Kanye turned down $4.5 mil to perform in Vegas

[Ego Noir]

yes i do... nobody wants to walk out the house at 4 am and have the cameras flashing in your damn eyes as you trying to hit the airport... that shyt would piss anyone off

but then you see him with the nice paps who don't do that... and he gives them praise and thanks them for not being like american paps



yes it brings fame... but if fame doesn't translate into your fanatics actually buying your music... then what the fukk... this is the same ye who had to postpone and cancel AMERICAN tour dates cause they weren't being sold out

A grown man is not that stupid.

He married Kim to get a level of pap exposure. It probably spiraled out of control past what he wanted. But to say he didnt want to attract the paps but is doing album premieres off a wall in Paris and NYC simultaneously, wearing high fashion shyt every single time hes out and about, and appearing on Kardashian reality shows and youre telling me he doesnt want the publicity?

 

[Ego Noir]

He thinks gossip site clicks are better way of gauging an artists gate draw than album & ticket sales. Last album couldn't go platinum, couldn't sell out a tour but Kanye's the biggest draw in hiphop, he's bigger than hiphop

J Cole sold more than Yeezus but I guess J Cole would be a bigger draw for a concert than Kanye fukking West to you

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

J Cole sold more than Yeezus but I guess J Cole would be a bigger draw for a concert than Kanye fukking West to you

Everyone talking about sales doesnt realize... Yeezus tour made $25M

Revenue wise thats a double platinum disc for a 1 time event

How many other rappers are seeing that kind of bwuead who arent in the mainstream

 

[L. Deezy]

And they prolly took into account his shows are spectacles not just a rapper pacing back and fourth

you finally making a good point on here

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Everyone talking about sales doesnt realize... Yeezus tour made $25M

Revenue wise thats a double platinum disc for a 1 time event

How many other rappers are seeing that kind of bwuead who arent in the mainstream

who's talking about ye not being mainstream? who said a non mainsteam artist could make more touring money than ye?

what we said is rap ain't seeing this other type of music

http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5820092/top-25-tours-of-2013

he couldnt even get on the top 25 with that list... the last person on it, iron maiden, made $44 million off their tour... like we been saying.. you not touching white people's music and other genre's when it comes to the actual money being spent to support

meanwhile rihanna made 165 million off hers... beyonce did 104 million... jay and justin did $70 mil and jay's the only rapper on the list... who knows what on the run did... him and em did TWO shows and made 7 mil... while kanye did 30 for his 25 mil





keep thinking rappers are doing well brehs

they ain't touching these madonnas (77 mil) and britneys (makes over 25 mil just for herself so imagine what her residency makes)... we don't support our artists currently and we for damn sure don't support our legends for shyt

 

[NSSVO]

yall think its dumb but Kanye turned it down. So I want to know what the fukk yall think think is good for Kanye that Kanye himself rejected?


This is hilarious. What the fukk are yall even arguing, Kanye himself turned it down



Yall wake up in the morning to clock into a retail job and you think you know better than Kanye about whats good for his brand.

Just because Kanye is Kanye doesn't mean he always makes the right decisions. He might have tricked you into thinking that, but some people can see a musical genius can make financial mistakes. It's not like he's performing in some Arabic Nation for some Prince like Beyonce... it's fukking Vegas. Kanye worrying about fitting in some French and Italian motherfukkers who give no fukks about his outburst let alone his ideas.

 

[Hugs]

kanye is a diva, not a rapper.

 

[Ego Noir]

Just because Kanye is Kanye doesn't mean he always makes the right decisions. He might have tricked you into thinking that, but some people can see a musical genius can make financial mistakes. It's not like he's performing in some Arabic Nation for some Prince like Beyonce... it's fukking Vegas. Kanye worrying about fitting in some French and Italian motherfukkers who give no fukks about his outburst let alone his ideas.

Breh.

Vegas has the perception of cheap thrills, prostitution, gambling, and cheezy magic shows.

Kanye sees himself as an artistic black European with edge. Its not about finances, its about his brand.

 

[kingdizzy01]

 

[NSSVO]

Breh.

Vegas has the perception of cheap thrills, prostitution, gambling, and cheezy magic shows.

Kanye sees himself as an artistic black European with edge. Its not about finances, its about his brand.

What fukking brand? He isn't European, so you can toss that to the bushes with his idea that he is actually going to become so master of fashion or whatever its called. He literally called the President racist, punked a white girl, had gay rumors for years, married a known smut who has an addiction to plastic surgery (who is still bad as hell), and made himself look like an idiot over the last year yelling at random people during interviews/concerts. What is prestigious about the Kanye West brand?

 

[Ego Noir]

What fukking brand? He isn't European, so you can toss that to the bushes with his idea that he is actually going to become so master of fashion or whatever its called. He literally called the President racist, punked a white girl, had gay rumors for years, married a known smut who has an addiction to plastic surgery (who is still bad as hell), and made himself look like an idiot over the last year yelling at random people during interviews/concerts. What is prestigious about the Kanye West brand?

you dont get it.


The brand of your username isnt anything more than a c-level poster on this forum, yet youre trying to critique the choices of a critically-acclaimed Grammy award winning international pop icon.

Who the fukk are you to be up here really trying to argue he shouldve took the show in Vegas?


The nerve of you nikkas

 

[kingdizzy01]

you dont get it.

we get it, kanye wants to be a white european lesbian woman.

sell your soul trying to fit in brehs

 

[Dixon Cider]

For those who have been to Vegas you know it's a shythole and not as great as media and word of mouth make it out to be. That being said I'm guessing his decision was more so based on a lack of creative control. You think mfers gonna pay kanye all that money to let him do him and not follow their agenda? ....

 

[RAX 010]

Yeezy said Wtf I look like

This N1gga here?

Fukk out my face with that Vegas sh1t

 

[rahji]

Celine Dion =/= Kanye West

Celine Dion has a perception of a past prime artist living off of legacy.

The only exception to this rule is the one Beyonce did. Vegas is not a place you want to be seen performing if youre a current artist.

But it's different for comedians, right? I think famous comedians that are past the comedy central/HBO standup point of their careers choose to perform in Vegas.. could be wrong