As the US prepares for the release that is ‘Yeezus‘, its creator Kanye West made his way to the NYTimes for a tell all interview- jam packed with quotes that see him explain his on/off relationship with celebrity, preparing for fatherhood and his love for Kim Kardashian.
Honesty below…
Quotes via The New York Times:
On the Grammys: “I don’t know if this is statistically right, but I’m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven’t won one against a white person. But the thing is, I don’t care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate.”
On speaking up for Justin Timberlake: “I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost for Album of the Year, and I looked at Justin, and I was like: ‘Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight?’”
On apologising to Taylor Swift: “Yeah, I think that I have like, faltered, you know, as a human. My message isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.”
On whether his pain has influenced his art: “Great art comes from great artists. There’s a bunch of people that are hurt that still couldn’t have made the album that was super-polarizing and redefined the sound of radio.”
On when he knew he was going to be famous: “I knew when I wrote the line ‘light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson’ [from the song ‘Slow Jamz’] I was going to be a big star. At the time, they used to have the Virgin music [stores], and I would go there and just go up the escalator and say to myself, ‘I’m soaking in these last moments of anonymity.’ I knew I was going to make it this far; I knew that this was going to happen.”
On Dead Prez’ influence: “Before, when I wanted to rap, my raps sounded like a bit like Cam’ron; they sounded a bit like Mase; they sounded a bit like Jay-Z or whoever. And it wasn’t until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write ‘All Falls Down’ in 15 minutes.”
On Kim Kardashian: “I’m the type of rock star that likes to have a girlfriend, you know? I’m the type of soul that likes to be in love and likes to be able to focus. And that inspires me. You know, the amount of backlash I got from it is when I decided to not be on the show anymore. And it’s not that I have an issue with the show; I just have an issue with the amount of backlash that I get. Because I just see like, an amazing person that I’m in love with that I want to help.”
On becoming a father: “One of the things was just to be protective, that I would do anything to protect my child or my child’s mother. As simple as that. … I just don’t want to talk to America about my family. Like, this is my baby. This isn’t America’s baby.”
On control: “I need to do more. I need to be able to give people more of what they want that currently is behind a glass. I don’t believe that it’s luxury to go into a store and not be able to afford something. I believe luxury is to be able to go into a store and be able to afford something.
I sat down with a clothing guy that I won’t mention, but hopefully if he reads this article, he knows it’s him and knows that out of respect, I didn’t mention his name: this guy, he questioned me before I left his office:, “If you’ve done this, this, and this, why haven’t you gone further in fashion?” And I say, “I’m learning.” But ultimately, this guy that was talking to me doesn’t make Christmas presents, meaning that nobody was asking for his [stuff] as a Christmas present. If you don’t make Christmas presents, meaning making something that’s so emotionally connected to people, don’t talk to me.
I’m a professional musician because I have the structure of Universal Records. I’m a professional creative. Since I did the Louis Vuitton sneaker, I’ve never been allowed to be in a continually creative structured place that makes product. I’ve had meetings where a guy actually told me, “What we’re trying to figure out is how we can control you.” In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me? Like, I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness! Why would you want to control that?
That’s why I said “I throw these Maybach keys” [in the new song “New Slaves”]. I would rather sit in a factory than sit in a Maybach.
I want to tell people, “I can create more for this world, and I’ve hit the glass ceiling.” If I don’t scream, if I don’t say something, then no one’s going to say anything, you know? So I come to them and say, “Dude, talk to me! Respect me!”
Yeezus drops June 18th.
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Kanye West… The music industry’s most “Gifted Sociopath”.
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Youre cute.
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Real talk Kanye West is a music genius! He knows his sh!t when it comes to art.. He is cocky for a reason!
“Dude, talk to me! Respect me!”
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We respect your art, but there are people dying in the world too, Kanye Kardashian.
How about you keep it quiet by supporting great causes, by offering scholarships, funding colleges like Dr Dre or Angelina Jolie. Or even Michael Jackson.
I’m sick and tired of those “me,me,me” ramblings, we don’t have to continuously keep up with you. We love music, but music don’t cure cancer. Neither does fashion. It might be time to get over it once and for all. You’ll get into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, the Hollywood star, the SuperBowl half time show, everything. But that’s about it.
As for the Grammy part, I still think ‘MBDTF’ should have been nominated and should have won over *overrated* ’21’. Welp, now that you got yourself a mainstream chick, you might finally win a Grammy for Album of The Year. The irony it will be though.
can he be more “narcissistic” ?
he think of himself way too much, and his music is not all that.
anyone talk about race while discussing music lose points according to me.
not here for him this round, he’s married to KK for god’s sake , can he get any lower than this ?
“18 years 18 years and on its 18 b’day he found out it wasn’t hiiiiis” let me stop good luck
he gets on my nerves…
and as @mishka said, he’s acting like he’s god and to be honest, I think that he really believes that.
But he is “just” making music or designing a goddamn sneaker for an overpriced brand. he is not doing anything for the world. “I want the world to be better”, with what? Shoes?!
I’m so tired of his lies.
Major LOL at him saying he’d fight for Justin Timberlake when he dissed him on stage same as Beyonce. I understand all of Hollywood is fake but Kanye is on a level you usually don’t see with men. That’s why I laugh when he says is not about drama but the music because the second dude doesn’t win something he’s going to fuss harder than a hungry baby.
Katt Williams said it best about hater friends, folks who only have your back when you’re down and pissed off when you succeed. He bumrushed the stage to ‘defend’ Beyonce, and said he was going to go on stage for JT when they didn’t win, but when she got that huge Pepsi endorsement and JT sold all those albums suddenly he had slick s*** to say about them.
Hitting that caution sign was a message Kanye! BOOOIIINNGGG!
Rap about that! No one wants to keep hearing you talk about you!
honey hush
if you cared so much about the world, why don’t you do what Angelina Jolie and Micheal do for the kids in third world countries and stop the narcissistic blabbering, smh.
he i the 666 KANYE WEST LOL
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