he's always seemed broadly popular to me
― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 25, 2018 5:48 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
really? people love to hate Kanye
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
he's not like idk Bruno mars or whoever who is "broadly popular"
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
kanye is the opposite of broadly popular among non-internet music geeks
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
So yeah I’ll admit it seems silly to think that Lyon Cohen has been red pilled but ... wait is that a silly thought tho? I’ve heard terrifying things about Dude
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
every album since Late Registration has been less popular than the one before it
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
And yeah Kanye has produced extremely polarized opinions since the start of his career.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
hmmm by popular I guess I meant respected; I'm under the impression that he is seen by most as a serious artist (if, obviously, a huge jackass). I haven't really met anyone in the last 10 years, certainly not any normies, who dislike him
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
Twisted Fantasy?
sold 400,000 less than 808s
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
he's "respected" by millenials who don't know any better and ilxors with bad taste
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
Kayne going full MAGA is a good example of what living in Calabasas will do to a person.
I keep thinking this too -- from "No More Parties in L.A." on.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
Now Kim's on twitter talking about him no longer being in the sunken place. Unplug the internet for the night, plz.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
lol 'dragon energy'
― Dan S, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
Kanye will never run in the race of popular opinion and we know that and that’s why I love him and respect him and in a few years when someone else says the same exact thing but they aren’t labeled the way he is and you will all praise them! Kanye is years ahead of his time— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
― omar little, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
I think I’ve figured out why Kanye and Jay aren’t friends anymore
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
heavy heavy denial going on in the ye subreddit today
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
Lmao Jack Posobiec is now the top rated comment on most of his recent tweets, great work Yeezy
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Plenty has changed here homie. This ain’t #Calabasas dude. #Chicago is on the rise. You left 17 years ago. Come home & see.— GLC The Ism (@GLCTHEISM) April 25, 2018
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
In other more IMPORTANT news… My Dog farted.— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 25, 2018
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
I love how easy it is to imagine Ice T saying that aloud
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
Chance is cancelled
― flopson, Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:38 (six years ago) link
The same goes for all the intersectional groups of the left that say you HAVE to be a democrat. That isn't true. Be free, think for yourself. https://t.co/01jMdg6ETa— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 26, 2018
― flopson, Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
chance's overly diplomatic shtick really bit him in the ass here
― austinb, Thursday, 26 April 2018 00:43 (six years ago) link
chance can do no wrong
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 26 April 2018 01:01 (six years ago) link
uh
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 April 2018 01:04 (six years ago) link
I didn't read his tweet as intending to be diplomatic
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
Chance development is unexpected
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 April 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
janelle monáe otm
Janelle Monáe said everything that needed to be said regarding Kanye’s views pic.twitter.com/1yXEPJcnVb— Chris (@chrstnavelli) April 25, 2018
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 April 2018 01:26 (six years ago) link
Twisted Fantasy?sold 400,000 less than 808s― Οὖτις, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6:09 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6:09 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that is shocking to me. i just remember how that was when the love for him went into overdrive... but i was among millennials and music geeks
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:26 (six years ago) link
it had the p4k 10.0 hype among indie rock music nerds but didn't have hits in the way his previous albums did
― ufo, Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:29 (six years ago) link
2018 eats it in so many ways
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:30 (six years ago) link
not a lot of this is surprising to me. sad though
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:32 (six years ago) link
This is all 100% Obama saying he was a jackass and Trump meeting with him, he's a narcissist
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
Back in 2010 I didn't have very many music-nerd type friends and yeah pretty much everyone around me couldn't stand kanye even after mbdtf came out. The whole interrupting-Taylor-swift fiasco had wrecked his popularity for years. I don't think that album had any radio hits either, just a lot of niche internet love
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:38 (six years ago) link
1.3 million sold = niche internet love, apparently
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link
― ufo, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:29 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Power, Monster, Runaway, and All of the Lights weren't hits? I'm not being facetious, I just remember hearing all of those constantly for the better part of a year. And I wasn't into that record, it was all by osmosis.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 April 2018 04:30 (six years ago) link
i mean i think it's just his 'i'm next to a rapper pose' (which is also y'know suspect)
his label was '300'
its more corny than suspect but whatever
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 26 April 2018 07:38 (six years ago) link
kanye's best chart performances in the 2010s have either been collabs ("otis," "paris," "mercy") or songs that involved rihanna ("fourfiveseconds," "all of the lights"). "bound 2" did ok too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_singles_discography#As_lead_artist
the long-term influence of 808s can't be overstated, though, particularly given the way it was derided at the time
anyway this all has been pretty depressing
― maura, Thursday, 26 April 2018 11:02 (six years ago) link
except for janelle's statement. she's the best
― maura, Thursday, 26 April 2018 11:03 (six years ago) link
the singles from MBDTF weren't anywhere near as dominant here (i'm Australian, but the US charts tell a similar story) as the hits from his previous albums had been
in 2013 Black Skinhead did feel inescapable here but I think that was just due to it getting a ton of alt radio play, it didn't chart particularly well
― ufo, Thursday, 26 April 2018 11:19 (six years ago) link
If I hear Kanye on the radio it's always Gold digger or Through the Wire or Can't Tell me Nothin
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 April 2018 12:09 (six years ago) link
Can't Tell Me Nothin outlasting some of the other Graduation singles seems kind of baffling to me.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 26 April 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
― maura, Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― maura, Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:03 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Maura otm
Late Registration is one of my favourite albums, but omg kanye can get fucked
― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:09 (six years ago) link
Kim Karadashian West? That must be his wife? Is she in the music biz too?I went to her Twitter page (60 million followers!), and if anybody is interested,I guess she has a "$15 Secret for Avoiding Stretch Marks"
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:15 (six years ago) link
Or he could get help, but another thing I realized yesterday is that nobody rich & famous gets good medical care, unless they find themselves in a regular old hospital.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:15 (six years ago) link
You'll have us waiting then. But, please, hope I'll have my heart blown away?? I just need some rap beats...
― Jayrise, Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
he could get some fentanyl tho, i hear that stuff's great
― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't assume that Kanye hasn't gotten help.
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
maga hat is a bad look even if you are being a contrarian asshole
― marcos, Wednesday, April 25, 2018
it's a tacky color
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Not a good gauge as most everyone's sales have cratered since the late 2000s.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
Is ILX really having an argument about whether Kanye West is popular?
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 26 April 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link