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Kanye West went on a podcast with his buddy Bret Easton Ellis, and the two had an hour-long conversation about film, creativity, content, and the user experience in the modern age. Needless to say, it was pretty safe to assume that Kanye was going to go on one of his celebrated stream-of-thought monologues in which he connected the dots between various aspects of pop culture, design, history, fashion, and music. This one did not disappoint.
On having his creative freedom taken away:
"I felt like the main character [in Twelve Years a Slave]. And what I'm dealing with even as a mega-popular rich celebrity, you know, 'Fuck you, who do you think you are to complain about anything?' situation that I'm in. In the past when I've dealt with attempting to create in other fields, or attempting to create in clothing. I've kind of been on this campaign that started with, ironically, my song, 'New Slaves.' Where I was sitting in Paris and dealing with all of these companies that I had promoted, and I saw my friends promote it. And the reason, literally, why they would sell on Barneys' floors is because me and Jay Z and everyone wore it. It'd be something that maybe I kind of discovered four years before then me and Don C started putting it on-trend.
Then you start doing more research and say, 'Hey, I want to be a part of the creative conversation and be able to make money off of that also.' They stop you right there and say, 'You can't be a part of that conversation,' or they'll give you a one-off. At Louis Vuitton I did one shoe. At Nike I did two shoes but they spread them apart over four years and they had the most impact possible. I kind of saw that side of what it was, as a creative, to be free, the parallel to the main character in Twelve Years a Slave. When it was taken away from me, it felt like what it felt like as a creative to be enslaved."
On Zappos' "shit" product:
"I got into this giant argument with the head of Zappos, that he's trying to tell me what I needed to focus on. Meanwhile he sells all this shit product to everybody, and his whole thing is based off of selling shit product." On the polarity of luxury versus mass-production: "Particularly in clothing, and I want to do this parallel, it's super luxury box, high up, this dream of what you could have, some Céline bag or Hermès jacket or something in this box of luxury, like they're engineered to a Ferrari level, which they're not. Or it's the knock-off version from Zara and H&M. There's no medium ground of quality like what Apple brought, or what Nike and adidas bring."
http://www.complex.com/style/2013/11/kanye-west-fashion-design-aspirations-12-years-a-slave
polichick
(37,152 posts)Did he finally get rid of that ludicrous gold and diamond grill in his mouth?
big_dog
(4,144 posts)they are offering big $$
polichick
(37,152 posts)move from her controlling Mom's world and into the even-more controlling world of Kanye, the narcissist.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Would Kanye West's name had been heard by ANYONE other than those people who lived on either side of him in the projects had it not been for something called "autotune"?
polichick
(37,152 posts)convincing people he has talent.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Has he released an album since then that didn't include autotune? If he has, would you mind pointing it out for me?
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)he lived in? Maybe actually read the post next time.
name not needed
(11,660 posts)Then again, DU as a whole has never regarded hip-hop as anything more than scary negro chants.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Some of us LOVE scary negro music. Here are just a few men whose brow sweat is more talented than your Mr. West.
#t=35
#t=32
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)He will not be stopped.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)UGH.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)and it will get huge ratings
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)relevant. Damn the man has millions upon millions of $$$ for cheeses sake nobody gives a damn that you get mad a Taylor Swift or your baby's mama is a reality tv gold digger.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)OwnedByCats
(805 posts)Supposedly it's about Kim, but shows just how much he seems to disrespect women. It's fucking awful to listen to. It doesn't even have a good melody or anything. She also purrs "uh huh honey" through the track, makes me puke in my mouth a little.
polichick
(37,152 posts)OwnedByCats
(805 posts)I called it a song
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)I just wonder what room they meet in, must be huge to contain both of those swollen heads, I'm thinking an abandon LTA hanger.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)I don't even know what to say about this rich guy, except his millions could be put to good use helping people that really need it.
Iggo
(47,577 posts)Please.
MFrohike
(1,980 posts).