Kanye West vs. Beck

the black one

the beck one

I own and like Mutations. Never owned or like a Kanye record.

there's embarrassing and then there's embarrassing

dianetics

I may be insane but Kanye makes me think of Prince, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles as a great black pop crossover hero (genius?)

Beck makes me think how boring postmodernism can be

So they actually work as opposites to these ears

that is kind of hilarious since Beck has spent more time cribbing directly from Prince, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles than Kanye has

possible, but he doesn't move me at all

sea change > 808s, it's the only beck album i like tho

kanye > beck overall obv

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both are magpie provocateurs that leave me cold for the most part (especially lately). but Beck's run from One Foot in the Grave > Odelay > Mutations > Midnite Vultures is pretty amazing and probably a more sustained run of releases than Kanye will ever manage. Haven't felt compelled to buy any Kanye albums beyond the first one, but he's had some decent singles and been mildly amusing as a pop buffoon since then.

Beck:EYE::Kanye:TakashiMurakami

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I think a lot of people are burnt out by this Kanye. I mean, can you even say/hear/read his name now without some kind of subconscious eye-roll? Beck's catalogue is much more consistant in comparison and any heavy-handed attempts at depth were pulled off without being as embarrassing as Kanye's. This whole Dark Sad Twisted Nightmare era is complete self-parody, which is fine, but it's missing the entertainment aspect. Something about his latest projects just seems so...predictable.

I miss the days when I thought of him as Kayne.

I can't even keep track of what Kanye's doing anymore - it all just seems like this endless stream of over-hyped puerile stunts

Kanye leaks a track that samples King Crimson and features Q-Tip, Rick Ross, Pete Rock and Chris Martin while skydiving onto the set of the MTV Music Awards!

*zzzzzzz*

^^that actually happened.

christ no matter how grating or indeed boring kanye gets i'd take him over beck

lol lex, you should listen to Midnight Vultures sometime

is that the one with the really embarrassing single called "sex laws" or something where beck attempted to be prince or pastiche prince or whatever, it was just...shrivel in embarrassment, so bad

huh. seems like it's exactly the kind of thing you would enjoy to me. whole album is very proto-scissor sisters

but maybe you hate them too haw

didn't mind a couple of tracks on the first scissor sisters album (wouldn't say i really loved them either, just ok), have pretty much hated everything they've done since. "i don't feel like dancing" is a serious contender for worst song ever made imo.

xps: kanye is all entertainment these days

yeah, but I get the feeling it's about entertaining himself. he is having a big wank all over us.

YE

beck > kanye
sea change > late registration > flashing lights > college dropout > every other beck record >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest of graduation/power >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lol kanyes fashion sense >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 808 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scientology >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what i presume will be the rest of kanyes career

beck, but i'm not happy about it

beck,of course

I'm going with Kanye.

Beck. Because I've not seen his penis yet.

kanye = entertaining
beck = obnoxious

there was prob a point where I would have voted kanye, but at this point even if beck were made leader of the church of scientology and spent the rest of his career releasing odes to l ron hubbard, he'd still be slightly less obnoxious than kanye.

also I mean mutations vs 808

gotta say after this thread i'm now looking forward to Kanye's "record club" phase when he starts holing up with all his friends in Hawaii making loving song-for-song recreations of Harlem World and A Rush Of Blood To The Head

beck, for his '94-'96 output alone.

kanye, for his '01-'04 output alone

spent the rest of his career releasing odes to l ron hubbard

tbf this would DEFINITELY be entertaining

Imma letchu finnish this poll, but "rowboat," "forcefield," "outcome," and "atmospheric conditions" are some of the greatest acoustic ditties of all-time!!!

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Kanye, for Beck's '01-'10 output alone

Imma letchu

this is some kind of Scientology deity, yeah?

Well I've never loved a Kanye record as much as I loved Mellow Gold when I was 14
So Beck, because he was there first

Sorry, i used to worship Beck, had all the rare cassettes, all the radio shows, tons of bootlegs, but as soon as he recorded "Girl", it was his jump-the-shark moment for me. Really atrocious shit that should've just been given to Sheryl Crowe and forgotten by the world.

Haven't heard anything of Beck's that interested me since then. Every new song I hear sounds incredibly tired and bored.

No comment on anything post-Odelay PS
I have a friend who is with every record like my aunt from Belarus
"The Information is so good! Serious! You should come back and visit!"

And now I feel guilty for comparing The Information to Belarus
I hear Minsk is in fact beautiful

I used to like Beck more than I've ever liked Kanye, but I definitely like Kanye more now. So Kanye, fuck the past. Bruneau OTM

Really atrocious shit that should've just been given to Sheryl Crowe and forgotten by the world.

fwiw there is no doubt in my mind that sheryl crow is an infinitely superior artist in every possible sense than beck

beck sucks

there are some cool-sounding songs on odelay but i've really never understood the appeal of beck

painful, painful lyricist imo

his lyrics are 90% stream of conscious nonsense and he said as much

can't see why that'd be worse than 2010 kanye

Given Kanye has now collaborated with Bon Iver I have no idea which option is more Corny Indie Fuxx these days.

there's no way corny indie fuxx listen to beck even 10% as much as they listen to kanye these days

^^^otm

I mean he's basically a 90s artist who has some sort of dedicated fanbase and will once in a while be a blip on the national radar. people might check out his new stuff once in a while out of curiousity. he's like pearl jam.

whereas kanye is prob in the top 5 most popular musicians in the world.

idk how beck can really be considered that annoying today.

Have you heard those Record Club albums?

imo they are annoying

and despite being a scientologist, he's always been super quiet about it. and has a better excuse than the rest - he was basically born into the cult!

beck's the coolest mother fucker i've ever seen, look at him, if i saw him walking down the street i would stop just to say look at that cool mother fucker over there. when i listen to beck i feel cool.

i don't know about his last couple albums though

I listened to like one song but then forgot they existed. I wish I could do that w/ kanye's music.

xp

Guero is possibly his best album; it's easily my favorite of his.

Beck.

Btw. Kanye is crazy. I find Coldplay terribly underrated, but claiming they will be bigger than Beatles is madness.

kanye is the true geir

kanye, for his '01-'04 output alone

― deej otm (some dude), Tuesday, November 9, 2010 2:29 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

literally this

deej deems "deej otm" otm

beck done about 4 songs i love. kanye's done about 40.

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WOW @ close results.

seems appropriate to me, actually. love them both.

lol

Hope that Beck gets Kanye into Scientology. Seems like a good fit.

hope kanye convinces beck to rush the stage and interrupt taylor swift's next award acceptance speech.

if she ever wins another award.

Hope that Beck gets Kanye into Scientology. Seems like a good fit.

― dsb, Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:18 PM Bookmark

lol kind of otm

"California white boy sound
rocket powered and nailed to the ground
New Age Old Age totally lame
straight to the middle of the road

Rewind the tape and play the whole thing backwards with the sound completely turned off"

RIP 90s Beck

beck revisionism itt is ridiculous, dude was solidly great until just after sea change

Guero is possibly his best album; it's easily my favorite of his.

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Thursday, 11 November 2010 17:22 (Yesterday)

this however i mean um

Ironically I get a bit of a Mellow Gold vibe from the screwed bit in "Hell of a Life."

Beck. Because I've not seen his penis yet.

― Wheal Dream, Saturday, November 6, 2010 2:34 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

counterintuitive imo

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I miss the days when I thought of him as Kayne.

― kkvgz, Friday, November 5, 2010 5:01 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

Whoa. This remark is kinda eerie, now.