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I'm sorry, but Mr. West is such an insufferable ass that I can't bring myself to read this.
So was Picasso. If you can't separate the artist from the art, you won't enjoy much. This essay actually betrays a vulnerability; it reveals a Heiligenstadt Testament-like calling. I, for one, am impressed.
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So was Picasso. If you can't separate the artist from the art, you won't enjoy much. This essay actually betrays a vulnerability; it reveals a Heiligenstadt Testament-like calling. I, for one, am impressed.
He does seem vulnerable, even tortured. Does this go hand in hand with great creativity?
There's an old legend where I live, in the Czech Republic, of a fire bird. The hero sees the bird and his horse tells him, "If we turn around right now, you'll have a nice life, a quiet, happy life... but if you capture that bird, you'll cry and you'll suffer, and your life will be an amazing adventure." The horse begs him to chose the former, but of course, the hero's journey is the latter.
what exactly is impressive about kanye west vs every other pop "artist"? does anyone have any examples?
Then again, maybe it's the shutter shades.
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hi - i don't know much about the guy, except that he's a rap artist. what's the new art form?
He, essentially, wrote and performed a bunch of love songs and ballads on 808s and Heartbreak. Sure, they're Auto-Tuned out of their gourds, but they're heartfelt love songs, all about a girl who left him. On some, he's angry at her, and on some, he's doing his standard "I'm awesome" thing. But, as you can imagine, most rappers don't do a concept album all about the girl who broke his heart.
He could have made another album like Graduation and sold 10 times the records 808 did. If you want to gain some respect for Kanye, go download the Graduation album and listen to it start to finish. Not only is it great, but it is very introspective and self-critical.
what exactly is impressive about kanye west vs every other pop "artist"? does anyone have any examples?
But if you listen to his first two albums, "The College Dropout" and "Late Registration", and compare it to what was being released at the time, you find something completely different.
In addition to the new sound (summary: sped up soul samples), he came with emotion as well as acceptance of his being a upper/middle-class guy (his mom was a college professor) while others would try to masquerade as gangsters.
Basically, what he did was bring relevant hip-hop to the mainstream, showing suburban kids, college students and yuppies that you can relate to rap music without having to act like someone else.
i know your not gonna name your album this but this would be cool if you named it “IMA LET YOU FINISH”
what exactly is impressive about kanye west vs every other pop "artist"? does anyone have any examples?
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So was Picasso. If you can't separate the artist from the art, you won't enjoy much. This essay actually betrays a vulnerability; it reveals a Heiligenstadt Testament-like calling. I, for one, am impressed.
He does seem vulnerable, even tortured. Does this go hand in hand with creativity?
A lot of artists, however, try to explore and express something about the human experience. That kind of creativity demands vulnerability, because you have to be sensitive and introspective enough to be able to channel that emotion into some kind of medium.
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hi - i don't know much about the guy, except that he's a rap artist. what's the new art form?
there's more than one form of rap