Kanye Responds to EW Concert Review

Wow, Kanye just tore Entertainment Weekly writer Chris Willman a new one for his review of the opening night of the Glow in the Dark Tour in Seattle.
Here’s the full post from his blog:
Yo, anybody that’s not a fan; don’t come to my show. For what?! To try to throw yall to cents in? Yall rated my album shitty and now yall come to the show and give it a B+. What’s a B+ mean? I’m an extremist. It’s either pass or fail! A+ or F-! You know what, fuck you and the whole fucking staff!!! I know I shouldn’t dignify this with a comment, but the reviewer threw a jab at all the artists. I just wanna know when was the last time you enjoyed yourself. If you can’t have fun and loose yourself at this tour it’s a good chance you’re a very miserable person. I actually feel sorry for you guys. Your job forces you to not have fun anymore. Grab a drink, holla at some nice girls, and party bitch!!! You don’t know shit about passion and art. You’ll never gain credibility at this rate. You’re fucking trash! I make art. You can’t rate this. I’m a real person. I’m not a pop star. I don’t care about anything but making great art. Never come 2 one of my shows ever again, you’re not invited and if you see me… BOW!!! This is not pop, it’s pop art! Chris Willman, kill yourself!
Damn son.
Now, I’m not familiar with Chris Willman’s writing, but after reading his review, I’m guessing that he probably felt more at home at Coachella last week. That may be unfair, and I may be way off, but dude pretty much made it a point to dis any act that didn’t bring an electric guitar on stage. For instance: he admonishes Lupe for rapping over the “Kick Push” instrumental, and then in the next breath praises N.E.R.D. for “rocking out with a full-band…” Gnarly dude.
Willman also posted a preliminary review the day after the show, which was somewhat less critical, but I believe the version posted online today is what will appear in EW’s print edition.
Look, it’s entirely possible that Kanye, Lupe and Rihanna all had bad nights. I don’t know, I wasn’t there. Maybe rapping over a recorded track wasn’t the best move for Lupe. And Ye has been known to dumb out and get a little emotional sometimes. But as a fan of music, particularly Hip-Hop, I learned along time ago that most reviews are completely worthless. There’s no substitute for experiencing an album or a concert first hand. And even then, these experiences are all so personal and subjective, it’s a waste of time to try and capture it in writing.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
damn son
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Damn, my side hurts mane. This is too much.
LMAO@Grab a drink, holla at some nice girls, and party bitch!!!
*dies*
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
ya dig
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
my goodness …
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
what a diva
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
tell em why you mad son!
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Whats wrong with a B+ ????
That dont sound like a bad review to me…
Kanye’s buggin
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
# RIGZ Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I hear what your saying Billz, but everyone must find their own truth within themselves
If anyones truth is REALLY the ONE truth we are all seeking (the one truth you speak of), they will never truly be aware of this until they leave this planet anyway…
So right now, no-one KNOWS anything…The most you can do is gather up & soak in all the information possible then make a sound judgement…The more degrees you see something from, the easier it is to determine it’s shape…And none of us right now have 360 degree vision
So right now I have MY truth according to where I am in my studies. I could read something tomorrow that changes my views forever
You get what I mean?
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
damn. he went in son. fucking ether.
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Grab a drink, holla at some nice girls, and party bitch!!!
^
i love it
chi-town up up and away you bitches!
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
*thinks about taking down his ghostface concert review then wakes the fuck up*
ummm no thank u.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Kanye Says
Grab a drink, holla at some nice girls, and party bitch!!!
————-
*fixes glass of grapefruit juice*
*smacks ladyLORD on her considerable ass*
*tells her to “party bitch!!!”*
*receives blank stare*
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
It wasnt even a bad review
Kanye’s buggin the fuck out.
Everytime Ye does some shit like this, I lose respect for him. Not as an artist, but as a man…
I mean c’mon. He said it was an “Intimate spectacle” & Ye was “riviting”.
Stop buggin out Kanye. Please.
B+ is a good fucking grade
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
By the same token, though. Maybe if you hate every review, you should stop reading them, Ye. Just saying.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
MY GLOW IN THE DARK YOUR REVIEW
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QR0H3zpIt38
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
It’s clear that he has an issue with Kanye as a person he trashes him trough out the review but then gives the concert a B+. That doesn’t even make since and all the other reviews I read from the Seattle show said it was hot so obviously dude was trippin.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I mean I know reviews are worthless, and that includes movie reviews especially. I hardly even pay attention to music reviews. After all a review is simply another personal opinion. What makes on review more credible than the other?? Nothing..
However wtf is Kayne complaining about a B+?? “I only pass or fail”?? lol..Well nigga a F is a fail and a B to A+ is a good pass. I mean whether your an extremist or perfectionist regardless your not perfect. No one is. Kanye needs to learn how to accept some criticism sometimes and stfu. Constructive criticsim liek a “B+”keeps you striving for more and motivates you to improve.
This nigga always wanna hop on some ol’ drama queen type shit instead of taking a B+ and turning it into motivation.
“I create magnificent art”
I mean this nigga really think he Mozart or bethoven huh.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
RIGZ Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Whats wrong with a B+ ????
That dont sound like a bad review to me…
Kanye’s buggin
^^^
I think it’s kinda good he acts like a girl sometimes. It lets you know the dude is still human…
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
hahahaha kanye is a faggot
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I think it’s kinda good he acts like a girl sometimes. It lets you know the dude is still human…
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Kanyes ego will be the downfall of himself if he doesn’t control it. The drama queen shit just shows he doesn’t know how to accept any constructive criticism. If he was already the best at everything what room would he have to grow?
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Kanye is the most insecure person in music…Chill out homie. Graduation is a good album. You are going to get people praising you and people hating you. At least they’re talking about you dude.
The more I listen to ‘Ye jab his mouth, the less interest I have in giving him any thought. Graduation gets worse the more I hear him crying about gossip.
I don’t know what’s worse…This, or Jay-Z addressing a basketball player?
What is going on?
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
… Kanye has earned the right to beat his chest … let him carry on, he’s a funny dude … love for self is the greatest love of all … it is what causes dreams to come true …
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
>>However wtf is Kayne complaining about a B+?? “I only pass or fail�? lol..Well nigga a F is a fail and a B to A+ is a good pass.
Ye don’t care. He dumbed out on XXL cuz niggas gave Common an XL. He’s a perfectionist. I don’t hold it against him, although he definitely be blacking out. But I found this particular rant funny, so I ain’t mad at him.
“…and if you see me… BOW!!!”
^classic
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
# !Ven-Tech? Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
RIGZ Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Whats wrong with a B+ ????
That dont sound like a bad review to me…
Kanye’s buggin
^^^
I think it’s kinda good he acts like a girl sometimes. It lets you know the dude is still human…
^^^^^
Fuck that.
I dont respect bitch hissy-fits. Not even from female bitches.
This sorta shit dont fly with me at all. I actually find it disgusting (in the literal sense of the word).
I dont respect this sorta shit AT ALL. I punch dudes with those sorta tendencies right in the nose-bridge
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Dude does need to be humbled, for real.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
kanye tore this guy a new arsehole. i love it. even if he was ‘whinning’ that shit was funny as hell.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
… half the time it seems like Kanye is in his Muhammad Ali “i am the greatest of all time” mode … people are taking him too seriously …. IMO …
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I hope this Wiz/Cavs series makes LeBron tougher. Because from here on out, his gangsta will be tested on the court even more.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
>>I punch dudes with those sorta tendencies right in the nose-bridge
no you don’t.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Lately…
Alchemist > Kanye
*wraps gauze around hands*
*puts in mouthpiece*
*waits in vacant lot* (no Dame Grease)
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7379554.stm
^^^
What is this? Shock the f**king world week? Shame, BBC …smh
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Chris Willman: Mr. West… Can I have an interview?!
Ye: Stop talking to me you know better than that!
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
RIGZ Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
# !Ven-Tech? Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
RIGZ Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Whats wrong with a B+ ????
That dont sound like a bad review to me…
Kanye’s buggin
^^^
I think it’s kinda good he acts like a girl sometimes. It lets you know the dude is still human…
^^^^^
Fuck that.
I dont respect bitch hissy-fits. Not even from female bitches.
This sorta shit dont fly with me at all. I actually find it disgusting (in the literal sense of the word).
I dont respect this sorta shit AT ALL. I punch dudes with those sorta tendencies right in the nose-bridge
^^^
lol, a nose-bridge shot is rough Romez…I agree that his rants make him a woman with a huge metal chin and truth is I don’t even like his music that much…but it’s funny that he’s so insecure. But then he’s told us this in a song before…
…speaking of which,
Stacey Dash KING cover > Stacey Dash pictures in KING
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I bet Kanye cried a lot as a kid…I bet he was the type of dude to turn off the Nintendo if you were whooping his ass at Tecmo Super Bowl…I bet he’d take his ball [ll] and leave the basketball court if he was having a bad game…it makes for good music though…
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
# landlORD Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
… half the time it seems like Kanye is in his Muhammad Ali “i am the greatest of all time†mode … people are taking him too seriously …. IMO …
^^^^^^^
I could agree with you…
But Ali said the shit he was saying in CONFIDENCE.
Kanye does it whining & complaining with the stench of arrogance. I NEVER heard Ali COMPLAIN about anything…
Stop whining. B+ is a good grade & it wasnt even a bad review…It would make sense if he got a “D+” or suttin, but damn. He aint even got nothing to complain about! LOL!
But who cares. At the end of the day, its funny because I’m not around it. But someone around me couldnt act like that without getting checked swiftly
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
>>people are taking him too seriously
yeah, for real. ya’ll niggas letting this guy get ya’ll upset and shit.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
D. Billz Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Lately…
Alchemist > Kanye
*wraps gauze around hands*
^^^
Dipped in glue and glass
I’m blazin emcees
at the same time amazin emcees
somehow emcees aint that eyebrow raising to me
Classic Royce shit
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
kanye got dope beats
thats bout it
who filling em with helium????
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
# eskay Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
>>I punch dudes with those sorta tendencies right in the nose-bridge
no you don’t.
^^^^^^
Catch a flight to London, go to Lewisham Borough (specifically New Cross or Catford) & ask about a yute named Detras.
OR
Go Southwark & ask the rival gangs about the same name.
And with that, I’m gone.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I bet he’d take his ball [ll] and leave the basketball court if he was having a bad game…it makes for good music though…
>>Ye’d break-up with his girl if she didn’t enjoy the sex. Just this one time… lol.[n'omo]
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
You motherfuckers didn’t like my last post!!?!?!?! Well FCUK YOU THEN!!!! I put time into my posts and for motherfuckers not to even acknowledge my posts let alone not give me a LMAO or LOL’S is an insult you me and YOURSELF!!!!!! What I do here is art but you wouldn’t know if you weren’t an artist yourself! When you read my posts BOW motherfuckers…if you don’t give me some LMAO’s at the end with numerous !!!!!!!!!!! at the end I feel sorry for your life and your existense. I’m no blogger I’m a poster get it right, appreciate me while you still have me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (c) rex west
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Catch a flight to London, go to Lewisham Borough (specifically New Cross or Catford) & ask about a yute named Detras.
OR
Go Southwark & ask the rival gangs about the same name.
And with that, I’m gone
^^^
and while you out there eskay, watch out for pretty girls on motor bikes
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Expect a Jay-Z record with subliminal disses directed at Entertainment Weekly
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
digital scales Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
kanye got dope beats
thats bout it
who filling em with helium????
^Yeah, his lyrics have been on the decline lately, but he’s still the best rapper/producer. And in ‘03 before his album dropped, his mixtapes were nothin’ short of classic. Get Well Soon and I’m Good mixtapes, specifically.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
RIGZ Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
# eskay Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
>>I punch dudes with those sorta tendencies right in the nose-bridge
no you don’t.
^^^^^^
Catch a flight to London, go to Lewisham Borough (specifically New Cross or Catford) & ask about a yute named Detras.
OR
Go Southwark & ask the rival gangs about the same name.
And with that, I’m gone.
^^^
It would be funny if I actually did that and people were like “who?”
I was in a gang, it’s not as exciting as it is described through television and music. But to question your punching abilities is to question Kanye’s concert performances…
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Classic Royce shit
>>Cuz this is what happens when Bad Meets Evil
And we hit the trees till we look like Vietnamese people
He’s Evil, and I’m Bad like Steve Segal
Best of Em too
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
*back from London*
ayo, them lads said they ain’t never heard a’ya bredren.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
i’m workin hard for a fuckin B+ in my classes right now ..
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Dudes in England ride around on ponies and think it’s gully.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
ISN’T A PICTURE WORTH A 1000 WORDS???…..
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
kaynes a hoe
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Coming from someone who saw the concert, i think ye has all the right to tripp off of this…
Yeah he be buggin and i dont know if i would have taken the review to this extent of going off on this dude, But the show I saw in LA was thee dopest concert ive ever seen. I cant even put it into word and all the acts were CRAZY.
All i got to say is ‘ye should just forget EW they hardly review albums, movies or shows correctly…
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Shut the fuck up “RIGZ”..i saw the show in SD and it was BY FAR the best show ive ever seen. Ye’s Right. Show some respect
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
this just made me like kanye more. hahaha.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
>At RIGZ.
You are a fucking homo. You are probably a white who rolls with 5 dumb black boys and thinks you are because of the fucking dumb lax UK laws that should have had you locked up and I am not talking about AKon’s locked up.
I live in London and in Catford. I actually went on the street and asked about you. Apparently you a weak punk. To the fellow Americans, Southwark and Catford are not actually ghettos. Excuse while I expose this pussy’s thong. Catford has some nice houses. Southwark is an exhibition on how much the government adores waste black people in UK. They get all their shit paid for so they can stab each other while hard working parents like mine pay massive taxes through the nose just to house this fucking scum.
Get a life and go to UNi. I am sure LSBU would admit you. Seems all your waste friends are there.
London yutes need to calm down. You are not gangsta and you never will be. Holla at me.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
kanye is getting whaker by the day. i use to be a big fan but now im letting go a little bit. graduation was highly overrated to me. i dont bump that album at all. flashing lights and stronger are the only songs i would replay right now. late reg def had the best sound appeal. college dropout is the best work he did tho. someone need to tell him hop off the camels hump because the camel will collapse. also the camel has been whak for a minute.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
^ Owned.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Yo…
How many of y’all do music? I see people saying Ye’s gay, he’s a bitch, little girl, etc. But when you put your blood, sweat, tears, and spirit into a body of work, and you KNOW that it’s the best thing since sliced bread, you’re gonna protect it like a lion in the den. People can’t step foot in the den; they can throw a steak or two, a couple dead gazelles, but the moment they enter or disturb the den, they will get the shit mauled out of them–literally.
Before you go jumping to the ‘bitch-made’ comments, just remember that you’re not an ARTIST, so you may not completely understand. And if you are an artist and you’re still making these comments, you’re not working hard enough.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Artists are sensitive people fair enough if he’s venting we all do it sometimes.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
YO HE’S AN ARTIST & HE’S SENSITIVE BOUT HIS SHIT !
ALL Y’ALL SAYING ‘YE IS WYLIN’ . HE’S AN ARTIST MANG & Y’ALL KNOW THE EFFORT HE PUT INTO THIS GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR.
I AINT WIT THE WHININ BUT THE DUDE WILLMAN WAS SEMI THROWIN’ DARTS
YEAH ‘YE !!! GET @ ‘EM !! IF Y’ALL THINK HE’S BUGGIN GO HERE
http://www.myspace.com/chriswillman
THEN READ THE REVIEW AGAIN WIT THAT PIC IN MIND &
SEE IF U’D WANT THIS CORNY ASS MUHFUKKA
TALKIN BOUT YOUR ART ! YOU’D SPAZZ ON HIM TOO !
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:32 am
wow, that was a good review i thought. kanye has criminally low self esteem. narcissism is fueled by that.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:53 am
what’d I say eskay. B. good mornian kanye. they’re both goofy
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:18 am
….”I puff Bob Marley dude All day, like Rastafari’s do”
PLEASE ‘YE DON’T HURT ‘EM..
:p
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 am
For one thing, Kanye West can’t spell (To try to throw yall to cents in?) “TO” cents?? I think he means “TWO” cents. Another thing, it’s obvious he’s a sore loser. Anytime this hack gets a poor review or loses an MTV Video Award (like last year) he has to whine, bitch and moan about it. If he would have gotten a good review he would have praised the reviewer and said he thanks God that there are people like him in the world that help spread Kanye’s music to the people. Kanye West is an idiot and a hypocrite. Those are my TWO cents.
Want more reality? Come and check out my blog: http://colorofcrime.blogspot.com
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
HAHAHAHA, that’s esGay bitching, crying and yelling like a homo diva at me when I told him that ALLHIPHOP.COM AND ILLSEED ARE BETTER THAN HIM LMFAOOOOOO! Now I now where the faggot esGay gets his bitchy mood swings HAHAHAAHAHHAA……go fuck yourself you faggot. Eat a dick up!
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Good for Kanye. Most critics think their opinion matters, but it is utterly worthless. On top of that, most Hip Hop critics are idiots, especially mainstream american columnists. Knowing ‘the history’ of Hip Hop has nothing to do with shit. You need to know lyricism and production. You need the passion, love, and capacity to ingest the art then comment. A dose of humility wouldn’t hurt either. I find it pretty rare that I agree with commentary on Hip Hop material when it doesn’t come from a person who themselves was once a nasty emcee or talented producer.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:27 am
[...] Check out what Nahright had to say on the subject. [...]
May 4th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
[...] I love everything this guy does musically, but why does he insist on doing things that are beneath an artist of his caliber? Apparently Kanye didn’t like the B+ given to him by Entertainment Weekly for their review of his “Glow in the Dark Tour” but was telling the reviewer to kill himself really necessary? I believe that final line has since been deleted, but Eskay at Nah Right ran it in his initial discussion of this issue yesterday. The review isn’t even that bad. The guy doesn’t sound like a hip hop head, but Kanye doesn’t get reviewed by just hip hop heads anymore. You’re a genius Ye, but pull it together. [...]
May 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
[...] swagger jacked from c’est la vie. tell me i’m dreaming! i’m actually not even about to watch the whole thing, because i want to be surprised. but for those who need to see what kind of trippy, galactic experience the tour actually is, here you go. you better like it, or kanye will ROCK YOU. no joke. [...]