Comments on: Kanye West – Good Friday Series

By: Sophie C

Sophie C — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:29:30 +0000

yeah gotta say I was a little surprised to see you post this, but I got a kick out of his clever marketing too.

By: tommy

tommy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:28:25 +0000

Nath Lee, you are hip hop informed.
I'm not a big fan of Kanye (as a person or as an artist). I guess I posted this because I find the idea of three really different paradigms coming together in one song interesting. Also because it's clever marketing from K Dub.

By: nathanjameslee

nathanjameslee — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:30:52 +0000

"Runaway Love" raises so many questions like...

How on earth did Kanye persuade Raekwon to allow Justin Bieber to poison such a classic Wu-Tang anthem?

Who gave permission for Kanye to pilfer some of U-God's lines (from the same Wu-Tang album)?

Like Sophie C, I'm a fan of Kanye, but tracks like this one remind me of why I'm an even bigger fan of the Wu.

Thanks for pointing it out to me though!

By: Sophie C

Sophie C — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:17:08 +0000

having not listened to any other tracks besides this one, I think I'm heading towards agreeing with Aydin. weak. I'm a Kanye fan, like what he's done with all his albums, but if the rest of the weekly tracks are like this one, this is the first time I've been disappointed by his musics.

By: Aydin

Aydin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:20:04 +0000

I'm feeling like Kanye West is gettin pretty desperate at this point. Lines sound recycled, mechanical, weak.

I think he's just snatching up all the hot celebs he can right now to get more attention. For example, the only reason I even knew about this shit is because I dig Bon Iver and everyone told me he was singing on a Kanye West track.
oh, and I don't think he should ever rap with Raekwon, that's embarrassing. haha.

To sum it up, I hear these songs and I yawn.

I dig your blog though!