As human beings we are constantly taking ownership over things we do not own. We in retrospect recreate an artist’s work based our own understanding and interpretations, verses the artist’s interpretations and meaning behind their actual works. As of resent, Kanye West has been ridiculed and devalued as an artist because of his outcry and childish behaviours. As a result, his progression in music has not been appreciated. As people, we do not look at the arte form; we look at it as who created the arte and how the arte can represent us. Stand tall because, right is right and wrong is wrong, but a person’s creativity is not ours to own.
Back in the day, people’s individualism made the culture of music. Today, music in turn makes the culture While the individuality of people has dwindled, music has become the “life of the party", or "the jam at the party", the narrative now being a new iconic, ironic style created with a basement mentality has digressed
Kanye capitalized on an old school method by speeding up the tracks chorus. It was the reverse method of the Chop and Screw, Down South Style of remixing a popular song. Clearly his sound changed something in the glitzy glam of bad over accessorized bling like music... (Soap box?)
Which brings me to my question?
Why is it that Kanye West gets such a blow to the head for his gritty attitude, his over the top artistic uniqueness? He is an artist, yes at times he may act up but he is an Artist! If we don’t pay attention to his greatness we are null, but when we pay him mind at the end of a bad deed we discard him as a tarnished jewel.
Fickle minded as we are, we want greatness, abuse it, and move on to the next one, same as many did to Jean Michel Basquiat, okay but that’s another story let’s keep it moving.
For one thing that I personally like is Kanye's artistic take on making music videos no two alike, fashion forward and always having a nice shock value. Hate him as you may, but you know this to be true that his attention to detail is scary but creative (there goes that word again, creative). From a baseball cap to the tips of Redwing Mocs, I think he proves that a small attribute of the fashion world and street wear is mint (condition).
Theme! He keeps a sweet momentum by skinning your knee and handing out band aids with his frustrated lyrics of HIS concern, not yours. So wave that bias comment away. You know how people jump on something and think or thought they heard it first, so ownership is at hand. "This is my song, "ooh that’s my song...". Throw that stigma away its really his music not yours so this in term is why we purchased his LP, Record, MP3, or whatever you may . Nonetheless, his theme is connected to his somewhat wacky intellect that still keeps your head posted to the bill board sound, the streets and music videos . His creativity provokes curiosity or even me saying, "is that Kanye man??, that’s wicked". Well you may not say it like that but you get the picture. I think he is a creative genius in spite of a mishap of bad behaviour, you all still paid very close attention to his trainers (sneakers).
(Getting off soap box)
a bit of arte and creative aspects of a... well new area of artists
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