Fucking Kanye, man...

I just got some terrible news about my favorite producer-rapper (not to be confused with him being my favorite producer [still Quincy Jones] or my favorite rapper [still Nas being closly followed by Lupe Fiasco]). But I have mad love for Kanye (well, at least had until recently).

"Find out when Kanye West returns to hip hop! So, an EXTREMELY reliable source (Young Legend, GOOD LOOKS!) has just revealed to me that the title of Kanye’s 4th solo Lp is, 808’s & Heartbreak and it’s arriving December 16th. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, LowKey ain’t BS’ing, 808’s and Heartbreak will be hitting stores December 16th and you heard it from LowKey FIRST! I’ve also learned also that Kanye’s vocals for the entire Lp will be sprinkled with the Auto-Tuner (T-Pain’s magic vocal toy, lol). Why?? Don’t ask me, but I can assure you this will probably be 2008’s most interesting piece of audio.

After finding out the title to the LP, I now understand the title of the first single and its content. Legend also explained to me that this project will be somewhat equivalent to Andre 3000’s, The Love Below. Some are confused as to why he’s returning so early, but with the loss of his mother and the split with his fiance, Alexis Phifer, one could only imagine that type of ish he has to get off his chest!"

The first thing I thought was, "noooooooooooooooooooooo!" Then I thought about that song he did with Young Jeezy, "I Put On", and thought about what I said to my boy Davion, "If Kanye continues to do this shit I'm no longer a fan."

So what did I do, I picked up the Blackjack II, texted Davion about this "rumor" and told him if it's true I'll no longer be a fan -- and I'm not kidding.

For those of you who know me you're probably thinking, "nah, you'll still love Kanye, he'll still be hilarious and the beats will still be fresh." And you're right, he will still be funny (see: Swagger Like Us, a TI song featuring Ye, Hova and bum ass Lil Wayne), and the beats will still be dope (see: Jockin' Jay-Z or Swagger Like Us), but fuck that shit, I have standards. Wayne is funny every once in a while, so is Young Jeezy but I don't listen to those bastards just because of that -- and I'm sure as hell not going to listen to Kanye's ass if he keeps up with that autotone bullshit. That shit was cool when Black Street used it. That shit was cool when Roger and Zapp used it, but it's 2008 damnit, I don't need one of my favorite artists in the game ruining my life with that annoying ass affect -- the fucking reason I despise every damn song T-Pain is on (and yes, I loathed "The Good Life" when that shit dropped.)

Kanye is starting to piss me off. I went from being his biggest fan (mostly for his pre-College Dropout productioin, production and lyrics on The College Dropout and his hilarious mixtapes), to an even bigger fan (mostly for his Late Registration Productioin) to a really big fan who felt he sold out (mostly because he had Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Common on his first album and T-Pain and Lil Wayne on his third) to being utterly disgusted (mostly because there are rumors of him using auto tone for his whole fucking fourth album.)

I'm just letting you know, if that shit is true, I'm never actually buying one of his albums again (and I bought the first two twice! only because my first copies were stolen though).

Damn I'm pissed.

Stay Hideous
-PB



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