kanye west graduation

yeah, very sad, RIP

I'm sorry to hear this.

this is really sad.

jordan that's a fucked thing to say.

jordan that's a fucked thing to say.

Seconded, thirded and fourthed. What the hell, man.

RIP kanye's mom

ned you've never posted a news story about 300 iraqis getting blown up and reacted all "hmmm ... interesting to see how the NRO will react to this"?? ... i understand your reaction but i think we can cut jordan a teeny bit of slack here

Can I invoke Godwin's Law so we can all move on?

Jordan S. killed six million jews.

RIP

he hates the paparazzis even more than the nazis

-- da croupier, Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:29 PM (2 months ago)

jordan s. hierarchy = nazis, paparazzis, kanye's mom

i figured i might get some of this. it was one of the first things that sprang to mind only because of how personal his music is. i doubt anyone that considers themselves a fan of his music didn't have that come to mind very soon.

might even call you some sort of visionary hero.

http://i15.tinypic.com/82tp9ar.jpg

did that image not come through?

she died of complications from plastic surgery. fuck. what a tragic pointless thing.

i figured i might get some of this. it was one of the first things that sprang to mind only because of how personal his music is. i doubt anyone that considers themselves a fan of his music didn't have that come to mind very soon.

It occured to me too soon after finding out. I'm not proud of it, and I wasn't going to post it. But I'm surprised people are acting pious about it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7090287.stm

does anyone know how many ppl pure year die from complications related to plastic surgery? i'd have to imagine that the percentage is beyond miniscule. this is terrible.

per*

thanks anthony xpost.

Same here, in regards to what Anthony said. But is this is really horrible. Jeez, what a way to go.

er...one is would have sufficed, thanks.

this is speculation obv, but i'm assuming since she was having surgery that kanye and family were @ the hospital the whole time. we could take a little solace knowing that he was able to be at her side.

RIP

Imdb says Kanye was in London and flew back immediately, cancelling all engagements.

Donda West died Saturday night in Los Angeles, said the spokesman, who asked for anonymity because not all family members had been notified.

The logic of this "spokesman" is baffling and disgusting ("I'm going to the media but I don't want people to know I'm the reason family members are hearing about it on cnn.com first"). Is this the kind of story that needs to break asap?

ya that's pretty... weird.

yeah i thought the same thing

how does their "spokesman" remain anonymous?

bag over his head

does anyone know how many ppl pure year die from complications related to plastic surgery? i'd have to imagine that the percentage is beyond miniscule. this is terrible.

I saw a documentary recently that made it sound like it was more common than you'd think. This article suggests it's about 1 in 5,000.

West died Saturday night at 8:29 p.m., Corral said.

Cindy Woelfle with Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina Del Rey told CNN that paramedics brought Donda West to the emergency room Saturday evening. Attempts were made to revive her, but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead before 9 p.m.

Woelfle said the procedure West had undergone did not take place at the hospital where she died.

people die at the dentist having their teeth taken out. anaesthesia isn't without risks, which is why you sign a release every time you go under.

some outlets are saying it was a "combination procedure" that included liposuction.

She never seemed overweight to me?

RIP. This is very sad, knowing Kanye was so close to her.

A coroner's spokesman said an autopsy would be performed later this week. He did not know what sort of surgery West underwent, but media reports said she had a breast reduction and abdominoplasty, a major procedure commonly referred to as a "tummy tuck."

The celebrity news Web site TMZ.com quoted a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Jan Adams, as saying he performed surgery on West before she died, that her death was unforeseen and he did nothing wrong.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-west-mother.html

"Kanye was doing beats for Bad Boy artists in '98, I don't think he needed to "catch up" with what Puffy was doing back then."

making beats for bad boy in 98 = not the same as doing bad boy videos in 98.

don't know why you're dredging up that boring argument from 3 months ago now, but Gavin was saying that Kanye was trying to "catch up with the cool kids he was always too nerdy to hang with" re: Puffy-type videos, which makes no sense because Kanye was active in the late 90's pop rap scene as a producer years he molded his public image as the Y2K answer to Tribe. dude idolized Puffy and Mase!

years BEFORE he etc.

The first post in this thread is so classic.

he idolised puffy and mase but he also idolised native tongues cos he was a geekazoid. i cant imagine he had that huge a part in all the big balling that all the bad boy artists were involved in. he wasnt exactly one of the hitmen was he? he was just a small time producer back then.

I don't know how I missed "I’m a Dairy Queen" and "I also love the dress" in the same paragraph.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:09 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

he idolised puffy and mase but he also idolised native tongues cos he was a geekazoid. i cant imagine he had that huge a part in all the big balling that all the bad boy artists were involved in. he wasnt exactly one of the hitmen was he? he was just a small time producer back then.

-- titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:57 PM (21 minutes ago)

I have no idea what point you're trying to make now or if it even has anything to do with the post by that Gavin dude that I was responding to, but he said Kanye was suddenly making big Puffy videos as if he was never part of that scene "until he realized in that typically coked-out megalomaniacal way that he was the biggest pop star ever," and I was just pointing out that Kanye has always been blatantly careerist and aspiring to be part of that sphere. of course he was an unknown peripheral figure in the 90's and didn't actually become a star until about 2004, but I'm pretty sure he would've put on a shiny suit in a second if they'd asked him to.

(lol xpost)

"I'm pretty sure he would've put on a shiny suit in a second if they'd asked him to."

i would agree. lol.

So who on this thread is going to get a cease & desist e-mail first: the guy who posted a download link to the whole Kanye album, or the people clowning on Fennessey?

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:51 (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

science projects

-- dylannn, Friday, 31 August 2007 02:54 (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

^^^this was the point in the thread where I lost my shit

Taking Sides: Having Your Embarrassing Undergrad Crit Online Forever For Others To Rip On vs. Random Server Crash That Destroys It All Forever

Took me long enough to find an example:

http://elm.washcoll.edu/past/070/01/70_1ran.php

we need a running kanye blogwatch thread.

the connect 4 game vs. jonah hill where 'ye goes and puts on his own song kindof reminded me of the boogie nights drug dealer scene and was amazing

i'll tie you to a chair and make you eat ur own defecation 8>

xpost

-- luriqua, Saturday, September 1, 2007 7:50 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link

-- Curt1s is coming to Zwinktopia !, Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:13 PM (Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:13 PM) Bookmark Link

fennessey lolz + i am serious rap criticism + issues with culture + hip-hop + some of the best yahh brigade zings = one of my fav threads of all time i aint bullshittin

by the way, which one's Pink?

Speaking of, have we had a thread dedicated to "Who Knew"? I don't think so. Maybe this should be it. Damn, that song is beautiful. I love that really tense buildup at the end. Pink's vocal reminds me quite a bit of Kelly Clarkson's on "Never Again." They're right next to each other on my top 50 singles of the year list (as of right now).

-- Tape Store, Saturday, September 1, 2007 7:03 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link

retarded, pointless posts very much in character