AMK wrote: Charlamagne is right though. He denounces corporation, and calls everyone slaves to it, then has a hissy fit when they won't let him design/promote his stuff.
Also, just because you're a cultural figure with influence, it doesn't mean every industry should suddenly bow down to him. There are a lot of high-end brands that won't work with him because they don't want wigga wannabe fanboys buying their clothes. The link to hip-hop and general ass-hattery isn't always a good thing for a brand/company, so he needs to learn his place in the industry.
Talks about being a slave to expensive corporation and then sells tees for $150.
He's completely disappeared up his own arse.
They don't want "wigga wannabe fanboys" wearing their clothes? I think that's exactly the thing Kanye is opposing. That creative geniuses shouldn't be boxed in and just share their talent within a closed group. What's the point in designing clothes that only rich people can buy, Kanye wants this product to be for everyone. It's that the big fashion corporations sign these talented designers just so that they can sell over-priced, often, crap because people are slaves to public perception he is against. Given his latest round of interviews that should be pretty clear to just about anyone who's been listening.
He could work though on the way he addresses these problems and the way he comes off as. People who just turn in to listen to him going nuts on Sway will write Kanye off as mental without a moment's hesitation. I don't think half the ones calling him names have heard anything else except the crazy bits in his recent interviews. There are pure and good intentions behind all those rants if people would just listen and try to take in what he is actually saying.
If Kanye would have it his way there would most definitely be another series of Yeezys out there right now, probably even priced lower than earlier. Just to get that product out in a steady flow.
That thing with Nike not giving him royalties was utter bullshit on their side. No wonder Kanye is frustrated trying to work and get on with money hungry vultures just trying to exploit his brand.
Quite on the opposite I think it could potentially be very interesting with Kanye working as hard on establishing product the same way he established himself as a rapper. He is arguably a front runner in that department the way things are looking today.