For those who weren’t aware, Kanye West’s latest album, “Graduation,” hits the shelves today and I plead with you, Zizzle-Zotians, go buy a copy. For the love of God, go buy ten.Truthfully, I went through a Kanye phase, but feel that West’s work hit a serious slump following his initial “College Dropout” album which contained such gems as “Jesus Walks,” “Through the Wire,” and my personal favorite “Get ‘Em High.” And when I really think about it, he’s at his best compiling beats for Jay-Z and Common, and isn’t much of a rapper or lyricist himself.
This, however, isn’t going to be a CD review. For all I know, West’s disc sucks. The only song I’ve heard off of it is the same one you’ve all heard dominating the radio waves: “Stronger.” If you want my opinion, the beat is obnoxious and the lyrics are nausea-inducingly trite (“N-now th-th-that that don’t kill me/ Can only make me stronger/ I need you to hurry up now/ Cause I can’t wait much longer/ I know I got to be right now/ Cause I can’ get much wronger/ Man I been waitin’ all night now/ That’s how long I’ve been on ya).
Wronger? Are you kidding me? Is that as in “Kanye West is wrong for thinking that’s a word, making him a dumbass. Then again, I could be wronger.”?
But like I said, the point of this article is not to review the music/grammar of Kanye West. I don’t really care how good/bad “Graduation” is. When I pick up my ten copies, I’ll probably listen to one of them once and use the rest to fend off zombies (“Shaun of the Dead” anyone?).
We all need to buy “Graduation” because we must do our small part to get 50 Cent to shut the hell up. We’ve all heard the challenge that’s been issued: if West’s “Graduation” outsells 50’s “Curtis” (which is also being released today), then 50 Cent will never make another album.
Could it be? Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming.
50 Cent is a parasite. He’s a drain on society. I don’t care that he makes shitty music with hackneyed lyrics. A lot of folks do that. 50 Cent needs to go away because he exemplifies…nay, glorifies everything that is wrong with our culture.He has turned violence into a status symbol, using the fact that he’s been shot nine times to establish his credibility and manhood. He’s demeaning towards women. He’s lewd, vulgar, and disrespectful. What is it that he’s teaching the teeny-boppers (the primary consumers of his music)? That to be a good man you need to get shot? I would call it a testament to my success as a human being that I haven’t been shot. Not even once.
We need to get 50’s message of irresponsibility, immaturity and greed out of our society ASAP, before he’s brainwashed the next generation of young people to run amok with guns blazing; nonchalantly committing felonies and making crack babies.
Yeah, Kanye West can be an arrogant, pompous jackass, but I’ll take that over the bottom- feeding 50 Cent any day.
Thanks for reading.
4 comments:
I don't really know much about either of these two men. I have learned some more from reading this article. 50 cent sounds like a real winner.
Do you think if 50 really doesn't sell as many he won't make another album or is that just to get people to buy more of his crap? Either way, that pretty stupid.
To be honest, I probably won't by either CD, I'll never listen to it and it will end up being a waste of 10 bucks. I like some Rap, but it is really some of my least favorite music. It doesn't do it for me and I like many types of music too. But some rap music just sounds like crap, you can understand a thing they say. They love to make up words that make no sense. I like a musician to have some tone in their vocal cords, not guys that talk fast and spit all over the mic.
Don't get me wrong, there are some rap artists that have very good music ability and throw some pretty good beats, but most of it makes me sick.
I think I will go buy Carrie Underwear's new CD when it comes out!!!
I was just reading my post and I mis spelled a word. You "CAN'T" understand a thing they say.
Grubs...i can't really swing either way with this one.
I like a few of Kanye's music but the guy pisses me off so bad that i would love to see him out of the industry. As for 50 Cent i like some of his music, but how could i support a lifestyle like his and support what the messages that he sends to kids.
I would like to see what happens if Kanye outsells 50 cent. I think that 50 will hold to what he said and still be involved with music just not release any of his own records. Who knows maybe he'll just stick with acting and we'll all be blessed with the next Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson or even Denzel Washington.
Well i guess i'll say good luck to both of them and we'll just have to see what happens...
Well, coming from a person that has been shot numerous times I will say that it does make you more of a man when you get shot.
Not only did I get shot a lot, but on most occasions right after the bullet lodged itself in me, I dug my finger in the wound until it was big enough for me to go in with two fingers and pull out the bullet. (Despite common belief it is actually very hard to do this when the bullet is lodged in your spine)
I would then pull out some hair and rip off some skin, grind it in my teeth with a little blood and puss from the wound and lodge it in the hole so the bleeding would stop until I got home and would do a quick sew up job.
Having similar experiences like this over and over did make me more of a man.
On a side note. I hope Kan-gay wins simply for the facts that you stated gruber. I don't like either of them at all.
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