Kanye West Thesis

8 Mile is the story of Jimmy Smith, played by Eminem, and the struggles he went through before becoming a major star in the music industry. It shows the highs and lows of the pre-rap star era in his life, and how growing up in the rough area of Detroit, Michigan and how that not only made his life harder, but made him stronger. It is unbelievable that Eminem had to go through the struggles he had, but that he became the nearly unstoppable and invincible legend he is today. His story was an eye opening one for me to hear, and it made me appreciate him a lot more as well.

The public would view their success as a form of credentials, therefore their knowledge was greatly admired and maybe even worshipped by others. By presenting the history of fame to the conversion, it is apparent that fame has been apart of the daily culture throughout time. Overtime, the social media landscape changed, however so too has the importance of personality. Celebrities today are worshipped because of their way of life and thereby allowing them to influence everyone on any topic at any time using any social media platform. Kanye West is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur, record producer, and fashion designer. He is one of the defining individuals who transformed rap into a new era, making him a role model for not only being an outstanding singer but also the way he lives his life and where he came from. Although, he is proficient in many aspects of his life he doesn’t possess any previous knowledge in politics, yet people listen to him as if he is a president from another country or even an actual politician. He recently tweeted multiple times in regards to Donald Trump, multicultural issues, and stating that slavery was a choice. Kanye

Kanye West also known as "Yeezy" is American rapper, fashion disaster, and also music producer. People may say that Mr. West is our youth of today voice. He has made a tremendous mark in the music and fashion industry. As we all know Mr. West is known for having his moments. It is safe to say that he has the best and top “omg” Moments, such as interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMA’s. Kanye in the begging when he first came on the hip hop scene was this calm, joyful, his music in my eyes was the most different music out at the time, just because he wasn’t rapping about what everyone else was. Kanye was one of those joyful guys, everybody wanted him on his record or produce it. Then a tragic event occurred where his mom died. After then you see

“Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you…I’ll let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!” (West). Most people if they don’t know anything about Kanye West, they know this quote. When anybody hears his name everybody always has an opinion. Some people love him, while a lot of other people hate him, each for a variety of reasons. Though most people only see the arrogant and egotistic side of Kanye, the more important side that people don’t always see is the hardworking musician. In order to fully understand Kanye’s motives and to fully appreciate him, people have to know how he got to the point he is now today.

He refers to mostly sex, which is honestly what I should have expected. But even this being the content of his album, it still worked very nice, aside from a few lines that made me chuckle. "I just eat pussy other people eat food." That lyric had me laughing. Mac Miller isn't known for his wonderful singing, but the way he uses his voice in these songs just ends up working with the beats. He actually doesn't have that bad of a singing voice as I look back at some of the songs he did on previous albums ("Objects in the Mirror", "ROS", "Jump"). It seems that on every album he gets a little more personal, like on the first song "Congratulations," where he seems to be talking about his ex-girlfriend and how he went through the beginnings of trying to become a rapper. I tried to tweet at him to figure out what the first song was about, of course he didn't respond, was worth a shot

So many people try to compare themselves too him. Now, I don’t necessarily feel inspired by the issues he addresses but I am inspired to see someone from a similar background not only become a success through the rap game but also branch out into several other areas. He’s a business, man. Not a businessman. He’s a motivational “FIGURE”.

The artist is not afraid of including his political and social opinions into his lyrics. On his most recent release, The Life of Pablo, the song “Facts” claims a shocking twang of sympathy for Bill Cosby and a harsh slam on the Nike brand. Kanye’s lyrics can often be wild, because he is one of the few mainstream rappers who throw their political opinions into the mix. At the start of his career, however, masses trashed West for not saying what he felt, and claiming him unsuitable for the rap business due to his upbringing in the middle class. "I was mad because I was not being taken seriously as a rapper for a long time […] I was disrespected as a rapper” (“West, Kanye”). Kanye spoke out on the topics he saw as issues, and the rap community soon accepted

Talib Kweli and Mos Def are amazing artists each in their only rights. Their performances together as Black Star gave me and many other hip hop fans an amazing album. Aside from the sound of it, what I love about this particular song is that it brings me back emotionally to those few moment were as I explored my own culture and identity I found yet another thing to be excited about. What I also love about this track is that it illustrates hip hop isnt all about selling drugs and thug living. The commercial song are the only voices

The music movie is an expression of Kanye having a hard time being himself when he is constantly being torn apart and alienated by the world around him. During a drive by himself, he witnesses a beautiful Pheonix fall from the sky in a ball of fire. He takes her home tries to give her his lifestyle, but in the end, he realizes once she leaves that he no longer wants his lifestyle either and runs away from it.

After one listed of the full project, it is clear that Kanye West is explaining his personal struggle between dealing with the responsibilities and challenges that come with being an artist and his personal issues, like the passing of his mother. Once more, he leaves himself to reveal his shortcomings and truth to his audience. Unlike the flamboyant and ostentatious West, most people are familiar with, this new, reformed West authentically attempts to ground himself and return to a human level. Aesthetically, he uses many samples and combines the soul, r&b, and hip-hop type beats of his past with the electronic, super produced mainstream sound of “Graduation” and “808’s and Heartbreak.”

His voice is oh so very flat, and the amount of autotune he uses is ridiculous. In some songs it was annoying, but I kind of like it overall, and the autotune is a very distinct sound. His vocals are very distinct. Lil Yachty sells the idea of fun and being unbothered throughout his mixtape, but he lacks complete lyrical skills. If you listen to music for the lyrics then this album definitely isn't for you. Yachty knows how to make a catchy hook, which is one of the main reasons I liked the mixtape. It had a cute sound to it, if you ask me, it's different from everything else, from the sound to the autotuned lyrics. A few words to sum up the album (mixtape) : autotune, and

“Unlike other creators in his genre like Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie or even M.C. Hammer for that matter, it’s unlikely that we’ll be quoting too many of Kanye’s songs 20 years from now. He didn’t open up new avenues of public discourse like NWA, or introduce the world to a new art form like Grandmaster Flash, or even meaningfully and memorably address social issues through his music like Marshall, Macklemore, and

On the other hand, I decided to listen to him for my first time. I quickly place my perfectly new style white and red headphones on my ears. These headphones are built with so much comfort it feels as if i were laying my head on the softest pillow ever made, feels like ear so that it cancels out any other sounds but the music I listen to. As I listen to each and every song on the entire mixtape I listen to the real lyrics that he provides. Feels like he is speaking to me telling me his message throughout his music. "Everything is not what it seems as I follow my dreams. People will try to bring me down in life but I can't let them do it. People want to see me make it in life but don't want to see me go farther and be happier than them."

Titled I Thought About Killing You, it’s at first a confusing listen until you consider that the person Kanye wants to kill is his ego. He’s starting to resent the manic persona he’s become known for over the years, and the whole of this rather short eighth album is a revocation of his past transgressions as a larger than life

All music connects to someone because of the emotions it arises in them. Emotions play a wonderful roll in picking out music that suits you. Kanye West delivered different emotions in different songs. “Ultra Lightbeam” was one of my favorite out of the album. He delivered emotion in this song by singing about faith. One of his lines in the song says, “I’m tryna keep my faith, but I'm looking for more.” I could relate to this song since I grew up in church and have had times when I wanted to keep my faith, but I was always left wanting something different. This song made me like Kanye and made me realize he isn't always going to be rude and a selfish attitude. This created an emotional connection with this song. I also loved how there were many different artist featured in this album like the following: Kid Cudi, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Chance The Rapper, Sia, The Weeknd, and Frank Ocean. There was many more which made me finally warm up to Kanye’s style of music. I have listened to most of the other artists, so when I heard them on the album it made me like some songs even more out of the album. Many of his songs could connect to a variety of people since they had different sounds to them. This makes his album more likable because if a person didn't like the sound of one, then there was bound to be one with a unique sound that fit their style of music. The emotional element is a huge part of music