Kanye West, above all else, has a very impressive ego. He’s got an astonishing opinion of himself and probably talks-up what he leaves in the toilet bowl up in the morning. He’s brilliantly devoid of self-awareness, which of course, makes him perfect for people like us (idiots).
So when he’s not checking his own arse out in a mirror, Kanye is getting busy with the media as he preps his new album which has had quite a few names of late (the latest and most likely being Dark Twisted Fantasy).
So what his the new LP going to be like? Well, we’ve seen a snippet of the very expensive looking video and the record itself, according to the man himself, aspires to be the sonic equivalent of James Cameron’s Avatar. Presumably he means the mindbending 3D as opposed to the hokey, done-to-death storyline.
West bleated on about the new cut in an impromptu video chat from a hotel room in Korea which was shown on UStream.
West said the new album will “be dropping sometime in November”, before hyping the album as “a progression”, pointing to the multi-year “masterplans” of film director Cameron and the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
“When I make music, I’m not really thinking of other rapper’s albums. I’m trying to make my music compete with that McQueen collection. I’m not saying it does; I’m just saying that is the goal … Hopefully this album ? if not this album, then the next album ? will be [my] masterwork. That Avatar-level.”
Then, he compared his pedestrian rap-pop with some huge projects.
“I try to compete against the past. I think Michelangelo, Picasso, the pyramids. That’s the reason I put like 5,000 hours into a song like Power. What we’re doing in this era is light work compared to … past monuments.”
Amidst all this big-talk, he decided to show off some pictures on his laptop, which included some unicorns, naked women and a fur coat that he wants.
Weirder still, in the closing moments of the video (which you can watch below), West answered an online critic who accused him of being racist.
“I actually don’t know a rapper before me that liked white people more than me. I don’t know a rapper that wore tighter jeans.”
We’ve no idea either. Anyway, Kanye fans and haters, enjoy the video below.
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