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		<title>It takes a socially transcendent moment to remind us what makes life worth living.  Kanye West is a valuable member of society.</title>
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Last Sunday night, I was browsing the internet, and all of a sudden, everything came to a halt.  It was as if one moment &#8216;made the world stop.&#8217;  This single moment demanded the instantaneous attention of the every human being in the Westernized world.  After experiencing this moment, every human &#8216;came up [...]]]></description>
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Last Sunday night, I was browsing the internet, and all of a sudden, everything came to a halt.  It was as if one moment &#8216;made the world stop.&#8217;  This single moment demanded the instantaneous attention of the every human being in the Westernized world.  After experiencing this moment, every human &#8216;came up with an opinion&#8217; on the event, and felt obliged to share this opinion with the world [via life stream/social network/ real life interaction].  It was truly one of the greatest live moments in the history of the world because 2009 has given us the proper tools to instantaneously reflect on a moment in a group setting.  It was as if &#8217;social media&#8217; finally had a reason for existing (besides helping 2 elect the black President).</p>
<p>Apparently the famous African American rapper &#8216;Kanye West&#8217; interrupted some little white girl (Taylor Swift) when she won a prize at a fake awards show which celebrates mainstream music videos (hosted by the Music Television Channel ).  From what I understand, the concept/goal of an Awards Show hosted by a television networks is to &#8216;create content&#8217;, where &#8217;something that gets the whole world talking&#8217; can happen since you are bringing together some of the world&#8217;s most famous/volatile people.  Viewers tune in, expecting to &#8217;see the unexpected&#8217; and sometime the network manages to &#8216;create&#8217; bloggable/reflectable moments.  Ultimately, the brand of the tv network becomes &#8216;more relevant&#8217; based upon how much content they can produce.<br />
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From what I have read, Kanye West walked on stage to interrupt her acceptance speech, making it clear that Beyonce Knowles had one of the best music videos in the history of art + video + media.  It seemed like she reacted as most white women react when a black man approaches them, since she metaphorically &#8216;clenched on to her purse tighter than ever before&#8217; [via black man passing u on the streets].</p>
<p>I disagree with Kanye West&#8217;s message (but wholeheartedly approve of his actions)&#8211;Beyonce&#8217;s video is nothing special.  It seems like it is just African American women showing off their figures and &#8216;getting they dance on&#8217; for the world.  I am bad at &#8216;valuing dance&#8217; as a legitimate artform because I feel like if I wanted to &#8217;see dance&#8217;, I would go to a &#8216;titty bar&#8217; to see some &#8216;live, nude breasts shaking&#8217; and bodies contorting in a sexual fashion, directly simulating the act of sex.  The video seems like it was just a marketing gimmick, attempting to create a &#8216;dance craze&#8217; and also possibly some sort of feminist propaganda anthem, which accidentally reinforced the concept of &#8216;marriage&#8217; as a gateway to a perfect life.</p>
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<p>Since Kanye West is a &#8216;cool black person&#8217;, Taylor Swift probably thought he was going to do something to make her &#8217;seem cooler&#8217;, but then he &#8216;took a shit&#8217; on her perceived sense of self within the entertainment industry.<br />
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It seems like &#8216;American citizens&#8217; are &#8216;deeply disturbed&#8217; by Kanye West&#8217;s actions, and can take one of the following viewpoints on his behavior:</p>
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<li> He was right, but u have 2 pretend it is real cuz she&#8217;s a white lil girl who is taking showbiz seriously.  U have no right to ruin this 4 her.</li>
<li> Kanye West is a bully.</li>
<li> Kanye West is &#8216;a fucking retard&#8217;/'jack ass.&#8217;</li>
<li> Kanye West is African American/slur word for African-American which would inherently explain his actions.</li>
<li>&#8216;Aww&#8230; Poor thing.&#8217;</li>
<li>&#8216;Team Taylor! Let&#8217;s boycott buying the records of black ppl.&#8217;</li>
<li>&#8216;I think I will vlog about this to get youtube hits.&#8217;</li>
<li>Taylor Swift &#8216;deserved her moment.&#8217;  She did not need 2 have her reality harassed by this &#8220;negroid.&#8221;</li>
<li>I am &#8216;above&#8217; reacting to this event.</li>
<li>I &#8216;understand&#8217; what Kanye West has gone through in life, but I am a human, so I will still &#8216;hold him accountable&#8217; 4 being a &#8216;meanie head.&#8217;</li>
<li> Taylor Swift represents everything that is wrong with show business and the arts. We must respect Kanye West and his neverending quest to express his true self to the real world.  He is genuinely trying to transcend fame, pop culture, and the arts.  No one will ever understand him.  He is truly the most artistic person in the world, and when he goes on tour with Lady Gaga, we will finally experience art that is on the same level as the greats like Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan.</li>
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I do not believe that Taylor Swift &#8216;deserved to have her moment.&#8217;  It doesn&#8217;t matter how young she is, and we do not need to enable her sick perspective on the world.  While she has a sweet exterior, possibly &#8216;more talent&#8217; than the traditional Disney-mafia star, and an ability to &#8216;handle&#8217; everything &#8216;with grace&#8217;, we have to understand that we are harming these manufactured pop stars by continuing to let them exist.  Many of them will have identity crises where they turn to substance abuse + sexual experimentation when their whole world comes crashing down around them.</p>
<h6>When I look into their eyes, I srsly feel like there is &#8216;evil&#8217; inside of these people.</h6>
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It seems like it is beneficial for these Disney stars to &#8216;believe in the Lord&#8217;, because believing that a higher power &#8216;gifted  them&#8217; with this &#8216;opportunity&#8217; to touch the lives&#8217; of millions of tweens [via the power of music] would be the only way for some one to take their absurd job so seriously.  It seems important to remember that these tween stars are possibly &#8216;mentally ill&#8217; in ways that make them highly functional within the entertainment world.  I feel like I will finally &#8216;like&#8217; the Jonas Brothers when they have a reality show when they are in their mid-30s, similar to Corey Feldman and Corey Haim&#8217;s show &#8220;The Two Coreys&#8221;, a show about two child stars who still have a very stupid perspective on the world (and are recovering addicts).</p>
<p>I was alarmed when Beyonce bypassed her own acceptance speech and &#8216;called Taylor back on stage&#8217; so that she could &#8216;complete her speech&#8217;, and Taylor Swift failed to realize that it &#8216;was still a fake award&#8217; + failed to realize that &#8217;she was just involved in a meme that could have been taken to the next level by indirectly calling Kanye West the n-word.&#8217;  Instead, she &#8216;carried on&#8217; with her generic speech/theme [via thank yall], as if &#8216;everything was made right&#8217; and &#8216;honor&#8217; was restored to the Awards show/the Entertainment hierarchy.  It honestly seems like there is &#8217;something mentally wrong with her&#8217; to &#8216;fail to recognize the magnitude of the moment she is in.&#8217;  I do not like this moment, because people in the &#8216;Entertainment World&#8217; actually think they are &#8216;real people&#8217; with &#8216;real feelings&#8217; in this clip.</p>
<h6>My fave part of this video is at 1:29 when Perez Hilton &#8216;puts his hand over his heart, as if he is watching &#8216;a truly meaningful moment.&#8217;</h6>
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<p>While many people believe that Kanye didn&#8217;t deserve to &#8216;ruin her moment&#8217;, they are neglecting to remember how much they &#8216;h88888 pop culture&#8217; and how it&#8217;s &#8217;suuuch a guilty please to consume gossip blogs and the E! network.&#8217;  Do u remember when it was trendy/insightful to have a cutting edge opinion on &#8216;what a terrible person Paris Hilton is&#8217; and link it to &#8216;the deterioration of the moral fabric of our society&#8217;?  It seems like this Kanyegate 3.0 moment will always be remembered as when tweens learned that it was &#8216;okay&#8217; to treat celebrity entertainment like it was &#8216;real news&#8217; instead of gradually learning sports+entertainment are more fun to consume than &#8216;important news&#8217; over the course of their lives&#8217;.</p>
<p>It seems like if ppl really wanted to &#8217;stop caring about the practice of turning the actions of rich+famous people into coverable news&#8217;, they would have embraced Kanye &#8216;taking a shit on this white girl.&#8217;<br />
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If I had black skin, I would be insanely ashamed of Beyonce Knowles for &#8216;giving Taylor Swift&#8217; her spotlight.  The truth is, if you want to sell albums in the modern world, you must appeal to the white tween.  All apologies issued in thie &#8216;controversy&#8217; are meant to appease the white tween.  You cannot cross the white tweens (note: minority tweens enjoy pretending to be white, as well).  If you &#8216;piss them off&#8217;, they will not buy your mp3 on iTunes, or use their Best Buy gift certificate to purchase your album.  They will not go to your concert.  They will tweet about you, but it will not be positive.  It seems like some1 should create an acronym with the same dark connotations that &#8220;W.A.S.P&#8221; has, except for White.Tweens.</p>
<p>As a society, we must come together and root for Kanye West to continue to create content &amp; headlines.  While he is genuinely pursuing greatness, his narcissistic qualities will surely lead to his premature death.  This is more than about needing &#8216;good guys&#8217; and &#8216;bad guys&#8217; to create conflict and news.  We need a stream of content that we can continually reflect upon.  This is why we miss Michael Jackson so much, we had the opportunity to have fun watching him fall apart together.  It was legitimately a bullying process that rallied all humans together.  It didn&#8217;t matter how smart or how dumb u were, there was something inherently funny about making fun of Michael Jackson&#8217;s racial, sexual, and social identity.  A type of humor that transcended educational levels and  class divisions.<br />
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If you analyze Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;award winning video,&#8217; you will realize that it is a &#8216;fucking sham.&#8217;  I think the gimmick/theme of the song, is supposed to be some sort of plea to a boy to like her because she has a beautiful+interesting+creative soul instead of the generic &#8216;hot ass cheerleader type.&#8217;<br />
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It seems like this video is supposed to appeal to &#8216;tweens who feel left out&#8217;/like they don&#8217;t &#8216;fit in.&#8217;  It is a song about sexual desire and obsession over one perfect boy, declaring that he &#8216;belongs to you.&#8217;  You are entitled to him.  Feel good about who you are, because if he really got 2 know u, he would love u 4 all of the right reasons.  Concepts like these lead to teenage obesity since kids are told that some1 will like them for &#8216;what&#8217;s inside.&#8217;  They neglect to take care of their health, and eventually become mopey college students who sit around in a &#8216;dreamworld&#8217; waiting on their modern Prince Charmbro.</p>
<p>I prefer Beyonce&#8217;s  artsy booty video to Taylor Swift&#8217;s high school puff piece.</p>
<h6>Do u sometimes like 2 get drunk just 2 &#8217;see what happens&#8217;? [via alcoholism]</h6>
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<p>We must applaud Kanye for silencing the sweet,  yet poisonous essence of Taylor Swift.<br />
Kanye West is a simple, raw human being.  When it comes to &#8216;love and relationships&#8217;, he is not interested in creating some sort of meaningful quirky bullshit.  He is a man who wants ass and titties.  He is an honest man.<br />
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<p>We must accept Kanye West as the true heir to the King of Pop&#8211;not because of his talent or his artistic interpretation of the world, but because of his ability to create content.  He can rapidly produce albums as well as public incidents that are indicative of a deeply troubled human being.  He transcends &#8216;right and wrong&#8217; because he truly &#8216;acts from the heart/soul&#8217; in a world where most people are too smart/deliberate/PR-managed to act upon their emotions.  We must encourage him, embrace him, watch him accomplish great things, but most importantly, watch him truly start to &#8216;panic&#8217; when he reaches his middle ages and the fear of mortality will drive him to seek more attention than ever.</p>
<p>Realistically, Kanye West seems to be the next &#8216;big celebrity&#8217; who might die &#8216;prematurely&#8217; in some sort of tragic/misunderstood event.  As a society, we must rise up to create+seize the opportunity to experience the deaths of numerous famous people.  We are &#8216;regular people&#8217; but when some1 &#8216;famous dies&#8217;, regular people finally get a chance to publicly reflect about the gift of life.<br />
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We have learned in 2009, that there is no greater news story to react to than the death of some1.  Many of these death victims are not even very &#8216;relevant&#8217; to Generation Y.  But the process of digital mourning is too &#8216;fun&#8217; to let some1 die without talking about them.  When some1 &#8216;famous&#8217; dies, u get to share the meme with your friends, and ponder the person&#8217;s realistic effect/impact on your life.  It seems to be fun when you &#8216;don&#8217;t give a shit&#8217; that some1 famous died, but it is also &#8216;equally enthralling&#8217; to experience the death of some1 who &#8216;was a big part of celebrity culture&#8217; (thereby directly impacting ur life).<br />
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A lot of people say that twitter is a &#8216;useless and boring display of humanity.&#8217;  These people don&#8217;t understand the true value of twitter&#8211;twitter is an instant window into the lives&#8217; of people.  A chance to track the distractions that are filling up people&#8217;s lives&#8217;, momentarily taking over their brains.  An impact significant enough to process a lil thought/meme about it.  Whether it is a human, a product, a political scandal, a television show,  a movie, or a celeb death, the twitter&#8217;s portal into a generalized human psyche is priceless.</p>
<p>We must embrace the power of this tool.  We must embrace all tools that allow us to reflect/share/digitally mourn.</p>
<p>We are growing up, learning how to use social networks to experience life together.  We are learning how to mourn, celebrate, and crucify miscellaneous celebrities.  We are learning that death memes are the memes that unite us.  The internet/internet meme is a coping mechanism/opportunity.  While events happen in &#8216;reality&#8217; our opportunity to reflect upon them in a &#8217;sillie lil online world&#8217; helps us to cope with how deeply rattled we are by the underlying themes of highly bloggable events.<br />
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When you say &#8216;I don&#8217;t give a shit&#8217; about this KanyeVs.TaylorSwift meme, it&#8217;s like you&#8217;re turning your back on humanity.  You fail to realize that these are the only moments that we can all share together.  These are the moments where you feel comfortable with the &#8216;whole world&#8217; reacting.  Even though it is a &#8217;sillie lil award show&#8217;, maybe everything in life is &#8217;silly.&#8217;  Maybe it&#8217;s &#8217;silly&#8217; that we elect a President of the USA every 4 years.  Maybe it&#8217;s sillie that we use &#8216;money&#8217; 2 make our economy work.  Maybe it&#8217;s &#8217;sillie&#8217; that we live life.</p>
<p>But u need 2 embrace this silliness with all of the ppl around u.   We have been given the ability to analyze and interpret the world around us, and many social barriers are created by the content which you can analyze+interpret.  When megamoments happen, you let your guard down, and find a lil bit of solace in knowing that &#8216;every1 knows about this.&#8217;  Sometimes you&#8217;ll get mad if some1 has a dumb opinion, or if some1 uneducated tries to &#8216;act like the have an authoritative perspective on real life.&#8217;  You need to stop being so angry/exclusive with your thoughts, and surrender them to the collective consciousness which exists on the internet.  Your thought/opinion is more valuable as part of a whole which can be analyzed as &#8216;raw data.&#8217; </p>
<p>Sometimes, I wish the internet/twitter/meme distribution systems were more developed when Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson&#8217;s breast-cover.<br />
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Sorta wish I had seen OJ Simpson as a trending topic during his car chase/trial.</p>
<p>We just want to share life with the people around us.<br />
We just want to laugh at humor that every1 &#8216;gets.&#8217;<br />
We just want the whole world to unite, kinda like how Michael Jackson used to help us unite around content, before the internet enabled every1 to go into their little niche.  It seems like the internet has finally &#8216;helped us 2 connect&#8217; with every1.</p>
<p>We just want to send a funnie picture 2 a friend.<br />
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<p>We need to know that the leader of our country has the same values as us.<br />
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<p>We need to use memes to &#8216;cope.&#8217;  We need the internet.  We need to share ourselves and the world that we see.</p>
<p>We must design more memes.</p>
<p>Make them laugh.  Make them remember their youth.<br />
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<p>Make them laugh.  Tie in a meme with another meme.<br />
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<p>Appeal to all  humor levels, letting the meme move upmarket and downmarket.<br />
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<p>We must always take the opportunity to objectify women.<br />
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<p>Strive for the most absurd meme possible.<br />
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<p>The vast collection of Kanye Interruption Memes will live forever.  They are modern cave paintings, capturing the way we communicate and tell stories.</p>
<p>Should Kanye &#8216;be sorry&#8217;?  Did he dishonor himself, his brand, and the perceived &#8216;love&#8217; that he had for his mother?  Did he take his brand to another level?  Is Kanye West depressed?  Will Kanye West &#8216;kill himself&#8217; after his 5th South Park appearance?  Will Taylor Swift become a lesbian/star of a celeb reality show?  R u worried about tweens/the world, or are you starting to embrace the world as it is?</p>
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<p>Kanye West has nothing to be sorry for.  He did the right thing for himself.  He did the right thing for the betterment of America.  He did the unintentionally did the right thing for the advancement of &#8216;the arts.&#8217;</p>
<p>Kanye West made me realize why life is worth living. My life is &#8216;better&#8217; when I have better content 2 share with u.  </p>
<p>How long am I going 2 have 2 wait for another socially transcendent moment?</p>
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		<title>Just saw Kanye West shopping at Am Appy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo via Am Appy Daily Update

Can&#8217;t believe Kanye West shops at Am Appy.  Not sure if this makes me want to wear it more/less.  Not sure if this means that American Apparel is meant for people of all races, or that they are trying to be some sort of upscale blipster brand.  [...]]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/Kanye1.jpg"><br />
Can&#8217;t believe Kanye West shops at Am Appy.  Not sure if this makes me want to wear it more/less.  Not sure if this means that American Apparel is meant for people of all races, or that they are trying to be some sort of upscale <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/07/alt-bingo-blipster-edition.html">blipster</a> brand.  Feeling very confused, like I want to burn all of my Am Appy/try to think of new conversion projects.</p>
<p>When I see Kanye looking at Am Appy shirts, it seems like he is saying that he could design them better than Dovathan Charney.   It seems like he &#8216;likes the aesthetic&#8217; but would probably &#8216;tweak that shit&#8217; to make it more &#8216;epic&#8217; somehow.<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/Kanye2.jpg"><br />
Can&#8217;t believe he brought &#8216;his <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/should-we-hold-it-against-kanye-west-for-dating-outside-of-his-race.html">skank ass girlfriend</a>&#8216; with him.  Wonder if her curvie figure can even fit in2 Am Appy.    Feel like I might need to find a new brand.  Has any1 heard of Anthropologie / Hollister / Ammy Eagle?</p>
<p>would have guessed that Kanye was &#8216;above&#8217; generic retail bullshit.   Guess he&#8217;s just trying to chill.  Apparently he bought 2 hoodies &#038; sunglasses.   Seems like a sillie purchase, since summer is coming up. </p>
<p>I remember Kanye West had a song on his first album where he talked about being a black dude who worked at the Gap.  He rapped about &#8216;murdering his boss&#8217; and &#8217;smoking blunts at work.&#8217;  He was just a disenfranchised black bro, still hungry to &#8216;transcend society.&#8217;  Now that he is &#8216;famous&#8217; I feel like his content is &#8216;totally different&#8217;, and he just sort of sings about &#8216;generic hip hop greatness.&#8217;<br />
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Feels weird that Kanye West used to have a &#8216;different image.&#8217;  Wonder if he was still &#8216;demented&#8217; back then.  Feels weird to &#8216;look back&#8217; on &#8216;rappers who we thought were going to be different than every other rapper&#8217;, but eventually all &#8216;hip hop stars&#8217; turn in2 the same thing. </p>
<p>I remember when Kanye&#8217;s signature gimmick [via 1st album] was a &#8216;dejected bear.&#8217;<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/k3529_l.jpg"><br />
Seems like maybe he was &#8216;less cultured&#8217; back then, and this was &#8216;all he could think of.&#8217;    Back before he met the Ed Banger crew/ traveled to France / started &#8216;blogging&#8217; / &#8216;going 2 fashion shows&#8217; / becoming an &#8216;artist.&#8217;</p>
<p>Can ppl change, or are they always the same?</p>
<p>Meme that we must nvr 4gt<br />
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		<title>Name that African American Celebrity Look A Like</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was looking at pictures of black ppl, and saw 1 who looked eggzackly like another famous bro.
Photo via Lastnightsparty

Here are some hints for yall:

He is a &#8216;ghey fish.&#8217;
He sings the song &#8216;How Could U be S0 Heartless?&#8221; abt dating white women
He wrote the 2008 summer anthem &#8220;Hey Ya!&#8221;
He wears trucker hats
He is an artsy bro [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Was looking at pictures of black ppl, and saw 1 who looked eggzackly like another famous bro.</em></p>
<h6>Photo via <a href="http://www.lastnightsparty.com">Lastnightsparty</a></h6>
<p><img src="http://www.lastnightsparty.com/onelifetoliv/slides/IMG_1129.JPG" alt="" /><br />
Here are some hints for yall:</p>
<ul>
<li>He is a &#8216;ghey fish.&#8217;</li>
<li>He sings the song &#8216;How Could U be S0 Heartless?&#8221; abt dating white women</li>
<li>He wrote the 2008 summer anthem &#8220;Hey Ya!&#8221;</li>
<li>He wears trucker hats</li>
<li>He is an artsy bro who just wants 2 be white.</li>
<li>He plays for the New Orleans Saints</li>
<li>He is married to Kim Kardashian</li>
<li>He went into the stands to fight Detroit Pistons fans</li>
<li>He was recently elected President of the United States of America</li>
<li>He was the only black person to win Project Runway</li>
<li>He is a socialite</li>
<li>He is married to an Asian woman</li>
<li>He is the star of numerous action movies</li>
<li>He is releasing a rap album soon</li>
<li>He is known for having a big ego</li>
</ul>
<p>&#8220;Help a brutha out.&#8221; -blck ppl</p>
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		<title>Meaningful Music Videos of the Past Blog Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to &#8216;embed some videos&#8217; that are &#8216;relevant&#8217;, yall.
Music Video: Little Boots &#8211; New In Town

Analysis: I think that this video is about a girl from the United Kingdom coming to America, and getting dropped off in &#8216;a black part of town&#8217;, and exploring what &#8216;black culture is like.&#8217;  From this video, we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Just wanted to &#8216;embed some videos&#8217; that are &#8216;relevant&#8217;, yall.</em></p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Little Boots &#8211; New In Town</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong> I think that this video is about a girl from the United Kingdom coming to America, and getting dropped off in &#8216;a black part of town&#8217;, and exploring what &#8216;black culture is like.&#8217;  From this video, we have learned that black people &#8216;live under underpasses&#8217;, &#8216;like to dance&#8217;, and &#8217;seem like thugs but might not always hurt u.&#8217;  Not sure about the song.  Think Little Boots might emerge into a female artist who I prefer listening to remixes of, as opposed to &#8216;her actual songs.&#8217;  But I think that there is &#8216;a huge market&#8217; for people who want a product like Little Boots.</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Kanye West &#8211; Amazing</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>I think there is a point where an artist &#8216;becomes a brand.&#8217;  Their music doesn&#8217;t have to be &#8216;good&#8217; or &#8216;inspiring&#8217; any more, it just has to have enough elements for the common man to recognize the artist when they are scanning channels on the radio.  So while this song is &#8216;boring&#8217;, &#8216;uninspiring&#8217;, and the lyrics &#8217;seem like they were a poem written by an inner-city 2nd grader&#8217;, it doesn&#8217;t really matter because it is the recognizable brand of Kanye West.</p>
<p>&#8220;lets go out and film some amazing shit 4 this music video. Let&#8217;s get some fucking helicopters and film me standing on cliffs and shit.&#8221; &#8211; Kanye West in a conceptual brainstorming session about what 2 put in his music video for the song &#8220;Amazing&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Bat for Lashes &#8211; Daniel</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> It is weird when some1 has a &#8216;really catchy first song&#8217; with &#8216;a good first music video&#8217; like Bat for Lashes with the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8&#038;feature=related">&#8220;What&#8217;s a Girl To Do.&#8221;</a>   I&#8217;m not sure if her music is &#8217;still appealing&#8217; or even makes sense that the male-dominated music memesphere consumes her/people buy her records.  Just seems like a sort of &#8216;aimless&#8217; sort of gothy soft rock to me.  Think she might be more appealing if she &#8216;wasn&#8217;t so weird&#8217; and &#8216;38% more electro.&#8217;</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: M83 &#8211; We Own the Sky</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> Just like every other M83 video, this one involves &#8216;teens who are trying to find themselves&#8217; or something like that.  The song is &#8216;pretty good&#8217;, but I am not even sure if this video is &#8217;supposed to be compelling enough to watch.&#8217;  </p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Moby &#8211; Shot in the Back of the Head</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>This video was apparently &#8216;directed&#8217;/'created&#8217; by the famous director David Lynch.  Not exactly sure which movies he directed, but I think I read that he was &#8216;Wes Anderson 1.0.&#8217;   Think that this song is a &#8216;chill&#8217; Moby song.  I remember when Moby made that album that was strategically engineered to &#8216;go mainstream&#8217; since he had a famous person sing on every song.  Feel like Moby is an artist who is &#8216;fighting hard&#8217; to be authentic/make authentic products.  Think I would see this video when I was an impressionable teen staying up late watching MTV2, and &#8216;watch the whole thing&#8217; or something.</p>
<p><strong>Music video:  The xx &#8211; Crystalized</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  Never heard of this band, but I watched their video, and I think they have a bunch of &#8216;aesthetics&#8217; that I might be able to &#8216;like.&#8217;  Boy+Girl Duet style. &#8216;Minimal&#8217; guitar.  Drum Pad. &#8216;Shitty video that I might think is cool.&#8217;  Both singers might be meme-able homosexuals/sex icons.  Not even really sure what I&#8217;m supposed to think.</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Ed Banger Fight &#8211; those french people who g<a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/feel-like-the-electro-wars-are-starting-ed-banger-crew-thomas-banghalter-got-into-a-fight-at-cinespace.html">ot into a fight at Cinespace</a></strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> Some bro filmed a bunch of French ppl yelling at eachother at Cinespace.  Not even sure what happened.  Guess we&#8217;ll never know.  Seems important, though.  Wish I had something in my life &#8216;worth fighting 4&#8242;</p>
<p>Have yall seen n e good/relevant music videos lately?</p>
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		<title>Every time I see a progressively dressed group of black males, I search for Kanye West. [Progressive Racial Profiling]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo via altamira

Yall.  I feel like I might have developed a bad/potentially racist habit.  I feel like whenever I see a group of black males who are &#8216;dressed progressively&#8217;, I look for the face of Kanye West 2 be proudly looking at me, like &#8216;hey yall&#8230;just dressed nice and fashionable.  not really [...]]]></description>
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Yall.  I feel like I might have developed a bad/potentially racist habit.  I feel like whenever I see a group of black males who are &#8216;dressed progressively&#8217;, I look for the face of Kanye West 2 be proudly looking at me, like &#8216;hey yall&#8230;just dressed nice and fashionable.  not really dressed like a traditionally black person.&#8217;  Think that this might be some progressive kind of racial profiling.  Might be &#8216;too educated&#8217; for my own good to the point that I have developed a post-racial mindset.  Not sure if police officers will ever experience it, since they are usually dealing with the &#8216;thug aesthetic.&#8217;</p>
<p>Still sort of looking 4 Kanye in that pic.</p>
<p><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/thugs.jpg"><br />
I feel like &#8216;black people who wear streetwear&#8217; are sort of indistinguishable.  the &#8217;streetwear&#8217; look/aesthetic seems to be too mainstream to enable some1 to stand out.  With most rappers, I wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell if they were &#8216;famous and relevant artists&#8217; or &#8216;just another dude walking on the side of the road in a tall tee/wife beater.&#8217;  I &#8216;feel guilty&#8217; for thinking that, but I just want 2 know if I am &#8216;normal&#8217;, or what I could do to have a healthier mindset.</p>
<p>I guess it&#8217;s a good thing that Kanye West is shifting paradigms.  I think that he could inspire a generation of young black people to &#8216;dress nice&#8217;, but I think it conflicts with the core value of &#8216;nice shit being expensive, and showing off how much money u have by buying expensive stuff.&#8217;  Feel like Puff Daddy/Sean John is a better model for &#8216;affordable urban wear.&#8217; </p>
<p>I feel like 1 day we&#8217;ll look back and realize that this was one of the most important minority memes of all time.<br />
<a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/01/blipstaz-or-fggts-new-hro-gimmick.html"><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/3221261565_627f9fb12c_o.jpg"><br />
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/01/blipstaz-or-fggts-new-hro-gimmick.html</a></p>
<p>Please use this post to talk about racial stereotypes, and what we need 2 do 2 &#8216;correct them&#8217;/'fix u.&#8217;</p>
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		<title>h8 when u can&#8217;t tell the difference between &#8216;art&#8217; and &#8216;advertising.&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yall.  Don&#8217;t u h8 when u think something is &#8216;beautiful&#8217;, then u find out that it it being used 2 sell u something?  That&#8217;s what happened 2 me when I saw this picture.

Initially, I thought that it was a beautiful picture that was about &#8216;ending racism&#8217;, celebrating 2 beautiful people coming together as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yall.  Don&#8217;t u h8 when u think something is &#8216;beautiful&#8217;, then u find out that it it being used 2 sell u something?  That&#8217;s what happened 2 me when I saw this picture.<br />
<img src="http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kanye-amber.jpg"><br />
Initially, I thought that it was a beautiful picture that was about &#8216;ending racism&#8217;, celebrating 2 beautiful people coming together as 1 [via <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/should-we-hold-it-against-kanye-west-for-dating-outside-of-his-race.html">interracial couple</a>].  But then I found out that it is an advertisement for a tennis shoe/ strip club / slice of white ass.  Sad that the tennis shoe isn&#8217;t featured in the picture.</p>
<p>&#8216;ugh&#8217;.  Think that sometimes I assume that everything Kanye West makes is &#8216;beautiful art&#8217; and don&#8217;t realize that he is actually just &#8216;trying to make money&#8217;, or what rappers call &#8216;hustling.&#8217;</p>
<p>Feel manipulated.  It&#8217;s kinda like when I see a beautiful logo that I would consider getting as a tattoo, but then I realize that it is part of a global brand.  Thought I was gonna get this tattoo, but then I realized it belonged to CHILI&#8217;s.<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/ChilisLogo.jpg"><br />
(Fortunately, I found out that it is a kick ass restaurant.)</p>
<p>In my digital art class,  I actually made a symbol that looked like the &#8216;Nike Swoosh&#8217; without even ever seeing it.  I thought it was beautiful, but then my classmates accused me of &#8216;ripping off Nike&#8217; and wondering &#8216;how could u have never seen the Nike logo b4?&#8217;<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/nike_logo-400-400.jpg"><br />
Feel dumb when art = advertising, and I appreciate it too much when it I thought I was just admiring something beautiful.</p>
<p>But I did like the recent Am Appy custom Woody Allen campaign.  Feel like it really went viral.<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/woody_allen_american_apparel.jpg"><br />
wish websites had &#8216;billboards.&#8217;  Think &#8216;billboards&#8217; might be the most authentic artistic medium.</p>
<p>Felt sad when I read that famous street graffiti artist Banksy was actually hired by a Coalition of the Eastern world to spread anti-American messages [via internet viral campaign].<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/17banksyES_468x606.jpg"><br />
Does  n e 1 know where I can get an advertising/marketing internship?</p>
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		<title>Who is the most authentically chill bro?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just saw a picture of three bros chillin&#8217;, bein&#8217; creative.  Wonder which bro would be the best bro the chill with?
Photo via Kanye Blog

Who do yall think would be the best bro 2 chill with?

Bro #1)  He seems like a bro who is into cool shit, like culture and rap and stuff.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Just saw a picture of three bros chillin&#8217;, bein&#8217; creative.  Wonder which bro would be the best bro the chill with?</em></p>
<h6>Photo via Kanye Blog</h6>
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<strong>Who do yall think would be the best bro 2 chill with?</strong><br />
<strong><br />
Bro #1)  </strong>He seems like a bro who is into cool shit, like culture and rap and stuff.  Might be awkward to become BFFs with a black person if ur parents aren&#8217;t as progressive as they pretend to be.<br />
<strong>Bro #2)</strong>  Seems like a pretty cool post-Cobain type of bro.  Might always be down to throw down an authentic rock n roll post-rock chill.  Not sure if ur parents would want u hanging out with a bro who &#8216;looks like a drug addict.&#8217;<br />
<strong>Bro #3) </strong> Seems like he is a cool bro who is always down to play some kewl riffs on a no-wave tribute song.  Not sure why he is wear a shirt for a &#8216;flashy&#8217; 46 year old mom.<br />
<strong><br />
WHICH BRO DO U WANT 2 CHILL WITH/BRING HOME 2 UR PARENTS AND TELL THEM IS UR BFF?<br />
</strong><br />
&#8230;BUT SRSLY&#8230;.<br />
Does n e 1 know why artists always have to &#8216;collaborate&#8217;?  Feel like 95% of the time, it is pointless &#8216;co branding&#8217; 2 make people feel like ur really &#8216;making new, beautiful art&#8217; cuz u &#8216;don&#8217;t care about what genre u fall into.&#8217;    Maybe in the future we need 2 leave &#8216;mashing up&#8217; to experts like The Girl Talks, and othe nite life DJs.  Tired of these artists trying to piggyback off 1 another 2 &#8216;reach new audiences&#8217;/assuming that &#8216;authenticity&#8217; or &#8216;pop appeal&#8217; is a transferrable force.</p>
<p>Miss the days when collabs were &#8216;authentic&#8217; and &#8216;exciting.&#8217;<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/ZM3yeCn41maf6uqpGPxjzykgo1_500.jpg"></p>
<p>WHATS UR FAVE COLLAB OF ALL TIME THAT CHANGED MUSIC 4EVER?</p>
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		<title>Who is the most authentic South Park celebrity interpretation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yall.  Started 2 watch South Park.  Need 2 catch up on a lot of episodes.
Helps me 2 formulate my opinion on modern issues and a lot of pop cultural issues.
Not sure who I should like the most/find the funniest.  Feel &#8216;jealous&#8217; of South Park for being &#8217;so mainstream&#8217; but also &#8216;being cutting edge.&#8217;  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yall.  Started 2 watch South Park.  Need 2 catch up on a lot of episodes.<br />
Helps me 2 formulate my opinion on modern issues and a lot of pop cultural issues.</p>
<p>Not sure who I should like the most/find the funniest.  Feel &#8216;jealous&#8217; of South Park for being &#8217;so mainstream&#8217; but also &#8216;being cutting edge.&#8217;  Not sure if I should &#8216;respect it&#8217;, &#8216;go out of my way 2 h8 it&#8217;, or &#8216;pretend I don&#8217;t watch it.&#8217;</p>
<p>Who is an authentic celebrity interpretation?</p>
<p>Bono?<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/1109_bono_talks_with_stan.jpg"></p>
<p>The Jonas Brothers?<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/jonas-brothers-southpark-thumb-437x.jpg"></p>
<p>Tay Zonday + numerous internet memes?<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/south-park-celebs.jpg"></p>
<p>Jennifer Lopez? [via Mexi humor]<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/eric-cartman-290.jpg"></p>
<p>Barry Obama?<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/obama-southpark.jpg"></p>
<p>Tom Cruise?<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/south-park-tom-cruise.jpg"></p>
<p>Crystal Castles? [via Canadian humor]<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/crystalcastlessouthpark.jpg"></p>
<p>Kanye West being a &#8216;fggt fish.&#8217;<br />
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<p>Do yall think that South Park is more authentic than Family Guy, or The Simpsons, or are they the kind of people who just &#8216;make fun of shit&#8217; but &#8216;don&#8217;t make the world better&#8217;?  </p>
<p>Sometimes I feel like South Park is &#8216;funnie&#8217; and that I am the only bro who &#8216;gets it&#8217; like it is supposed 2 be &#8216;gotten.&#8217;  But then I get sad because &#8216;every1 likes South Park and I feel like less of an individual who likes progressive comedy.  Wish I lived in the mid90s, back when there wasn&#8217;t a high demand for &#8216;progressive comedy&#8217; and not every1 consumed it and made it a part of their personality.</p>
<p>Kinda feel _______ about a show that has &#8216;become popular&#8217; but still &#8216;being progressive&#8217; and &#8216;attempting 2 maintain a cutting edge tone&#8217; with the &#8216;mass audience that they have garnered.&#8217;  </p>
<p>Just wanna go &#8216;adult swimming&#8217;, and laugh at progressive comedy, dreaming about how &#8216;I am random and smart&#8230;maybe 1 day I can write this stuff&#8230;  Might start a pop culture blog instead with political opinions.&#8217;</p>
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		<title>Do black people ruin Daft Punk by singing over them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I was driving in my Toyota Prius, and I heard the song &#8220;Stronger&#8221; by Kanye West.  At first, I thought it was &#8220;Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger&#8221; by the Daft Punks, but then I kinda got disoriented when Kanye West started yelling over it.  I had to pull over because I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when I was driving in my Toyota Prius, and I heard the song &#8220;Stronger&#8221; by Kanye West.  At first, I thought it was &#8220;Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger&#8221; by the Daft Punks, but then I kinda got disoriented when Kanye West started yelling over it.  I had to pull over because I wasn&#8217;t really able to breathe any oxygen any more.</p>
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<p>Then today I was reading a blog on the internet, and I saw that there is a new singer who is using Daft Punk as her backing track.  Not even sure if this broad is famous, or if this is just a mashup, but I&#8217;m just tired of hearing my fave songs being ruined.  </p>
<h6>Video via <a href="http://www.eatskeet.com/2009/03/08/when-daft-punk-samples-go-wrong/">Eat Skeet</a></h6>
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Daft Punk is what &#8216;made me realize that it was alt to like electronic music&#8217; so just kind of sad right now.  Feel like these songs are <strong>RUINED</strong> and <strong>EXPLOITED</strong> (will start typing in caps to emphasize emotions).  </p>
<p>I guess maybe I need to chill out, and realize that &#8217;sampling&#8217; isn&#8217;t that bad.  Most of these songs are like 10-20 years old.  Need to realize that it is authentic to license samples/give ur song 2 a car company to use in a commercial after a lil bit of time has passed.  I guess I should just be happy that samples are probably sold for a lot of money so that Daft Punk can construct new identities/robot suits.</p>
<p><strong>Current Mood:</strong> Sad but Learning How 2 Grow up<br />
<strong>Current Music:</strong> Daft Punk &#8211; Verdis Quo</p>
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		<title>Should we hold it against Kanye West for &#8216;dating outside of his race&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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Yall.  Put urself in the shoes of a young African American looking up to a hiphop star.  Obama just won and you are happy about the future of your people.  Your idol Jay-Z is married to Beyonce.  Your favourite rappers only have black video girls with girls who are &#8216;physically gifted.&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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Yall.  Put urself in the shoes of a young African American looking up to a hiphop star.  Obama just won and you are happy about the future of your people.  Your idol Jay-Z is married to Beyonce.  Your favourite rappers only have black video girls with girls who are &#8216;physically gifted.&#8217;  President Obama is married to what a Spike Lee joint would call &#8216;a nubian princess.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8230;.and then u have Kanye West&#8230;<br />
&#8230;dating a white girl&#8230;<br />
&#8230;with a shaved head&#8230;</p>
<p>I know that Kanye&#8217;s personal brand is all about &#8216;being different&#8217;, but do u think he is stepping &#8216;too outside the box&#8217; by dating such a progressive white woman with a shaved head.  I don&#8217;t know 2 much about life, but 1 thing that I have learned from the past is that u can never trust the sanity of a woman with a shaved head.  There&#8217;s always something &#8216;a lil bit krazy&#8217; about them.<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/kanye-west-amber-ra7b3f7.jpg"></p>
<p>Do u think he&#8217;s only &#8216;dating her&#8217; because of her looks?  Do u think all he cares about is &#8216;buying cool urban wear&#8217; and having &#8216;handfulls of ass&#8217;?  Wonder if she is his muse, and maybe he&#8217;ll make better music/shoes/movies/blog posts than ever now.<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/amber-rose.jpg"><br />
Or do u support Kanye for being in one of the most meaningful interracial relationships of all time?</p>
<p>Listen yall, u should know that I see beyond colour&#8230;but at the same time&#8230;kinda makes u think&#8230;<br />
We live in a modern world where transportation allows all different people to mingle and interact&#8230;but maybe&#8230;just maybe&#8230; that&#8217;s not as &#8216;natural&#8217; as we think.</p>
<p>miss u Pangea<br />
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