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Kanye West in Spin Magazine

Posted on 21 December 2007

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Kanye West’s is featured in the January 2008 issue of Spin Magazine. He had a lot to say especially about black people and white people , check out his comments below:

You made a conscious effort to shape Graduation for the next level of mainstream success? :

A conscious effort to take it to the next level in every form of success. More black people bought this album than any I’ve made.

Does that make sense to you? :

Uh-huh. Because I made the album blacker.

You think Graduation is blacker than The College Dropout?
Way blacker. “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” — how hood is that record?:

“Good Life” is straight Steve Harvey, all day long. “Flashing Lights”? I never had a record that was that black. But it’s white at the same time. Certain things are so good it doesn’t have to be white or black. That’s what Graduation is. Take “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” It’s a white sample, but everything I do to it is to make it as black as possible. So I’ma make the bass as black as possible; I’ma make the lyrics as intense as possible.

Are these choices strictly artistic, or are you thinking as a marketer, too? :
Can you separate those roles?:

I can’t. I’m a pop enigma. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a bespoke suit and I go to Harold’s for fried chicken. It’s all these things at once, because, as a tastemaker, I find the best of everything. There’s certain things that black people are the best at and certain things that white people are the best at. Whatever we as black people are the best at, I’ma go get that. Like, on Christmas I don’t want any food that tastes white. And when I go to purchase a house, I don’t want my credit to look black. [Laughs]

And what foods would fall into that category? White-people food?:

You know what it is. You never ate fried chicken and said, “This tastes white.” It’s America. People know the stereotypes. I play to the stereotypes. I believe in the stereotypes. And I submit to them. [Affects a black, Southern accent] “Man, black people sure can cook some chicken! And I’ma get some black chicken.” I got the feeling that maybe he was a little drunk, because he sounds so bloody IGN. I am gonna let him offf this one and put it down to him missing his mama, thats if the interview was done after his mama passed.

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5 Comments For This Post

  1. Carla says:

    This interview is bullshit. Being physically black or physically white doesn’t mean your DNA differs to any extent and threrfore also doesn’t have an effect on your personal, spiritual, emotional and mental attitude. People of African descent invented pop, rock, R&B, Hip Hop, Solka, Classic Reggae and Dancehall so there is no such thing as “blacker” music. All music is black music. He should have said the album is less pop than his other albums (since most blacks today hate or atleast dislike severe pop music.
    Some stereotypes are true but like this interview most are bullshit.

  2. Peaches says:

    I really don’t take this interview serious, i think maybe kanye too a little too much medication and he was talking straight crap.

  3. xxmakemelaughxx says:

    hes soooo dumb. It aint as smart as he thinks he is. How can he even stay stuff like that. prick

  4. Some Kiid says:

    He only make three or four good songs then he starts makin crap songs.
    And why does it matter what colour you are to make music that you love.
    BLACK OR WHITE WE ALL HUMAN
    Some people just havn’t worked that out yet

    Im out

    peace

  5. Cb lover says:

    well i think he ment 2 say he made music that black ppl will like more like 2 buy his album its different frm his previous album cause black ppl (like me) attend 2 like hip-hop or rap rnb more than pop the kind of songs he made n his previous labum!!!
    at the end i agree with some kiid we r all human!!!!!!

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