Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck


Kanye West on-camera last nite: 'Beck needs to respect artistry.' Then a long rant about...ah just watch it.

What would Kanye say about Beethoven? Or Dylan? or Matisse?

Having fun with this as Twitter is aflame already with it. But the more I think about it, the more it gnaws on me. He was referring to Beck winning Album of the Year (instead of Beyonce). I could go on a long rant myself about his ego, general creepiness, but nothing I could add. But his comments are heard by millions of music fans...

Anyhoo, anyone else see those comments? Reactions?
zufan

Showing 2 responses by gpgr4blu

My earlier statement that Beck deserved album of the year was in the context of the Grammy nominated albums. I thought it was the best of those but not THE best album of the year.
Kanye is a narrow minded, impulsive, egotistical, but talented rapper. He is not a musician and has no conception of music beyond his genre or what one would hear on a top 40 radio station. As such, he should keep his uninformed opinions to himself as dissemination merely reveals his shortcomings as an artist and as a human being.
Even though I preferred Sea Change, I still thought that Beck deserved the award for album of the year.