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WEST: `I'M THE NEW MICHAEL JACKSON' damn he's still talking...
Rapper KANYE WEST calls himself the new MICHAEL JACKSON - because he's the only current African-American star who can sell out stadiums. The super-confident Jesus Walks hitmaker boasts no hip-hop or R+B star can fill huge venues like he can. He says, "When I was on tour with Bono, he said, 'Nobody from your community has ever figured this out, except for Michael Jackson.' "He really did do stadiums. He really was that one. And I feel like I'm that one." http://www.contactmusic.c...on_1041741 [Edited 8/27/07 12:38pm] "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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Kanye >>> Mike Jackson. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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That ARROGANT MF!!!
I still love ya Mr. West. [Edited 8/27/07 12:40pm] Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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So... When is this individual going to shut up? Considering that he called himself and Justin Timberlake Prince and Michael Jackson of their generation, I suppose he considers Timberlake to be the new Prince.  | |
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As a long-time hip-hop fan, and yes, a person who's bought both of 'Ye's albums, I find it unfathomable that people would pay 70 bucks to see him strut around stage rapping. I wouldn't do that for 99% of rappers. At the end of the day, hip-hop is rhyming over beats. Why would I pay stadium money for a show I could see around the way for free? Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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BONO, SHUT UP!
Nobody from your community has ever figured this out, except for Michael Jackson . | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: Kanye >>> Mike Jackson.
Britney Spears >>>>> Joni Mitchell Justin Timberlake >>>>> Prince | |
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mimi07 said: damn he's still talking...
Rapper KANYE WEST calls himself the new MICHAEL JACKSON - because he's the only current African-American star who can sell out stadiums. The super-confident Jesus Walks hitmaker boasts no hip-hop or R+B star can fill huge venues like he can. He says, "When I was on tour with Bono, he said, 'Nobody from your community has ever figured this out, except for Michael Jackson.' "He really did do stadiums. He really was that one. And I feel like I'm that one." http://www.contactmusic.c...on_1041741 [Edited 8/27/07 12:38pm] He's nothing but a media whore. He's got to keep his name in the news somehow and he's also his own biggest fan, so nothing he says surprizes me. In fact, I find it all quite boring. | |
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Rodya24 said: So... When is this individual going to shut up? Considering that he called himself and Justin Timberlake Prince and Michael Jackson of their generation, I suppose he considers Timberlake to be the new Prince.
Who's to say he's wrong? After all, this is not an unreasonable statement to younger folk. And the business seems to pump these guys much more so than other arguably more talented artists. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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namepeace said: Rodya24 said: So... When is this individual going to shut up? Considering that he called himself and Justin Timberlake Prince and Michael Jackson of their generation, I suppose he considers Timberlake to be the new Prince.
Who's to say he's wrong? After all, this is not an unreasonable statement to younger folk. And the business seems to pump these guys much more so than other arguably more talented artists. I am one of the "younger folk," and his comments are laughable to me. Perhaps others disagree. You are right that the music business promotes these two much more than other artists who are more talented. | |
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how about being yourself?? Why is everyone from the current generation trying to be the new this or that, how about being a leader. Also the keyword that Kanye said, "when i was on tour WITH Bono" so who was really packing those stadiums?? And also when has a stadium tour become the HOLY GRAIL all of a sudden, i find Stadium tours to be the worst possible thing, u cant see shit, most of the time the sound is shit, and really they seem to be vanishing, with the exception of reunion tours and the Stones. So his statement is typical for him, but for someone that is so FULL of himself, he never shows me anything original he keeps pointing to others past accomplishments and comparing himself to it, doesnt work. There is only ONE Michael Jackson,Prince,Madonna etc.. so everyone get off your tired asses and make your own legacy. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: how about being yourself?? Why is everyone from the current generation trying to be the new this or that, how about being a leader. Also the keyword that Kanye said, "when i was on tour WITH Bono" so who was really packing those stadiums?? And also when has a stadium tour become the HOLY GRAIL all of a sudden, i find Stadium tours to be the worst possible thing, u cant see shit, most of the time the sound is shit, and really they seem to be vanishing, with the exception of reunion tours and the Stones. So his statement is typical for him, but for someone that is so FULL of himself, he never shows me anything original he keeps pointing to others past accomplishments and comparing himself to it, doesnt work. There is only ONE Michael Jackson,Prince,Madonna etc.. so everyone get off your tired asses and make your own legacy.
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namepeace said: Why would I pay stadium money for a show I could see around the way for free?
You can't see `YE "around the way for free" ! | |
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VonMarie said: lastdecember said: how about being yourself?? Why is everyone from the current generation trying to be the new this or that, how about being a leader. Also the keyword that Kanye said, "when i was on tour WITH Bono" so who was really packing those stadiums?? And also when has a stadium tour become the HOLY GRAIL all of a sudden, i find Stadium tours to be the worst possible thing, u cant see shit, most of the time the sound is shit, and really they seem to be vanishing, with the exception of reunion tours and the Stones. So his statement is typical for him, but for someone that is so FULL of himself, he never shows me anything original he keeps pointing to others past accomplishments and comparing himself to it, doesnt work. There is only ONE Michael Jackson,Prince,Madonna etc.. so everyone get off your tired asses and make your own legacy.
Its true. I dont mind artists saying IM Influenced by such and such, but saying you are the new anyone is just a smack in the face to that persons legacy, not an honor. I hear too many excuses made for Kanye with statements like this, what if Beyonce went around and said "Im the new Diana Ross, because i run RB" or if Mariah said "Im the new Aretha, because i know how to be a Diva", people would be sending them bombs in the mail and trashing them left and right everywhere they went. To put this more in context, the other day i caught an interview with Jon Bon Jovi and he said "Wow we would love to be like the Stones and go on forever playing stadiums" now thats an Honorable statement, but if he would have said "we're the new Stones because we're the only band selling out stadiums" he would have been trashed. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: how about being yourself?? Why is everyone from the current generation trying to be the new this or that, how about being a leader. Also the keyword that Kanye said, "when i was on tour WITH Bono" so who was really packing those stadiums?? And also when has a stadium tour become the HOLY GRAIL all of a sudden, i find Stadium tours to be the worst possible thing, u cant see shit, most of the time the sound is shit, and really they seem to be vanishing, with the exception of reunion tours and the Stones. So his statement is typical for him, but for someone that is so FULL of himself, he never shows me anything original he keeps pointing to others past accomplishments and comparing himself to it, doesnt work. There is only ONE Michael Jackson,Prince,Madonna etc.. so everyone get off your tired asses and make your own legacy.
Preach. | |
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While I agree with lastdecember, I think even "leaders" looked up to somebody.
They just didn't shout it from the rooftops like `Ye.  | |
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Hmmmm,Let's see. Michael Jackson started out in the business when he was 10 years old, He fronted the most popular teen group of all time. His album Thriller is one of the highest selling of all time..... Yeah I think Kanye's success in the industry is equal to Michael's.  | |
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If he's basing his comparison on idiotic quotes, then he might be onto something. Remember MJ's comments about sharing your bed with other people's children? Maybe Kanye feels that the more outrageous comments he makes, the more he can be just like Mike.
Can the multiple plastic surgeries and skin bleaching be far behind? | |
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mimi07 said: damn he's still talking...
Rapper KANYE WEST calls himself the new MICHAEL JACKSON - because he's the only current African-American star who can sell out stadiums. The super-confident Jesus Walks hitmaker boasts no hip-hop or R+B star can fill huge venues like he can. He says, "When I was on tour with Bono, he said, 'Nobody from your community has ever figured this out, except for Michael Jackson.' "He really did do stadiums. He really was that one. And I feel like I'm that one." http://www.contactmusic.c...on_1041741 [Edited 8/27/07 12:38pm] Kanye i always defend rappers, but cmon Michael Jackson is the only black artist to sell out stadiums, is he serious????? when Prince was filling out staidums, Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston, New Edition, RUN DMC, MC Hammer, Public enemy were all doing 15,000 seaters in there hey day, | |
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Apparently Kanye's ego has gotten so big he doesn't even recognize who he truly is. 
And as for Michael being the only other black artist to sell out stadiums? Need I remind you of: Tina Turner Prince Janet Whitney (when she was commercially hot) Hammer Destiny's Child Etc., etc., etc... Both Bono and Kanye are trippin'... | |
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This is just another reminder as to why I hate Kanye West. I hate to say this but I do hope 50 outsells him just to shut him up. NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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mimi07 said: damn he's still talking...
Rapper KANYE WEST calls himself the new MICHAEL JACKSON - because he's the only current African-American star who can sell out stadiums. The super-confident Jesus Walks hitmaker boasts no hip-hop or R+B star can fill huge venues like he can. He says, "When I was on tour with Bono, he said, 'Nobody from your community has ever figured this out, except for Michael Jackson.' "He really did do stadiums. He really was that one. And I feel like I'm that one." http://www.contactmusic.c...on_1041741 [Edited 8/27/07 12:38pm] what songs has he made??? except for two... through the wire (which he ripped off from Chaka) and Gold digger.... and those songs weren't even that great... Kanye west wish he was close to michael.... in a couple of more years NO one will remember this guy. |
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Everybody plays the drama cards these days. He has a CD coming out. Its marketing time. That's all this is. Gone are the days of waiting for an artist to drop a CD. The younger generation has so many choices that people have to say in their faces and keep them talking just to keep interests up. Its a sad day to see Kanye resorting to this but he's always been a big mouth and you never know what he'll say, so why be surprised? | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Everybody plays the drama cards these days. He has a CD coming out. Its marketing time. That's all this is. Gone are the days of waiting for an artist to drop a CD. The younger generation has so many choices that people have to say in their faces and keep them talking just to keep interests up. Its a sad day to see Kanye resorting to this but he's always been a big mouth and you never know what he'll say, so why be surprised?
The even scarier thing, well for him that is, he doesnt even realize that he is diggin his own grave with this. Even industry people and just music fans talk about him in a way that has nothing to do with music, so you really dont know what he has done or created himself. He plays the HYPE card well, but i never hear people saying WOW that new Kanye song is great, i hear "Wow did you hear what Kanye said". This is clearly the HYPE generation, sadly almost no one will be remembering any of them. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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NWF said: This is just another reminder as to why I hate Kanye West. I hate to say this but I do hope 50 outsells him just to shut him up.
I hope Kenny Chesney sells them both the fuck out. | |
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no no no no no.
He's not even the new MC Hammer. | |
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Yeah, right. And I'm the new Willie Nelson. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I'm the new Bob Dylan.
Didn't Kanye brag about possibly working with Michael? | |
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vainandy said: Yeah, right. And I'm the new Willie Nelson.
pass that erb!  | |
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Imago said: no no no no no.
He's not even the new MC Hammer.  at your avatar....silly ass.
and at least hammer was a performer....today's rappers have NO showmanship at all. | |
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