Saturday, June 9, 2007

kanye's new demographic?


my guess... middle class white college students who spend too much time on the internet. with the release of his can't tell me nothing mixtape just two weeks ago (which is being considered the first widely popular mix tape only to be released on the internet) all the internets that are worth visiting are a buzz. from sampling indie pop mega hits, a new take on a play'd out dance track to working with a-trak (playing fluid in sf on the 22nd); he's got a lot of peoples attention. the second single from the up coming graduation just hit the internets, he included a 'snippet' of it on the mix tape which includes one of the smaller k-rants on the tape, quoting him is too fun... "the more drops i do, the sooner the album gonna come. so, the more shit i talk, the sooner y'all get this shit." i've heard a-trak brought in dj mehdi to work on this track, which i think is hilarious, less than six monthes ago the k-man ripped the mic out of so-me's hands and openly admitted to not know who (mehdi's hugely popular label-mate) justice was after losing an award to them at the european mtv awards. he probably just got into them, i hear he reads brooklyn vegan.

kanye west - stronger (full version)

p.s.
going tp the mash sf premiere tonight.

p.p.s.
play some cat pong.

4 comments:

brian said...

Kanye's been popular with white college kids since he first made it big. Glad to see him playing to that demographic.


However, I cannot back that song at all. It's so uninteresting. The beat is pretty whack and I found Kanye just to be boring.

b-ran said...

i hate kanye to be honest..

Caitlin said...

But Derek, middle class white college students don't listen to John Mayer now doooo they? http://www.culturebully.com/kanye-west-feat-john-mayer-bittersweet

Unknown said...

!!!!!CATPONG!!!!!

 

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