kanye- "can't tell me nothing"

RONG.

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<3

i love this song

on REPEAT 245826x in the car past week

One of my least favorite songs. I wasn't much of a fan of Hova's "Moment of Clarity" either.

Yeah this song is still hot garbage.

insane
only kanye single to please meh

now "The Good Life" is awesome.

this song is great when kanye is not on it

^^^this

Should have given the beat to Roots Manuva.

nah man, i love kanye's voice on this one. ooh they so sensitive

that's pimpin

ahaha

"Champion" is better :P

I like it! I'm cool with the first two thirds of the album, then the "papparazzi/nazi" rhyme kills the last bit for me (though I still like "Everything I Am").

If they'd replaced "Homecoming" and "Big Brother" with "Bittersweet" and "Good Night" respectively the album would be a lot better.

way way better than "Stronger"

I'm with deej.

never should have been a single, probably the 4th or 5th best song on the album.

it's a solid B/B+ for me.

"this song is great when kanye is not on it"

This is basically true for every Kanye song.

I accept "Big Brother" cuz its sentimentality and narcissism, appalling though they are, make it a perfect Kanye snapshot. Like Bowie's "Time."

that is fucking retarded

why would you say one second you like the songs when kanye's not on it and then approve of a sluggish livejournal reading as being a "perfect snapshot" of the guy. do you like it in theory or something?

in theory communism works.

He gives a better performance on "Big Brother" -- the tone goes back and forth. "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is too one-dimensional.

I mean, I'd rather hear an artist making an ass of himself trying to explain his conflicted feelings about someone/thing than being unyieldingly self-righteous.

yeah the tone goes back and forth from suck to blow.

if you don't like unyielding self-righteousness what are you doing listening to kanye west

for real.

alfred's right about it being a "perfect snapshot." i like the song tho.

cuz on his best stuff he's funny and self-righteous and conflicted about being self-righteous.

(xpost to anthony)

I love how the "Kid Charlemagne" sample on "Champion" comes in after every verse, alternately mocking and affirming every boast. On most good Kanye the music atones for or complements the verbal hysteria. Something about the queasiness of "Big Brother" makes it more compelling to me than "Can't Tell Me Nothing."

haha -- "Big Brother" could be titled "Can't Tell Me Nothing."

Pete Wentz's livejournal is queasy too

almost kisses Jay-z's ass as much too

It's fascinating that expensive chart-aimed male hip-hop almost always reserves the amount of emotion Kanye expends on Jay-Z for songs about mamas or baby mamas. This kind of conflicted guy-on-guy thing is unusual.

enjoy yr slash