CD Reviews: Review of Late Registration by Kanye West
note: this is not a review of the album. check the above link for a real review.. i am just babbling here.
okay, i have been listening to the hype on kanye west for the past year or so, and not being a huge fan of hip hop (although i do really like stuff that is new and inventive) i have not checked out kanye west.
finally, a few weeks ago, i did it. i listened to this album in its entirety. once.
frankly, i am TOTALLY with this reviewer. i am not sure where the rest of the world is coming from on this. saying kanye west is the new p. diddly is akin to saying he’s the new jan brady. the old one is not that interesting either.
reading jason’s review, it was good to see he had the insight to know where all the samples came from. it’s nice to know that he has been into this for awhile…
but this whole sampling thing is starting to get on my nerves. it seems to be a pretty simple affair to build a song around a loop that everyone knows.. at least subconciously.. and are drawn to. there is no magic in this..
finally.. if i hear about bling bling one more time, i am gonna die in my tracks.
WARNING: ahead be racial talk.. the white elephant in the room that no one will talk about.. i am about to pull his trunk. if you are a PUSS.. stop reading now.
is it just me who thinks that bling bling is a sham by the man? think about it. we have taught the black community to help each other out.. to help each other be successful.. to make money. LOTS of money, and to do it quickly and efficiently. this is a really good thing..
but, rather than teaching them to keep it in their communities… to help educate their communities.. we have taught them to go out, take all the money from their communities, and bring it back to the MAN. the jewelers, the real estate agents in the hamptons, the car dealers..
it baffles me.. the logic goes.. rap about how messed up your community is.. rap about how acceptable it is to behave like a savage (yes, killing each other and fathering more people than you can provide for, and robbing people, making the sex on people against their will.. yes, that is savage.. and retarded..) make a shithouse full of money doing this.. bring me and my friends all the money.. repeat..
think about it.. this logic is retarded.. am i the only one who doesn’t get it?
anyway.. enough about that.. the album did nothing for me..
in kanye’s defense.. i did hear a live show he did at the bbc… if you listen on saturdays, they will play pieces of it.. and there were some great moments on it..
but i am with jason.. i have had enough of bling bling and nigga talk..