![]() Paired with an absolute conviction to his ideas, you find a musical force so innovative, you’d have to look back to the likes of muddy waters, Les Paul or Aretha Franklin to find an analogue.įrom the art, to the artist: Kanye West (Now Ye) is controversial and provocative in ways that make his most unorthodox music look quite tame. The man is a genius and his music is emblematic of a mind that processes knowledge and sparks originality with the frequency and ease of breath itself. I have engaged with black art and black culture, and in my studies in music at university, learned more about the rich but troubled way that jazz, the blues, rock n roll and especially hip-hop changed the pathways of unfurling history.Īs a scholar of music, here’s what I will say: To be as influential as Kanye West is rare for any musician, and this is no coincidence. I am not black, and will never understand the extreme suffering and oppression that African Americans have suffered over the last four centuries.
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