Monday, May 19, 2008

Big K

Only way to get out - piss in the bushes

Unzippered at kanye

How many times we gonna throw up hands

Mr. Tweeters business plan: dont sell beer to legal adults- especially when you sell $.30 beer at $8.

Let people cut you in line- get $20

Is kanye in there?

In the future, kanye should turn 5 five minute songs into a 5 minute medley.

Amazing how he jumped completely over drunk and hot girls. Barely covered half of graduation, his supposed concert album. And he never called on his people, including jay-z and lupe, which needs to change in order to get to jay-z status.

A lot of people blackout for the first time at kanye west concerts.

Songs like can't tell me nothing were the highlights, the whole first half was very strong. But then he loses his sense of humor about his music and instead extends songs well past true crowd interest. Why was the best song you play "don't stop believing" over loudspeakers while you lie down and drink a 40? But the final words are excellent, and the kanye that is strongest (humorous, confident, and almost always wrong) brought the house down. B+

The encore is dead however, product of ringtones and the swing in average age of paying fan. When Rihanna and Fantasia are your opening acts and both draw more crowd reponse, something is wrong.

How come N.E.R.D.'s sound quality, as a live band, was so much worse than Kanye? How come Lupe starts the show and then disappears. All part of getting the average suburban Boston child home before 1? Where are the Boston city venues that are great enough to handle the Kanye? The encore was signed away in a contract and instead can only be planned- one song long. Kanye needs a band on stage with him so he can share their energy. But you still have to appreciate a completely ridiculous story so well sold. Great intros but it seemed most songs started a minute too long. I would have loved for him to just drop a stronger on you out of nowhere, rather than a two-minute intro and build up- they both work, but that song hits you in such a wild way that it is best when it slaps you in the face.

The front row got their moneys worth in smoke.

The visual effect behind k was overlayed on the rear tv's, which could explain the delay on those TV's, which can tend to ruin the song when you can't directly connect with the musician. What kind of venue has no standing room only in front of the stage?

Chris brown did show up, which is pretty good, and nerd's dancing girl's titty almost popped out.

We were able to get through a whole blunt in the second row from the front but two kids in the middle couldn't figure out how to smoke a bowl?

Also, our blunt got the shit passed out of it.

Almost picked up some thirty-somethings.

Kanye dances about as good as I do.

Kanyes next cd needs to ne nothing but great music. Pure, without extended unnecessary message (or lame dancehall excuses (drunk and hot girls- if you're going to make a song with Mos Def- make a good hip hop song with him. Why drop all these amazing chances to make one of the greatest songs of all time and instead recreate (listen to the original sample) a already kind of lame song. The point of sampling is to at least take a song that was good in the first place and make it better, at least not worse.))

On another note, I expect that Dr. Dre's next CD will influence Kanye a lot more than Graduation influencing Dr. Dre. That's not to say that I think Dr. Dre restarted making Detox after he heard Graduation, in fact, I think that Kanye is truly influencing Jay-Z and Dr. Dre in understanding the true meaning of rock star. Dre's next album is going to sound like the meteor that smashes open Kanye's stadium-sounding CD, but Kanye has got something truly special in him. No more gimmicks, (just like Dre) just some straight-up great music. A truly timeless record, something that I think Graduation, Late Registration, and College Dropout are missing. However, it's amazing how quickly he has learned how to create a revolutionary record.

If you're going to be the only one on stage, you better be the only one singing. No need for t-pain, grab the vocoder.

Some of the were done so well live, can't tell me nothing, with great remixed beats- I just wish he did it more often to truly engage.

Kanye would benefit a lot from covers as well because in the end, for most of the audience, he was not their favorite artist.

In this world, just because you had a hit song doesn't mean its popular or that anyone remembers the words or cares to shout them. You have to earn that, something that Kanye doesn't seem to learn.

Getting escorted out of a kanye show or passing out in a bathroom or getting cut off at all of the beer stands- not the best concert in the world.

Great recruiting: if you sign up for the army you can play call of duty 4 at kanye.

What kind of 30 year old goes to Kanye?

Genius lyrics: "baby you're making it..."

There is no other rap artist truly worth seeing live beside kanye, which is sad.

Rangers five hit to the body to win


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