I love it. It's almost refreshing to see a mainstream artist actually say what's on his mind and not say the typical "Oh I love everybody" stuff. He's crazy and I don't agree with him on some things, but at least you know he's not filtered.
Besides, he shouldn't be sorry about the Taylor Swift incident. What he said in the video was spot on. Taylor Swift rode a wave of great PR after the VMAs. She was really big before that, but if anything Kanye made her a more sympathetic figure and helped her career even more.
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On the part that I made bold, I strongly disagree. Being an "artist" doesn't give a person a free pass to act like a jackass without being labelled as a jerk. Would his "art" have been any better if he HADN'T done that? Probably not. He was just acting like an ass.
He should be "filtering" himself. Before he says ****, he SHOULD be thinking about whether or not he's making an artistically valid statement, or just plain being an ass for the sake of getting attention and making a scene.
As far as whether or not his comments were spot-on, that's irrelevant. It was a dirtball move. He could've criticized Taylor Swift's win in a socially acceptable manner, but instead he just plain acted like a total prick Were his comments giving any kind of meaningful commentary about WHY she didn't deserve the award? No. Were there other opportunities to express his feelings other than the precise moment that she was given the award? Yes. This isn't about him being right, it's about him acting like a total ass. He could have been right WITHOUT being a total ass, but he chose to act like an ass instead. Instead of acting like a ****ing professional who has to deal with people, he threw a tantrum like a spoiled little kid whose mom won't buy him a Snickers bar because he's already too fat.
1) That was the wrong ****ing time and place to be criticizing Talor Swift's work. He had ample opportunities before and after to state who he thinks should win/ should have won. But you don't do that **** when the winner is walking up on stage to accept the award. That's a jerk move, period. That's not standing up to his principles, that's throwing a tantrum like a spoiled kid because the person who he wanted to win didn't win. Did you see James Cameron acting like an ass when his ex-wife's movie whipped Avatar at the Oscars? No, because James Cameron is a ****ing professional.
2) Even if Kanye West absolutely HAD to "speak his mind", what he spoke was absolutely worthless. Did he give a well-reasoned criticism of why Taylor Swift shouldn't have won, or why Beyonce should hve? No. He just threw a ****ing meaningless tantrum, like any spoiled brat who doesn't get his way. He didn't give a well-reasoned argument about WHY the award was going to the wrong person, he simply spewed **** from his mouth while diminishing the accomplishments of the winner. At least he could have backed up his "performance" with a rational justification for why the chick won, and he wasn't able to even do that.
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