Kanye West Thread: Do you like banana pudding?

[Bandit]

I always defended Kanye by saying I'd act the same way if I was rich and famous. Being a celebrity and normal sounds boring.

I don't think (and hope) that I'd go this far

I just wish he would do a podcast with his new business partner Antonio Brown. One hung up forever on Kim Kardashian, the other Tom Brady.

[Bandit]

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Kanye West will make fans shell out for his own weird little $200 music gadget—the Stem Player—if they want to hear his new album. The star took a break from posting about Pete Davidson late Thursday to let his fans know they won’t be able to listen to Donda 2 on any of the major streaming services when it drops this month. Alongside a teaser clip from the album, West wrote: “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own.” He then posted a link to the $200 Stem Player—a device released alongside Donda that lets people listen to and remix tracks. The top reply to West’s post, from rapper WHATUPRG, simply said: “bro why.”

[Dr. Zoidberg]

It will also be available on BitTorrent not long after release.

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It will also be available on BitTorrent not long after release.

That said, I'd buy one of those Stem Players if it's on a steep discount because they're weird as hell

[Bandit]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Bandit]

Alright this is just getting sad.

Skete's fabled Big Dick Energy versus Kanye's 40 Year Old Sad Divorced Dad Energy.

[Bandit]

I'm 3 songs in and Donda 2 is way better than Donda 1. He really should have put #1 exclusive to his Stem thingamajig. That album was so sparse it invites remixes. So far 2 are fully formed good Kanye songs.

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Bandit]

This is what happens when you try to look like Jeff Hardy and take as much drugs as he does.

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[melancholy]

That was like watching a high school student trying to be edgy in art class after his girlfriend dumps him for the football team’s quarterback.

[ian]

I'm 3 songs in and Donda 2 is way better than Donda 1. He really should have put #1 exclusive to his Stem thingamajig. That album was so sparse it invites remixes. So far 2 are fully formed good Kanye songs.

Wait a minute, are you telling me that Kanye is a musician still?

I thought he was more like an American version of the Gallagher Brothers... Sure there's one really good song and a few people know a second one, but the real reason the world gives a shit is for the drama.

At least that's what I've taken away from Kanye this past decade.

[Bandit]

I'm 3 songs in and Donda 2 is way better than Donda 1. He really should have put #1 exclusive to his Stem thingamajig. That album was so sparse it invites remixes. So far 2 are fully formed good Kanye songs.

Wait a minute, are you telling me that Kanye is a musician still?

I thought he was more like an American version of the Gallagher Brothers... Sure there's one really good song and a few people know a second one, but the real reason the world gives a shit is for the drama.

At least that's what I've taken away from Kanye this past decade.

The past two years that's probably accurate.

Although I wish Liam Gallagher ran for Prime Minister.

[Bandit]

[Ocelot]

So who's the face and heel here the dynamic has me tossed.

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Kanye is definitely the heel at this point. I don't know if Pete is necessarily a face, but he's definitely on a redemption arc. By all accounts, he's gone from an irritating Long Island skeezeball to generally nice guy with a rough past.

[Bandit]

Kanye has been heel since 2016 at that show where he stops the show to ramble about how he supports Trump and building the wall (at a California concert with lots of Hispanic fans) and the "slavery was a choice" thing.