11-15-2008, 10:26 AM | #1 | |
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Kanye West: Total Douchebag?
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11-15-2008, 10:50 AM | #2 |
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Yeah, he is a total d-bag.. He is mad cocky and arrogant, but can still make a bad ass beat..
I don't ever buy his albums though.. |
11-15-2008, 10:55 AM | #3 |
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He makes pop music, damn good pop music
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11-15-2008, 11:21 AM | #4 |
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Maybe it is because I only listen to the Rock station and avoid watching Mtv, but I barely know who this guy is.
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11-15-2008, 11:22 AM | #5 |
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BDC you're a liar and a thief
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11-15-2008, 11:29 AM | #6 |
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BDC, you are so full of shit..
Even if what you said was true, why would you post about it?? I don't follow wrestling closely, have I ever popped into the RAW thread and been like "I don't watch wrestling, so I have no idea what you guys are talking about"?? No, I don't, cause that would be pointless and stupid.. |
11-15-2008, 11:30 AM | #7 |
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There's actually a handful of posters that do that
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11-15-2008, 11:30 AM | #8 |
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"TNA? People still watch this shit?"
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11-15-2008, 11:44 AM | #9 |
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I mean I know he is that guy that said Bush doesn't care about black people after the hurricane. And I've heard in other threads that guy is a cockbag. But I'm not familiar with his music. And I can post in whatever thread I want.
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11-15-2008, 11:50 AM | #10 |
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I'm pretty sure you've heard his songs because they are used in main stream media all the time..
Sure, you can post in any thread you want.. Doesn't make it any less pointless and stupid though.. |
11-15-2008, 11:54 AM | #11 |
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I'm sure I've heard his songs too, just wouldn't know them.
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11-15-2008, 12:02 PM | #12 |
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LOL @ you being too cool for pop culture
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11-15-2008, 12:05 PM | #13 |
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To be honest, about the only song of his I recognize instantly is the one that has Daft Punk playing in the background. I don't watch many music videos since losing access to IMF, and I don't listen to stations that would probably play Kanye West, though. Just not really the sort of music I bother with.
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11-15-2008, 12:08 PM | #14 |
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I love Hip Hop, but not pop..
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11-15-2008, 01:03 PM | #15 | |
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Anyway, BDC saw "douchebag" and was immediately attracted to the thread. He can't help it. And Kanye is a massive douchebag, at least in public. I don't know him personally, and can't help but think he's pulling a PT Barnum on the wigger community. |
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11-15-2008, 02:30 PM | #16 |
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How am I a hypocrite??
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11-15-2008, 02:59 PM | #17 |
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Any of you ever consider that this is his 'gimmick' and although he's likely very cocky, he probably does and says this stuff on purpose to further his media image and create publicity? It has worked very well thus far and I think it's obvious that at some point he began to run with it.
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11-15-2008, 03:01 PM | #18 |
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I enjoy his music and could care less about how he acts.
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11-15-2008, 03:09 PM | #19 |
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Yea I agree with CoE. It's not really my job to run personality judgement on people. There are tons of celebrities who are cocky as hell, and arrogant. Some probably are more so but they image they convey is less authentic. All that matters to me is what music he releases since I don't really know him and he's not exactly in my life other than an occasional soundbite.
He doesn't do or say anything that's morally or ethically wrong. It's not like an actor comitting a heinous crime, or an athlete being caught taking steroids. It's just a guy acting like a prick and everyone takes exception to it because of what we consider admirable in people's personalities. OJ Simpson and Chris Benoit are douchebags. Can't see this being really important to anything he does or anyone who listens to music. So he's cocky and a 'douchebag'. Pete Townsend is a pedophile and has been caught, but I don't see anyone calling him a douchbag or rebuking his music. Last edited by Jeritron; 11-15-2008 at 03:13 PM. |
11-15-2008, 03:21 PM | #20 |
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The only song anyone will remember of Kanye's is Through the Wire in 15 years.
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11-15-2008, 03:35 PM | #21 |
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What a wonderful decade to be the voice of.
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11-16-2008, 11:28 PM | #22 |
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11-17-2008, 12:01 AM | #23 |
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Well, it was either him or the Ting Tings
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11-17-2008, 12:05 AM | #24 |
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It was between him and the Teryaki Boys
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11-17-2008, 01:50 AM | #25 | |
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Anyways, for all the bragging and cockiness the guy puts on one hell of a show. I went to see his concert on Saturday night and it was nothing short of awesome. I'm not a fan of the 'cockiness' but see a lot of it as tounge in cheek. At one point he says how on reviewer had said that his show was the "greatest hip-hop show they had ever seen" and he questions why it's not the "greatest show, period". TBH the guy has a point on that. I've seen Muse who were heralded as the 'Best Live Act' at some point this year and what he did blew them clean out of the water. |
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11-17-2008, 03:09 AM | #26 |
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Being a douche for the press it gets him doesn't really make him less of a douche.
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11-17-2008, 09:24 AM | #28 |
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11-17-2008, 09:28 AM | #29 |
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I liked his song with Mayer. Actually that was the only Kane west song I ever liked.
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11-17-2008, 02:03 PM | #30 |
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