Eff the AM: New Kanye & Horrible New Gap Ad
NY Mag has harsh words about “Amazing” and “Tell Everybody That You Know” two tracks leaked from Kanye’s upcoming CD. I love a lot of what Kanye’s done. Everybody knows he’s an excellent producer and lyricist … but his vocals and flow are suspect at times. I actually like both songs and they will probably be popular, but you can’t call this an improvement on his past work. “Amazing” almost sounds like a Kid Rock’s “Only God Knows Why” mixed with the Gangsta’s Paradise choir. And everybody still talks about Kid Rock’s slowed-down vocoder song… oh wait, no they don’t. Thankfully Young Jeezy is a good addition — he had a slick appearance on “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” from Graduation.
I don’t know how to feel about these songs though. They’re worth listening to… but they aren’t really “Kanye West songs”. When I heard them, I immediately thought either 1) somebody close to him died or 2) he and his girl split. Apparently, it’s both. His mom died about a year ago from botched plastic surgery and because he and Alexis Phifer broke up a few months ago. The title of Mr. West’s upcoming CD is 808’s and Heartbreak. The former referring to the drum machine nicknamed the “808″ and the latter presumably referring to Phifer. Maybe Kanye grew up. He surprised me the most by failing to mention a single brand (I think). In 2004, he topped the American Brandstand list with mentions of 19 different brands in 4 of his songs (19 brands in 4 songs - Avis, Boost, Cadillac, Cartier, Cool Whip, Ensure, Geico Insurance, Hennessy, Jacob the Jeweler, Lexus, x2, Mercedes, MTV, Nike x2, Pepsi, Rolex, Toys R Us, Versace). Although, the new “maturity” didn’t stop him from claiming he’s the “voice of a generation”.
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Gap creates potentially the most annoying celebrity holiday song commercial of all time
- NBC to air 3-D episode of Chuck after the Super Bowl… and then realize Chuck will never be popular. This is reminiscent of INCESSANT My Own Worst Enemy promos during the Olympics.
- Obama to resign from Senate on Sunday.
- Viewers of election coverage like and dislike O’Reilly the least. Katie Couric sandwiched between O’Reilly and Fox News (in general) on disliked list. Ouch.
- Heidi and Spencer will appear on “How I Met Your Mother”. Ugh.
- 60 Minutes books first post-election interview with Barack and Michelle Obama on Sunday.
- NYT says Obama dresses like Jerry Seinfeld.
- Preview Kanye’s competition… The Killers Day & Age
- TMZ says it best, “Travolta Shaves Head, Leaves Beard“. Scary but kind of awesome. John called it the “Stone Cold” look.
- Chinese government decides to “name and shame” artists that lip-synch.
- Quantum of Solace locations for your James Bond tour.
- Paulson urges automaker aid. Soros: “Hedge funds will be decimated.”
- Bin Laden “cut off” from Al Qaeda operations. I think we’d actually be less safe if he died. At this point, he’s just a trophy.
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