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Kanye West Cover Boy Colin Munroe Takes Piano Lessons To Video
Posted on January 8, 2009 4:02 PM
Kanye West is on the cover of next month's VIBE and looking pretty beat as far as cover models go. Sorry Ye'. The photo isn't quite as flattering as the promo pic (which you can see over at Gyant Scoop) but I did get a chance to look at some of the excerpts and was surprised to read that Kanye's last album narrowly escaped being a mixtape.
"I could have put it out as a mixtape. I always wanted to do a mixtape called T-Pain Style. And I was like, if these songs are good as hell, why not put it out as a real album? And who's to say what a mixtape , what's an album. I aint have to drop an album either. What I do at this point is a gift. And I think people are complaining about their gift. They can either play with it or not! But don't complain to me about the gift. There's guys out there, nobody spoke on our behalf before. Whatever about the singing. F*ck all the singing, f*ck all the Auto-Tune, f*ck the He's A Rapper, he's not a rapper, he's going through something, he has to get this out of his system, he's crazy. F*ck all that. It's men out there who have never had anyone to speak on their behalf about the way they feel in a relationship. We don't feel like, 'F*ck you, bitch, I'm going to f*ck a whole bunch of girls'. NO! We feel hurt. We feel pain. Like, 'Damn, why would you say something like that to me? Damn, I LOVE YOU. Damn, I want to have a family. Damn, I want to find someone to raise my kids. Damn, my baby mama's a bitch. Or she's not a bitch'. That more than anything-more than the way I wanted to deliver this art-is the message behind 808's."
Now that's deep. Kanye is sooo emo. So basically what he's saying is that 808's and Heartbreaks is the male album equivalent to "If I Were A Boy" if men were more honest?
What do you guys think about that?
While we're talking about Kanye, it's probably the perfect time to introduce the brilliant new video from Colin Munroe for "Piano Lessons" ft. Joell Ortiz. Black Milk on the track! :
Hot, right? If you don't recall my post on Colin Munroe he's the one that did the ingenious cover of Kanye's "Flashing Lights" "I Want Those Flashing Lights"
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This was some of the realest shit Kanye ever said..."What I do at this point is a gift. And I think people are complaining about their gift. They can either play with it or not! But don't complain to me about the gift. There's guys out there, nobody spoke on our behalf before. Whatever about the singing. F*ck all the singing, f*ck all the Auto-Tune, f*ck the He's A Rapper, he's not a rapper, he's going through something, he has to get this out of his system, he's crazy. F*ck all that. It's men out there who have never had anyone to speak on their behalf about the way they feel in a relationship."
Tell em Ye'. Personally, I loved the album.....even if it was depressing as hell. LOL
Wow, Love the Colin video
Not in love with 808's
i just found this cover of Kanye's good Life
by brooklyn band Nite Club
http://www.myspace.com/niteclubmusic
that takes the cake!
Kanye Is A Good Artist. I've actually purchased his albums including 808's a& Heartbreak. To Me I think sometimes we CONFUSE his Emotion With Excuses. Like When He Doesn't Win Something or Why 808's Isn't Selling Like Graduation. DUDE U MADE A 11 TRACK CD WITH A BONUS CONCERT TRACK AND ONLY HAD 5 GOOD SONGS! WTF DO U EXPECT!
This CD is A Gift. The Kind Of Gift That Is Like Gloves Your 2nd Cousin Gives U At Christmas B/c They Didn't Know What To Get U! We All Know He DID This Album To ONLY CAPITALIZE THE AUTOTUNE SOUND B4 It Gets Played Out! Stop Crying Kayne! We Are In A Recession, U Came Out With A Straight Up Autotune Album, Horrible 1st Single, Good 2nd Single, & A Few Touch & Go Performnaces With That Voicebox. BE HAPPY THAT SH!T is SELLING AT ALL!