Comments on: Review: Kanye West – Graduation http://xxdesmusxx.net/wp/2007/08/30/review-kanye-west-graduation/ Simplicity is underrated. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:19:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: xxdesmus http://xxdesmusxx.net/wp/2007/08/30/review-kanye-west-graduation/comment-page-1/#comment-3049 xxdesmus Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:51:45 +0000 http://xxdesmusxx.net/wp/2007/08/30/review-kanye-west-graduation/#comment-3049 Brendan, I'd have to agree with just about all of your points. I think Kanye dresses "more white" than even Diddy...and that is hard to do. The album is utter crap though, I agree. Brendan, I’d have to agree with just about all of your points. I think Kanye dresses “more white” than even Diddy…and that is hard to do.

The album is utter crap though, I agree.

]]> By: Brendan D http://xxdesmusxx.net/wp/2007/08/30/review-kanye-west-graduation/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 Brendan D Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:42:40 +0000 http://xxdesmusxx.net/wp/2007/08/30/review-kanye-west-graduation/#comment-3046 I'm loving "Good Morning" as an opener, too, but this album is just so... bad! Rap is the rhythmic equivalent of stream-of-conscious writing, not as faux-singing. And the samples on here are so synth-heavy that I have to wonder: Does Kanye know anything about his own heritage, or is his cultural identity so caught up with the Theo Cosby Black-are-White folk that he grew up listening to soft pop and crappy dance music for white folk who don't know how to dance (like myself)? Damn, Kanye, listen to "Kamaal the Abstract" if you wanna hear something that uses samples and a heritage of gorgeous music the right way. And for Christ's sake, stop dressing and rapping like Diddy! I’m loving “Good Morning” as an opener, too, but this album is just so… bad! Rap is the rhythmic equivalent of stream-of-conscious writing, not as faux-singing. And the samples on here are so synth-heavy that I have to wonder: Does Kanye know anything about his own heritage, or is his cultural identity so caught up with the Theo Cosby Black-are-White folk that he grew up listening to soft pop and crappy dance music for white folk who don’t know how to dance (like myself)? Damn, Kanye, listen to “Kamaal the Abstract” if you wanna hear something that uses samples and a heritage of gorgeous music the right way. And for Christ’s sake, stop dressing and rapping like Diddy!

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