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Friday, April 10, 2009

Media / Celeb Kanye West Finally Makes It Easier To Love Kanye West

Posted by on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:00 AM

So this week South Park roasted Kanye West. Here's video:

In response to the gay fish mockery, West wrote something I've been waiting to hear him express since I fell in love with The College Dropout then found myself repeatedly repelled by its maker's overweening ego. From the man's blog (bolds are mine):

SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT'S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF "I TOLD YOU SO!!!" IT'S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU'RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE'S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I'M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I'M SURE THERE'S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS... THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S ME!

My main problem with Kanye West's bravado wasn't that his brags were untrue, just unnecessary. His work provides extravagant proof of his artistic gifts, and his brags only get in the way, and made it hard for even those of us who love him to express our support. (He was so drunk with self-love he required no more from anyone else.) Here's to Mr. West for grasping the importance of shutting the fuck up, as well as for posting the offending video on his website. That's A-plus sportsmanship right there.

 

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1
HE BLOGS IN ALL CAPS? What a dick.
Posted by heywhatsit on April 10, 2009 at 10:04 AM
2
Yeah, loved the response and the effort at curbing his ego. Now we just need to teach him about that Caps Lock key...
Posted by Julie in Eugene on April 10, 2009 at 10:05 AM
3
I love how a celebrity not being a prissy douchebag counts as a man-bites-dog story these days.
Posted by shub-negrorath on April 10, 2009 at 10:06 AM
4
We should all aspire to being doper persons.
Posted by JC on April 10, 2009 at 10:15 AM
5
I commend West's message but NOT HIS USE OF CAPS!
Posted by Arsenic7 on April 10, 2009 at 10:15 AM
6
CAPS LOCK: CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
Posted by Baconcat on April 10, 2009 at 10:20 AM
7
Don't get it. West has no talent at all. He just can't sing. Never liked him.
Posted by -B- on April 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM
8
To consider what this brother has been through in his life and the tragic loss of his mother I truly think that having a strong character is more than called for. But there will always be those that want to create confusion and will call it something else like 'bravado'. Kanye knows what his fan base thinks of him as a man no matter what some haters say.
Posted by Loveschild on April 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM
9
he needs to bottle that ego and sell it to the less-confident.

i've seen him live at the 1st sasquatch, and i have one of his CDs, late graduation or something. he's unbearable. give me ODB any day of the week.
Posted by Max Solomon on April 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM
10
Gold Digger is one of the best singles I've ever heard, but the last few Kanye performances I've seen on TV have been excruciating. What happened? He was such an original and now he won't put down that stupid Peter Frampton Cher-bot vocoder thingy that everybody is doing.
Posted by Dreck Owens on April 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM
11
@9 - College Dropout is a great album. "Jesus Walks" rocks, and I hate Jesus!
Posted by Mahtli69 on April 10, 2009 at 10:39 AM
12
Now that he's trying to be open to others' opinions, somebody should really let him know he can't fucking sing and that his abuse of the robo-voice effect needs to stop. It's a damn shame because he used to make good music.
Posted by T on April 10, 2009 at 10:41 AM
13
A sample of Kanye West's lyrical brilliance, from 'Jesus Walks': I need Jesus the way Kathie Lee need Regis.
Posted by Bub on April 10, 2009 at 10:58 AM
14
South Park and The Daily Show define public opinion. TV satire is way more relevant than actual life/well-supported opinions. STRAIT UP LULZ
Posted by Erik on April 10, 2009 at 10:59 AM
15
I hate black people.
Posted by George Bush on April 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM
16
Wait, wait @8. Did Loveschild just refer to Kanye as a "brother"?
Posted by snargent pepper on April 10, 2009 at 11:04 AM
17
Wow and not one use of the word Squidbrains.
Posted by Your Name There on April 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM
18
Mahtli69@11: ditto on "Jesus Walks", ditto on Jesus.

@16: you know that Loveschild, or at least the personality that he/she adopts here, is a black woman, right?

ALL CAPS IS THE NEW BLACK, MOTHERFUCKERS!
Posted by Big Sven on April 10, 2009 at 11:18 AM
19
My President is Black.

And so is yours.
Posted by Kanye Westlake on April 10, 2009 at 12:14 PM
20
The best part is that Kanye calls Lil Wayne "Little Wayne."
Posted by actual size on April 10, 2009 at 1:01 PM
21
He suffers from high self esteem.
Posted by Soo on April 10, 2009 at 1:06 PM
22
Still a douche.
Posted by Explorer on April 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM
23
Kanye should just come out of the closet already!!
Posted by lsk3 on April 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM
24
also "little wayne" has way better lyrics:

"You pop em cause we pop em like Orville Redenbacher"
Posted by gullible on April 10, 2009 at 6:50 PM
25
Kanye didn't write that. I did. Duh.
Posted by Rhymefest on April 11, 2009 at 3:06 PM

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