A Contrast in Style and Taste: Kanye vs. Cee-Lo
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
I’ve made no secret of my disdain for Kanye West; his offstage antics are worth an entire blog – Maybe titled “What did Kanye do now?”
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Ok, I’ll go ahead and say the obvious.
So if you can’t sing, Kanye, how do you plan to be the greatest artist of all time, surpassing the Beatles, Elvis, Dylan and yes, even Jackson?
Lucky for Kanye, he is performing at a time in which you don’t have to sing and perform music to sell music. He does attempt singing on his latest album, but it’s a far cry from even Tito Jackson. His strength, of course, is rapping, and I guess he does that well – although his delivery at times is rambling and he tries to rhyme the word “ballin'” with “Alec Baldwin.” He name-drops throughout the record, and well, it ain’t hip-hop without the obligatory N word and “m—– f—–” tossed about with the consistency of “a” and “the”.
Aside from a few melodic samples, what I heard was typical of Kanye and most hip-hop artists: narcissistic poetry (questionable at times) set to some beats. Does that qualify as music? Many say yes; I say, hell no.
Jesus, Cee-Lo even swears beautifully; his signature song, “F— You,” flows with such ease that the cursing is almost an afterthought, although what else would you want to say to a girlfriend who’s been sleeping around? Somehow the phrase, now almost part of the everyday vernacular, becomes the two most fitting words for his feelings. With Kanye, they just sound filthy.
Cee-Lo used to be a part of the early 90s hip-hop group Goodie Mob; and while he promises a return to his roots in the future, he obviously has seen a need to spread his musical wings and sing.
Kanye should take notes: That’s how you become the greatest artist of all time.
Shitty review. Clearly ur biased and it seems as though u cudnt give him the satisfaction that every music website has given him (deservingly) obviously his antics got in the way of you making a unbiased review. There is a reason people call him a musical genius and as long as he make genre breaking music that appeals to all ways of life he can do whatever the hell he wants outside of the studio for all I care lol.
Thanks for the comment, hahah! Next time try to actually make an argument as to why you think Kanye’s “music” is good. That is, if you can find one…