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a milk crime posted:dang y'all tellin me that me getting a tat of "Keeping It 300 Like The Romans" is not actually a good idea?? heckkkkkkkkkkkkkk. I have "I Know the Government Administered Aids" tattoo'd along one arm, so at this point I'm getting that line on the other just for symmetry's sake.
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Xguard86 posted:That article posted earlier is right, people seem to just drop Kanye in the "talentless idiot" box because he is loud. Anybody who thinks the Bound 2 video was the result of Yeezy's incompetence needs to watch the 30 minute movie he made for MBDTF.
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Dec 18, 2013 20:14
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Anybody who thinks the Bound 2 video was the result of Yeezy's incompetence needs to watch the 30 minute movie he made for MBDTF. I'm confused. Could someone explain briefly the controversy? Is it just that it looks cheesy or something? I figured the controversy was just the parody that was made of it. Granted I just got acquainted with Yeezus a little over a week ago so I kind of live under a rock in this department.
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Dec 18, 2013 20:20
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crankdatbatman posted:I'm confused. Could someone explain briefly the controversy? Is it just that it looks cheesy or something? I figured the controversy was just the parody that was made of it. Granted I just got acquainted with Yeezus a little over a week ago so I kind of live under a rock in this department.
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Dec 18, 2013 20:35
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crankdatbatman posted:I'm confused. Could someone explain briefly the controversy? Is it just that it looks cheesy or something? I figured the controversy was just the parody that was made of it. Granted I just got acquainted with Yeezus a little over a week ago so I kind of live under a rock in this department. It turns out that a disturbing number of people (not on this forum or anything) LOVE to hang onto the idea that Kanye is a big stupid idiot who shouldn't be respected as an artist because he's loud, or because he says dumb poo poo in public, or because he's a rapper, or because he's black and they're using the Bound 2 video as "proof." Like, I'm quite sure that if a white artist had made that video and tour merch people would've immediately been like, "oh, it's on purpose" and nobody would've batted an eyelash. Edit: kind of beaten
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Dec 18, 2013 20:48
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Kanye taking Pitchforks #2 album of the year was not really surprising. But I was blown away by how many of the writers and editors had Yeezus or a song from it on there personal top lists. Saying critics like this album might be an understatement.
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Unknownmass posted:Kanye taking Pitchforks #2 album of the year was not really surprising. But I was blown away by how many of the writers and editors had Yeezus or a song from it on there personal top lists. Saying critics like this album might be an understatement. Blood On the Leaves is pretty loving good though.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:05
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Unknownmass posted:Kanye taking Pitchforks #2 album of the year was not really surprising. But I was blown away by how many of the writers and editors had Yeezus or a song from it on there personal top lists. Saying critics like this album might be an understatement. Noz (who's like one of two rap writer/critics I actually pay attention to) actually put "New Slaves" as his #1 song of the year. Kanye always gets huge critical acclaim. I think the only artist pitchfork gives as high ratings is Radiohead (which depending on how long you've followed them is humorous in itself). Kanye's music is undoubtedly good (and I think my discussions about it have shown I honestly think that), but I will say that I think a lot of the critical acclaim about his music comes from how easy it is to discuss "critically". A lot of other rap stuff it's much harder to write the same type of narratives about due to the subject matter being somewhat risky (i.e. you talk about more "gangsta" stuff you risk looking like a cultural tourist, paternalistic, racist, etc depending on how you phrase your discussion) or just not having much there of substance (Jay-Z sells a lot and is really famous, but the last music he made with any sort of depth was like Reasonable Doubt and is pretty much rap's answer to KISS). I think had Andre 3k not been so reclusive and had he kept making music, he might've gotten some of the Kanye treatment. Outkast kinda got there, but their music still always had a "street" anchor up until the split album. Drake also gets some of this treatment by default.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:17
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Mexcillent posted:re. the "Keep it 300, like the romans" line Personally, I've come to relate the line to Run DMC's "there's three of us but were not The Beatles" line. It was probably an initial gently caress up but it just sounded good so it was left in there.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:24
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Dead Snoopy posted:Personally, I've come to relate the line to Run DMC's "there's three of us but were not The Beatles" line. It was probably an initial gently caress up but it just sounded good so it was left in there. Haha, I always just assumed that was a joke about Ringo.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:29
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There was a bit in their Rolling Stone cover feature years ago how at the time Run always thought there were 3 band members and didn't realize he was loving up. D knew but said nothing. When Run asked D how come he didn't correct him, D just shrugged and sheepishly offered, "well...one of them DIED."
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Dec 18, 2013 22:16
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Detroit show last night was AMAZING. My scheme to sneak onto the floor backfired and I actually wound up in the nosebleeds until a manager gave handed me a ticket for a seat immediately behind VIP and wished me a Merry Christmas. Wound up sitting directly center stage and Kanye did not disappoint.
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Dec 21, 2013 00:02
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^burtle posted:I actually wound up in the nosebleeds until a manager gave handed me a ticket for a seat immediately behind VIP This happened to me at the DC show. We went from the worst seats in the house to *not half bad* seats. It was a nice gesture by the venue/kanye/whoever made the decision.
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Dec 21, 2013 00:18
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http://youtu.be/SdH488RRQL8Kanye West Sings About Michael Jordan- Yeezus Tour/Chicago 12/18/2013 posted:
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Dec 21, 2013 00:18
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Barbershop poo poo talk writ large
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Dec 21, 2013 00:26
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WOW - I actually lived in Chicago when MJ was winning like crazy and then when I moved to DC I joked that MJ was following me around because he switched to the Wizards like the year after I moved. Too bad about what happened. God drat Kanye owns so hard. edit:  around 8:00 he's like "this is the city that raises champions" and you can hear some woman saying "well it can't raise my drat kids im just sayin"
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Dec 21, 2013 00:27
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Wachepti posted:This happened to me at the DC show. We went from the worst seats in the house to *not half bad* seats. It was a nice gesture by the venue/kanye/whoever made the decision. I almost wanted to hug the guy but didn't want to miss the show. I knew he was doing talks during the set but I wasn't prepared for 25 minutes about how Nike wouldn't sell his shoes cause they were afraid of creating a brand to rival Jordans and how he wants to open up clothing store chains.
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Dec 21, 2013 01:18
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I was at that Chicago show. I just kind of tuned out during his rant. My friend told me he went on for much longer the night before.
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Dec 21, 2013 02:28
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Saw the KC show 2.5 weeks ago and am missing the experience. Any chance he puts out a concert film?
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Dec 22, 2013 05:50
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I saw guys heaving around big shoulder mounted cameras at the base of the stage during the KC show so I imagine it's a possibility.
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e: nvm i dont want to see yeezus tour videos ever again
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Dec 22, 2013 23:21
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Kanye West vows not to 'talk poo poo' for six months Hopefully that means the European tour starts in 6 months. Would make sense, as I could see him doing a lot of big European festivals next summer.
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Dec 27, 2013 20:20
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Just an FYI - if you're an android user Yeezus is free on Play right now.
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Apparently this is a thing: http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/12/kanye-west-is-the-subject-of-a-new-academic-text-book/
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Dec 27, 2013 22:20
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http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9295-2013-readers-poll-results/ P4K's reader's poll results for the year sums up Yeezus as an album really well.
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Gladstone posted:Apparently this is a thing: It never ceases to amaze me what academics manage to get published. Someone better be writing about Beyonce.
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That entire article is discredited by trying to pass off the idea that anyone thought the last MGMT album was underrated. There is no rating that is below that piece of poo poo.
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ye's photoshop guy's http://off---white.com and http://beentrill.com sites recently got updates. click if you are into expensive clothes edit: a yeezus throwaway https://soundcloud.com/tutankhamunbrothers/kanye-west-awesome-mr-troublesome-live-version for those who havent heard it. he has only performed it 2/3 times (2 confirmed at met ball show and adult swim upfront). a "finished" version exists atrus50 fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Jan 2, 2014 |
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Jan 2, 2014 22:20
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Intel&Sebastian posted:That entire article is discredited by trying to pass off the idea that anyone thought the last MGMT album was underrated. There is no rating that is below that piece of poo poo. I liked that album 
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Intel&Sebastian posted:That entire article is discredited by trying to pass off the idea that anyone thought the last MGMT album was underrated. There is no rating that is below that piece of poo poo. Its their best album so far.
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Jan 3, 2014 02:17
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Wow, indiefucks really really like Yeezus, and also think it's overrated apparently.
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I remember seeing a music video on Kanye's website last year. It was kinda like claymation and they were driving in a car. What song was this does anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Boris Galerkin posted:I remember seeing a music video on Kanye's website last year. It was kinda like claymation and they were driving in a car. What song was this does anyone know what I'm talking about? The Black Skinhead one has that weird CGI, I suppose
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Boris Galerkin posted:I remember seeing a music video on Kanye's website last year. It was kinda like claymation and they were driving in a car. What song was this does anyone know what I'm talking about? Bill Plympton's video for Heard Em Say. Plympton is an auteur animator who works frame by frame, so it has a unique feel to it.
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I live in the NYC area and heard on the Radio that there is going to be an extended 9 day Yeezus tour. One night at the Prudential Center. I missed him last time which is something I regret after hearing how awesome the show was. This time I'm going no matter what. Here is a link I found about it: http://globalgrind.com/2014/01/07/kanye-west-yeezus-2014-tour-dates-details
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He just couldn't stop himself.... http://www.nme.com/news/kanye-west/74610
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Glad he is coming to Montreal … again … wait … will he have to cancel again? 
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So he'll cut the 30 minute rants from the shows?
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He'll add an extra 15 mins of rants in French
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