People asking how to reconcile Kanye's new conservative political bent into what I wrote before (old article below), but to me all of this stuff is right in in line with his evolution, and more importantly a larger social phenomenon... http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/05/29/film-crit-hulk-smash-bad-enough-to-be-true-the-art-of-kanye-west …
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And that is that 1. Kanye's always been blisteringly honest about his characterization of being rich and having rich people problems in a way most rappers avoid because it doesn't posture toughness.
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I keep seeing people fall into the Kanye trap, and I keep imagining him laughing. I take every public utterance from KW with a grain of salt because he’s always gotten a rise out of proving to himself and the world that he can give people what they want *and* disappoint them.
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(Which coincides perfectly with the themes of his music and his performance. He imagines himself in the image of god, blurring lines with actually being one. And god has the power to both bless and to smite.)
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The St. Pablo tour was filled with themes of creating jealousy, and then giving people what they want.
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Announcing two albums and then saying things designed to piss as many people off as possible is right on brand.
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He wants to make people say “Kanye is actually an idiot” or even better tease racist comments out of racist people. And then drop music that’s undeniable and undeniably good.
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Don't really want to get into a discussion as I've already written about it, but the thing about Kanye is that it's always 1/3 orchestrated 1/3 allowing himself to be reckless 1/3 legitimate mental health issues. Which makes it different from this.
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