Beck Vs Beyonce

Ray Palmer · 10-02-2015 09:43AM #1

If you haven't seen Kayne West have a little hissy fit about Beyonce again he basically says Beck is less of an artist. It is just plain weird to even make this suggestion.

There is the list of about 20 people who apparently wrote the songs on Beyonce's album yet Beck has 1, himself.

Beck also plays many instruments yet I am not aware of Beyonce playing a single instrument.

Personal taste aside. I get she is talented but as a singer which does make her an artist but to suggest Beck is less of an artist is the height of craziness. Is he really that deluded?

Penn · 10-02-2015 09:45AM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Kayne West

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Is he really that deluded?

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Kayne West

Yes.

kneemos · 10-02-2015 09:49AM

Bat shet crazy every one of em.

gramar · 10-02-2015 09:49AM

Why anyone would give a toss about what Kanye West comes out with is beyond me.

AndyBoBandy · 10-02-2015 09:51AM

The fact that it was Kanye West making these claims automatically makes all claims null & void.

The fact that the interview he was doing with E, and they pretty much agreed with him because he is Kanye/Kim/Baby South East, and pretty much their entire source of material makes it all the more laughable.

Mr Freeze · 10-02-2015 09:52AM

gramar wrote: »

Why anyone would give a toss about what Kanye West comes out with is beyond me.

Couldn't agree more. He has little between the ears and nobody should listen to the rubbish he spews.

Nobody will be listening to his sh1te music in 20 or 30 years time.

He thinks he is the greatest performer/musician of all time. In my opinion I think he one of the most overrated.

nullzero · 10-02-2015 10:00AM

Kanye West wouldn't be getting behind Beyoncé if she wasn't black. The man has proven himself to be a racist in the past. His music is dreadful and his public persona is that of a complete fool. Everything he says can be dismissed out of hand.

Karl Stein · 10-02-2015 10:02AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMfTkxvHsY

AndyBoBandy · 10-02-2015 10:05AM

Mr Freeze wrote: »

Nobody will be listening to his sh1te music in 20 or 30 years time.

Agreed,

(as a side note, I'm still listening to Beck's music from 20+ years ago)

Also, just to put things into perspective regarding being an 'artist'

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/7/11/10/enhanced-buzz-26211-1342017086-9.jpg

jamesbere · 10-02-2015 10:07AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMfTkxvHsY

dafuq

Caliden · 10-02-2015 10:09AM

It's hilarious that he actually told Beck to hand the award over to Beyonce.

RWCNT · 10-02-2015 10:11AM

nullzero wrote: »

The man has proven himself to be a racist in the past.

Not a chance.

The grammys is meaningless anyway.

cloud493 · 10-02-2015 10:11AM

As a Swiftie, I'm obliged to dislike Kayne anyway, even after their fake make up scene.

AndyBoBandy · 10-02-2015 10:13AM

RWCNT wrote: »

The grammys is meaningless anyway.

I would disagree, ask anyone who's one a single Grammy (or more) what it means to them, what it means to be recognised by the industry they are in as being quite good at what they do.

Karl Stein · 10-02-2015 10:15AM

jamesbere wrote: »

dafuq

Do you like Fishsticks?

Yes?

Then you're a gay fish (you like fish dicks).

Kanye West was the only human on earth who didn't get the joke so, after much agonizing, he ended up accepting that he was a gay fish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLyxjZtkzY

kstand · 10-02-2015 10:16AM

Not the first time this moron came out and made an absolute tool of himself.

floggg · 10-02-2015 10:20AM

Mr Freeze wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. He has little between the ears and nobody should listen to the rubbish he spews.

Nobody will be listening to his sh1te music in 20 or 30 years time.

He thinks he is the greatest performer/musician of all time. In my opinion I think he one of the most overrated.

Well this is an equally stupid opinion as Kanye's.

You may not be a fan of his music, or hip-hop generally, but he is pretty much regarded as a musical genius within hip-hop and urban music.

An arrogant, space cadet of a genius, but a musical genius none the less.

Even his auto tune abomination of an album was pretty well received by auto tune abomination aficionados.

Calling his music ****e just because you don't happen to like it or him is as stupid as him calling Beck less of an artist than Beyoncé just because Beck ain't bootylicious and married to his bestie.

kylith · 10-02-2015 10:20AM

Anyone who thinks that Beyoncé is a more talented, creative, artist than Beck needs their frakking head examined. And I don't even like Beck, but I recognise that the guy has been innovating for decades.

floggg · 10-02-2015 10:21AM

nullzero wrote: »

Kanye West wouldn't be getting behind Beyoncé if she wasn't black. The man has proven himself to be a racist in the past. His music is dreadful and his public persona is that of a complete fool. Everything he says can be dismissed out of hand.

Racist? How so?

Tiger Mcilroy · 10-02-2015 10:26AM

floggg wrote: »

Well this is an equally stupid opinion as Kanye's.

You may not be a fan of his music, or hip-hop generally, but he is pretty much regarded as a musical genius within hip-hop and urban music.

An arrogant, space cadet of a genius, but a musical genius none the less.

Even his auto tune abomination of an album was pretty well received by auto tune abomination aficionados.

Calling his music ****e just because you don't happen to like it or him is as stupid as him calling Beck less of an artist than Beyoncé just because Beck ain't bootylicious and married to his bestie.

I wholeheartedly disagree.

floggg · 10-02-2015 10:28AM

Tiger Mcilroy wrote: »

I wholeheartedly disagree.

That's fine. Kanye wholeheartedly disagrees with those who consider Beck a great artist.

But the objective truth is that both are incredibly talented at what they do, even if what they do isn't everyvodys cup of tea.

Mr Freeze · 10-02-2015 10:41AM

floggg wrote: »

Calling his music ****e just because you don't happen to like it or him is as stupid as him calling Beck less of an artist than Beyoncé just because Beck ain't bootylicious and married to his bestie.

I don't like Beck either I should have added.

Kanye could be the most eloquently spoken and nicest person ever, and I would still dislike his music.

Ray Palmer · 10-02-2015 10:46AM

floggg wrote: »

That's fine. Kanye wholeheartedly disagrees with those who consider Beck a great artist.

But the objective truth is that both are incredibly talented at what they do, even if what they do isn't everyvodys cup of tea.

I accept there are taste differences but I am not sure what makes West a "genius". What is this musical talent that is so respected? As a marketeer I will accept he has proven himself to an extent.

Popularity doesn't indicate talent it can just be luck or people backing you up or going along with sheep mentality. Some people will buy into something just because of a perceived show of wealth or taste. The emperor has new clothes is a pretty old story.

If West wants to claim a multi-instrumental performer who writes his own songs and music is not an artist versus a person who has 20+ people writing songs and music for them is an artist they clearly have issues. It really doesn't require much debate

floggg · 10-02-2015 10:48AM

Mr Freeze wrote: »

I don't like Beck either I should have added.

Kanye could be the most eloquently spoken and nicest person ever, and I would still dislike his muwhichsic.

Which is fine. You don't have to.

But calling it ****e that nobody will listen to is just ignorant and close minded.

There are plenty of people who love his music, even if they think he is a dick (which he is), and he is undoubtedly talented.

Frigga_92 · 10-02-2015 10:51AM

Beck is an artist, Beyonce is a product.

ghostdancer · 10-02-2015 10:54AM

floggg wrote: »

That's fine. Kanye wholeheartedly disagrees with those who consider Beck a great artist.

But the objective truth is that both are incredibly talented at what they do, even if what they do isn't everyvodys cup of tea.

depends on what you classify as "what they do" though.

West doesn't write his songs anymore, his last 2 solo albums (and 2 collab albums) have had several writers on each track, and up to 14 on some.

likewise, he doesn't create the music anymore, he has teams of producers doing this now for him. Blood On The Leaves for instance is a sample of Nina Simone and a beat he bought from TNGHT for a rumoured $1m....and it still had 4 other producers other than West and TNGHT.

10 years ago you could argue that he was incredible talented as he was writing and producing great songs,both for himself and others.

these days, I wonder what he actual does musically other than singing over tracks that are created wholesale by others, like the male version of rent-a-voice Rihanna.

Mr Freeze · 10-02-2015 10:55AM

floggg wrote: »

Which is fine. You don't have to.

But calling it ****e that nobody will listen to is just ignorant and close minded.

I should elaborate on what I meant by the 30 years comment. I was thinking of Bohemian Rhapsody when I commented.

Bohemian Rhapsody came out in 1975 and we hear it quite a bit on the radio, and to me anyways, its a real treat when its on.

I don't think anything Kanye can ever produce will ever be liked as much as that and won't be played any where near as much on the radio in the future and certainly not in 20 years + time.

That is just my opinion, and of course it could be completely wrong and we could be hearing Kanye forever, but I don't think so.

floggg · 10-02-2015 11:03AM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

I accept there are taste differences but I am not sure what makes West a "genius". What is this musical talent that is so respected? As a marketeer I will accept he has proven himself to an extent.

Popularity doesn't indicate talent it can just be luck or people backing you up or going along with sheep mentality. Some people will buy into something just because of a perceived show of wealth or taste. The emperor has new clothes is a pretty old story.

If West wants to claim a multi-instrumental performer who writes his own songs and music is not an artist versus a person who has 20+ people writing songs and music for them is an artist they clearly have issues. It really doesn't require much debate

I agree. Hes completely wrong on this one. Doesn't mean he isn't incredibly talented.

As for his talent, he is a supremely talented producer, writer and rapper. He's released 5 critically acclaimed albums in his own right one hugely successful collaboration album with Jay-Z, and had a number of huge worldwide hits.

He's also launched the solo careers of a number of other hugely successful artists, including most notably John Legend, produced or contributed to a number of classic albums by other artists and produced or featured on countless hit songs for other artists as well.

He is also credited with changing hip-hop's sound when he first came on the scene, as well as the perception of what a successful mainstream hip-hop artist should be.

None of that is luck or marketing. In fact given how much of an asshole he is he should be totally unmarketable.

Tiger Mcilroy · 10-02-2015 11:07AM

floggg wrote: »

That's fine. Kanye wholeheartedly disagrees with those who consider Beck a great artist.

But the objective truth is that both are incredibly talented at what they do, even if what they do isn't everyvodys cup of tea.

Im purely referencing the Genius part of your post, this man is not a musical genius.

Elvis, the beatles, the rolling stones, david bowie.. these are the calibre of musicians i would put in that category. Kanye west is simply not a musical genius and as others have pointed out his music is now essentially paint by numbers for all the input he has.

The word genius is trotted out for sportspeople and flavour of the month "artists" far to often.

You are wrong, its that simple.

marcbrophy · 10-02-2015 11:09AM

Beck was in an episode of Futurama.
Beyonce was not.

I rest my case :pac:

floggg · 10-02-2015 11:11AM

Mr Freeze wrote: »

I should elaborate on what I meant by the 30 years comment. I was thinking of Bohemian Rhapsody when I commented.

Bohemian Rhapsody came out in 1975 and we hear it quite a bit on the radio, and to me anyways, its a real treat when its on.

I don't think anything Kanye can ever produce will ever be liked as much as that and won't be played any where near as much on the radio in the future and certainly not in 20 years + time.

That is just my opinion, and of course it could be completely wrong and we could be hearing Kanye forever, but I don't think so.

Maybe, maybe not.

But Coldplay are also unlikely to receive the same level of acclaim in the future either. Not because of any lack of talent, but the more disposable nature of pop culture.

And Bohemian Raposdy is loved by people of that generation, but isn't embraced by the kids today.

Kanye has already done work which is still highly acclaimed and regarded 10-15 years later amongst hip-hop fans, and will be adored in the same way as Bohemian Rapsody amongst hip-hop fans in 15 more years.

I was just listening to some songs he produced nearly 15 years ago last night as it happened an they all stand the test of time.

Beck Vs Beyonce

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