Kanye West finally does an interview (NY Times), and it's pretty fascinating

[phillycavsfan]

Dude's ego (or confidence) really is off the charts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/arts/music/kanye-west-talks-about-his-career-and-album-yeezus.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Excerpt

Q:And you know you hit your shots.

Yeah — you put me on the team. So I’m going to use my platform to tell people that they’re not being fair. Anytime I’ve had a big thing that’s ever pierced and cut across the Internet, it was a fight for justice. Justice. And when you say justice, it doesn’t have to be war. Justice could just be clearing a path for people to dream properly. It could be clearing a path to make it fair within the arena that I play. You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, “This is wrong.”

Q:You’ve won a lot of Grammys.

“[My Beautiful] Dark [Twisted] Fantasy” and “Watch the Throne”: neither was nominated for Album of the Year, and I made both of those in one year. I don’t know if this is statistically right, but I’m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven’t won one against a white person.

But the thing is, I don’t care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate.

Q:You want the historical record to be right.

Yeah, I don’t want them to rewrite history right in front of us. At least, not on my clock. I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. But after a while, it’s like: “Wait a second; this isn’t fair. This is a setup.” I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost for Album of the Year, and I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight” —

Q: For you.

For what’s right. I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things. So when the next little girl that wants to be, you know, a musician and give up her anonymity and her voice to express her talent and bring something special to the world, and it’s time for us to roll out and say, “Did this person have the biggest thing of the year?” — that thing is more fair because I was there.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

this nikka is a lame

 

[zerozero]

not even even reading. waiting for the music. preparing to be disappointed.


writing all my sentences in the present tense

 

[Breh Obama]

Cocaines a helluva drug!

 

[shazam]

He's a good interviewee. I hope he does more

 

[45123]

Breh these answers are hilarious

 

[phillycavsfan]

Does it take you less time to get dressed now than it did five years ago?

Hell, yeah.

You look at your outfits from five or seven years ago, and it’s like —

Yeah, kill self. That’s all I have to say. Kill self.

 

[Ziggiy]

If you read the entire thing he dropped a couple jewels...



I’m a professional musician because I have the structure of Universal Records. I’m a professional creative. Since I did the Louis Vuitton sneaker, I’ve never been allowed to be in a continually creative structured place that makes product. I’ve had meetings where a guy actually told me, “What we’re trying to figure out is how we can control you.” In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me? Like, I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness! Why would you want to control that?

That’s why I said “I throw these Maybach keys” [in the new song “New Slaves"]. I would rather sit in a factory than sit in a Maybach.

I want to tell people, “I can create more for this world, and I’ve hit the glass ceiling.” If I don’t scream, if I don’t say something, then no one’s going to say anything, you know? So I come to them and say, “Dude, talk to me! Respect me!”

 

[The Message]

Props to him for shoutin out the Chicago House influence. I'm geeked to see what the joint sounds like.

 

[phillycavsfan]

If you read the entire thing he dropped a couple jewels...

It's nothing but quotables.

I’ve had meetings where a guy actually told me, “What we’re trying to figure out is how we can control you.” In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me? Like, I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness! Why would you want to control that?

 

[ECA]

Yeezy season

 

[jwinfield]

2 of the years he lost AOTY to a black person.

And at him getting pissed because he hasn't beaten a white person but wanting to go on the stage to protest on Justin Timberlake's behalf even though Cee-Lo lost too.

 

[ThaRealness]

damn Kanye really has lost his mind.

Dude literally ended the interview by saying "I am the nucleus"

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Actually thought it was a good interview. He's got some interesting views on pushing the boundaries of the culture. It'll be interesting to hear what Rick brought to the table.

 

[re'up]

'Ye is, and forever will be more then a bit of a pretentious, egocentric douchebag, but he has somewhat of a good heart...he's passionate about his craft, and I respect some of what he said here. Turned on some old Kanye for the night, interested to hear the new project, haven't even listened to one track.