Comments on: Spike Jonze Has Directed “Otis” For Kanye West & Jay-Z

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:05:52 +0000

Hey Ryan, remember when Kanye did that one thing where even Obama called him a jackass for it? Remember when he hijacked a live Katrina telethon to call Bush a racist? Remember anything he did that made him more talked-about for his personality than his music?

Yeah, all of that is why Kanye has that \”opinions may vary\” dog-ear in the article, and not Mr. Carter or Spike. We get it, you\’re a white dude who takes a scholastic approach to urban music and feels proud to be playing both sides of the racial fence on rap music. But that was a fail, buddy.

That being said, I squealed when the rumors started coming out that Spike directed it. Enough of this hipster LCD Soundsystem/Beastie Boys/Arcade Fire bulsh, it\’s time to mash up his talents with different genres and do something exciting.

Spike + LCD/Beastie/Arcade Fire is almost a joke it\’s so predictable (even though SFTS was pretty damn good).

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:05:52 +0000

It wasn\’t a cheap shot. He said \’while opinions of West vary\’…..that was all. He wasn\’t giving his personal feeling on Kanye, just commenting on Kanye\’s persona in the public as we all have seen. Everyone knows this.He isn\’t exactly shy, is he?

So calm the fuck down.

And just so you know i\’m a fan.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:05:52 +0000

I don\’t understand what you mean when you say \”opinions of West vary\”. His last album was almost universally cast as the best album of last year. And each of his albums up this point, in fact, have been extremely well received (as has his work on other albums for people like Jay-Z and Common, and almost all of his music videos).
There might be people who take a distaste to Kanye personally, but you don\’t go into the personalities of Jigga and Spike in you piece, so why would you feel the need to bring that up? And what does that have to do with the video? The same phenomenon occurred last year when almost every rave review of Kanye\’s album was prefaced with \”No matter what you think of Kanye West…\”.

I was confused by that aspect of your news update (which is what it is, not an article which presents a dynamic view of a person, but simply updates a bit of news AND decides to slip in a cheap shot). And I would prefer it if, next time you are doing your job, you would leave your personal prejudices out of the equation.