And then there are guys like Talib Kweli who are intelligent, talented and come out and say that they pick books up and read on their own. Or guys like Lupe Fiasco who incorporate literary allusions in their music:

How about ”Streets on Fire,” where you bring in the character of The Streets?
At the beginning of the song, [singer] Matthew Santos lists all these tragedies, and then it says, ”She’s out there smiling.” It comes from 1984, the book, where there was so much double-talk and double-think in the first few chapters. That’s my favorite book. I tried to put that in a record. So it’s like, ”Believe/So say the neon signs by the loudspeakers/Repeating that everything is fine.” You know? ”A subtle silence/To demolish the troubled conscience/Of a populace with no knowledge/And every freedom denied.” It comes directly influenced by 1984 — using it as a vehicle to introduce one of the characters very abstractly, very subtly.

So, who has time for braindead dickwads like Kanye? Especially when there’s good stuff out there? :p

Wow, I sound like a crotchety old lady. Ha!

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed,

Books be wordy? No shit?! Of course, maybe we are expecting a bit much from this guy. Remember, this is the same guy that thinks he should be in the bible. And writes gems like these in his blog. I’m just chalking this one up to reason 722 why Kanye West is the ultimate douchebag.

I really don’t give a crap if he likes to read or not; like I said, some people just don’t dig it. But to be so damned arrogant about it! Ugh!

The sad thing is the younger generation is lapping up this balonkey…Me? I’m going to keep reading and writing, encouraging those brain cells of mine to perform. Kanye obviously has a lack of cells evolving in his brain span. (Hugs)Indigo