SteveK Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Just had this brought to my attention. Now, I usually look for the good in all music, always trying to be positive, but this just has me scratching my head. [media]http://www.ellentv.com/2013/11/19/kanye-wests-new-video-bound-2/[/media] I know very little of Kanye West...! Is he considered 'up there' in his genre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1384946660' post='2282553'] Is he considered 'up there' in his genre? [/quote] He's certainly 'up there', all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Afraid I couldn't be arsed to listen but I played it through without sound. The video looked like it cost about a tenner to make, a few props and about three or four runs through in front of blue screen, then they paste in the backdrops later. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJT Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I couldn't help thinking of John Cooper Clarke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1384947296' post='2282568'] He's certainly 'up there', all right. [/quote] Yup.........where the sun don't shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 wow turns out kanye west's new tune is sh*t... who'd have thought it after all those classics earlier on in his career... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I watched this earlier, It was the first link that came up on Yahoo. Why I thought? A total no event. If you haven't seen the vid don't bother honestly. The term overhyped rubbish springs to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 So bad it's not even funny ... and his trousers are falling down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 His Mammy once told him he could sing.......... G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Is this as bad...etc? Yes it is. It's a shame that music is so polarised in the US these days. KW is a mega star in Hip Hop and his intended audience is Black America, so it's no surprise that we wouldn't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1384951684' post='2282651'] Is this as bad...etc? Yes it is. It's a shame that music is so polarised in the US these days. [b]KW is a mega star in Hip Hop and his intended audience is Black America, so it's no surprise that we wouldn't like it[/b]. [/quote] You're basically saying that we're just not [i]getting it[/i]. You're probably right! However, I find merit in, do [i]get[/i], and in many cases [i]like[/i], a lot of music that wasn't intended for a white, English, heterosexual, male. Maybe music in the US is polarised, I don't know, I haven't given it much thought... or, just maybe this track falls neatly into that hugely popular genre of Country RAP... or, as I affectionately call it... C-RAP! Edited November 20, 2013 by SteveK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Total rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsmith Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) Yes, it really is that bad! I don't really get the concept that I won't enjoy a type of music based on skin colour. That may be how music is marketed in certain 'territories', but it has no influence on what music I enjoy. Having said that I must admit that apart from the very odd exception I have no love for this particular genre. Still, this struck me as a particularly poor attempt. Even so, there is worse out there: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZphHGHiQ5w&fb[/media] Enjoy. EDIT: stay with it till the chorus, or you'll miss the best bits. Edited November 20, 2013 by jonsmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Does he honestly like that song..? I quite enjoy rap and hip hop and stuff but that was just like songs mashed together with terrible rapping over the top.. and what was with him riding that motorbike, seriously.. He needs to listen and watch this stuff before he puts it out. This was a fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Yes, it is as bad as you think It's nothing to do with genres or whether we "get" it For a supposed mega-star, this is a lame effort Looks like he couldn't be bothered to leave his house to make the vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1384946660' post='2282553'] I know very little of Kanye West...! Is he considered 'up there' in his genre? [/quote] He considers himself to be "A genius" apparently. I don't get it at all but I don't get lots of stuff from many different musical genres that people think is great so I'm not the best person to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Whats the sample from in it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I was losing the will to live even when that woman was introducing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 That's a spoof surely. It's not real is it? Is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1384962696' post='2282853'] I was losing the will to live even when that woman was introducing it. [/quote] I skipped that to a random place in the song, so my opinion may not take the whole song in account, but Im not willing to find out if I am wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1384951684' post='2282651'] Is this as bad...etc? Yes it is. It's a shame that music is so polarised in the US these days. KW is a mega star in Hip Hop and his intended audience is Black America, so it's no surprise that we wouldn't like it. [/quote] Sorry - if that's right we should never have 'got' Blues. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='jonsmith' timestamp='1384957813' post='2282771'] Yes, it really is that bad! I don't really get the concept that I won't enjoy a type of music based on skin colour. That may be how music is marketed in certain 'territories', but it has no influence on what music I enjoy. Having said that I must admit that apart from the very odd exception I have no love for this particular genre. Still, this struck me as a particularly poor attempt. Even so, there is worse out there: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZphHGHiQ5w&fb[/media] Enjoy. EDIT: stay with it till the chorus, or you'll miss the best bits. [/quote] I have to say that, Honestly, that was truly dreadful!! G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1384964047' post='2282873'] Sorry - if that's right we should never have 'got' Blues. G. [/quote] ... or Motown etc. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) [quote name='jonsmith' timestamp='1384957813' post='2282771'] EDIT: stay with it till the chorus, or you'll miss the best bits. [/quote] im sorry i [s]didnt[/s] couldnt make it to the chorus Edited November 20, 2013 by steve-bbb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 The Kanye track - if some newcomer released that you'd say it's pretty bad. But for someone of his 'standing' (loosely used term), its p*ss poor. Xmas number 1 maybe? Lol. And Pale Tone - good god. There's 4 minutes of my life wasted. Made me laugh though, and even Kanye didn't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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