So Kanye was in the studio with the Weeknd? (New Kanye interview)

[Czerka]

Kanye West on his new album Yeezus and Kim Kardashian | People > Celebrities | W Magazine

As usual, there are several collaborators, friends, and minions milling around his living room studio, including the producer No I.D. and the Canadian rapper the Weeknd. When West is at the microphone, alternately freestyle rapping and bouncing up and down, it’s clear why his bona fides are unquestioned, at least in the realm of music. He blasts a new track at top volume, and its wailing Deep Purple–esque guitar riffs have the Weeknd holding his head in disbelief. “That shyt is awesome,” the Weeknd says. “Just fukking reckless. A lot of people who hate you are just going to hate you so much more.” West says he wants the record—whose title, Yeezus, is a mashup of “Jesus” and West’s nickname, Yeezy—to be like a “one-man gangbang.” He plays one intensely dark, primal track that he worked on with the French electro duo Daft Punk: the defiant anthem “I Am a God,” which he debuted live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala in New York in May.

wonder if we'll ever hear it

 

[Regista]

Why didnt you post the rest of the interview.

There was a lot of quotable in there:

“So the next day I went to the studio with Daft Punk, and I wrote ‘I Am a God,’ ” West says. “Cause it’s like, Yo! Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go. Man, I’m the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.” West is not smiling as he says this, and his voice is getting louder with each sentence. “You can’t say that you love music and then say that Kanye West can’t come to your show! To even think they could tell me where I could and couldn’t go is just ludicrous. It’s blasphemous—to rock ’n’ roll, and to music.”

“God’s little practical joke on me—as an intellect who doesn’t like to read a lot—is like, I’ll say some superphilosophical shyt, but I’ll say it the wrong way,” he says, laughing. “I’ll use the wrong word, so it goes from being really special to completely retarded.”

"Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. shyt is real. You’re not going to find a chink. It’s 100,000 percent Jimi Hendrix."

“Now, I just do exactly what I want, whenever I want, how the fukk I want,” West says. “ ‘fukk you’ is my message.”

Whenever he tries something new, West observes, “people say, ‘Why do you want to destroy your name?’ But I don’t care about my name as much as I care about my ideas. I could do something completely wrong, and people could hate it, but then someone else could see it and do it completely right. And it’s a push forward for civilization.”

 

[UncleTony]

This doesnt surprise me...after replaying Yeezus multiple times trying to figure out what the hell to think of it...I'm In It was a standout track to me and not that Justin Vernon didnt do his thing on it...but The Weeknd would have been PERFECT on it...

I think a collab between them would result in some wild shyt

 

[Dwight Howard]

nikka has lost his damn mind

On how seriously to take him: “You should only believe about 90 percent of what I say. As a matter of fact, don’t even believe anything that I’m saying at all. I could be completely fukking with you, and the world, the entire time.

On Watch the Throne, his 2011 collaboration with Jay-Z: “It was like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates talking at the same time. You know which one of us was Steve.”

On being intimidated by celebrities: “Anyone who meets me for the first time and is not slightly nervous is completely full of shyt. Because when I meet people I respect, I’m nervous. When I go have lunch with Tarantino at the Chateau Marmont, I’m nervous. It’s fukking Tarantino!”

 

[Regista]

Oh and these 2 other gems at the end of the interview:

West is not oblivious to his own narcissism. “On one end, I try to scale it back,” he says. “Because I don’t want to close any of the doors needed to create the best product possible. But my ego is my drug. My drug is, ‘I’m better than all you other motherfukkers. Kiss my ass!’ ”

On why he made 'I Am A God':

“I made that song because I am a god,” he says finally. He laughs for a second, then stops. “I don’t think there’s much more explanation. I’m not going to sit here and defend shyt. That shyt is rock ’n’ roll, man. That shyt is rap music. I am a god. Now what?”

 

[Dwight Howard]

at I Am a god being inspired by a fashion designer "diss". told yall nikkas this shyt was shallow and self-absorbing bs

He plays one intensely dark, primal track that he worked on with the French electro duo Daft Punk: the defiant anthem “I Am a God,” which he debuted live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala in New York in May.

It turns out this song was inspired by a serious diss—not from another rapper but from a major fashion designer. Last fall, a few days before Paris Fashion Week, West was informed that he’d be invited to a widely anticipated runway show only on the condition that he agree not to attend any other shows. “So the next day I went to the studio with Daft Punk, and I wrote ‘I Am a God,’ ” West says. “Cause it’s like, Yo! Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go. Man, I’m the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.” West is not smiling as he says this, and his voice is getting louder with each sentence. “You can’t say that you love music and then say that Kanye West can’t come to your show! To even think they could tell me where I could and couldn’t go is just ludicrous. It’s blasphemous—to rock ’n’ roll, and to music.”

 

[Czerka]

told yall nikkas this shyt was shallow and self-absorbing bs

who said otherwise?

its a song called "i am a god featuring god" if you took it seriously or expected some profound shyt you lost already

 

[Dwight Howard]

who said otherwise?

its a song called "i am a god featuring god" if you took it seriously or expected some profound shyt you lost already

dont tell me, tell those reviewers

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

one thing we cant tell for sure is how much of kanye schtick is real and how much is a gimmick. one thing we can tell for sure is after his mom died something happen in his head.

 

[Rominati]

nikka cant you just post the whole fukking article?

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

I would love to hear the weeknd on a yeezy album

 

[ECA]

“I made that song because I am a god,” he says finally. He laughs for a second, then stops.

 

[Harry B]

“I made that song because I am a god,” he says finally. He laughs for a second, then stops.

How you gonna post the quote without the following .gif

 

[Feed-Me]

 

[re'up]

Love to see a Kanye and Weeknd collab, there was some Weeknd influence on 'I'm In it' , (shouldve known you..) that little hook sounded like Weeknd. As long as Kanye keeps the goofy lyrics to the side, a 'Blame Game' type track with weeknd vocals would be ill.