Yooo, Kanye on Sway in the Morning. (updated)

[halftime]

He on the radio talking so greasy, get a call from Chicago like "Where are you Yeezy?"

 

[luminari xi]

Ye just out doing whatever. Something drastic is coming, I feel.

 

[al audi]

This dude be real amped for interviews unless he talking to a white interviewer anyone notice that? Diff voice an everything, other than that dude is "turnt" for no damn reason off a simple question.

 

[louytromps]

Ye is tripping, glad Sway let the *****a know... We can turn the mics son.

 

[trynafeelmink]

I guess you're not going to say what's the new deal Nike offered and how it really had nothing to do with what Kanye was ranting about ain't like the new deal said ok Kanye we're giving you your own line and royalties.

The point stands that due to the rant he went from being offered no yearly salary to 4$ a year with no royalties.... They said no so another corporation came at him with a better proposition and royalties.... Instead people wanted him to be the satisfied and adhere to this take what we give you mentality.

Would the Nike version of Ye's sneaker sold better yes... is Ye's shoe damn sure going to sellout with Adidas absolutely, so what's the difference. Outside of certain retros no other Nike shoe has built the hype that the yeezy's had most of that success wasn't due to it having a Nike sign.

As far as streetstyle (Which Nike is currently trying to build up on) having Kanye is absolutely going to help Adidas brand popularity immensely. I already witnessed this happen as far as Jeremy Scott Adidas, Adidas SLVR, Y-3 & A$AP constantly wearing them. Adding Ye to the mix is going to give them a HUGE boost in that sector and as a rival brand you don't ever want to see that happen.

 

[bilboshmangins]

The hilarious part about this whole sway thing is "you ain't got the answers" is the perfect answer to all those who keep asking why he can't do it himself.

He gave a detailed answer as to why it's nearly impossible to make the products he wants with his current funds and people are still asking the same thing.

People call him crazy for challenging himself too be a great inventor.

this is where i know that this generation is losy, gudes are calling prople who make t shirts inventors?

 

[joe cool]

saw this on another forum, made me chuckle so I thought I'd share

It's kind of interesting to see him exaggerating the greatness of someone besides himself. Sweet, even... He seems to genuinely see Kim Kardashian as this savvy businesswoman who's leveraged her talents to succeed in new frontiers of entertainment, and who may even go down in history as a one of the more notable sex icon-entertainers of the 21st century. He doesn't see her as shallow or uninteresting, and doesn't see her success as somehow being less than noble. He fully believes in his soon to be wife, regardless of what everyone else thinks.

That's love, guys. The entire world will laugh and disagree when he says things like, "She's the new Marilyn Monroe," but do you think that's going to influence his opinion in the slightest? In his eyes, she's greatness. He sees nothing but the best in her.

After finishing this interview, leaving the studio, and getting into his car, he probably began to cry softly and then reach for his phone to call Kim, as has become his norm. See, he doesn't need to hide his feelings around her. She's used to how sensitive he is, and she deeply appreciates this side to him. Where other people see thin skin, she sees a sensitive artist who manages to thrive in a unique, and rough, environment. She completely has his back.

I think I'll watch the Bound 2 video one more time, and then it's back to studying for finals.

 

[trynafeelmink]

This dude be real amped for interviews unless he talking to a white interviewer anyone notice that? Diff voice an everything, other than that dude is "turnt" for no damn reason off a simple question.

That Zane Lowe interview was with a white interviewer and that is what started this string of interviews.

But as far as being on Ellen i think him being calmer is a result of him slowly starting to realize that he has to pullback in order to get his point across.

 

[louytromps]

I am starting to think Yee is on coke.... Thoughts?

 

[bilboshmangins]

This dude be real amped for interviews unless he talking to a white interviewer anyone notice that? Diff voice an everything, other than that dude is "turnt" for no damn reason off a simple question.

i've been saying this dude's white people voice is cringeworthy...

jay be the same person whether he's talking to charlamagne or charlie rose. watch your big brother ye!

 

[ecruteakcityboy]

Ye can't even look somebody in the face when he's asked a question.
Dude is ******g lame and so is his **** new music.

 

[luckyluchiano]

I think Jay is going to distance himself more and more from Ye as he pretty much sort of does now

 

[al audi]

That Zane Lowe interview was with a white interviewer and that is what started this string of interviews.

But as far as being on Ellen i think him being calmer is a result of him slowly starting to realize that he has to pullback in order to get his point across.

Um nah.......he isn't calmer. Just depends who he is talking to is what I'm sayin.

Anyways she asked him about the Barney situation an Lulz from there........

 

[heliumclinton]

Instead people wanted him to be the satisfied and adhere to this take what we give you mentality.

No people wanted him to act like an adult when you're conducting business. You're actually advocating him acting like a brat to get what he wants, that's cool to you? "Yeah he ranted and disrespected someone he was begging to work with, but hey at least now he got a little bit more money for that rant!"

 

[illphillip]

This dude be real amped for interviews unless he talking to a white interviewer anyone notice that? Diff voice an everything, other than that dude is "turnt" for no damn reason off a simple question.

That Zane Lowe interview was with a white interviewer and that is what started this string of interviews.

But as far as being on Ellen i think him being calmer is a result of him slowly starting to realize that he has to pullback in order to get his point across.

Media Training.

Trust. You could see it to a certain extent on Kimmel. After the whole Twitter tantrum.

Less than stellar album sales. Less than stellar tour sales.....

"Strategy"!

 

[bilboshmangins]

If you think the Adidas deal will be as popular as the Nike deal you are crazy

Nike is more responsible for the Yeezy popularity than Yeezy is

i remember when reebok was busy giving out sneaker deals (g unit, s.carter etc) nike had a policy of strictly endorsing athletes. look where tat policy got reebok.

yeezy really popped because of the novelty...if those things general released they would still be sitting on shelves.

 

[lovehateself]

i watched the sway interview last night and thought, this isnt as hostile as it seemed off of that clip we first heard ( the one where son had recorded the outburst from his car stereo) .

but  like most have said, its understandable that he wants to do more than music and he wants to design clothes, hotels, and whatnot. To do something of this magnitude you need start up money, big money. not "baby money". what he wants is on such a higher scale that he feels , dare i say entitled, to be given the chance to create based on what he has accomplished. but he's right that those in the fashion world see him as a musician, and not as a creative.

perfect example is back in the early 2000's you had a massive upstart in "record labels". everyone had one, athletes, actors...etc. they all thought they could sing/rap/manage artists, but the big record labels didnt offer deals. dudes found out the hard way that they should have stayed in their lane. Now you got kanye saying he lost 13 mil, which i do believe. i believe him when he says ppl in the fashion world dont really take him serious and dont take meetings with him.

he has relationships with them but business is business, we all have friends who we keep it cool with but arent willing to offer them $ when they say they have an idea or invention. same story just on a way bigger scale with kanye.  

 

[akhi]

If you think the Adidas deal will be as popular as the Nike deal you are crazy

Nike is more responsible for the Yeezy popularity than Yeezy is

This is true. He really needs some better people in his circle to give him the real. Nobody cares about the shoe design, Nike has just perfected the science of hype... he needs to hire a NTer to be an advisor in all things shoe related

 

[trynafeelmink]

Respect should be neutral in business is what i'm saying. Just like it was disrespectful to blast them in a public forum it is disrespectful of them to not keep the man updated with his own brand. The Yeezy's are selling until this day 2-3x their retail value, their clearly the most hyped Non Retro Jordan shoe out and yet their's no talk of a deal? no tal of a release date?

As ya'll have stated Nike doesn't particularly need Kanye but after all these rants they offered him a deal and a larger line. Why because they know the way they were conducting business with him was wrong also. Being quiet and a gentleman ain't gonna work all the time, in this case he did it and it landed him 2 offers, in the future it may hurt him who knows.

What i do know is that as illphillip said (And me & him NEVER agree) is that these string of interviews is planned. Yeezus dropped with no real promotion and just a few hyped rollouts still debuted at #1 now it's slowed down the tour is gaining more and more popularity and hype, he's dropping official singles, and he's on a complete media tour only difference is instead of before the album it's towards the end.

 

[jumpmanpro97]

He also said he would be bigger than Walmart.

the walt disney comparison he made was "on point" lol good publicity/bad publicity is still publicity he knows the game with the media and he's playing it well.

 

[sea manup]

 

 

He lost $13M on trying to do fashion. He's not good at it, albeit a couple collabs w MAJOR companies. No ones saying he shouldn't keep trying to pursue his dreams, people are saying they're not gone fund his efforts. Why would they? He's already proven he's lost $13M.

He also said product and manufacturing cost were present to him at a higher cost because they expect him to have money, he is looking for connections and tips. He is asking someone to listen to his ideas and give him an opinion outside of just stick to music.

Yeah you don't get connection and tips by cursing out the head of a billion dollar corporation when they don't agree with your vision.

my family owns a business that does a lot of the manufacturing/production for large clothing brands, he's not getting higher prices because they think he's rich. Most clothing lables have to compromise and change the materials/printing styles in order to cut costs, combined with the fact that suppliers dont do business if the quantity is not big enough. Getting a clothing line manufactured is not like logging on to NikeID, most companies pay "extra" for their goods until they become successful enough to order a big enough quantity for a factory to give them a discount.

 

[illphillip]

the walt disney comparison he made was "on point" lol good publicity/bad publicity is still publicity he knows the game with the media and he's playing it well.

Is he though? Sales down. Tour dates not selling out. This are not things you would normally expect from him.

What i do know is that as illphillip said (And me & him NEVER agree) is that these string of interviews is planned. Yeezus dropped with no real promotion and just a few hyped rollouts still debuted at #1 now it's slowed down the tour is gaining more and more popularity and hype, he's dropping official singles, and he's on a complete media tour only difference is instead of before the album it's towards the end.

I really think his arrogance had him believing he could just drop and sell no problem. Tried to come out on some counter culture/anti-establishment tip.

Dude came out talking "no strategy" and bashing radio....and now he's strategically all over radio.

This is why I can't take anything he says seriously.

Same with the tour to a certain extent. You can't take your fanbase for granted. People will move on to the next with the quickness.

So it's time to promote. Put Kim in a video. Do the press rounds etc.

 

[superb]

That Zane Lowe interview was with a white interviewer and that is what started this string of interviews.

But as far as being on Ellen i think him being calmer is a result of him slowly starting to realize that he has to pullback in order to get his point across.

Guys have to understand personal communication .

For instance do you know newspapers and news website write in 8th grade education level. That's why you see lots of Grammer mistakes and they do this on purpose. Now I don't know about cnn but your city news do. Mist of their audience have no more then 8th grade education level. You think a harvard grad is sitting around reading newspapaers. Heck I got some education and I don't have time for that


Now personal communication you to adjust the way you talk or speak according to your audience.

Jay does it to just a lot slicker. Jay body language is also different according to his audience

now maybe is kind of outlandish with his when he is around white people. He didn't even sound white he sound dumb

And Kanye is only acting stupid for publicity. He is on the yeezus tour which sells out every show. Wouldn't your ego be high...

 

[stillin729]

Still waiting for that Pastel to drop...

 

[trynafeelmink]

Is he though? Sales down. Tour dates not selling out. This are not things you would normally expect from him.
I really think his arrogance had him believing he could just drop and sell no problem.

Dude came out talking "no strategy" and bashing radio....and now he's strategically all over radio.

This is why I can't take anything he says seriously.

Same with the tour to a certain extent. You can't take your fanbase for granted. People will move on to the next with the quickness.

So it's time to promote. Put Kim in a video. Do the press rounds etc.

What i think Kanye is trying to do is find the median. He stated in that sway interview that when he said F radio he meant "**** making radio Friendly Records" Yeezus doesn't really have anything that fits that mold. (Bound 2 i guess but that's far from the sound Urban Radio is favoring right now)

So he essentially made an album that has no real radio hits... something that was polarizing and yet he's the biggest thing happening at radio this week and it's only going to increase his notoriety. And as far as hiphop goes he the only album still being talked about ( I place MCHG and MNIMN above it) so regardless of what people think of the quality it's alot to be said behind him still generating talk and emotion from this album.