Way To Go, Kanye!
The above headline is not sarcasm. And I’m not a fan of Beyonce’s solo work, but Kanye West (one of the few Western mainstream artists that gets my money every goddamn time to begin with) jumping in and interrupting pop-country puppet Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for her undeserved MTV award was great. Last night’s incident was a reminder of why Kanye West is one of the few hip-hop artists worth paying attention to in an era dominated by talentless 50 Cent clones, and why artists like Taylor Swift are a total joke in the current state of Nashville’s parade of fake-country artists that wouldn’t survive a week, let alone a entire tour, with a legit country artist like Hank III or Willie Nelson.
Let’s see what these people who are quick to defend Taylor Swift now will say when she’s playing nothing but state fairs in five to ten years, while Kanye West is still making records as both artist and producer.
ETA: Triggerman over at SavingCountryMusic.com has his own, rather lethal point of view on last night here.
