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Why did Kanye West get a pass for discouraging people going to college?
KneeGro_DuperMan
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THE_R_;c-9899328 said:I BEEN TELLIN YOU CATS ALL ALONG...
HE'S BEEN AN ASSHOLE SINCE DAY 1...
AND EVERYONE (AT LEAST HIS FANS) HAVE EMBRACED IT FROM THE DOOR...
ADD MONEY TO THE EQUATION...
AND YOU HAVE THE BIGGER ASSHOLE THAT HE IS TODAY...
"What more could you ask fo'/The international asshole"
Revolver Ocelot
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Cuz he wasn't saying shit we already didn't know.
AggieLean.
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Anti college posts incoming..
Revolver Ocelot;c-9899356 said:Cuz he wasn't saying shit we already didn't know.
this, and it's gotten worse since the album came out. More debt and no job to pay it off smh america need to get it together
natural born sinners
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I always took it as his marketing scheme to get some sort of "rebel against the system" cool points. On some "look at me, I skip class like the cool kids" type shit (Kanye shrug).
I agree with you that his criticisms have weaknesses. However, we also have to look at the album as a piece of art rather than a research paper. That album is a reflection of how he saw college at that time in his life. It expresses his feelings, and doesn't necessarily have to be completely truthful or balanced in its assessment. Art is biased, and clearly this album shows us Kanye's biases. In a way that's a weakness, but in another way that's also a strength.
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soul rattler
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TheGOAT;c-9899340 said:FOH
I know the IC like to hate on Kanye but this is just dumb
Every criticism isn't hate.
I actually have loved this album since it came out. I just recently put it back in rotation and certain things about it jumped out at me differently.
His mother was a college professor and there he was, shitting on college.
soul rattler
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You must be one of those "Rap doesn't influence anything" faux fans
soul rattler;c-9899679 said:You must be one of those "Rap doesn't influence anything" faux fans
Or i just dont blame peoples personal lives on rappers
You think there is a generation of people out here who skipped college because "Kanye West told them to"
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Kanye actually inspired me to finish college. In fact, Graduation dropped the year I would've graduated if I hadn't goofed off so much. To go even deeper... had he dropped Good Ass Job instead of 808s (dropped around the time I did graduate), that would've symbolized the moment a student my age made his/her degree count for something. Ye's first 4 albums spoke to my entire college career. Even MBDTF, Yeezus and TLOP came out during pivotal points in my life and either made a reference to something I went thru at that time or foreshadowed events to come.
As @Sion said, his commentary on college was satirical and up to the listener to decide to take seriously. To me, it was a lesson on what happens when you take initiative in your own life and follow your heart instead of going thru the motions and making pointless moves to please other ppl.
As @Sion said, his commentary on college was satirical and up to the listener to decide to take seriously. To me, it was a lesson on what happens when you take initiative in your own life and follow your heart instead of going thru the motions and making pointless moves to please other ppl.
Kanye West;c-9899774 said:Stop all your blood clot cryin', I was flyin'
Made it to school with barely enough time to sign in
Yeah, I hear the alarm, yeah, I hear you, Mom
Yeah, yeah, I don't wan' be broke when I'm thirty-one
They said the best classes go to the fastest, sorry, Mr. West
There's no good classes, and that's what yo' ass get ....
Elzo69Renaissance
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he didnt i remember Chuck D being all over Ye about this when the album dropped
sapp08_2001
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Well i believe he wasnt trying to say dont go to college. I think you got this one wrong.
twentyfivelighters
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No one cared about these skits other than them being something funny on his first album.
It was called "College Dropout", not "Drop Out of College"...
Besides that, I look at it as branding... At that point Kanye was a relatively new artist only known around the industry for his production credits... Dropping an album on the Roc around the time Dipset and State Prop were poppin... He couldn't rap through the wire his entire career, so he took the underdog route (Something J. Cole would repeat with Sideline Story)... He failed once... No one believed in him, not even his mentor... You open the album booklet and it continues the theme with pictures of him sitting on the bench and captions reading "Didn't Play", etc... He was the loser you wanted to see win... Then, he ends the album with a play-by-play of his career up to that point showing the listener that it took hard work to get where he was at...
Furthermore, I don't think Kanye was worried about being a good role model with not-so-pious songs with "Jesus" in the title, a tribute to the neighborhood drug dealer, and a song about getting coeds high... and the skits were funny...
Besides that, I look at it as branding... At that point Kanye was a relatively new artist only known around the industry for his production credits... Dropping an album on the Roc around the time Dipset and State Prop were poppin... He couldn't rap through the wire his entire career, so he took the underdog route (Something J. Cole would repeat with Sideline Story)... He failed once... No one believed in him, not even his mentor... You open the album booklet and it continues the theme with pictures of him sitting on the bench and captions reading "Didn't Play", etc... He was the loser you wanted to see win... Then, he ends the album with a play-by-play of his career up to that point showing the listener that it took hard work to get where he was at...
Furthermore, I don't think Kanye was worried about being a good role model with not-so-pious songs with "Jesus" in the title, a tribute to the neighborhood drug dealer, and a song about getting coeds high... and the skits were funny...
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power_wisdom
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Fuck college, Jay-z, Nas, and 3000 didn't even finish highschool. (I'm only joking, but it's true.)
