Kanye West's Biography

VH1 ^ | August 21, 2005 | VH1

[dfwgator]

One aspect of Kanye's rant I actually do agree with. The media does love to show the angry black man and tends to focus on the negative aspects of black Americans. I don't know if that's how he meant it, but just look how they tend to believe that only Jackson and Sharpton speak for the entire community, instead of holding up people like Condi Rice as examples.

[ArrogantBustard]

but it's SOP in the hip hop production milieu to sample music.

Which makes the form itself basically parasitic. 'Way back (in the 1980s), when I first started hearing rap it was basically poetry recitation with minimal (mostly rhythm) music underneath. It hadn't yet become violent, thuggish and crude, and although not my favourite I had a rap station programmed on my car radio. Whatever else may have been said of those early rappers, they were recording original work.

[ArrogantBustard]

The media does love to show the angry black man and tends to focus on the negative aspects of black Americans. I don't know if that's how he meant it, but just look how they tend to believe that only Jackson and Sharpton speak for the entire community, instead of holding up people like Condi Rice as examples.

The media doesn't just show sharpton, jackson, et al ranting; the media shows them ranting in front of audiences and receiving enthusiastic applause. Somebody's out there agreeing with their nonsense. In fairness, Deroy Murdock was on "The Factor" tonight and provided a welcome breath of fresh air.

[ArrogantBustard]

BTW, any comment on the contents of Kanye West's little rant on the NBC fund-raising program?

[Tim Long]

Musically and lyrically very talented

WHAT???!!!....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, because sampling other peoples' music and talking solely about killing people, having sex (and then acting religious), and buying gawdy attire is talented.

[RockinRight]

Actually, according to THIS Prince has at least donated to a Republican in the past.

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=nelson&first=prince

[rdb3]

Typical left-wing entertainment nonsense. What else is there to say?

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[rdb3]

That's the Prince I like. He's still looney, but still.

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[ArrogantBustard]

That works.