the "ultimate salesmen.

>Kanye's view of the world and movement within it lines up
>perfectly with Trump.
>
>His relationships are transactional and his loyalties are to
>what and whoever cosigns his "genius" or his aesthetic
>sensibility. (shouts to double0 who put it this way above) To
>his credit, he has often been proven right when capitalizing
>on a certain movement or moment. Sounds like Trump. The
>ultimate salesmen. I mean, he joined the family that has
>mastered this concept.
>

Some of his is true but if Trump and Kanye were the ultimate salesmen why would they need shock to sell the brand ?

>In music, he has always found a way to latch onto something
>that was of the moment, even when that moment was about
>"backpack rap" and soul samples, so a lot of us that prefer
>that kind of stuff lifted him up in the beginning. But in the
>end, he has no loyalty to a sound or to a culture.
>

So he takes advantage of something already there.

>Even his production and rhymes are mostly someone else's ideas
>coopted and flipped to fit the Kanye brand. Just as Trump
>gained notoriety by stamping his name on other people's
>projects, Kanye, present day Kanye anyway, is largely in the
>business of success by proxy. Give me your talent, I will give
>you my brand.
>
>Nas by Kanye and Cudi by Kanye, if they ever see the light of
>day, will only further serve that brand.
>
>To sum it all up, Kanye West does not care about Black
>people.
>Until they are the target market.
>
>This dude will never cease to be fascinating to me.
>But yea, that's some dumb shit...

Which means all the extra in this thread is ridiculous. He's Trump, he's OJ, he's mainstreaming alt-right, lol