Kanye

i was listening to MTV on my radio this morning on my way to work and they had an interview with Kanye West....he was telling about his accident which inspired the song "Through the Wire"...it was actually a decent interview...

im not a bigKanye fan, mostly because from what i have seen on TV, i dont really feel him....his attitude bothers me...im all for being confident and im all for being xtra knowledgable of your chosen craft/profession but he seems like a spoiled brat at times...plus i dont think he interviews well, most interviews with him just made me roll my eyes, somma the stuff that comes out his mouth makes me wonder...im just not a big fan period of him although i do like quite a few of his song.s..i actually have to separate the man from his music in order to listen to it without bias...

same way i have to do when i am confronted with themusic of Usher...i love the man's music and his voice but his personality irks me...i told myself to take a step back though...what if iwas Kanye's or Usher's homegirl...i have a few guy friends who some of my other friend's never really liked too much, but its because around people they were wearing this mask, but one-on-one they felt more comfortable to take the mask down and we could have really, deep discussions...so if i was a homegirl to these star's would i get a whole 'nother personality from them?...would they show me a different side of themselves?...i would hope so...i would hope that away from the spotlight they r cool people...i mean someone loves then, even if it is just their mothers...

i got all off topic...as usual...after the interview with Kanye they played the song"Through the Wire"...and i could really hear the difference in his voice, i could tell that his jaw was wired shut when he made it...for some reason i felt proud of him, he lived through a nearly fatal car accident and he came back to tell about it...in the song he says something along the lines of sorry to the listener's if they cant understand him but he just had a lot to get off his chest...i really felt that because sometimes life gets kinda deep and u just have to get it all out...my way is usually by writing, as was his, his outlet was making the song...thats hot, he took all the pain and directed it towards his passion which seems to be his music...

i can reallyfeel that...i can really commend that, no matter how i feel about him i can take a step back and be like that man did his thing...he took all that happened to him and he focused it...in the interview he said that he saw his jaw in his rearview mirror right after the accident took place and could see his jaw smashed into his face...he was also brave enough to call his woman and told her to call his mama...he said he apologized to his woman...he said no matter how much u hurt yourself, the people u love will always hurt more for you...and i felt that...

i saw a side of Kanye i hadnt seen before...i think this particular interview along with the song afterwards really humanized Kanye for me...u cant talk about a life changing event while putting on airs, so for once i sensed a humility about Kanye, a humilitythat i wish i could see more often...

oooh, but the life of a rap star...sometimes u dont get that...even when they try and convey it through their music...sometimes u hear their deepness, the thoughts that they speak about in the music, but then u see the artist acting like an ass on tv...and u cant put the two together...like how did these thought provoking lyrics come from such an emptyperson.....its all in the attitude, its all in the masks...sometimes i wish artists could just not be afraid to tear down the mask and let their fans seeTHEM...Kanye did that for me this morning and now i have much more respect for him because he let me see the man behind the mask...