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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: pootypooty on January 09, 2009, 04:14:41 PM
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Kanye West Says He'll Pose Naked And 'Break Every Rule Of Hip-Hop'
In an interview with Vibe, the MC longs for 'the freedom of having less fans.'
By Shaheem Reid
Kanye West has become a worldwide music icon by always telling us the naked truth as he sees it. In the February issue of Vibe — the only cover story he's done to promote 808s & Heartbreak — the Grammy winner contemplates baring even more than that.
"I made a decision. I wanna make popular music, but I want less fans," he told writer Sean Fennessey when asked if was comfortable with fame. "I want the freedom of having less fans. It's like the freedom of having less money. If you have less money, you have less responsibility. It's like Björk. If she wanted to pose naked, you'd be like, 'Oh, that's Björk.' But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it. I definitely feel like, in the next however many years, if I work out for two months, that I'll pose naked. I break every rule and mentality of hip-hop, of black culture, of American culture."
(Kanye had some things to say about his photo on the magazine's cover, too.)
Kanye clarified that by "less fans" he meant having a core of 20,000 devotees who understand him, rather than a swell of 100,000 "fly-by-night" followers who just favor him because he's the hot thing out.
West also gave his take on some of his peers, telling the publication that he refuses to say anything negative about fellow performers, but has no problem giving praise where it is due.
"I believe Beyoncé is the greatest performer of our generation," he offered. "I believe I am the greatest entertainer of this generation. I go neck-and-neck on Jay-Z and [lil] Wayne as far as who's the best lyricist. Jay-Z has longevity."
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why dont he just do porn than
what an idiot
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Best lyricist?he's decent at best.he makes good music but people don't check for him like that on the lyrical tip.same with waynes
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Call it what you want, but this nigga is clearly still going through the 5 stages of grief right now since his Mom passed on. The nigga needs a break away from the limelight for awhile so he can pull himself together on the real.
Kanye's a talented dude, but right now the nigga is bordering on some Michael Jackson type weirdo shit at the moment.
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True that.I mean I didn't like his last album but I understand and I'm not mad.that was his therapy.I just hope its out of his system.the dude is like the new prince (as far as character)
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***Waiting for him to break all rule of hip hop and come out the closet as the first*** :grumpy:
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haha god damn
I was gon say this but god damn
Call it what you want, but this nigga is clearly still going through the 5 stages of grief right now since his Mom passed on. The nigga needs a break away from the limelight for awhile so he can pull himself together on the real.
Kanye's a talented dude, but right now the nigga is bordering on some Michael Jackson type weirdo shit at the moment.
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I understand what he's saying but goddamn articulation is key.
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He means 'fewer fans', not 'less fans'. 'Less fans' is grammatically incorrect. Kanye stays losing because he talks like a retard.
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you mean he speaks like a retard ;D
anyway yeah ok regular diva shit from kanye
the real question is: would you look at the pics
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Kanye West is gettin weirder than ever
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haha diva alert
hes comin out the clost, it takes time I guess
hha fuckin kanye
thye was callin him kangay
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he meant having a core of 20,000 devotees who understand him, rather than a swell of 100,000 "fly-by-night" followers who just favor him because he's the hot thing out.
this is the only reason why he's popular
"If you have less money, you have less responsibility"
what? what a dickhead
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in 5 years time kanye will be as whit as M.J
il'll take bets he has surgery before the years out :laugh: