There’s been a lot of Kanye West news and notes over the last couple of weeks. But, honestly, something has been missing. And when we say something, we mean a proper Kanye-rant.
Sure, there was the mini-rant he had against the radio during the Governors Ball on Sunday. But we need more, dammit.
We might finally have our wish.
The other day, Kanye West appeared at the annual Art Basel fair in Basel, Switzerland. While there, Kanye played some tracks off the Yeezus album. He took the mic himself, where he spit an acapella verse from “New Slaves.” He also did a better rant, one where he touched on everything from art to YouTube.
Here are some highlights:
“[I hate YouTube because] the player is so ugly, and it’s presented in such a terrible manner. I want everything I do to be presented in an art context, as this is a form of sonic art. I was an artist originally, I have been in art school since I was 5 years old. I got scholarships to three art schools, Art Institute of Chicago, Saint Xavier, and the American Academy of Art, where I ended up going — and I dropped out because I had an assignment where I was supposed to do an ink painting or something, and I would take two weeks to do it, and when I looked at my work, I just felt that I would never be one of the great visual artists of the world. I just felt like I would end up like—and this is no knock to anybody that does this—but I felt like I would end up working at an ad agency or something like that. I wanted to make something of impact. I found that when I would drop samples, my friends would react to it more. I felt that I had a real talent in chopping and appropriating music.”
He also talked about making music, and what it’s like creating art:
“What I want people to understand about sampling and producing is that it’s really similar to — and I know this is obvious what I’m going to say, because I’m a black guy so I’m gonna name the ‘most obvious artist in the world ’— Warhol, but it’s very similar to the way Warhol would appropriate a Campbell’s Soup can is the way I would sonically appropriate a Ray Charles sample or a Michael Jackson sample.”
Oh, and you best believe he mentioned Kim:
“I fight in my position of being a very commercial celebrity boyfriend, I fight to push culture forward every chance I get. And I only frown because paparazzi ask me dumbass sh*t all the time, and I think about changing the world, and I think about what I can do to make things better.”
Not your typical angry-Kanye rant, but it’ll do, pig, it’ll do. Hopefully we’ll get some video of it soon.
SOURCE: TheDailyBeast
