During the Glow in the Dark tour Kanye was giving out a few promo copies of his book, although when I attended his show in Atlanta I didn't get one. So I sent out angry emails wondering why I didn't get one ((Ha!...jk)), a few weeks after the concert I receive this in the mail, which looked different from the ones given out. So I'm guessing I have the official one. Let me inform you that this is not reading material. Meaning it's just mere thoughts and some of those entertaining quotes we love to hear from Mister West. Click here to purchase a copy. Ye gets two thumbs up from me!
My favorite quote: "I get alot of back lash for saying what I'm going to do, I love saying what I think because it keeps me accountable. Once I say it, i feel like I HAVE TO DO IT and I LOVE PROVING to everyone that I can! It's like using public opinion as a motivational tool instead of its common role of degradation. If I keep it to myself, at any point, I could easily give up on my goal because no one would have known what I was trying to do."-Kanye West
The time has come, it is truly my pleasure to bring to you the official Lateboots review of The Glow in the Dark tour. ((sidebar: MY OPINION)) Excuse my French, but I don't know what the fuck Entertainment Weekly viewed. Maybe they showed up to the wrong location, because Kanye's performance it self proved that he is the number one artist in music right now. I don't care what anyone else says, the man delivers on another level unlike anything you've ever seen in your life........
And might I add that he is rapping straight line for line with not one hype man. No one is giving him a break to breathe and he didn't miss not one beat; It was like "Here I am by myself giving you me in its purest form". My words if anything down grade this art form. Words can't explain when you see someone giving their all with no thought in mind but perfection. There's so much truth in his music. In what way could you seriously rate the content. Or in Kanye's words, "a gift". This is what he considers a gift to his fans from a period of grief and what came of it was the best product ever. Mr. West is the McDonald's, the Walt Disney, and the Coke-a-Cola of music. And I don't mean to disrespect the other artist but the gag is that if you were at the show in Atlanta, you knew it was about to go down when Quincy Jones walked out from backstage. There were celebrities there the whole night but none of them came out into the arena until moments before Kanye's performance. I have mad love for N.E.R.D. I'm a bigger fan of Pharrell than Kanye, more so because of the physical. ((LOL)) However, Pharrell put on a great performance, very high energy and showed love to his fans by letting a few come on stage for the "Everybody Nose" performance. My night was definitely fulfilled getting to see them both in the same night. Once again no disrespect to the other artist but I could have done with out having to sit through a Rihanna song. If you haven't seen the show yet, there's still time. Run don't walk!
I think it's very important to surround yourself with a positive team of people. Fresh ideas are always grown. It's such an organic feeling when you've found your inner circle. Who do you influence?
She likes BBC. I like Lanvin.
We're back at it again. Another year a harder hustle. 2 different coast. New York-our future home. Atlanta-our playground. Sham & I work together because we are so different. She's has the swagg and I have the in your face attitude. It's the perfect mix. She's simple. Im complex. We never try too hard. All this comes natural.
She likes Pharrell. I like Kanye.
Sham & I met almost 2 years ago. From that moment I knew we would be partners in this game. I remember our first meeting, it was at a photoshoot for LateBoots. I walked in the room and said "hi Sham it's nice to finally meet you", then we just went to work. It was so natural.
She's Edie. Im Andy.
Since we are a duo so many people say we remind them of Edie Sedgwick & Andy Warhol. She's the girl everybody likes. Im the guy that everybody loves to hate. Im cocky, arrogant, an asshole at times yet she is the georgia peach. She really isn't. I just get blamed for everything because Im the obvious bad guy. She is worse than me.
She's Brooklyn. Im Harlem.
Summer '08 we both interned in New York. She did Complex and I was at GIANT Magazine. I stayed in Harlem and she was in Brooklyn. She hated coming to Harlem and I hated going all the way out to BK. For our move to NYC we're gonna share an apartment, we're tossing a coin to determine where we'll stay.
She likes Michael. I like Prince.
We always argue who's the best performer out of the two. I believe Prince was for obvious reasons. He had swagg, what man do you know can get away with wearing heels and make-up? If you ask me Michael did all of that work to his face so he could look like Prince.
She likes Nike. I like YSL.
I once tried to buy a pair of Nike sneakers but they were to boyish for me. Trade is what you call it. Nike called up Sham and she went to New York to make her very own sneaker. It was dope. I would wear it. But instead I purchased some YSL sneakers. I like YSL.
She likes Marc Jacobs. I like Genevieve Jones.
I first saw Jones on style.com, I was like who is this skinny black girl tipping around New York. She's so chic. When Sham & I were in New York this past summer she actually met Jones at an event. I was sick because I should've been the one in the picture.