PorkChop wrote:When did I say they were? At the end of the day, if Kanye is being a prick, he's being a prick. And he seems to be a prick, a lot. If someone turned up at my house at 4am harassing me I wouldn't be best pleased, but this is far from the only incident where Kanye has given off a negative impression of himself.
He seems to be a prick? That's just a narrative the media tries to sell to you. People only gain negative impressions because they don't take the time to research what he was talking about, hence why I pointed out his songs New Slaves as evidence of him addressing those issues and telling the people about it.
I don't care if Michael Jackson and Lou Reed say he's a decent guy. You might view them as credible sources and use them to support your argument that Kanye is a 'misunderstood nice guy' because they have several musical accolades, but so does Ian Watkins. Kanye has provided the world with an encyclopedia of cringeworthy, arrogant and facepalm-inducing quotes in recent years. The OP in this thread is another one to add to that collection.
You just compared a pedophile who raped a child to a person who is self confident about himself? Wow, that's a huge reach. So Kanye West is just as bad as a pedophile, that's pretty nice.
Kanye's provided the world with a discography of the best music that's came out in the last decade. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Late Registration, College Dropout, etc. Those same albums that have lyrics that contain these so called "cringeworthy, arrogant and face palm quotes".
I don't care about the number of black inmates in American prisons, I don't care about some Lil Wayne lyrics, and I don't care about sweatshop workers, who you were driveling on about earlier. 95% of what you've said in this thread is completely irrelevant, and your argument (if you can call it that?) defending Kanye is paper thin at best. In the process of defending your Lord Kanye, your views have managed to offend white members of this board, black members and hispanic members. You were logically backed into a corner and played the race card which instantly made you look like a dick, and you made generalising statements about minorities which several members called you out on.
Artist like Iggy Azela and Macklemore aren't trying to appropriate white culture into music? The fact that the #1 song in the United States is of a female rapper whose rapping voice is equivalent to black face, I'd say Kanye is right about his messages and quotes from "Yeezus" and his interviews from last year.
95% of what I said is what Kanye talks about in his lyrics and messages. They aren't irrelevant to the discussion because he is right about music industries and the treatment of minorities in America.
If people on this board are offended, how come the thousands of people on reddit aren't? How come professors at universities aren't? How come the thousands of people on twitter aren't? You're just trying to compensate your hatred for Kanye West by trying to be dismissive of the issues he talks about in his songs and interviews.