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Who's the Kanye West of Literature?

>> No.7041075

>>7041074
Shakespeare

>> No.7041080

Great producer and idea guy who commonly fucks up in execution, but has a huge fanbase propping up his/her ego?

Fitzgerald

>> No.7041088

Franzen tbh (to be honest)

>> No.7041090
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>> No.7041197

>>7041074
L Ron Hubbard

>> No.7041210

>arrogant douche who thinks he's the second coming and berates artists who are more talented than him

Bret Easton Ellis, hands down.

>> No.7041219

nietzsche obviously

>> No.7041444

>>7041210
Probably this.

I'm a fan of both BEE and Kanye, however.

>> No.7041453

>>7041210
>having the same opinions as my grandparents

>> No.7041476

>>7041210
Pretty accurate

>> No.7041479

>>7041453
Your grandparents are probably much more intelligent that you

>> No.7041505

>>7041479
>Your grandparents are probably much more intelligent that you
>intelligent that you
>that you
>that

sure mate

>> No.7041674

John Cena

But really, Kanye has put out a lot of stuff, mostly mediocre (early) and insane(lately), so it can't be BEE, he's a obe hut wonder

>> No.7041677
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7041677

>>7041074
This guy.

>> No.7041684

>>7041505
He made a typo, so what?

>> No.7041689

It's definitely Ellis. Both are pretty bad

/thread

>> No.7041695

>>7041689
See >>7041674

>> No.7041697

>>7041219
Obviously Nietzsche, not even kidding.

>> No.7041717

>>7041695
in terms of quality, not quantity

>> No.7041731

>>7041717
BEE: one ok book with a lot of appeal to 90s Wall Street people, but not a 'great' book in any way

Kanye: one masterpiece, one not-really-but-critics & a few hipsters-claim-it's-a-masterpiece, a few good albums

Nope.

>> No.7041733

>I keep it 300, like the Romans

What did he mean by this?

>> No.7041742

>>7041731
>one masterpiece
>few good albums

you don't listen to a lot of music do you

>> No.7041755

>>7041742
I do. Being a post-rock/ambient head doesn't prevent me from considering a few of his albums to be straight 7s, and yeezus to be an actual masterpiece.

>> No.7041759

James Joyce
>changes style at the risk of alienating pleb fanbase
>more loved decades after his death than during his lifetime
>likes big booty bitches

>> No.7041764

>>7041755
You don't play any instruments at a decent level, do you ?

I hope you don't consider yourself to be well-versed in music.

>> No.7041778

>>7041759
Kanye has been dead for decades? Holy shit I had no idea

>> No.7041780

>>7041764
I don't anymore because I pursued a different career path.

I am quite well-versed in music, ye.

Really, it's not me being the person unable to appreciate a seemingly vapid yet actually good album.

So... are you the kind of person to quit Ulysses 150 pages in and claim it was pretentious, directionless trash?

>> No.7041783

>>7041755
>and yeezus to be an actual masterpiece.
oh so this is b8 right?

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLkHhxK-lk
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzbIAfh43Hg
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxkp2F-nAQ

because if you actually think this is masterpiece material then i would assume so, but the again post-rock is your favorite genre so you may be pleb

>> No.7041787

>>7041505
>Getting hung up over a typo.
Your rustled jimmies are showing.

>> No.7041788

>>7041778
god bless holograms

>> No.7041790

>>7041764
Get off your fucking high horse. I have a Bachelors from a state conservatory and I have no problem with people thinking Kanye has a masterpiece in his catalog. I would disagree, but I wouldn't necessarily think they're less "well-versed in music" than me for thinking so. I know people with PhDs in musicology who love yeezy.

>> No.7041793

>>7041764

Exactly! I don't even watch movies because I've never directed anything. Artistic/critical integrity: achieved.

>> No.7041795

>>7041783
/lit/ can't into music, and yet you come here and pretty much say GUYS, LET ME PROVE /LIT/ *REALLY* CAN'T INTO MUSIC.

>> No.7041799

>>7041778
No but obviously he's going to be revered in the same way once he does pass beyond our realm.

>> No.7041804

Why the fuck is /mu/ here? Kanye is garbage, go away

>> No.7041806

>implying Kanye has an equal

>> No.7041807

>>7041804
shut up nerd.

>> No.7041808

>>7041790
>implying any of this matters
It's like saying "I know people who have graduated english and love john greene"
it's still dog shit.

unless they are successfull artists they are still worthless

>> No.7041810

>>7041804
Well you've convinced me. Pack it up, boys.

>> No.7041814

>>7041807
fuck off pleb

>> No.7041815

>>7041808
This sounds funny considering you're not a successful artist and yet you probably think your opinion matters.

>> No.7041816

>>7041808
Kanye is a successful artist.

>> No.7041817
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>>7041074
>nigger music written by an illiterate bulldog who tries desperately to adopt a doomed hardcore poet persona

oh am I laffin

>> No.7041828

>>7041817
>>>/b/

>> No.7041833

>>7041817
Autism: the jpg

Who even makes these

>> No.7041837

>>7041833
Jack Chick's downsyndrome son

>> No.7041838

Someone who writes for the sole purpose of "look how great i am", all while being incredibly mediocre and lifts work from superior artists to use as a crutch for his mediocrity. I don't know let me think

>> No.7041839

>>7041828
>>7041833
You're going to hell

:)

>> No.7041840

>>7041074
Someone with no talent, writing in a field that is read by idiots and very rich.
John Green.

>> No.7041846

>>7041838
>Someone who writes for the sole purpose of "look how great i am"
The singles are ok, but you know he has other material right?

>> No.7041847

>>7041839
Get out of my /lit/ Christsheep

>> No.7041854

>>7041733
He's an idiot and confusing the pop version of sparta, ie 300, with the Roman empire

>> No.7041857

>>7041846
Yeah, it isn't good.

>> No.7041858

>>7041847
Yes why I like my heretics medium rare

>> No.7041860

>>7041838
That's me, tbh.

>> No.7041862

>>7041858
How do you like your fairy tales though?

Oh right, pointless and missattributed.

>> No.7041898

>>7041780
>I am quite well-versed in music, ye.

You listen to post rock and ambient which is essentially non-music. You probably couldn't even name your favorite Bartok quartet or Schoenberg piano piece. Your favorite jazz artists are probably Mingus, Coltrane, David, "the list could go on etc."

Study music history and theory to at least an undergraduate level and then you're allowed an opinion

>> No.7041905

>>7041898
not that guy but you don't need to study theory at an undergrad level to have an opinion. Don't be pretentious.

>> No.7041920

>>7041898
Yeah I agree with you, but you really couldn't sound like more of a cunt

>> No.7041921

>>7041898
xDDDDD
[FEDORA INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY]

>> No.7041928

>>7041905

It's not pretentious, its the fault of public schools not teaching theory by default. It allows sham music like post rock or ambient to gain traction as having merit beyond elevator music

>> No.7041957

>>7041928
>It allows sham music like post rock or ambient to gain traction as having merit beyond elevator music
pleb detected

>> No.7041980

>>7041928
Did you even listen to some good post rock bands?

>> No.7041988

>>7041764
You don't write screenplays at a decent level do you?
I hope you don't consider yourself to be well-versed in film.

>> No.7041995

>>7041783
Post rock is my fav, but this is junk.

>> No.7042002

>>7041444
They're both really talented. Just not as much as they think.

>> No.7042014

>>7041928
Got a problem with elevator music pal?

>> No.7042042

>>7041898
>Bartok
>quartets
You fucking with me, nigger? Or are you just saying quartets because he did some of his boldest work with symphony so you want hipster cred?

>> No.7042046

>>7041928
>sham
What is this whole authenticity thing that has become a meme in recent months? I've seen the words sham and phony thrown around quite a bit now.

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>>7041674
>early works bad
>recent works good
>I shiggy

>> No.7042122

>>7041928
You're suuuuuch a cunt, holy crap.

>>7042064
He said 'mediocre'.

>> No.7042295

>>7042064
It's all bad, Late registration is at least enjoyable

>> No.7042320

>>7041210
this tbh

>> No.7042339
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>>7041074
This guy...

>mic drop<

>> No.7042759

>>7041074
Franzen

>> No.7042831

>>7041210
you're so stupid mate

>> No.7042843

Kanye West is a genius, look at the people he references, he is extremely well cultured, just watch his clique interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDdOi-gBYfg

his music is also amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5iA4Zupek