some people really got offended. I had to ask why they ever chose a song ike that in the first place...the coach is a twit apparently.

mikemover · #13 01-29-2006, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by davestlouis

My darling step-daugher is on the pom squad at the local high school and they did a half-time routine to this guy's song "Gold digger". Unfortunately there's a line with a word in it that rhymes with digger...the word isn't said in the version they played, but it didn't take a genius to know what he was saying. We live in a semi-rural area, but it's not lilly-white and some people really got offended. I had to ask why they ever chose a song ike that in the first place...the coach is a twit apparently.

Who got offended?

It's surprising that the black people would be offended, because Kanye is one of their own, and young black people have adopted the dreaded "n-word" as a synonym for "friend" or "buddy" or "bro" or whatever.

It's also surprising that the white people would be offended, because....well, they're white.

Seriously, given the lyrical content, it probably was not the best choice in music for young students to perform to. A pretty stupid lapse in judgement by the coach, as you already pointed out....

Mike

Botnst · #14 01-30-2006, 07:59 AM

Never underestimate the propensity that people have for being offended by somebody else.

G-Benz · #15 01-30-2006, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mikemover

Who got offended?

It's surprising that the black people would be offended, because Kanye is one of their own, and young black people have adopted the dreaded "n-word" as a synonym for "friend" or "buddy" or "bro" or whatever.

It's also surprising that the white people would be offended, because....well, they're white.

Seriously, given the lyrical content, it probably was not the best choice in music for young students to perform to. A pretty stupid lapse in judgement by the coach, as you already pointed out....

Mike

Truth is...a WHOLE LOT of African-Americans "fill in the blank" upon hearing the edited version...and giggle amongst themselves. We also know that de white folk do the same...

...so we all chuckle amongst ourselves when in our respective racial huddles, but scream "outrage" when it goes public...

...but I agree...it was inappropriate for a school function.