Either someone’s accidentally reminded Kanye West that Twitter is a good way to reach millions of people without having your thoughts filtered through a media editor, or his PR manager has been asleep for the past week. Because Yeezy has well and truly taken the handbrake off, and is releasing every little thought that crosses his head unto the world, 140 characters at a time.
I just feel rich people are always too cool to ask for help trying to impress each other at dinner parties.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
I want to help the world and I need help to do it. I am an artist and I care about humanity.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Yes I am personally rich and I can buy furs and houses for my family
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
but I need access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
If I spent my money on my ideas I could not afford to take care of my family. I am in a place that so many artist end up.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Also for anyone that has money they know the first rule is to use other people’s money.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
I could not have done the MSG without Adidas but world, what I’m telling you is that was just a small sketch for what I will bring you.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
There are people who support artist and philanthropist
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
and I think the idea of being a celebrity a lot of times blocks the understanding of what my purpose is.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
I am of service to the world with my art and I just want to serve more.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
I am ultra light beaming right now. So many people have called or emailed to help today hedge fund guys billionaires etc…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
I know I confuse you guys sometimes but please bare with me.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
TBH, Yeezy you don’t really confuse us that often. It’s just that maybe the family can go with furs for a quarter or two, y’know?
This is a God dream
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
but if the self proclaimed cockiest person in the world can lay his personal business on the line then please people see my heart.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
No matter what level you’re at in life there is still a struggle
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
and a balance art family perception friends family politics and the fucking manipulators
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Credit where it’s due, “the self-proclaimed cockiest person in the world” is a perfect sentence.
People wanted me to tweet again well here’s some tweets!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
And then Pitchfork dropped their review of The Life of Pablo, which featured a solid score of 9.0 and was labelled under the “Best New Music” moniker. In the eyes of Yeezy, however, this was an unacceptably low score.
Pitchfork, the album is a 30 out of 10
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Which lead to some a moment of clarity, in which Kanye raised some seriously excellent points about the culture divide between white and black people, and the way the white-back music industry treats black artists.
To Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, New York Times, and any other white publication. Please do not comment on black music anymore.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
I love love love white people but you don’t understand what it means to be the great grandson of ex slaves and make it this far.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
The system is designed for colored people to fail and one of our only voices is music. One of our only ways out is music.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
At this point he apparently switched off the Grammy‘s livestream and briefly turned his attentions over to a replay of the NBA All-Star Game.
Don’t tell me Lebron had a bad game. What yo jump shot look like???
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Before coming back around to Pablo, which he summarily declared to be criticism-proof.
Shut the fuck up and enjoy the greatness.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
This was made with love. Only God can judge me. So I only expect love back!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale… You can only get it on Tidal.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Please to all my friends fans and music lovers. Sign up to Tidal now.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
And finally, after literal hours of online banter, Kanye dropped a little nugget of information that’s bound to have everyone salivating.
Also all Good Fridays songs will be on Tidal. Me and Kendrick got 40 songs and me and Young Thug got 40 songs. 40/40 club!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
only problem I got with Good Fridays is I got more songs than I got old pictures!!!! Lol!!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
The TL;DR version of all this is as follows:
- He’s rich, but he’s poor.
- There’s new music coming.
- Pablo is a masterpiece.
- Please subscribe to Tidal. Please.
Aight then …
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016