THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Himu on February 27, 2009, 10:42:18 AM
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swiped from gaf, but fuck this is hilarious.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hip-hop star Kanye West trashed Radiohead and said the public should give Chris Brown "a break," during a recent taping of VH1's "Storytellers."
But the comments will not make it to air when the episode premieres on the lifestyle cable network on Saturday.
The taping, which took place on February 13 at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, lasted three hours. The show's producers cut it to 90 minutes, after getting network approval to expand the episode from its usual one hour.
Some of West's choicer comments ended up on the cutting room floor, but there's no political conspiracy afoot, said executive producer Bill Flanagan.
"A lot of the stories that Kanye told went long," Flanagan told Reuters on Thursday. "I tried to get to the essence of his comments."
One of hip-hop's most intriguing and outspoken stars, West seems tailor-made for "Storytellers," in which artists play their songs in an intimate setting and share tidbits with audience about how they were written.
The idea behind "Storytellers" is that VH1 encourages the artist "to just keep talking," and producers in turn will "eliminate any 'gotcha' moments" that don't work, Flanagan said.
During the taping, according to a Reuters reporter, West was aggrieved that Radiohead singer Thom Yorke had allegedly snubbed him backstage at the Grammys five days earlier. That hurt, West told the audience, because he idolizes the British band, and considers it one of his few creative rivals.
"So when he performed at the Grammys, I sat the f--- down," West said.
A little later, West asked the crowd, "Can't we give Chris a break? ... I know I make mistakes in life." He was referring to R&B singer Chris Brown, who was arrested on the night of the Grammys on suspicion of beating his girlfriend Rihanna.
In the same context, West earned loud applause with his declaration: "Michael Jackson, amazing. Michael Phelps, amazing ... He's a real f---in' person; he makes mistakes," referring to the champion swimmer's recent bong pipe brouhaha.
VH1 has cleaned up those comments a bit, and it also included West's less-popular follow-up observation: "O.J. Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing though?"
In between his speeches, West found time to perform 14 songs. Some, such as "Go Hard" and "Street Lights," will not appear on the episode. The final set list combines older tunes like "Touch the Sky" and "Stronger," and tracks from his new album "808s and Heartbreak," including "Amazing" and "See You In My Nightmares."
Flanagan said he was "pretty delighted" with the way West opened up to the crowd and took the whole project seriously.
Next up for "Storytellers" is a taping with resurrected rock trio ZZ Top in Chicago in a couple of weeks, he said.
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Ugh.
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OJ Simpson is amazing and Chris Brown deserves a break?
okay ::)
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I'm glad that kanye's last two albums sucked so I can hate on him without feeling bad.
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I'm glad that kanye's last two albums sucked so I can hate on him without feeling bad.
You felt bad before?
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Well he's always said stupid shit but I couldn't fully hate on him because I loved College Dropout and Late Registration. Now that he sucks musically, I can hate full stop!
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i would love to see the full cut of that
i bet it's incredible
but kanye's mouth is always his biggest problem. his ego is his second.
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his lack of talent is his third
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Kanye West thinks he's "rivaled" by Radiohead
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Kanye being a conscious asshole was once a charm of his. Now it's almost like he actively attempts to piss folks off; I view many of his comments as premeditated, like he sits alone all day thinking of ways he can compare himself to the Beatles or some shit.
He has one of the absolute best ears for samples, almost bar none. He knows how to write a hook. But outside of that he's not a great producer, he's not a great rapper, and now we can say he's not a good singer.
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Kanye being a conscious asshole was once a charm of his. Now it's almost like he actively attempts to piss folks off; I view many of his comments as premeditated, like he sits alone all day thinking of ways he can compare himself to the Beatles or some shit.
He has one of the absolute best ears for samples, almost bar none. He knows how to write a hook. But outside of that he's not a great producer, he's not a great rapper, and now we can say he's not a good singer.
:smug I'm Kanye West, and I rival Radiohead creatively :smug
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They've obviously got that Beatles/Beach Boys thing goin' on. Yorke is just mad Kanye one-upped him with 808s.
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Kanye being a conscious asshole was once a charm of his. Now it's almost like he actively attempts to piss folks off; I view many of his comments as premeditated, like he sits alone all day thinking of ways he can compare himself to the Beatles or some shit.
He has one of the absolute best ears for samples, almost bar none. He knows how to write a hook. But outside of that he's not a great producer, he's not a great rapper, and now we can say he's not a good singer.
Kanye West, a failure since 2007
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I personally wasn't aware that anyone anywhere was still taking him seriously after 808's and heartbreaks.
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808s & Heartbreak was fairly well-recieved, in spite of it being his worst album by a wide margin. It's got a 75 on metacritic and Pitchfork has it listed in their top 50 albums of 2008.
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Pitchfork doesn't know shit about hip hop or "urban" music. They're the personification of "that white kid"
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ha ha
pitchfork
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Pitchfork doesn't know shit about hip hop or "urban" music. They're the personification of "that white kid"
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You're not calling 808s & Heartbreak a hip hop album, are you?
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wait, how is this "trashing" RH?
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wait, how is this "trashing" RH?
Have you read the thread title?
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What did Yorke say/do?
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Pitchfork doesn't know shit about hip hop or "urban" music. They're the personification of "that white kid"
Just read the A.V Club, their much easier to digest and they don't scrutinize whether its okay to like an album or not, like Pitchfork does.
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What did Yorke say/do?
being avoidant/antisocial
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What did Yorke say/do?
being avoidant/antisocial
I see.
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What did Yorke say/do?
One of those “gotcha” moments included West’s story about approaching Thom Yorke at the Grammys. He said, “Hi, my name is Kanye. I’m a musician. I’m a fan of yours,” and Yorke just walked away without replying (some sources report that Yorke said, “Yeah, I’ve heard of you,” and then walked away). Kanye said that he was hurt by the Yorke’s indifference to meeting him because he is a big fan of Radiohead. “So when he performed at the Grammys, I sat the f—- down,” West said.
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This will be the first and last Storytellers I ever watch.
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some sources report that Yorke said, “Yeah, I’ve heard of you,” and then walked away
:lol :lol :lol
Roboj: yea, I could see the album being a part of hip hop.
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Hilarious.
But yeah Thom Yorke's pretty notorious for this sort of thing.