Kanye West is the 'Nucleus' of Culture According to Kanye West

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11 жыл бұрын

"In between storming away from paparazzi and storming the stage at New York's Governor's Ball music festival, Kanye West squeezed in time to chat with the New York Times about being the self-proclaimed "Michael Jordan of music" and his newest album Yeezus, due out June 18. For loyal followers of the rapper's @kanyewest Twitter feed, his epic quotes should come as no surprise."*
Kanye West is pretty narcissistic. And self-absorbed. He gave some pretty epic quotes in a recent interview with the New York Times. Is his confidence justified? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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@pusdonym7666 8 жыл бұрын

I am the mitochondria, power house of culture

@vianeyboruel504 8 жыл бұрын

lmao

@ericthegreat7805 Жыл бұрын

This has aged well

@jamescobham6558 6 жыл бұрын

the guy was begging for money recently, what a genius

@TheDoctorAndTheTardis 8 жыл бұрын

Kanye is that like that one crazy friend who talks a lot of shit but you keep him around because he always makes everyone laugh

@echernaut 11 жыл бұрын

He's a genius, his albums are absolutely fantastic and he's one of the last remaining "true artists" still left on this planet. This mentality of him being an asshole was forged by the media because he doesn't believe in any "system." In fact recently he completely gave a middle finger to the industry with his new album by not using album artwork, not releasing any singles to radio, and only putting 10 songs on it. He's one of the most influential and intelligent artists today

@Alecal892 10 жыл бұрын

lol Kanye West is as relevant as a cheesburger

@saqibmunir2102 10 жыл бұрын

Madonna fan ^^^

@Apizzaslice 10 жыл бұрын

Millions of people still eat cheeseburgers. Cheeseburgers haven't gone out of fashion and people all over the world love them. McDonalds was built on cheeseburgers. Even though you intended it as an insult, you're absolutely right. Kanye is incredibly relevant.

@neonspec 10 жыл бұрын

Pretty fucking relevant then eh? :D

@Bl0nc0 9 жыл бұрын

Well, that insult backfired eh?

@terryterry8376 5 жыл бұрын

Cheeseburgers are very relevant

@BPhoenixProductions 11 жыл бұрын

Remember that whole "Hey, I'm proud of you, and Imma let you finish" thing? That was Kanye.

@GreatPirateSolomon42 11 жыл бұрын

"That means he's inside you." Kim is awesome.

@robs.201 9 жыл бұрын

Being the Kanye of anything, isn't being anything but the butt of a joke

@XD123771 6 жыл бұрын

His Yeezy shoes are now worth 1 billion...

@shazil888 11 жыл бұрын

Listen to Late Registration, College Dropout, Graduation, 808's, and Watch the Throne... The're not shallow. And by listening to his music, you're not encouraging pathetic behavior, you're supporting a talented artist. People can talk shit about Kanye all day and rightfully so, but at the end of the day, he speaks from the heart about what he believes to be true... That's 100x more than I can say about any "respected" politician who habitually lie to get ahead--at the expense of others.

@Zzarra222 8 жыл бұрын

Kanye might be a nucleus on a culture dish n some laboratory, but that is as far as his cultural taste goes. The man has no taste in clothing or women. I'm just waiting for someone to really take him down a peg or two where he can get his reality in check along with his super sized ego. The man is just so trashy. There are better rappers out there that have more talent than he does , and better looking black men who have nice personalities. I'm just wondering why Kim lowered her standards to bring this BOZO into the Kardashian fold.

@steh8831 8 жыл бұрын

When Cenk asked if being the atom was better than being the nucleus, the response being "that means he's inside you",...I near shat my brain through my nose, laughing at that. Why does Kanye frown and grimace the whole damn time, he's a multi-millionaire ffs, would it hurt him to smile and be happy about that?

@seanpietrowicz944 8 жыл бұрын

+Ste H His jaw was broken and after surgery he was stuck with a resting bitch face.

@notabotiswear6980 8 жыл бұрын

I gotta give it to kanye he IS one of the pieces to the nucleus of hiphop/street culture. He's brought hundreds of trends to the mix. He's a visual genius, he's a complete artist. He is a huge inspiration to millions. Almost every trend, he's been there to set it up. Polo? Kanye West. Skinny jeans? Kanye West. Bomber Jackets? Kanye West. Pink on men? Kanye west. Im not saying he is solely responsible for these trends but he was definitely a big piece of it. now for his ego, I'm almost positive he just says it to stay relevant in the mainstream. But i dont care for any of that & niether should you. We aren't his friends so why do we care about how he acts? Why not just listen to the music and if u like it, u like it. If not then u dont. thats it, because all he is to us is an artist on our phone. He's not our friend he's just someone who we listen to, when we are bored or want to listen to music.

@kakaeyoka6395 8 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@bobbydickenbags1417 6 жыл бұрын

yungbuad Kanye didn’t ‘start’ those clothing trends my boy. Some of the fools from south central started that shit. And Polo was starting to be worn in the streets by the goons from Polo Street Gangster Disciples.

@Remus0387 11 жыл бұрын

He doesn't censor himself or is politically correct, he calls it as he sees it, being the "nucleus" of pop culture. The real Kanye the article says it something a few people rarely see, where he's a shy and good natured person according to Kim Kardashian and a close friend. Because of the hardship of making in the industry as a black man, he has adopted this persona of being aggressively extroverted to protect himself. I'm not sure if I buy all what this article selling but I certainly agree

@dima71387 11 жыл бұрын

That live performance was dramatic that he did back in 2003. Anyways thank you for response usually don't get one at all. But, what i meant to say there is still few artists in hip-hop community that are trying to keep it alive with substance behind their music. Please check out these songs and those artists J. Cole "Lost Ones", Big K.R.I.T "Yesterday", Kendrick Lamar "Sing About Me I'm Dying Of Thirst".

@ThePhysicsGrad 11 жыл бұрын

For the nucleus comment, by best guess is that he took a quote from KRS-ONE's "MCs Act Like They Don't Know" that goes "In hip hop's atomic structure, I am the nucleus" and took the context completely out.

@jasonmason2274 6 жыл бұрын

I love it when TYT covers pop culture. Its some of their best work.

@Remus0387 11 жыл бұрын

that love him or hate him, you can't ignore him and he is one of the most consistently good music artists of the past decade, his talent is unmistakeable, but of course that come with a great deal of confidence and hubris.

@iampetergriffin 11 жыл бұрын

I admire him for the same reasons. He doesn't live his life in accordance to how other people feels he should. He doesn't live for me, you, him, her, and so on. Not afraid to go against the herd, or be that one person who states his opinion, an opinion others may have but are too afraid of rejection to say it.

@tshadow8615 9 жыл бұрын

he will change. HIS SOCKS, HIS SHORTS, HIS SHOES AND HIS WIFE.

@dima71387 11 жыл бұрын

In conclusion, money is what motivates a lot of people. Hip-hop isn't lost, you just have to look for it. People like J.Cole, Joey Badass, Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T are few of individuals that strive to save the Hip-Hop music. On the other side Gucci Mane, Meek Mill, Jeezy, Waka, Lil B, Soulja Boi etc. are rappers because their loquacious talent of rapping is solely motivated by money and producers instrumentals. Those instrumentals produce an outstanding party music for the clubsand radios.

@Gravertrain 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the response, I appreciate it. I may have been too harsh on the genre, but a lot of Rap lyrics are offensive to me and make me feel embarrassed for the performer. For some reason YT would not let me view your entire comment, but I am pleasantly surprised that the responses so far have been very civil, thoughtful, and objective. That's far from what I expected. Thanks again and please take a listen to Dan Fogelbergs "Leader of The Band". I heard it just now. My all time favorite.

@whatsgoingon07 11 жыл бұрын

change the title to: "Kayne West is the nucleus of Kayne West's ego"

@Adifferentjc 11 жыл бұрын

The difference is that Kanye's not hurting anyone or trying to commit genocide.

@RuleofFive 9 жыл бұрын

One part of a Narcissistic Personality: people that refer to themselves in the third person.

@heat15sw 11 жыл бұрын

''anyone who said i am the king, is no true king''-Tywin Lannister

@Evhoney14 11 жыл бұрын

She's not boasting about how great she is and a lot of people take care of themselves physically. It's called pride. Their is a difference between pride and narcissism. Kanye is a narcissist. He's constantly boasting and is convinced he's a gift to all. Narcissism is about having an overly high opinion of one's self, not taking care of one's self. Of course being obsessed with one's appearance can be a part of it, but Anna doesn't give off that vibe.

@LEpicFails913 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye is taking pop music and turning it into something else. It started with 808's and became something brilliant in MBDTW. Songs like Runaways, Blame Game, and lost In The World took a comercially viable hip-hop sound, broke it down and built it up again, 8 minutes at a time and now with Yeezus he's taken it further with abrassive synths heard before only in underground or experimental hip-hop. I don think he's the most influential hip-hop artist of our time.

@ChanelleFT 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye writes very insightful lyrics. Jesus Walks, All Falls Down, Black Skinheads, Can't Tell Me Nothing, etc. However sometimes he just writes pure slackness. And he's cocky...which I somewhat admire :S

@MrKanyeZ 11 жыл бұрын

I suggest finding yourself a sense of humour. The best thing about Kanye in sit down interviews is he never takes things too seriously, that nucleus comment was clearly in tune with that. He is a great artist, he is a very successful artist- he knows that and everybody else does. That makes a person more self confident in themselves, and who exactly are you or anybody else to call somebody 'arrogant'?? Its a shame everybody doesnt have as much confidence in themselves

@kingq101 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye is not a bad lyricist at all. But he exaggerates his abilities and people eat that shit up. Kanye West does not sell music, he sells an identity.

@brotmann86 11 жыл бұрын

i don't get how that line ana and cenk love so much is "likable". it's great to have good self conscience,and even think "i have the talent to make it to the top", but it's f*d up to say "i am definitely gonna make it as i am simply the best!", there are too many talented people, and probably tons who are better than you, even if you're the one who gets famous and "relevant", is does not mean you are the best, it means you where lucky. and if you don't make it it doesn't mean your less either.

@Paladiesh 11 жыл бұрын

Fuck it, the guy's essentially a megatroll. He's at the top and he's trolling everybody. It's his understanding of being rich and successful and to be honest this has gotta be one of the best uses for riches and fame I've seen in history.

@sxehitman007 11 жыл бұрын

What's your obsession with being on a website created by American, watching an American online show, and complaining about Americans? It's not fame, it's success.

@GreatPirateSolomon42 11 жыл бұрын

South Park didn't even have over exaggerate his character... thats how he really acts.

@lilprpmami1 11 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a quote I heard once ' If your gonna be crazy at least get paid for it, or else you'll be locked up'

@meistensimmer 11 жыл бұрын

2:32 Love Kasper's laugh.

@Mayfleette 11 жыл бұрын

1:43 Any man who must say 'I am the King' is no king -Tywin Lannister

@HassleCat 11 жыл бұрын

I don't appreciate his art because I can't always tell if a song is rap or hiphop, but I appreciate his humor, intentional or not. Ana is right about the George Tenet lyrics.

@MrKanyeZ 11 жыл бұрын

Hes been 'showing' it for the past decade, hence every album he releases being critically acclaimed (an almost unheard of feat), having 21 grammy wins, and having been consistently talked about as one of the best artists in music for the past decade. Id consider that 'showing' talent wouldnt you??

@ludaswifey101 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye's attitude overshadows whatever talent he has.

@ramone2185 11 жыл бұрын

I know most people absolutely hate Kanye after the whole Taylor Swift thing, but I like the guy. Say what you want, but his confidence is admirable. I wish I was as confident as him.

@AceBus05 11 жыл бұрын

There is no better artist in music right now than Kanye West.

@AQ1888 11 жыл бұрын

The guy is playing his gimmick perfectly. The role Kanye is performing is working so well people believe it's real.

@ChrisTheSUB 11 жыл бұрын

Ana has earned my respect. She recognizes a genius when most people see crazy.

@UnifiedaxxS 9 жыл бұрын

I'm with Anna. Kanye's is immensely talented

@ArcaneEther 11 жыл бұрын

There is a theory based on intrinsic memory studies, that women who are attracted to men like this, do so because they subconsciously see that that "Alpha male" trait will be passed into their own offspring, therefore furthering genetic survival. I found the theory rather interesting.

@kefkapalazzo1 11 жыл бұрын

the music being wrong is how it doesnt have meaning. yeezus has a lot of themes dealing with race and the evils of consumerism

@trier4952 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye is not the winner of the most Grammys. It was Classical conductor Georg Solti, who won 31 Grammys total before dying in 1997

@309502854 11 жыл бұрын

"Ain't nobody messin' with his clique"- video cuts out. I DIED ahahah

@eirefrance 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye has won a Grammy against white competition numerous times. Beastie Boys, Fergie, and Eminem, the latter several times. And in the songwriting categories, he’s won against several white songwriters. And, then, there's Taylor Swift.

@kazearaki853 11 жыл бұрын

O, God... I'm not even sure which part of that lyric made Kanye talented. Hendrik is talented, Slash is talented, Morello is talented. Where the hell did Kanye even belongs among the giant black talented musicians?

@Anthrage 11 жыл бұрын

The funniest thing about all this is that the rest of us who know what culture is, are not gonna let Kanye finish.

@schlafanzyk 11 жыл бұрын

Dennis Rodman has had a bigger impact on the world than Kanye West ever will - and he's a retired NBA basketball player turned drug addict. Kanye will still be screaming "I'm relevant!" from the rooftops when he's 80, divorced from The Kardashians and not selling any records anymore, because people found out that there is decent music out there, which he has always desperately tried to copy, while artists like Killer Mike with tracks like Reagan were addressing problems in a way he never could.

@Ginpeporimeg 11 жыл бұрын

I would invest in West's business just because the leader has that much confidence.

@Remus0387 11 жыл бұрын

Recently read an article about Kanye West where it was said that if you think Kanye's crazy the jokes on you. This whole narcissist egomaniac complex that people see in his music, in his performances and in public is an image he's cultivated over the years because people don't know what to make of this hugely successful black man who's defied the establishment to make his fame and fortune. He feels people think he's a nutjob, or a monster so he plays up the image they want.

@DrPhilipJarrett 11 жыл бұрын

just checked, kanye has 21 Grammys. only black people with more are Quincy Jones (27) and Stevie Wonder (22) and neither had 21 by the time they hit 36. As for not beating anyone white, thats not true. he beat the Beastie Boys in 2005 for best rap album, The Lonely Island in 2010 for best rap/sung and Eminem in 2006 for best rap solo. but in his defence, his beef is the fact he hasn't every won a grammy outside of the rap or R&B category.

@mclenalex 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye said Culture evolves around Him?. No egoAtAll. Culture doesn't exist without him.

@chemlearner88 11 жыл бұрын

I am not bothered by his over-confidence, he has gotten really far. See how far you get in the music industry without confidence. He has a reputation to live up to, and no one knows what his PR agent tells him to say or what is really how he feels. Don't hate! You go Ana!

@Ilovevidgames123 11 жыл бұрын

Because of your profile pic, I giggled when I got to the word "asset".

@ThatsAllFolkers 11 жыл бұрын

He's so good I couldn't name one song by him.

@witawillie 11 жыл бұрын

21 Grammys!!!

@martyc909 11 жыл бұрын

I looked it up, 21 GRAMMYS!!! And only 6 artist have more Grammy's than him. He is right in that he never won a "mainstream" award, and lost to Maroon 5 for best New Artist in 2005, which might have been bad, but at the time I'm sure he was just happy to clean up on all the "urban" Grammy awards. He also has a case for Album of the year in 2006, as he was a producer for Mariah Carey's album, and that album lost to U2. Still, he is very talented, but like many talented people, a bit crazy.

@lilwayneisgarbage09 11 жыл бұрын

It isn't only me that has seen this though, it's common for the foreign to be attractive to people. An Australian girl was very popular at my school for her accent, just like an English guy was with the girls. There was also a Mexican foreign exchange student at that same high school and girls were interested in how life was where he lived. I studied in Sweden for a year and I have the same story to tell, girls thought I was some sort of cowboy because I was from Texas.

@XxXmizzshottaXxX 11 жыл бұрын

But if you're a nice outgoing person, people (more specifically women) will still flock to you because of you being interesting and nice at the same time. It's kinda like a kid that finds a new toy to play with. The new toy is always a priority, but that doesn't mean they like their favorite stuffed animal any less ;)

@JimmyKraktov 11 жыл бұрын

Like I said, whether you like her or not, Kanye West decided to steal her moment in the spotlight. There is absolutely no excuse for doing that. He didn't have anything to do with her popularity. She did that on her own. Please don't try to justify his incredibly bad intrusion on her turf.

@Ilovevidgames123 11 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, the Oracle has spoken! There are no such things as government conspiracies! He hath proclaimed that the very idea that those in power might use their power to quietly and secretly gain more power is utter foolishness!

@MrKanyeZ 11 жыл бұрын

You do know hes bigger in Europe than in the US right?? He and Jay-Z both recently came off of having the highest grossing tour in history which was in europe.... to just add a fact to my point. I am also english by the way, i live in england and every time he comes to this country his shows sell out. Infact, he had a show in london a few months ago, it was only meant to be 2 nights but they decided to extend it because the shows sold out so quickly The irony of your last comment is incredible

@moonlily1 11 жыл бұрын

He's talented, yes. At one thing: rapping. It does not make Da Vinci. It does not make him the 'nucleus of culture'. It doesn't even make him qualified to do anything else.

@CrusaderDom3 11 жыл бұрын

You age well if you make good decisions, i.e. not smoking, eating well, exercise. Nobody ages better anyone, any talk otherwise is just a feel good thing for that group.

@billD.Boomer 11 жыл бұрын

That's not entirely true, Kanye's albums sell very well overseas pretty much everywhere except Britain.

@jamesforrester2876 11 жыл бұрын

My respect for Ana just went down by about 38% that was horrible to watch someone so great gushing like a school girl over someone so shitty. Like Princess Diana squealing because Rupert Murdoch looked at her.

@sxehitman007 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye West has put out great albums that went platinum so I don't think people will forget him in 20 years. That's like saying Metallica will be forgotten in 20 years. Not gonna happen. Unless you hate him because he interuppted a white girl on stage which actually ended up benefiting her.

@marzwoody 11 жыл бұрын

kanye writes lyrics better than you could ever in your life. and hes better than 90% of rappers now a days like lil wayne, soulja boy, gucci mane etc.

@MajesticJac 11 жыл бұрын

I like how TYT used a picture of Kanye West and Taylor Swift and didn't think to mention that all of this is coming from the guy that thought it was his place to interrupt Taylor Swift's award speech.

@MrKanyeZ 11 жыл бұрын

In your opinion. The vast vast vast majority of people disagree with you. People complaining about him being 'cocky' or 'confident' are just jealous because they just lack confidence in themselves.

@Moranen420 11 жыл бұрын

While he is crazy arrogant here, he was a kid with dreams and now here he is with everything he wants.

@KidGreeD14 11 жыл бұрын

i dont care what anybody say about kanye he's inspiring and i hope when i'm done with school i can be almost as successful as him

@kazearaki853 11 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Sigur Ros recently and man this group has talent.

@Serahpin 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye is going to be bigger than CNN, not because Kanye will be that big, but because CNN is shrinking that much.

@Ilovevidgames123 11 жыл бұрын

I'm not talking about not being able to afford it. I'm talking about the internet infrastructure not fucking being there.

@faeryfirefly 11 жыл бұрын

Sir Georg Solti is actually the one who has been awarded the most Grammys.

@whydizz 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye West can be this cocky because he has the fame, good music, money to back it up. He is the greatest.

@Togmot 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye West? Talented? TALENTED? Oh boy, getting your songs written for you and ripping off the work of others sure takes a lot of talent.

@elidrissii 11 жыл бұрын

Because like him, she likes to think she's very intellectual and deep in her discussions and not as fucking shallow as it can get.

@Gravertrain 11 жыл бұрын

I heard a Rapper actually sing in "Hey Mama". "Family Bisiness was mostly back up talent. All the same, thanks for your response. I enjoyed the musical parts of both creations. but still did not care for the"Rap". I'm not a follower of Kanye, but in these two cases he seems to do a higher quality of Rap than I've been exposed to. Have a good day.

@billydontswear165 11 жыл бұрын

I've never heard more than 15 seconds of a Kanye song and I never will.

@TonyFbaby87 11 жыл бұрын

I think Kanye's personality is made shallow by his status, but i don't think his lyrics are shallow. Just because some lines refer to cash and bitches... doesn't mean it's shallow... shallow lyrics are lyrics with no meaning behind it. When Kanye talks about that he does it knowing how shallow they are, making them no longer shallow, but more of ironic reflections of his culture... listen to: All of the lights, Monster, runaway, All falls down, gold digger, touch the sky, diamonds.. ect..

@amila_ 11 жыл бұрын

have most of you even listened to kanye's music? his lyrics are gold..

@ChollieD 11 жыл бұрын

Want your kid to be self-absorbed and narcissistic? Call him "Kanye". You're so special. You're so precious. Dude is a diva, Aretha and Bette got nothing on (say it falsetto) Kanye. The color of his M&M's matter so very much, and do not EVER put carrots on his plate.

@biggydx 11 жыл бұрын

Early Kanye was the only Kanye worth listening to.

@GRAVEAUDIO 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye West Is next level awesome, genius. The fact that he causes a rift with some people is part of the genius.

@heavyharpoon89 11 жыл бұрын

Kanye being fond of himself has worked for him so far, why would he tone it down?

@FahadShah822 11 жыл бұрын

THAAAANK YOUUUU...

@jackscarb 11 жыл бұрын

From what i can tell Americans love confidence but in Britain if you said anything Kanye west does you would be hated.

@TomahawkTerror 11 жыл бұрын

Is...is this video flipped?

@Ilovevidgames123 11 жыл бұрын

Hence why everyone loves you after the 2010 playoffs. Your three-point shots were good and you won.

@dima71387 11 жыл бұрын

You wrong. Rap is something you do, hip-hop is how you live. There used to be hip-hop culture and rap music was one of the branches along with hip-hop music. '90s was a prime time for hip-hop culture where money wasn't involved in the music business. After money got involved music competition increased and with rise of internet, people with no talent at all uploaded their music. What happened next is dramatic. Hip-Hop got confused and radio elites took over the industry.