I Finally listened to that damn Kanye West record. OVER-RATED!!

          Okay, after noticing that Kanye Wests’ LP My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, made more top ten lists than almost any other record released last year I felt it my duty to investigate.  Would I be similarly captivated like a surprising number of  very “Indie Rock” musical authorities like Pitchfork.com?  Would an artist whose work just never interested me  suddenly capture my attention and allegiance with this multi-platinum release.  I’m never opposed to changing my mind about an artist when provided with a solid reason.  I like to find merit in an artists work, especially if i have been unimpressed or even disliked them in the past.  So I’m pretty open to this but it did not happen with this record and I’m totally scratching my head over why this LP is so universally revered and everyone has gone ape-shit over it.  Give me anything by Gang Starr over this mediocre dreck any day.  At times Kanye West reminded me of an anemic piss-take of some of Gang Starr’s finer moments.  Innovation?  Unprecedented artistry?  Soul-baring vulnerability?  Raising the bar for all rap-hip hop artists, groundbreaking travels over new terrain?  Nope, I didn’t get that, in fact there was very little i liked about what i heard at all.  New territory? Yeah right.  Theres nothing new here.  I did sort of like the tasty bit of a guest spot by Nicki Minaj but even she as an artist isn’t really registering much more than suspicion with her multi-platinum hit record.  I wanna like her but frankly I’m not sold.  Maybe I’m too Old School when it comes to my Rap and hip hop tastes but give me Digital Underground, Kool Keith, Paris, The Conscious Daughters, Kool Moe Dee, Too Short, The Coup, Dr. Octagon and Snoop over this stuff any day.  Hmmmmmm, most of that list are or were considered to be local talent, perhaps that has something to do with it, who knows, but I am completey not moved by My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.  I tried to like it, really i did.