Kanye West

[estranged88]

sorry if you took it that way but it seems like ever after he said that the media has been all over the "race factor" in government, whereas i think it has much more to do with money.

[Eazy E]

I was thinking of picking up some of Kanye's stuff - but if i hear one more idiot rapping about gold chains i think i will finally lose that remaining faith i have in humanity....

You might like the album he produced for Common more than his own albums.  Kanye doesn't brag about gold chains, but he does let his cockiness slip into his music sometimes.  Common's rhymes seem more... "poetic" maybe?  It sounds really good mixed with Kanye's soul beats.

This is from the intro to "Be":

The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones
Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
Explored the world to return to where my soul begun
Never looking back, or too far in front of me
The present is a gift
and I just wanna Be

I'll just ignore your Dr. Dre comment.   

[POPmetal]

I'll just ignore your Dr. Dre comment.? ?

Seriously dude! I'm not big on rap, but Dr Dre is really good at what he does. IMO Dre is the most talented person in rap.

[Izzy]

IMO Dre is the most talented person in rap.

Even i don't have such a low opinion of rap!

[John Daniels]

IMO Dre is the most talented person in rap.

Even i don't have such a low opinion of rap!

hmmm..I'd say doctor is one kind of a menthor of rap..I hate all these new niggaaazzz  playing as rappers but doctor made good rap, old rap that had some kind of meaning. All this new rap is just crap..did that rhyme?? 

[Holy War]

The guy is on fire... In the U.S. he's got the #1 album (platinum after two weeks) and the #1 single with Jamie Foxx (two weeks on Billboard Hot 100 and a bunch of other charts).? The album is getting critical acclaim from pretty much every music review website.? He just annouced a headlining arena tour across North America with Common (who's album he produced which also went gold and got amazing reviews) and now to top it off he's the final opening act on the U2 tour... and he could've done it all without saying "George Bush doesn't care about black people".

[Eazy E]

You're my favourite new poster because you're funny.   

Also cool.

[Eazy E]

NEW YORK (AP) - Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.

The outspoken rapper defends his brash attitude inside the magazine's pages, on newsstands Friday. He is also pictured posing as Muhammad Ali.

"In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts," he says. "You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?"

West also says his hit song Gold Digger was the best song last year and that it should have been nominated for the Grammy's best rap song category: "That's a gimme Grammy."

Nevertheless, the 27-year-old is nominated for eight awards, including album of the year for his sophomore album, Late Registration. The Grammys will be presented Feb. 8.

West has always been forthright in saying what he feels, most famously when he said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" during a telethon for hurricane Katrina victims. 
 
"If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained," he says. "My misery is your pleasure."

The strangest tangent of the Rolling Stone story, however, is when West says he's addicted to pornography. He remembers first seeing his father's Playboy magazine when he was five years old.

"Right then," West says, laughing, "it was like, 'Houston, we have a problem.' "

[Markus Asraelius]

He doesn't deserve to be crowned as Jesus. No one is but especially him.

He thinks he's so fucking great. 

[Jonathan]

Just got to say it, that's one ugly front cover.

[gilld1]

Nothing like controversy to sell a few extra copies of RS!

Oh yeah, Kanye is fucking great!

[Evolution]

Why the fuck does a music magazine only have one music story listed on the front cover?

[mrlee]

Why do these rappers think there so cool?  There a bunch of wannabes

[Eazy E]

Why do these rappers think there so cool? There a bunch of wannabes

Who do they want to be exactly?  Jesus?   

[Thorazine Shuffle]

And he calls himself a Man of God.  It's sacriligous.

[Genesis]

Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.

He is also pictured posing as Muhammad Ali.

He poses as Jesus and then Mohammed Ali? Why can't the asshole pose as himself?

[mrlee]

God these rappers are so annoying, the worst is 50 cent, makes games and films about himself, next a TV series i guess. Its like every needs to know what a "hard" life in the "ghetto" they have had. No wonder chavs think there in the ghetto round my village.....yes, a small village surrounded by fields and 1 small police station based in a house....very ghetto like 

Idiots

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Why the fuck does a music magazine only have one music story listed on the front cover?

Because Rolling Stone is to Music Magazines like MTV is to music videos.

RS has become a rag not worthy to wipe my ass with. Do we really need 5 pages of an article on Britney Spears? That isn't music.

[journey]

West also says his hit song Gold Digger was the best song last year and that it should have been nominated for the Grammy's best rap song category: "That's a gimme Grammy."

I like the cover, it's a cool photo. He's got great songs, but his attitude kind of turns me off. It's one thing to be proud of your work, but it's another to be arrogant about it.

[BA]

i dont think arrogant is the world,he is a megalomaniac,let him believe what he wants.one day he will realise that he is not so special after all.

oh and his music is shit even by rap and rnb standards.