.... putting out songs/videos that give the impression that they're about important issues, when they're actually just about him?


I'm talking about Jesus Walks and now Diamonds....



If you wanna sing about you, fine. If you wanna sing a song about an issue, sing about an issue. Drawing attention to yourself via the fraud of pretending to sing about an issue is really crass.

I like his music

lilgish said:

I like some of it too. I'm just tired of him trying to pass his songs off as deep issue-driven stuff, when he's just rapping about himself.

Was it raining or was he just sweating like Whitney Houston?

GrayKing said:

maybe he can't tell the difference.

GrayKing said:

I agree with you Gray. He is turning into the 2005 version of Puffy Daddy.

"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased..." (Luke 14:11).

For the record yes I am sick of him. He's so self absorbed it's sickening.

By the way, I call his music God rap! Could this be a new genre? Although Hammer was doing that 15 years ago..

dancerella said:

Nope. "God rap" has been around for almost as long as "secular" rap. I used to listen to quite a bit around the early '90s -- SFC (Soldiers for Christ), Gospel Gangstas, Lakita, The Cross Movement, etc.

Today, I really like stuff by Tonex and TobyMac. Other popular Christian rap/hip-hop artists/groups include: Grits, Sackcloth Fashion, KJ-52 (Eminem sound-alike), Mars Ill, and many others.

Relax, let the man shine! He is a welcome reprieve from the normal rap fare of present day.

popgodazipa said:

He is a great example of why music today sucks.

'Jesus Walks' is a classic...PERIOD!!! I can never get tired of that song and the message.I love the fact that he didn't try to be all pure when he knows he's not( i can relate ) that's why ppl responded 2 that song! as far as the others go.....PEACE!!!

Jesus Walks is great. That song is not just about him at all.

GrayKing said:

He said he is self indulgent
Just the first to admit it

on All Falls Down

Love Kanye. Great producer, rapper.

paisleypark4 said:

I really like that song, too.

I'm still getting into this album.

I need to recruit all the soldiers
All of god's soldiers
We at War
We at war with society, racism terrorism, but most of all we at war wit ourselves

Jesus Walk- God show me the way because the devil tryna break me down
Jesus Walk With Me

[Verse 1]
Ya know what the mid-west iz? Young and Restless
Where restless niggaz might snatch yo necklace
And next these niggaz might jack yo lexus
Somebody tell these niggaz who Kanye West iz
I walk through the valley where the shadow of death iz
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless
Try to catch it
Its kinda hard getting chocked by the Texas
Yeh Yeh now check the method
They be askin us questions, harrasin, arrest us
Sayin we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast, huh
Yall eat pieces of shit? Whats the basis?
We aint goin nowhere..but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke, rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool but ill be gone to November
I got packs to move, I hope..

[Chorus]
Jesus Walk- God show me the way because the devil tryna break me down
Jesus Walk With Me- The only thing that I pray iz that my feet dont fail me now
Jesus Walk-And I dont think theres nothing I could do now to right my wrongs
Jesus Walk With Me-I wanna talk to God but im afraid cuz we aint spoke in so long..
[Extended a bit]

[Verse 2]
To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers, even the strippers
(Jesus walks with them!)
To the victims of welfare, feel we livin in hell here, hell yeh
(Jesus walks with them!!)
Now hear thee hear thee, wanna see thee more clearly
I know he hear me when my feet get weary
Cuz we're thee almost nearly extinct
We rappers is role models, we rap we don't think
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
Im just tryna say the way school need teachers
The Way Kathy Lee needed Regis...thats the way i need Jesus.
So here go my single dawg, radio needs this
They said they could rap about anything except for jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, videotape
But if I talk about God my record wont get played, huh?
Well if this take away from my spinz...which will prolly take away my endz..
Then i hope it take away from my sinz and bring the day that im dreamin bout...
Next time im in the club, erybody screaming out...

[Chorus]
[Edited 7/2/05 23:47pm]

GrayKing said:

LOL, that is so true.

Ppl need to start paying more attention to the lyrics.

Scorpion said:

look above

ok gray i don't know nothing about diamonds but what EXACTLY is ur beef with jesus walks?
thats a POWERFUL song..period. and thousands of people (especially hoodfolk) can relate to it. how in the hell is it about kanye?

i thought he was great at live8 in philly. great performance.

Even though I feel the album gets too much praise I DO like Jesus Walks...

Moonwalkbjrain said:

mediocre at best...

his voice is annoying.....and his production very simplisitic....Common's CD would be much much better without West's contributions...PERIOD!

I loved his performance, it was P Diddy meets Robert Palmer at a yanni concert vibe, yeah I noticed that about his lyrics. however in his new album he clls the american government drug dealers and purposely spreading AIDS around minority groups

twink69 said:

and

it's not like he's PE.

I like Kanye. He is the best thing to come out of Chicago since Common.
[Edited 7/3/05 7:11am]

he loves himself to bits.....did anyone see the interview on c4 in the uk when he compared his albums as part of history the same as the holocaust?????....and when he was asked if their was anything he didnt like about himself.....he couldnt give an answer .....what a plonker!

"Hate it or Love it
The underdogs on top
And I'm gon' shine
Until my heart stop!"

The message is positive don't hate the messenger

blackbob said:

I wanna see a transcript - that would be THE dumbest statement in the history of the world

Kanye west is boring..

I think he will go down as a one hit wonder, that video with the women exercising was total crap, and is the song is stupid