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comment by thundara

Honest question: Why do people enjoy Kanye? I really like Gambino, but I just can't take Kanye seriously when his lyrics include "I Am A God, Hurry up with my damn massage ... hurry up with my damn croissants". Maybe that's the point and I'm just missing it?





user-inactivated  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm at work so I can't extrapolate, but start with College Dropout and not Yeezus, haha.

thundara  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
_refugee_  ·  3799 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    "Oh my god is that a black card?" "I turned around and replied "Why yes, but I prefer the term African American Express"

Shit is smart, yo. It's not always smart and it's not always good. But I think that's part of the hook.

I also think a lot of young African American men may feel like they are able to relate to Kanye. This is a shot in the dark however as I fit only the descriptor of "young" above and cannot expect to accurately know the experience of this collective group of people or its members.

thundara  ·  3799 days ago  ·  link  ·  

See, I've heard the opposite, that people consider his newer albums more... white.

_refugee_  ·  3799 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The quote's from his first album. I'm most familiar, as a whole "album," with College Dropout, so I wouldn't be able to give a good comparison really, and my ignorance there may very well have led me to mis-speaking.