Kanye West: Allow Me to Pardon Him (Jungle Fever)

Alright,

This has been boiling long enough on the hip-hop radar that Sia must, like everyone else in the blogosphere, throw in his two cents. Now, as it has been seen all through the net, Kanye has developed close ties with Amber Rose, a European model.

Sure, Sia can take you back to the Jim Crow days when our ancestors were hung for merely looking at white women. Why? Because thats just how much European males hated the concept of Africans and Europeans mating, let alone producing children. In fact, states created laws where consensual sex between a "white" women and a "black" male was considered rape by law. Don't believe these absurd kinds of laws existed check this-Exhibit A:

Alabama Code 4189: "If any white person and any negro or the descendant of any negro to the third generation was a white person, intermarry or live in adultery or fornication with each other, each of them must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than two nor more than seven years."

-Dred's Scott Revenge-page 134 (Source)

Crazy right? This hostility of the two races coming together in a heterosexual context perhaps only made both sides more curious about each other. But Ohh, the drama that comes with a black man dating a white women. Check out Othello, Native Son or Jungle fever if you think I'm kidding!

But back to Kanye. I know in Hollywood, one of the symbols of success for a African brother is to acquire that pretty European women on his arm. Lets face it-it's true, or atleast many people feel as such. And guess what? Kanye did just that. But, and it's a big but-I'm going to pardon Mr. West and it has nothing to do with the incredibly dope beats he produces. Here are my reasons:

1) Kanye lost two of the most important women to him in a relatively short amount of time: His mom died and His girlfriend apparently dumped him. That will have any man in the weeds searching for something.

2)Kanye never claimed to be a black nationalist-he's just a brother that's super talented and has a fetish with lovely ladies, preferably models, from Europe. Search out Kanye West on this blog to see where I unveiled this fetish. Now if he rhymed like Public Enemy or X-Clan, that would be totally different. LOL

3)In all of his arrogance, maybe he is still shining on African-American women. 808 Heartbreak was for his ex, but maybe this time Kanye is saying-I'm done with all yall-"Play with it."

4)Well, love is love. If my son brings home some feminine, dime piece, Euro speciment, and he says this is the one-will I be mad? No. I'm more concerned about the psyche of it all. Marry her because you love her- not because she's white.

5) He's a grown man and can do whatever he wants. At the end of the night, a man makes decisions that, hopefully, make him a better man and for Kanye West, maybe Amber Rose is just that.

Less Ego=Getting Stronger

Did you see how Southpark ridiculed Kanye West? It was quite hysterical. But all in all, Southpark, perhaps, showed Kanye how ignorant he looks at times. In short, the clip in Southpark shows how Kanye's ego prevents him from recognizing a blatant joke. Because he loves to put fish sticks in his mouth, he's a "gayfish." Click here to see how this spun out of control: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/04/south-park-fish.html

But the ego is tricky, and no matter how much of a piehole Kanye can be, did we ever stop to think that maybe, in his mind, he was being rational? In Buddhism, for instance, the ego is the single opponent that man must overcome. And yes, you that are reading this now, surely have ego discrepancies.

How do we conquer our own ego? My studies reveal that sitting under a teacher that is competent in the study of self is the most efficient way to accomplish such a task. The ego condones obscurities, and present a multitude of mental barriers that prohibits us from seeing things as they really are. When we don't see things as they are, we live in a warped world where everything is narrowly curtailed to our own likings. How could we ever reach are pinnacle in this mode?

So my advise to Kanye, just as he has mentors like Jay-Z, and No I.D., is to find a teacher that can teach you how to suppress your ego. Something to think about Mr. West.

Permissibility: It's the hip hop way...

So hopefully you realize if you are married or have a girlfriend, the only way you could throw a party with 40 naked women wearing masquerade masks is in your dreams. However, in hip-hop, things as such are permissible.

I know, I know, Kanye keeps popping up in my blog real, but what can I say? He stays on the edge and in the press.

So yes, Rapbasement.com reported:
"Kanye and Beecroft previously worked together for Kanye's "808s & Heartbreak" release party that included 40 naked women with face masks and illuminating fluorescent lights." Hmm. Sounds like alot of fun. I just don't know if it's good or bad fun. I wonder what his girl thought? I wonder was she there? And in the words of Kanye, if she wasn't there "I wonder, do you know, what it means?

But then again, It's Kanye, a bonafide hip-hop don. He has the superhero strength to resist the bait of lust in moments like this. Out of his own mouth he said:

"I'm a star, how could I not shine

How many ladies in the house

How many ladies in the house without a spouse,
Something in your blouse got me feeling so aroused"

Well we know there were at least 40! How could you not be aroused? Can you imagine the 20 questions he got if his lady wasn't at the party when he got home? Would a reasonable man be faithful under such a predicament? In the end, charge that to the game. It's permissible in the world of hip-hop.

The Brilliance of Kanye West

I'm hearing rumors that Kanye may be retiring his music career for modeling. Apparently he's in France having a great time hitting that runway. The truth of the matter is I don't think he'll be able to stay away. He loves it to much, and I know the feeling. But if he does, it's a lost to hip-hop...

Kanye West: Rapper turned singer (Not Really)

The problem with releasing an album in which a rapper turns into a singer is when you can't actually sing. I took the time to to see how Kanye's promotional push for his latest release was going. We all know he can't sing and I was curious to see how his voice was panning while performing live.

One thing that is evident is that Kanye knows he can't sing and many wonder why he dropped an album that featured his voice paired with the autotune software (makes it sound like T-Payne) on every track. Never the less, there is something ingenious about this last release and it definitely opened up a new market for him. However, you got to admit-it's funny to watch him try to sing.

Pay attention to the first hook. When he says "down"...you got to laugh. By the last hook, his voice is calling 911. David Letterman's response:"Whoa Buddy!"


And of course, you need to see both spectrums of the pole. So, it's only right that I show you Kanye without the vocoder. This is proof that he knows he can't sing. But one thing I'll give him-He's ripping the mic!

Somebody must have told him that he was stinking up the hook. Why do I say that? Because on Good Morning America, he lets the hook run off the cd-barely singing over top:


You can get mad at the man. Fine. Just when you thought you heard enough of the "T-Payne" sound, Kanye added even more to the collection. However, it takes humility to get on the stage, as a international superstar (10 grammies and counting) and yoddle like the Gap Band on crack. I'm impressed Kanye.