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Kanye West is an arrogant SOB

music.yahoo.com — Kanye West is to music what Michael Jordan was to basketball — at least that's what West thinks, in his humble estimation. "I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice," he said in an interview on Wednesday.

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  • chicagojack, on 11/14/2008, -46/+586yep
    • Sh0rtstak, on 11/14/2008, -8/+70i concur
    • apothekari, on 11/14/2008, -4/+27"Hey could you read that back to me?"
      "My work in the field of Brain surgery is unsurpassed and will probably make my name live beyond eternity!"
      "That sounds good...but take out the probably, it makes me sound Wishy-Washy."
    • TMTurtle, on 11/14/2008, -18/+11*sips on beer*

      yup
    • Wynner3, on 11/14/2008, -41/+6Your comment is being dugg down. It was at 54 when I clicked now it's at 49
    • elmuerte17, on 11/14/2008, -3/+90if kanye west is the voice of my generation, then i want to resign from it
      • Sutley, on 11/14/2008, -5/+40Kanye West prostitutes himself for attention, using legitimate concerns like racism to increase his undeserved 15 minutes.

        His music is ***** terrible.
      • sanman, on 11/14/2008, -3/+48Kanye West Hates Black People
      • noino1966, on 11/15/2008, -1/+15"Excuse me...yes, can you please stop this generation...yes, I'd like to get off please".

      • Somnabot, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5Kanye West prostitutes himself for the music industry.

        ***** the RIAA.
      • FuelUrMind, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Every generation is lost and makes songs out of it. But ours... exiled from the search.
        -Pedestrian "Generation Of Dead Beats "
    • cr12345, on 11/14/2008, -6/+103Digg doesn't care about Kanye West
    • estydees, on 11/14/2008, -1/+23His live shows suck. Sorry but dancing by himself singing his songs without anything special shows his arrogance and how terrible of an artist he truly is. Put your ego in check.
      • supplyside, on 11/14/2008, -1/+8yup i saw him years ago and it was a-trak spinning (very dope, even with a mostly kanye set) and kanye blabbering over it (very wack)
      • sv650touring, on 11/15/2008, -1/+11The first time I ever heard of him was at that Apple event. It was uncomfortable how *not good* he was, live.
      • Myers3979, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5rap is usually not very good live, with some exceptions. i don't know any though
      • staticneuron, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything
        There'd always be somebody that shoot down any dream
        There'll always be haters, that's the way it is
        Hater ***** marry hater bitches and have hater kids

        Kanye West


        I am sorry but all i see here is a bunch of children riding the new fad of the week. Is anyone here really that ***** serious? Obviously people here do not listen to rap because almost every damn major rapper has claimed something with a huge ego.

        If it isn't shown in their lyrics, it is shown by their nicknames. From Method man, Jay -z, to eminem and Nas the high bravado has always been there. But, its a good thing because no matter how many diggs from self important idiots this post gets Kanye will still......... make millions.


        I am still surprised at how much people actually care.
    • JCPahl, on 11/14/2008, -1/+13Kanye doesn't even give it his all.
    • opafaf, on 11/14/2008, -6/+18whose Kanye West?
    • Hypomanic, on 11/15/2008, -2/+23Kanye West using Auto-Tune is the equivalent of Michael Jordan using anti-gravity shoes.
      • elfs1der, on 11/15/2008, -5/+2HAHA that was halarious!
      • staticneuron, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1He isn't a singer and doesn't claim to be. So why not?
    • goodinohio, on 11/15/2008, -0/+21Kanye West doesn't like white people.
    • elfs1der, on 11/15/2008, -16/+4why do people hate kanye so much, hes great
    • cheaptricks, on 11/15/2008, -9/+8Barack Obama doesn't care about white people
      • DarkShroud, on 11/15/2008, -1/+8Barack Obama has race identity issues.
    • NailedEm, on 11/15/2008, -1/+6"How the hell the Nobel Peace Prize for PHYSICS gonna go to ANYBODY but me?"
    • jschluchter, on 11/15/2008, -12/+6Barack Obama hates white people.
    • Karlitzor, on 11/15/2008, -1/+8He should be castrated IMO
  • gorkha, on 11/14/2008, -88/+1213Kanye = big pile of *****.
    • AmericanParty, on 11/14/2008, -13/+150He's atleast 80 Couric's
    • suckanucka, on 11/14/2008, -55/+12He's at[space]least 80 Couric's.
      • sv650touring, on 11/15/2008, -2/+12If you did that on purpose, that's hilarious.
    • SpykerSpeed, on 11/14/2008, -17/+46He's at least 80 courics [no apostrophe or capital C, as in this case couric is a unit of measurement].
      • Enasni1212, on 11/15/2008, -0/+9Actually, you do capitalize the C. As in Newtons of force or Joules of energy.
      • skyroket, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3OK so we're not talking about Katie Couric here, right? Cuz I thought we were cool with her.
    • Winkythecat, on 11/14/2008, -13/+55^ Who gives a *****
      • danthemanhan, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2the 23 people who have dugg him up so far, apparently
    • defenswens26, on 11/14/2008, -9/+42Kanye != my voice
      • Fadakar, on 11/15/2008, -5/+20if (douchebag)
        {
        System.out.println("What a douche!")
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println("Guys he's not that bad.")
        }

        What a douche!
      • tehWhisp, on 11/15/2008, -1/+6Is douchebag supposed to be a boolean?
      • bhaity, on 11/15/2008, -2/+9I'm sure you could have come up with a more witty code than that..
      • defenswens26, on 11/15/2008, -1/+14He could... but Kanye isn't worth the effort.
      • UNL1M1T3D, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4Syntax Error
      • wycheck89yo, on 11/15/2008, -2/+1I just found out that a string insertion operator will erase your post
      • fuhlavaflave, on 11/15/2008, -3/+5public class KanyeWest {
        public double kanyesRecordSales(String whatHeSaid) {
        if(whatHeSaid.equals("George Bush doesn't like black people.")
        return 2183000;
        else if (whatHeSaid.equals("I speak for everyone in my generation because I'm black and white people listen to my music.")
        return 0;
        else
        return -1; // you know, for errors

        }
        public String toString() {
        return "GUYS! I'M A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT!!! LOOK WHAT I DID!!! LOVE ME..please....";
        }
        }

        oh, nerdiness...
    • pbol01, on 11/14/2008, -7/+16And he doesn't make music, its closer to *****!
    • AIONutter, on 11/14/2008, -6/+16Damn...I really wish that he'd get into another car wreck and have his mouth wired shut again. Obviously it wasn't wired shut long enough...
      • Somnabot, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3Surprised any respectable digger would know that...
    • Namakemono, on 11/14/2008, -3/+7Steaming
    • jveisdal, on 11/14/2008, -2/+11This is our house. We moved in a couple of years ago and made this our new place or residence. This is our ***** house.

      What an annoying, untalented piece of *****. You're in the room with ***** Ringo Starr and it's your house? Get the ***** out of here
    • priapproved, on 11/14/2008, -3/+16Kanye is not a hip hop artist, he's a clown.
    • philosopherk, on 11/15/2008, -4/+56Kanye = a guy who bought the "I am Rich" app
    • passedoutghost, on 11/15/2008, -2/+3Have you read his blog? That would have given you an idea.
    • urbano35, on 11/15/2008, -7/+8I bleep off what he says in interviews and just listen to his music. That is what he's about anyway. Would you stop listening to The Beatles just because you're against drugs?
      • SickofSects, on 11/15/2008, -6/+5Did you just compare Kanye to the Beatles?
      • De4our, on 11/15/2008, -4/+8No ass, he said listen to the damn music instead of the arrogant artist's ego trips.

        I don't buy Kanye interviews, I buy Kanye CD's.
      • UNL1M1T3D, on 11/15/2008, -4/+4I agree. Regardless of what people say the man does have talent and he is a good writer. If you listen to one of his CD's he explains that by him being arrogant he uses it as his driving force to be better. I just wish he would realise that him acting like an arrogant ass is driving away people who can't separate the man from the music.
      • bdfariello, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5And this is why it's still okay to listen to Michael Jackson. Smooth Criminal is still a damn good song.
      • TheCollective00, on 11/15/2008, -2/+4I wouldn't even download Kanye's CD's.
      • bluezinc, on 11/15/2008, -3/+3No, he sucks at writing. His lyrics are always awful and about random crap that has nothing to do with the song. It's just a ramble set to a really good beat that someone else created for him.
      • urbano35, on 11/16/2008, -3/+2@bluezinc - Unfortunately, what you say is mostly opinion. In fact, I think your opinion was built upon what others say. Actually listen to an album of his for a change. And by the way, he does make his own beats. He doesn't take credit for the production of "Stronger", so don't base your statement on that.
      • bluezinc, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1I have 2 of his albums. I like his songs, I just don't like him or his huge ass ego.

        Don't pretend you know me.
      • urbano35, on 11/17/2008, -1/+1Sorry, you just have a really good impression that you hated his music. I mean, Kanye is known for his beats and writing after all.
    • Owwmykneecap, on 11/15/2008, -1/+9He's over 1000 µfonzies.
      • sv650touring, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2how many?
      • Owwmykneecap, on 11/15/2008, -1/+9about a milifonzie.
      • pikpikcarrotmon, on 11/15/2008, -3/+1Sounds more like a kilofonzie. A millifonzie would be .001 fonzies. I'd put him at about 1.21 jigafonzies.
      • bdfariello, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1pikpikcarrotmon, 1000 microfonzies = 1 millifonzie. Of course, you could be saying you think Kanye's 12 orders of magnitude more fonzie than Owwmykneecap's estimates.
    • hendrixlives64, on 11/15/2008, -16/+3the funniest thing is that his statements haven't directly hurt any of you, half of you probably never listened to him before, and fewer than that even will now... and yet it appears digg is UP IN ARMS AT THIS MORAL OUTRAGE
      • sabach, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3If he came on the radio I wouldn't know it was him, so yeah you're absolutely right about that. But as for "moral outrage", I just think anyone who is a big enough douche to think they're the "voice" of anything and say so in public is especially deserving of my contempt.
      • TheCollective00, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Of course. Bad music hurts our soul.

        See: Nickelback
    • bluezinc, on 11/15/2008, -1/+15What's really annoying about Kanye West is that he professes to be some progressive activist through music by titling his songs, but the conveying the opposite of that attitude in his lyrics and general lifestyle. For example, "diamonds of sierra leone" makes you think he cares about blood diamonds, but the lyrics of that song are about how much he loves diamonds and about how the VMAs are unfair to him and how he doesn't like it when music magazines say mean things about him.

      What a big baby.
      • UNL1M1T3D, on 11/15/2008, -3/+3In the remix he mentions the conflict diamonds:

        Good Morning, this ain't Vietnam still
        People lose hands, legs, arms for real
        Little was known of Sierra Leone
        And how it connect to the diamonds we own
        When I speak of Diamonds in this song
        I ain't talkin bout the ones that be glown
        I'm talkin bout Rocafella, my home, my chain
        These ain't conflict diamonds,is they Jacob? don't lie to me mayne
        See, a part of me sayin' keep shinin',
        How? when I know of the blood diamonds
        Though it's thousands of miles away
        Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today
        Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs
        Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs
        The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charmses
        I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless
        'til I seen a picture of a shorty armless
        And here's the conflict
        It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold
        Spend ya whole life tryna get that ice
        On a polar rugby it look so nice
        How could somethin' so wrong make me feel so right, right?
        'fore I beat myself up like Ike
        You could still throw ya Rocafella diamond tonight, 'cause
      • bluezinc, on 11/15/2008, -1/+4Even when he mentions the conflict diamonds he manages to be offensive, "It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold"???
        So, it's just a "black person's soul" that makes them buy lots of jewelry?? How is that not racist?

        Also, Kanye shouldn't try explaining anything to anybody because he clearly has no idea what's going on. "Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs
        Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs"

        Wow, Kanye, that's a powerful insight you have. We are all greater for having heard your opinion on the causes for the blood diamond trade.
      • staticneuron, on 11/17/2008, -2/+1Bluezinc you are an idiot. If you actually LISTENED to kanye's music you wouldn't jump to false accusations over and over again. There is nothing racist about his statement because he as touched on the subject many times before. He is talking about Black americans specifically and their addiction to materialism and wealth. He put his lyrics to best use in "All falls down".

        "She's so precious with the peer pressure
        Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexus (a Lexus)"

        "And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe
        Single black female addicted to retail and well"

        "Man I promise, I'm so self conscious
        That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches"

        "It seems we living the american dream
        But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem
        The prettiest people do the ugliest things
        For the road to riches and diamond rings
        We shine because they hate us, floss cause they degrade us
        We trying to buy back our 40 acres
        And for that paper, look how low we a'stoop
        Even if you in a Benz, you still a ***** in a coop/coupe"

        "We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need em
        Things we buy to cover up what's inside
        Cause they make us hate ourself and love they wealth"

        "I got a problem with spending before I get it
        We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it"

        And that is not the only song he touched on the subject but if you listen to his lyrics then his attitude would make alot more sense. It is hyper bravado and mor of a facade than anything. To him it is his way of being "real" by speaking whats on his mind and even the vocalizing his self motivation.
      • mwilhelm, on 11/17/2008, -0/+3Bluezinc is absolutely right here. He says one thing and does another. Johnny mc-I'm-too-good-to-go-to-college-so-ill-pretend-to-be-a-role-model-by-convincing-kids-to-*****-and-rap-all-day.

        The guy hasn't written ONE orignial song.

        EVERYTHING is stolen from people with real talent. Gil-Scott, DAFT PUNK, common, the list goes on.

        I'll admit his faux-negro, black-ass, ghetto-culture is funny; but I don't think he intends it to be. He intends Irony - but I'm not laughing with him.

        I am laughing AT him. While he laughs all the way to the bank cause Americans are suckers.

        Kanye is a perfect example of what you should do if you have no real talent for anything in your life.

        Problem is, he thinks he's gods gift - when if it weren't for the greedy pop music execs and marketing (the same "bling" ***** he tries to talk out against) - any real fans of MUSIC woulda laughed him off stage years ago.

        What a *****.
    • AutoTom, on 11/15/2008, -5/+4now that's just racist
      • bdfariello, on 11/15/2008, -1/+7Kanye West doesn't care about black people.
    • Rudy165, on 11/15/2008, -9/+4i've heard one song and i'm going to make a unfounded claim about his entire catalog of music on an internet site!
    • owls27, on 11/15/2008, -10/+5Kanye is a good artist. But he's not the voice of the generation....if your into hip-hop, Jay-Z takes it.
    • Karlitzor, on 11/15/2008, -0/+11I remember his rant about Bush on '05, he's a ***** imbecile who can't even form a coherent sentence.
    • ryanhayn, on 11/15/2008, -7/+2Oh, I get it..because he's brown... and because he's a ***** rapper.
    • SovereignZ, on 11/15/2008, -5/+3Well he is trapped in the closet...
    • JoeLosFeliz, on 11/15/2008, -2/+3CRAPTASTIC!
    • DentThat, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3That photo of him from the article makes him look plastic as *****!
    • notanidiot, on 11/15/2008, -1/+11Kanye has only been in the scene for a few years, what is he, retarded? When you say you are the voice of a generation, it always means you're not.
      • wantguru, on 11/15/2008, -3/+2"When you say you are the voice of a generation, it always means you're not."

        So nice comment. I like Kanye's music but.
  • conspireagainst, on 11/14/2008, -74/+12Not only is he arrogant, but he probably hates himself (as does everyone else). Wait, no, he loves him.
    • suckanucka, on 11/14/2008, -34/+3As much as I hate Carlos Mencia, his DEE DEE DEE is the only appropriate response for your comment.
      • lowtolerance, on 11/14/2008, -1/+39quoting carlos mencia is never, ever, appropriate. worst comedian of all time.
      • smacksaw, on 11/15/2008, -2/+6Now, now lowtolerance. Let's not say things we can't take back. Are you honestly saying that in a world where Dane Cook still exists, Carlos Mencia is somehow worse? Mencia is a weasel but Cook is a major douche.

        Man, what a depressing thread. Kanye West, Carlos Mencia and Dane Cook. I don't think there's much hope left for humanity.
      • alaskanassassin, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2it makes you start to understand why there were roaming hordes of barbarians that ran across the land hacking each other to pieces.
      • absentmindedjwc, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2@smacksaw

        Indeed, he is a douche... just not the biggest one... the biggest douche in the universe is and always will be John Edward
      • absentmindedjwc, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2wow.. a digg down... nobody got the southpark reference? :(
  • Snokage, on 11/14/2008, -98/+14he will now, thanks for buying into his ***** by digging this article.
    • lowtolerance, on 11/14/2008, -1/+24yep, this one article is going to make the difference in his career. way to go, assholes.
    • skybark, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3you really think digg can do that? wow.
    • Snokage, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1im saying that articles like these give us reason to talk about Mr.West and the more we talk about him the more popular he becomes. you don't have to be liked to be popular.
  • redriot, on 11/14/2008, -22/+760I'm sorry but I do not feel that Kanye West represents my voice. All though, that was good for a laugh. How can someone so ridiculous take himself so seriously?
    • smashingmonkey, on 11/14/2008, -8/+56Pure unbridled ego. He's an animal and a living insult to anyone who ever had musical ability and integrity.
    • mywhitenoise, on 11/14/2008, -3/+17He's not even close to being the best rapper of this generation, the last, or the future. He's not even the best on mainstream radio.
      • xxbrighteyed, on 11/15/2008, -22/+2No, he really is. This whole ego/arrogance thing is part of the show, it's part of hip-hop, people shouldn't take him so seriously and just revel in his music, which is ***** amazing.

        The departure from rap into the autotune thing pissed me off big time at first, but it's grown and 808s is a fan-*****-tastic album.
    • nofrickenway, on 11/14/2008, -2/+9white people love him
      http://www.cracked.com/blog/white-people-love-kany ...
    • BrokenVisage, on 11/14/2008, -8/+18dugg for 'All though'
    • BDCforreal, on 11/14/2008, -2/+6He needs to drop a few hits of acid... watch the ego disappear.
      • ummagummas08, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1The sad thing is, he played at Bonnaroo.. if you don't take acid there- there's something wrong.
        Ohhhh Bonnarooooo what has become of youuuuuuuuu??
    • Blikus, on 11/14/2008, -7/+3Why so serious kanye?
    • Juice7, on 11/15/2008, -12/+2I think he's only saying that he represents more people in this generation than any other celebrity. He's one of the only mainstream music artists that are out there that is trying to be creative and innovative and I appreciate what he does for the music in general. If I had kids I'd rather have them listening to him than most of the other crap they'll be forced to here. For some reason Diggers love to hate the guy, but to me he just seems like someone who occasionally says dumb things, though quote this is just being taken out of context in these comments.
      • DarkShroud, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3He makes it so easy to hate him.
      • phike, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2"Creative"? Questionable. What is not questionable is his selfish, douchebag nature. He is the biggest pile of worm ***** since worms.

        Righteous, flagrant *****. Stuck-up *****. Yella-belly uterus. Kanye is and forever will be a piece of retard rap, no matter what he says he is.
    • dixta, on 11/15/2008, -2/+13Totally.... "voice of this generation"??? Please.... nobody gives a flying f**k that he knows how to take someone else's melody and rap over the top of it with *****, tired themes.
    • maxedo, on 11/15/2008, -3/+1He doesn't represent your voice? You don't need Jesus the way Kathie Lee needed Regis?
    • Mujokan, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Out of interest, who is the voice of generation Y?
      • alaskanassassin, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Tookie Williams
      • sfacets, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Any person MTV/record labels force down our throats, apparently.
    • BigDanG, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5Apparently the voice of my generation is Auto-Tuned.
    • andrewtheart, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2@Juice7 --

      "If I had kids I'd rather have them listening to him than most of the other crap they'll be forced to here."

      Wow. Wanna retract that statement? Think about it a little longer, maybe browse iTunes a bit, and report back here.
    • smacksaw, on 11/15/2008, -2/+4Agreed. Intentional pop artists are never the ones who end up being the voices of their generation. It's the people who didn't make an effort to be famous that made a name for themselves. Nirvana, NWA (remember, they had a video with Eazy-E where they cruised up to a club in a Ford Aerostar van), Radiohead...

      And then you look at Kiss, Kanye West, P Diddy, Michael Jackson...they are the voice of freaks. Their fans are extremely uncool. They aren't a generation...of anything but tools.
      • SickofSects, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1Dude, Michael Jackson does not belong on that list.. he might be a "freak" now.. but he truly was a phenomenon in his time.. and no one can accuse him of being derivative. Watch some of his vids on youtube sometime..
    • 4ntHony, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1CUS HE'S JESUS MAN
  • Surferess, on 11/14/2008, -30/+459Kanye watches digg. I'll just bet he'll have his entourage bury this story w/i a few hours.
    One of the fastest burials of a story I have ever had on digg was on a negative Kanye article.
    They even bury all the comments too.
    • ileftfark, on 11/14/2008, -3/+114http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=1968 ...
      • KevekKerinth, on 11/14/2008, -4/+105he might break his Macbook Air... lol
      • stump88, on 11/14/2008, -3/+19"planning his downfall"? He's makin all that by his own. All we have to do is ignore him...it's that simple
      • ClevelandBrown, on 11/14/2008, -4/+66that hurt my eyes, couldn't even read his whole post, that mofo needs to learn how to format.
      • Ndiggnation, on 11/14/2008, -3/+56Caps Lock + Kanye = Supreme Douche that doesn't realize why people *really* call him one. It's not the "tight" clothes Kanye..
      • nibus, on 11/14/2008, -3/+17never say he didn't give his all!!
      • wickensworth, on 11/14/2008, -3/+68Sometimes I speculate that Kanye doesn't give it his all
      • daedalous, on 11/14/2008, -3/+21Someone who cared about the fans, and not how he looked on stage, would have performed without all the fancy *****. He mentioned his pyrotechnics being a big part of the delay - last time I checked, Kanye West wasn't famous for his stage pyrotechnics, he was famous because he can rap/dowhateveritishedoes.

        "HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF..." - lol, I don't think I need to break that down.

        Kanye West doesn't give his all.
      • Jaliyl, on 11/15/2008, -3/+25HOLY WALL OF ALL CAPS TEXT BATMAN!
      • sdave88, on 11/15/2008, -3/+5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • NinjaNato, on 11/15/2008, -3/+14KANYE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
      • chompysweat, on 11/15/2008, -26/+2Kanye is a living legend. Sucks to be u haters
      • ctrlv, on 11/15/2008, -2/+8HAHAHA oh wow, I'm digging this article just because of that. I always knew the guy was a dick, but had no idea he was such a bitch too. However, he is good at one thing - turning a bad situation into a hilarious disaster (which is an understatement with this blog post). I don't think I ever read so much BAWWWWW in one sitting, and I didn't even get halfway through.
      • DarkShroud, on 11/15/2008, -1/+6@chompysweat, a living legend of utter stupidity and racism.

        The worst part of his stupid "George Bush doesn't care about black people" comment is that W has had more black people on his staff than any previous US president.
      • ZephyrNinety, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4I like his music but he's an *****. And no way in hell is he on top of his genre. He's on the charts because people like Daft Punk.
      • wantguru, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3I didn't know Kanye did reaction like that.... wow...
      • Jkins019, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4Holy ***** Kanye gets offended by Digg!!?! KEEP DIGGING, FOR GOD SAKES PEOPLE!!!
      • sfacets, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5"I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION." - why, because you stole it?
      • JaredMcCammon, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2We're all obviously just a bunch of "SQUID BRAINS."
    • BoonTobias, on 11/14/2008, -12/+8where's badwithcomputer when you need em?
    • LawnMowerKitten, on 11/15/2008, -7/+5"Kanye watches digg. I'll just bet he'll have his entourage bury this story w/i a few hours."

      That's an interesting prediction...

      Wrong, considering that every buried comment here is in support of Kayne, but interesting.
    • calenerd, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4The entire entourage can't beat the entire Diggnation community!
  • oliversan, on 11/14/2008, -66/+17It's the same story with Puffy really. It doesn't really bother me how arrogant he is, he is an amazing producer and it doesn't really effect my opinion of his music.
    • iSamurai, on 11/14/2008, -5/+38Puffy is an amazing producer? You've got to be joking...
      • oliversan, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Have you listened to Notorious B.I.G.'s albums? Puffy is a really good producer, and so is Kanye, listen to the Blueprint by Jay-Z.
    • alexsk8ca, on 11/14/2008, -6/+3I think he means Kanye is an amazing producer.
      • FishThePirate, on 11/14/2008, -2/+10Either way he's wrong.
      • smthop3, on 11/14/2008, -2/+12lol, dude gets paid hundreds of thousands to put a ***** kick drum behind SOMEONE ELSE'S music.

        ...my god I think he's smarter than us all.
    • suckanucka, on 11/14/2008, -8/+1Puffy is worse than Kanye because Puffy is an obvious closet Star Trek fan (not that there is anything wrong with that).
    • diggitydoc, on 11/14/2008, -9/+2that is affect you retard.
    • futebollounge, on 11/14/2008, -1/+2puffy's producing = main stream pile of *****.

      most of these radio rappers beats sound like the demo button on a keyboard, although i do like kanye minus the ego.
    • myklee, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2They both blow. The best producers are DJ Premier, Pete Rock, or Madlib. Premier created Juicy, not Puffy.
    • Altair27, on 11/14/2008, -1/+3Producers don't get any credit these days. There are many better rappers than Kanye, but it pisses me off every time someone says something like "Lupe Fiasco is such a better artist than Kanye West." Kanye actually makes his songs sound the way they do, whereas most rappers just rely on other people for beats. You have to take that into account.

      Wait, no one will care about this... uh... ***** THE RIAA!
    • anononon, on 11/15/2008, -2/+3Die in a fire.
    • maddhopps, on 11/15/2008, -3/+3They both are damn good at their jobs. Puffy makes dubious-quality mainstream music that makes you relax, gives you energy, and helps you dry hump girls at clubs. Kanye makes (I think) good quality music and finds interesting ways to periodically change the sound without resorting to jumping the shark.

      They both have ridiculous personalities... but all divas do.
  • jenshik, on 11/14/2008, -15/+296Dugg for the title.
    • DarthDiabetes, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4I wish they wouldn't talk about his mom that way. She's a sweetie.
      • ashwin100, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Especially since his mum died last November...
    • Straw, on 11/15/2008, -2/+8Kanye said that if the Bible was written today, he'd be in it because he's so relevant to culture.

    • BucketInc, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3"George Bush doesn't care about black people."
  • MrSticky, on 11/14/2008, -46/+20he makes some good beats every now and then
    • AmericanParty, on 11/14/2008, -10/+31no he doesn't, he has to used Daft Punk for a good hit.
      • mywhitenoise, on 11/14/2008, -7/+5but to be fair Daft Punk sampled 'Cola Bottle Baby' for 'Harder Better Faster Stronger'.

        with that out of the way, ***** Kanye, praise Daft Punk!
      • JCH897, on 11/15/2008, -0/+7I don't think he's even made a beat without sampling someone else.
    • DeathRay2K, on 11/14/2008, -2/+17Actually, I agree with MrSticky.
      And I certainly wouldn't include Stronger among his better songs.
      • alexhouse, on 11/15/2008, -2/+1Listen to Daft Punk.
      • DeathRay2K, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2I know the Daft Punk song, and I don't think it's very good either.
      • smacksaw, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I've heard more relevant, creative and adult rhymes at 6th grade camp singalongs than the laughable lack of creativity that is "Stronger"...I can't believe he can sing that song with a straight face.

        Here's a man who needed a word to rhyme with "longer" and decided that he was gonna just take the plunge and go with "wronger"...yet he could not find a word to rhyme with "anymore" so he just used it again.

        At that point, he realised that he'd pretty much given up on being legit, so he went all the way just rhymed "*****" with "*****", does "not" with "not" a few times, mixes in "plans" a few times and says he wants a blond dyke because he has a brain freeze from eating too many Klondike bars or something.

        Really, if you actually listen to the lyrics of that song I think it's actually funnier than anything Weird Al ever did.
    • Incomp3tnt, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1The Good Life is pretty much the only song I enjoy. The rest are just terrible. Shame on you, Kanye. Shame on you.
    • Karmakongen, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Ummm, have you guys ever heard of Blueprint by Jay-Z or The Black Album...yeah, Kanye sort of produced some of the best songs off those albums (and many others). You can hate on him for his attitude, but his ability as a producer is great. And if you don't even like hip-hop your opinion doesn't even matter so be quiet.
  • suzzanewong, on 11/14/2008, -24/+221
    • IRaphy, on 11/14/2008, -17/+2God I hate that ***** but his music is so damn good (just play a little GTA 4 and you'll agree)
      • bagboyrebel, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5By your digg count (and by my own personal opinion) I take it people don't agree.
    • m0zzie, on 11/14/2008, -2/+8BREAKING: The sky is blue!
    • MCA2142, on 11/15/2008, -0/+0Wait 'till he getz his munny r-ight.
  • tykwondingo, on 11/14/2008, -16/+129Unwarranted self-importance, says what? That guy really needs an ego check...
    • izolutionz, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3No, it just means he has a small one.
    • Mujokan, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3It sounds to me like he is reading a lot of that New Age positive-thinking visualization "The Secret" *****. That stuff can ***** with your personality and your brain.
    • spriggig, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1"What?" Oh....wait.
  • SanDiablo78, on 11/14/2008, -18/+236I thought Digg was for things we didn't know.
    • FuelUrMind, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Like whether you voted for Obama?
  • neuroelectron2, on 11/14/2008, -29/+448Who's Kanye West?

    Listened to the video on the article and did not recognize it. Just sounds like generic R&B with too much pitchshifting.
    • Br3ach, on 11/14/2008, -6/+109I've had farts that sounded more original than Kanye will ever be
      • urbandistrict, on 11/14/2008, -3/+46I hope your farts make you rich someday...
      • neuroelectron2, on 11/14/2008, -1/+19Perhaps if he gave his farts a suave beat and some cheesy lyrics about sex, then he'll get a record deal, or he could preserve his self respect and do something artistic for a reason other then money. The choice is yours, Br3ach.
      • mattmy, on 11/14/2008, -2/+10I hope your farts make me rich someday...
      • anononon, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Mr. Methane?
      • magnettics, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2Your farts are the voice of my generation.
      • tdskate, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1Hah! That's funny. But Kanye's ***** awesome.
    • dbmoney, on 11/14/2008, -17/+8Love Lockdown's a new experimental song. Its alright, not my fav. Listen to songs like Never Let Me Down, Homecoming, and Diamonds of Sierra Leone to get a real feel for his songs.
      • awtripp, on 11/14/2008, -8/+5Agreed. I am not impressed with Love Lockdown, it feels very empty compared to his earlier stuff.
      • cupajoe60, on 11/15/2008, -4/+12Right, Kanye has a 'feel'. It's processed cookie-cutter dross.
      • TheWorm, on 11/15/2008, -4/+12I would recommend not listening to him at all.
      • mu0p, on 11/15/2008, -2/+6LOL EXPERIMENTAL.

        NAME ONE THING THAT IS EXPERIMENTAL ABOUT THAT ***** SONG

      • awtripp, on 11/17/2008, -1/+1***** OPINION!!!!
    • andrewlotta, on 11/14/2008, -26/+5You must be living in a cave if you don't know who Kanye West.

      That or you are a home schooler.
      • Br3ach, on 11/14/2008, -4/+11Funny coming from a guy who cant even type out a complete sentence
      • andrewlotta, on 11/15/2008, -10/+4Br3ach, are you aware you just typed an incomplete sentence?
      • neuroelectron2, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2or maybe the third option: I don't give a ***** about Mtv because it has no importance whatsoever?
    • kevinwiz, on 11/14/2008, -16/+4Comments like this are the reason I don't tell my friends I browse digg.
      are you serious?
    • mizunoX, on 11/15/2008, -2/+13I second that - who is this guy?

      I've heard his name thrown around a bit but I don't know any of his songs. How is he the voice of my generation?

    • chromerium, on 11/15/2008, -1/+11He played just before U2 in Sydney earlier this year, and he was absolutely rubbish.

      Talented musicians have a right to be arrogant, yet most talented musicians are not arrogant. He's got no talent, so the only thing he has left is attitude.

      Yeah, whatever helps you sell records mate.
    • ummagummas08, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4First impressions are often the correct one. Especially with this talentless asswipe.
    • envirotex, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1Never heard of the guy.

      I guess if I had a TV it may help but I get all of my stuffs from the internet. R&B sounds like TV music.
  • eggdog14, on 11/14/2008, -22/+292***** Kanye.
    • ConeBone6t9, on 11/14/2008, -12/+3***** Kanye Omari West (pronounced /ˈkɑnjɛj/; born June 8, 1977)
      he's poopy
      • bdav, on 11/14/2008, -2/+1lol. poopy
      • anononon, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5"pronounced /ˈkɑnjɛj/;"

        and how the ***** is THAT pronounced? What is "ɛ" ? 0_o
    • EddieOwns, on 11/15/2008, -28/+2Why does everyone hate Kanye...

      Do you guys hate his music too?

      I think his music is great. Just stop hating on Yeezy, whats so bad about him anyways. If you digg me down because I'm a Kanye lover, then ***** you.
      • anononon, on 11/15/2008, -1/+6GREAT TROLL!!!!!!!11
      • jakk, on 11/15/2008, -1/+8I hate his music, but I had no problem with him at all until Bonnaroo, when he woke up half the VIP camping area at 5 in the morning (!?!!) because he didn't feel like going on until then.

        Now, I hate Kanye.
      • Cuongfu, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4***** Me
      • TheCollective00, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Consider myself *****.
    • milkshaker, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1***** carrots
    • tobster85, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Boo Kanye with the rest of us at the roo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDgFu-SMLQg
  • terracottapai, on 11/14/2008, -24/+396George Bush doesn't care 'bout assholes.
  • solstice21, on 11/14/2008, -28/+88Kanye doesn't have anything on Nas
    • stonebone4, on 11/14/2008, -2/+34...or Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Aesop Rock, El-P, any member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Lupe Fiasco or even MC Chris. He's merely average in a sea of mainstream mediocrity. I can't wait until the day he realizes just how forgettable he is to anyone over the age of 16 and breaks his MacBook Air out of frustration.
      • rocketship47, on 11/15/2008, -6/+13haha, it's true that those are all excellent MC's, but you've got to give Kanye West a little credit, not all of his songs are glitzy bangers, he's written a couple of meaningful and touching songs as well. He's not the Chad Kroeger of hip-hop for pete's sake, if Usher said the same things _then_ I'd be up in arms.
      • chompysweat, on 11/15/2008, -7/+12Yeah, exactly. Give the man credit. He's PRODUCED for Talib Kweli, Mos Def! He's produced some of the greatest beats of modern hip hop history (post year 2001)

        Besides, the man got where he is today through grit and determination, i doubt he's that flippant to care about what other people think. :) He's a one-man army.
      • Larsonal777, on 11/15/2008, -1/+9Well if his mom died getting plastic surgery... which is the epitome of caring what other people think... then I'd say he was raised to care quite a bit about what other people think.
      • chompysweat, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2Oh, and I guess everyone is the exact products of their upbringings? No rebellion whatsoever?

        Do you believe everything your mom believes? What she does? Meh

      • quomen, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Wow stonebone.. You left that EXACT SAME COMMENT about 4 months ago. rofl. I remember it.
      • staticneuron, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2Child Rebel Soldiers... look it up. If kanye was such trash then his peers wouldn't be so supportive. He constantly hangs out and raps with the best of them and he has also produced music for them.
    • Zookelif, on 11/14/2008, -14/+9they are both egotistical jack-asses
    • nvpham, on 11/15/2008, -4/+6you can't honestly be comparing a rapper/producer to a rapper?

      rapping, yes nas is a whole lot better. but when has he made great beats? kanye makes good music period. not a lot of rap fans on digg....
      • bindermichi, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1Taking other peoples music and letting someone rap to it isn't creating/making... it's cheap
    • Dgonik, on 11/15/2008, -2/+4Kanye doesn't have anything on 2Pac. No one does.
    • Kidddrunkadelic, on 11/15/2008, -0/+9Nas is like......half man, half amazing.
    • laxidasical, on 11/15/2008, -7/+1Nas sucks. He has a nice track every once in a while. Jay-Z had him spot on when they were battling. Talib, Mos and Lupe are by far the best, lyrically speaking, out of the bunch.

      Oh, and Lil' Wayne sucks elephant balls. And likes it.
  • grobinson, on 11/14/2008, -39/+13He's arrogant but he's probably right. Not because he's music's that good, but it's that broad. His songs a generic enough to be considered Rap and Pop.
    • Jeepinator, on 11/14/2008, -11/+9when this generation looks back at its music i hope it is ashamed. I hate our mainstream music. It is absolutely terrible. There are many good artists that you just have to look for. Those will be the ones to really last the test of time and they will come out on top eventually.

      Kings Of Leon
      • diggitydoc, on 11/14/2008, -2/+8kings of leon??? go home.
      • paloooz, on 11/14/2008, -6/+2***** Kings of Leon. I haven't even heard their music, just go to their MySpace and look at the imagery. ***** hell. If I were going to end that comment with a band name, I'd have ended it like this...

        Good Old War
      • ummagummas08, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Or.. Phish. =D
      • Jeepinator, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1good one judging a group by its photos.
      • dwightismyhero, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Hannah Montana.
    • suckanucka, on 11/14/2008, -9/+2Arrogant his but right not music good broad for the pop rocks yum i consider.
      • paloooz, on 11/14/2008, -0/+4wat
      • tweetsa, on 11/14/2008, -0/+6thank you for making everyone who read that comment just a little bit dumber
      • anononon, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4We need to do way instain diggers, who mangle thier wrods.
    • ummagummas08, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2Yeah! it's like Rap & Pop - he should get his own genre, called Rop.
  • smoothmann, on 11/14/2008, -22/+225Douche guy is douche
  • rubaaan, on 11/14/2008, -54/+9we love kanye's music
    not kanye
    but i dont think he gets that.
    • ileftfark, on 11/14/2008, -4/+21Please speak for yourself.
      • rubaaan, on 11/14/2008, -4/+3we the people that like to dance, and party, like his music. theres more than one of me. and unfortunately they made his head as it is today with album sales.

        put down the hate o rade. just cause he's a tool doesnt mean his music sucks.
    • Llanowar, on 11/14/2008, -4/+26We don't love his music either...
      • futebollounge, on 11/14/2008, -6/+3oh yes we do. one of the only decent main stream artists.
      • DarkShroud, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1fute, put the crack pipe down.
  • NikoK, on 11/14/2008, -56/+154He must be really proud to be at the top of the worst genre of music.
    • Paulorific, on 11/14/2008, -49/+24That would be metal.
      • elmuerte17, on 11/14/2008, -10/+22don't be hating... metal has a good majority of the best musicians in the world.

        as for rap, that's not even music...
      • Paulorific, on 11/14/2008, -12/+19There's a lot of ***** rap. You can even say that most rap is bad. The thing is, rap actually has words that you can interpret, and has a a beat that is nice to listen to. Metal is just yelling and lots of times it is very difficult to even understand what the "singer" is saying.

        Kanye West has some stupid songs (songs with no meaning) but he also has some beautiful songs. I've yet to hear one metal song that induces some type of emotional response other than rage. I ***** despise 50 cent (and almost all mainstream rappers) but I would still choose to listen to some 50 Cent over any metal. It's just nice to listen to and you can actually hear the person's words.
      • stonebone4, on 11/14/2008, -1/+18There's good metal just like there's good rap.

        I listen to Opeth just as much as I do Ghostface. Totally different sounds but you don't have to be in any specific genre to be an incredible musician.

        Not saying you'd be into Opeth, but just because you don't like it doesn't mean someone else doesn't find something amazing in it.
      • hatdrop, on 11/14/2008, -1/+8isn't hating on rap what you're doing elmuerte?

        i hate on bad music, if i like the song i don't even give a ***** what genre it is
    • Gosunkugi, on 11/14/2008, -13/+87Wait, Kanye put out a Christian rock record?
    • antzology, on 11/14/2008, -13/+4wtf metal and hip hop are the best genres.
    • Cagnazzo82, on 11/15/2008, -4/+15There was a time when I could defend hip-hop...

      (*looks at date*)

      ...yep, that was about exactly a decade ago :-(
    • JPOOPOO, on 11/15/2008, -3/+16Hip hop is great. Of course the people complaining are only listening to bad hip hop. I wouldn't listen to rock music if all I was listening to was Creed. Its your fault if you can't find good music to listen to.
      • Nightzet467, on 11/15/2008, -10/+3since all hip hop is about drugs, sex, and violence, not that many people care about hip hop and rate it as the worst piece of ***** ever
      • davidlick, on 11/15/2008, -0/+6@Nightzet467 *COUGH* Rock *Grumble*

        I'm a big fan of rock, but you have to admit that most of the mainstream stuff has to do with: tadum! drugs, sex and violence. You have to dig deeper to find the good stuff.
      • usemanzana, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1Yup. As for good hiphop that doesn't have to do with drugs sex or violence (except in a way that you might find more palatable) take a look at some conscious hip hop - Blue Scholars are my current favorite. Also, Atmosphere for a sort of self-centered kinda style. There's a lot of breadth to what is hip hop, and as a political punk turned hip hop fan, It's interesting to figure out how much good stuff there is. Problem is, like with most (all?) genres, you don't hear the good stuff on the radio, so you don't ever hear about it.
    • Musicmonkey34, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3isnt that sort of like being the worlds tallest midget?
    • LuckyShamus, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2I couldn't have put it any better.
  • defenswens26, on 11/14/2008, -9/+80Kanye is such a primadonna
  • darthdusty, on 11/14/2008, -23/+319The loudest is never usually the wisest.
    • TheKitchenSinkX, on 11/14/2008, -5/+92"never usually"
    • funkrusher, on 11/15/2008, -2/+26I never usually digg comments that say "never usually".
    • xGeneric, on 11/15/2008, -1/+5Yeah he's got some great reasoning. Another gem I saw was:

      "The Grammy-winning rapper-producer said Justin Timberlake had a chance to be music's MVP, but hasn't put out enough material. (Timberlake's last album was in 2006, while West released a CD last year and is releasing his latest — "808s and Heartbreak" — on Nov. 24.)"

      So apparently whoever puts out more music is the better artist? Is he serious? I mean, if your going for the largest volume of generic sounding music, I guess... otherwise that's a pretty ridiculous measure of importance.
      • DarkShroud, on 11/15/2008, -1/+5Kanye was probably jealous of dick in a box. Because all Kanye has ever had is a dick in his ass.
      • tito184, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1He's only doing this for publicity. Now we all know that he has an album coming out and when.

        He's not the best rapper, but he is damn smart when it comes to marketing himself.
    • dunmasterkane, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4UHM I BEG TO DIFFER!!!!!!
  • jthhtj, on 11/14/2008, -12/+68*** douche alert ***
  • M4dRefluX, on 11/14/2008, -22/+18His first album was alright, but pretty much everything after that I didn't care for.
  • marcduke, on 11/14/2008, -15/+187Who?

    Ohhh yeah, the dude that did that crappy "Golddigger" song and had Mike Myers making the gas face during the Katrina telethon.

    Yeah, that guy....he's an ass...
  • Scaasic, on 11/14/2008, -16/+69Kanye is a moron too, seriously low IQ.
    • Ndiggnation, on 11/14/2008, -11/+7I'd say he's pretty intelligent, just not enough to not be in love with himself or not to over-estimate his own influence or importance.

      Some people think that those of us who voted Obama think he's some kind of messiah, Kanye seems to think he himself actually is.
      • ummagummas08, on 11/15/2008, -1/+9Nope, he's pretty much a moron.
  • saqer, on 11/14/2008, -33/+11I've never really listened to kanye's stuff, but I sure will now. I also praise him for whatever good he may have done, just to offset all the hate and bigotry of the comments I see here. Mob mentality for the loss.
    • danj484, on 11/14/2008, -2/+4There's a difference between reckless anger and righteous anger. This is the latter.
    • abngal, on 11/14/2008, -1/+5Last time I checked your history saqer, you are also hateful [of diggers] and a bigot [toward diggers]. You can't expect other users to listen to you when you don't have the credibility. You even lie - and it is in your comments. Pissing off diggers is not cool. If you don't like the comments, don't read it. Many diggers are harassed and distracted by comments while trying to find informative ones.

      Digg support is researching right now. Continue killing the fun out of digg so you will get what you want.
  • donkz, on 11/14/2008, -8/+52how photoshopped is this photo?
    • FredFredrickson, on 11/14/2008, -2/+15*Spreads hands about two feet apart*

      It's THIS Photoshopped!
    • izolutionz, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2No... no... he's so "bad ass" he uses proactiv...
    • DarthDiabetes, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2If it was photoshopped, you'd think they would have done something about his ***** up eye.
    • Zenham, on 11/15/2008, -1/+3I can tell by the pixels, and having seen many photoshops in my time.
    • dustint, on 11/15/2008, -0/+0No, he's perfectly cut haircut looks like that all the time, what a douche
  • kaiser19, on 11/14/2008, -14/+88Dugg without even reading the article.
  • Getintothegame, on 11/14/2008, -10/+147I just HAD to log in to digg this. What a POS.
  • kinseyincanada, on 11/14/2008, -56/+43i know digg hates on Kanye, but in terms of mainstream music, i find him to be quite good. He pushes boundaries and is a billion times better than all the other ***** rap performers out there. Sure is an arrogant *****, but hell so were a ton of musicians. Doesnt make him less of an artist thou, just more of a douche.
    • ileftfark, on 11/14/2008, -9/+39Sampling everyone else's music doesn't make him a pioneer, it makes him a hack.
      • Ndiggnation, on 11/14/2008, -2/+10C'mon, would you say that about Puff Daddy..umm P. Diddy, err Diddy...nevermind..
      • hatdrop, on 11/14/2008, -7/+5while that may be true, sampling music points people, mainly younger kids, to great classics they would have otherwise never heard about.

        i woulda never got tuned into bobby caldwell if everyone didn't sample his music.

        hell every track off daft punk's discovery album was sampled (as can be read from their liner notes) seeing as how people like to riff on kanye for sampling harder, better, faster, stronger
      • hatdrop, on 11/14/2008, -4/+7why the buries? disappointed that by your definition daft punk would be considered hacks?
      • antzology, on 11/14/2008, -1/+4Sampling can be bloody genius, just listen to DJ Shadows Endtroducing... (Instrumental Hip Hop).
      • kinseyincanada, on 11/15/2008, -0/+6the beats from rap and hip-hop are sampled, its entire origin is from sampling different types of music and putting them together over various sounds to create a new beat. The vast majority of rap music is sampled, like Daft Punk, Justice, they all sample music.
      • ehalasey, on 11/15/2008, -2/+3I would say there's a huge difference between sampling and taking a huge chunk out of someone else's song, spitting some ***** lyrics over it, and calling it yours. Ever heard of a little Beastie Boys album called Paul's Boutique? That *****'s ALL samples, and if you're gonna tell me that makes the Dust Brothers hacks, you need to clean out your ears, son.
        Kanye is a hack because he lifts whole tunes.
      • picpak, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" also sampled a song called "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong.
    • diggitydoc, on 11/14/2008, -4/+6"in terms of mainstream music...he pushed boundaries..."
      i would say something else, but why bother....
    • FredFredrickson, on 11/14/2008, -4/+5What boundaries is he supposedly pushing?
    • ehalasey, on 11/15/2008, -2/+1Yeah, he's pushing boundaries for the Clear Channel listeners, maybe.
    • EddieOwns, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4I completely agree. He can be an ***** sometimes, but so are a lot of other musicians.
    • cutlarock, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2Kanye = Wack MC
    • upnortherik, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1If he stopped using his voice and just produced I might call myself a Kanye fan... but alas...
  • Wargala, on 11/14/2008, -34/+88Kanye's mother died because George Bush doesn't care about black people
    • natenovs, on 11/14/2008, -5/+4why the buries? too soon?
      • Wargala, on 11/14/2008, -12/+2Eh, could be. But ***** him and his mother. She raised that arrogant prick, so she must have done something horrible in her life to get this demon seed out of her snatch.
      • Zaxcomp, on 11/15/2008, -2/+3@Wargata
        Because that's how genetics works...
    • philberttheduck, on 11/15/2008, -1/+9Hey let's leave the mothers out of this and ill leave THIS out of your mothers.
    • deaftly, on 11/15/2008, -3/+1Don't worry guy, i voted ya up.

      /brings on south park quotes
  • tryangles, on 11/14/2008, -6/+109What - another rapper / egomaniac? Move along everyone, nothing new here...
  • Gr8Kid, on 11/14/2008, -22/+11Guys, Mohammad Ali wasn't exactly humble either. And look now people practically worship him!
    • cristianorem, on 11/14/2008, -2/+32Muhammad Ali was good at what he did
    • myklee, on 11/14/2008, -2/+19ali gave up the greatest title in sports (at the time), went to prison for 3 years, to protest a war. kanye west said george bush doesn't like black people. you can't compare the two.
    • diggitydoc, on 11/14/2008, -10/+4who worships him?
    • agentshiro, on 11/14/2008, -3/+17Sure, but Ali is a steak dinner, while Kanye is a not-so-happy, happy-meal.
    • elmuerte17, on 11/14/2008, -11/+1ali could kick your ass in a fair fight... west would have to pull out his 24kt gold plated .50 and pop one in yo' cracka ass
    • vern59, on 11/14/2008, -8/+1hahaha not-so-happy, happy-meal. Ali is a ***** 16oz t-bone AIIIEEE!
    • TheOneTrueGod, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Worshipping to a point where it becomes wrong to show pictures of him. : )
    • notwizt, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Don't ***** compare Kanye West to Mohammed Ali.
  • Ob1masterjd26, on 11/14/2008, -7/+51He'll do anything for a blond dike. I'll do anything for him to STFU.
  • zwgraham, on 11/14/2008, -11/+72This is news how? Aren't most rappers arrogant and self promoting?
  • dominic2, on 11/14/2008, -28/+12He is arrogant, but I saw him on Tuesday at the O2 in London and it was an awesome gig. I think he is becoming as good as he already thought he was

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/ar ...
  • ThermiteTerrace, on 11/14/2008, -6/+78Doesn't he have a wall-size mural painting of the Last Supper in his house with all the faces replaced with his own?

    That's what I heard, and it wouldn't surprise me.
    • Ndiggnation, on 11/14/2008, -6/+12Kanye Walks, man, Kanye Walks..with me, with me..
    • wpc33, on 11/15/2008, -3/+15I heard Marilyn Manson ate a puppy onstage.

      That's what I heard, and it wouldn't surprise me.
    • bignerd, on 11/15/2008, -1/+9I heard Ozzie ate a bat head and sucked the blood out... that's what I heard!
      • bindermichi, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1actually... he did that occasionally back in the days
    • flannerus, on 11/15/2008, -1/+10I herd cows.
    • pikpikcarrotmon, on 11/15/2008, -2/+6I heard Kanye West can grow up to sixteen feet long and weigh over a thousand pounds. His powerful jaws can crush a human femur and he can skeletonize a cow in less than two minutes.
    • Somnabot, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Hey, MC Hammer decided to waste his wealth on a gold plated toilet...
    • db0255, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2I have never heard that....
    • dwightismyhero, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2I like turtles.

      Thats what I heard and it wouldn't surprise me.
  • thejuice85, on 11/14/2008, -11/+6buried cause he give sme a bad name
  • moxysports, on 11/14/2008, -36/+18Although you may hate Kanye as a person, PLEASE listen to some of his music. It is indeed some of the most influential music of this era. And I'm saying this as a guy who grew up in the soup of the Seattle grunge scene.
    • ImperialSoren, on 11/14/2008, -7/+11no
    • ileftfark, on 11/14/2008, -4/+25I think you've confused 'influential' with 'influenced', or more specifically 'taken directly off someone's album'.
    • gnarkill726, on 11/14/2008, -6/+5...

      Grunge? Seriously?

      Blechhh.

      Oh and ***** Kanye West.
    • TrevorBelmont, on 11/14/2008, -2/+4His new track sounds like the MC Hammer Addams Family theme song.
      Kanye can't even see the shark from that high.
    • danj484, on 11/14/2008, -3/+4As someone who grew up and STAYED in Seattle, you are incorrect.
      • TheOneTrueGod, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2moxysports grew up and stayed in Seattle?
    • Rehasher01, on 11/14/2008, -2/+3no
    • titaniumten, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2No - I'm from that so-called grunge and anyone who stays there deserves it.

  • Rizmaster, on 11/14/2008, -5/+56I don't know anything about Kanye West except that one time when he said George Bush doesn't care about black people, as well as other moronic things he's said in public (everyone knows W doesn't care about ANY people, black or otherwise), so yeah, not really the most important member of my generation. Not even on the ***** radar screen.
    • LeekMibles, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2*sigh* you need to listen to everything he said before that. Feels like what they were trying to do to Obama. Just taking sound bytes and clips and repeating it over and over again to make him look bad.
  • techboid, on 11/14/2008, -21/+6If the us didnt have such a terrible taste in music he wouldnt be *****.
    • Llanowar, on 11/14/2008, -5/+12The whole world has terrible taste in music.
  • Burnt2, on 11/14/2008, -9/+102gigantic dildo
  • thacked, on 11/14/2008, -8/+51He and his mom were together for "like 30 years".

    You mean, "how old you were when she died"?


    • Krettis, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2No seriously. He slept with his mother.
      He's a motherf*cker.
  • nubnub, on 11/14/2008, -11/+74Thats one ***** generation
    • kck724, on 11/14/2008, -2/+11What's sad is that your comment is true. Kids are going down the tube lately where I live; and he is the voice of em eh?
      • kidathinnes, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1If kanye west is the voice of kids in your area, I feel sorry for you.
    • kidathinnes, on 11/15/2008, -1/+4Please tell me what "generation" you are talking about? I'm pretty sure this website that is flooded with that same "generation" has this anti-kanye article to over 2k diggs.
      • kck724, on 11/15/2008, -1/+4I'm pretty sure that generation he is referring to is the 10-18 year old kids in the world today that think they are invincible...... go lay down
      • kidathinnes, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1"What's sad is that your comment is true. Kids are going down the tube lately where I live; and he is the voice of em eh?"

        Me lay down? You forgot "get off my lawn!" Sounds like someone needs a nap and a new depend. Does it suck being old?
    • MyDiggIsBig, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Trance music will save us all.
  • ckup619, on 11/14/2008, -4/+43if you have to compare yourself to be the next 'someone' to a generation, you're anything but
  • Sean42, on 11/14/2008, -4/+44Who is he?
    • Namakemono, on 11/14/2008, -4/+8No seriously, who the phuck is he? I cannot name one song from him. Sorry, I'm too busy listening to REAL music.
    • Shaneonfire, on 11/15/2008, -0/+6Google will answer you faster.
  • ju1i3andcandy, on 11/14/2008, -4/+20I did not need an article to tell me this. Dude needs to chill the ***** out.
  • Braindead360, on 11/14/2008, -5/+27Kanye West is such a douchebag. Okay, so the guy has sold millions in albums, big deal. There are plenty of other entertainers who are way ahead of him when it comes to money and talent. I hope one day his ego will jump up and bite him on the ass.
  • grapesofbaath, on 11/14/2008, -5/+306My favorite Kanye West moment is when he had a complete melt down when he didn't win best video of the year at the MTV music awards, and ran around screaming "GIVE A BLACK MAN A CHANCE. SOMEONE GIVE A BLACK MAN A CHANCE" over and over for literally 15 minutes. What a tool.
    • Mpwns, on 11/14/2008, -3/+39lol he later went on snl making fun of him self over that.
    • Ndiggnation, on 11/14/2008, -3/+48Yeah, a chance...tell that to any black artist of the last 80-90 years or so, many of which have influenced or created nearly every genre we have today. Gee, no one gave a black artist a chance before Kanye..
      • shapedy, on 11/15/2008, -3/+4So true. When you look at all genres of music that are definitively American, you notice that they were all started by black people.
      • MattJensen, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Wait... what?
      • BigManOnCampus, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3@shapedy

        Wrong.

        Genres of music that are definitively American were started by Americans of all races. Jazz is not some form of music that *only* came from African American influences. Neither is nearly every form of music created thereafter. There are many influences that go into new musical genres. Jazz alone was influenced as much by Latin America, Slave work songs, and European instruments and harmony. It is ignorant to imply that definitively American music only comes from one race.
    • bobsbones, on 11/14/2008, -3/+10Chance or Change?
      • gnomead, on 11/15/2008, -2/+7You want to give a black man change? That's not very nice, sir.
    • encrypteduser,