No heart or guts? I mean, I guess I'd agree with you now, which is why his newer stuff doesn't click with me, but The College Dropout has some sublime moments of heart and occasional guts, which I think I touched on vaguely.
I'd agree that over the course of his career he's lost those, but I'm not sure if I'd ever have characterised him as cerebral. What do you mean by that? And by 0 heart or guts? (I guess, who exemplifies having those for you? Not a defense, a legitimate question.) Kweli and Mos and the Roots might be cerebral (backpack, conscious) while still having guts, but Kanye's 'thinker' status has diminished along with his everything else. It's like his humanity's burned off over the course of his career, leaving nothing but pure ego and neediness.
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I'd agree that over the course of his career he's lost those, but I'm not sure if I'd ever have characterised him as cerebral. What do you mean by that? And by 0 heart or guts? (I guess, who exemplifies having those for you? Not a defense, a legitimate question.) Kweli and Mos and the Roots might be cerebral (backpack, conscious) while still having guts, but Kanye's 'thinker' status has diminished along with his everything else. It's like his humanity's burned off over the course of his career, leaving nothing but pure ego and neediness.