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(16,672 posts)He's just like trump. Narcissistic.
yonder
(9,668 posts)Those were my exact words while watching him tonight.
Coming from him, his second set was especially hollow, with his message of "coming together", IMO. That number may have worked with a different performer, not him.
Damn, I dislike KW and the persona he presents. "Me Me Me Me and Me. And more of it, please. Now"
UTUSN
(70,715 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I suppose he's getting great reviews because he's Kanye but it's pretty painful to listen to.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Peace out!
Dulcinea
(6,651 posts)Some guy dressed as a Perrier bottle repeating the same line over & over is ALL THAT? I thought he sucked. YMMV.
Bettie
(16,112 posts)WTF?
dalton99a
(81,534 posts)Fuck him
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Although ben once had some talent, and I don't think kanye ever did.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)PoorMonger
(844 posts)Used to appreciate his beats back before he became a brand and a big name. When he wasnt even rapping on records he was pretty talented.
Just watched that weird ass performance on SNL and I said to my uncle that hes basically just the musical and commercial equivalent of caviar now.
He has people convinced his fashion brand is worth high prices because it has cache as Aquired Taste and because a t shirt costs $$$ rubes actually buy it: this is how he relates to Trump I think. He actively has a kind of disdain for his fans too - but he needs them to stay relevant.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)in 2008 and thought it was one of the best concerts Ive ever been to. He stood on stage in a sweater and jeans with holographic flying asteroids and spinning planets and ended his set with Dont Stop Believin by Journey. I thought it was superb. It saddens me.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I've been done with him for a while now.
PatSeg
(47,524 posts)I skip musical acts
PatSeg
(47,524 posts)Cha
(297,378 posts)with that heinous evil hat and message.
Hope he gets excoriated for it.
murielm99
(30,748 posts)cordial to him than they had to be. He must have felt the chill in the air.
I never liked his music. I saw him on SNL when he was a guest the first time. I was curious about him because he had just said that Bush did not care about black people. That remark had gotten a lot of attention. I watched and listened then, and decided that he had no talent. My opinion has not changed.
Cha
(297,378 posts)said that truth about bush.. and now trump is exponentially WORSE.. so what does STUPID do? He flaunts his Stupidity wearing that damn evil hat.
RainCaster
(10,892 posts)He sucks
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)His politics suck but hes an acknowledged master of his craft. And even if he wasnt its still music and its still art.
Are people big enough to admit that?
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)So your assertion is false. Big enough to admit that?
Owl
(3,642 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 30, 2018, 05:07 AM - Edit history (1)
Self-hating POS.
Link to tweet
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Apparently after #SNL ended #Kanye @rukes went off his meds to start sing/pontificating about how liberals are racists and how racists are better than democrats ... in a #MAGA hat. He was properly & soundly Booed. Extreme Wealth is its own kind of privilege. #SaveDemocracy
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)I suppose I would have felt differently if I was 14 or 15, but then why have him on an adult show? Awful.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Or #boycottkayne
Whatever. His value needs to go the way of that rapper who sang "u cant touch this" - MC Hammer. Bankrupt.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)dalton99a
(81,534 posts)Siwsan
(26,277 posts)He has a massive ego covered in a very thin skin so I suspect he identifies with trump*'s "disrespectful words" from President Obama, during the correspondent's dinner, all those years ago.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Link to tweet
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They bullied me backstage. They said, 'don't go out there with that hat on. They bullied me backstage. They bullied me. And then they say I'm in a sunken place," -@kanyewest
To one of the most courageous spirits: THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO THE MOB.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)He's flailing to be relevant.