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Earnie Shavers said:
Kanye is a producer first and foremost.
And perhaps that is where he should remain.
Earnie Shavers said:
Kanye is a producer first and foremost.
ozeeko said:I think U2 will lose any at all credibility they have left by doing this. It's almost like a last ditch effort: hmm, who's the hottest artist out right now? Kanye West? Yeah, I hear he's popular. Let's record with him. It will attract more young people! Come on, this has disaster written all over it. Just record a good album that you're more than capable of doing. For the love of God!!!
JCOSTER said:U2 must know something we don't about West.....
Aygo said:
Unfortunatelly, hip-hop is what is hot now.
Aygo said:The example about that this not even happens with rock music is that Madonna's "Hung Up" didn't get #1, and peaked at #7, despite its huge success..
doubleU said:
Oh god, you're so full of shit. Just look at the reaction in here, a big portion of the core U2 audience hates this man. This isn't some plan to make more fans. U2 actually believe in this artist. They took a risk bringing him in on this tour, and they've been talking about him for months before the tour.
Why is it so hard for some of you to believe that they find this man inspirational?
ozeeko said:
If U2 wanted to record with Tool
ozeeko said:
Do you ever question anything U2 does?
Did you not see the tour boards reaction to Kanye opening for them? Many said they would boo him, before even seeing him live people were making judgements about his performance. Yeah, sounds like the easy step to make.ozeeko said:
There's plenty of other rappers out there, more anonymous ones who are inspirational and doing their own thing. But they safely focus on Kanye because they know it's a smart business decision. Think about that! They had Kanye on the tour because he's the king of hip hop right now, just like they are the kings of rock (according to them). It's all about surrounding themselves with artists that they know they can sell music easily with.
No one is worshiping anything. In fact at this point it's just a rumor. A rumor that I like. It doesn't matter if it's uncharted waters or not. And it doesn't matter who. But for you to suggest that the only reason they would choose to record with Kanye is that "they hear he's popular", or that "he'll attract a younger crowd" is bullshit. If they wanted to record for the sake of "hey they are popular", and "they will attract a younger audience" they'd be recording with Eminem, The Killers, 50 Cent, or someone like that. But you wouldn't want to look at facts would you?ozeeko said:
If U2 wanted to record with Tool, or Deftones, or an indie band lesser known, maybe even an Irish band, that would be ballsy. But Kanye? Doesn't sound like a move of inspiration to me. And Kanye's already been recording with rock artists, like that dude from Maroon 5. It's not uncharted waters were talking here. And I resent you thinking people are full of shit for actually disapproving of a potential U2 decision. I'm sorry but I just can't worship every latest move on U2's part.
doubleU said:
All the time. I question New York, Miami, Discoteque, and so on.
Did you not see the tour boards reaction to Kanye opening for them? Many said they would boo him, before even seeing him live people were making judgements about his performance. Yeah, sounds like the easy step to make.
No one is worshiping anything. In fact at this point it's just a rumor. A rumor that I like. It doesn't matter if it's uncharted waters or not. And it doesn't matter who. But for you to suggest that the only reason they would choose to record with Kanye is that "they hear he's popular", or that "he'll attract a younger crowd" is bullshit. If they wanted to record for the sake of "hey they are popular", and "they will attract a younger audience" they'd be recording with Eminem, The Killers, 50 Cent, or someone like that. But you wouldn't want to look at facts would you?
AtomicBono said:
sorry, just had to point that out.
but it'll never happen.
Kanye's good, but overrated. I wouldn't care if they recorded a song with him though, I don't like the MJB One thing but I don't get upset about it, I just ignore it. Come on people, it's not like U2 is gonna release an entire album with Kanye. If they recorded with him it'd just be one song (unless he produced them, which I'd totally approve). So I don't think it would really matter, it's not like it would significantly put back recording of the album.
Probably what will happen is Bono or U2 may end up on a Kanye song. It's much more likely that they'd be on his album than Kanye being on U2's album, I think.