Kanye West: Britney Spears is 'not important in music'

[sharon_b]

Kanye West continued to bash MTV on Friday, saying the network used Britney Spears to get higher ratings for Sunday's Video Music Awards.

"I just felt like she wasn't ready and I felt like they had to get their ratings. ... It just shows you it's not a black and white thing; it's a money thing," the rapper said on Ellen Friday. "I felt bad for her too. I felt bad for everyone involved."

He said the network should have stopped Spears after watching her in rehearsal. "Someone had to be at that practice and be like, 'Wow. This is not good.' All the lip-syncing and everything," West, 30, added. "I mean, that performance, had it been pulled off perfectly, still wouldn't have been up to par to start off the MTV Awards."

Selling a reported 420,000 records the day his album "Graduation" was released, West seems on track to be the victor in his battle to out-perform fellow rapper 50 Cent on the charts. But West's battle with MTV continues.

"[MTV] didn't give me the opportunity to rock the way I wanted to rock," he told DeGeneres, calling his five VMA nominations but no wins a "slap in the face."

"I told the guy at MTV, 'There's only a couple things important in music this year: Umbrella, Amy Winehouse,' " he said. "it's not just about me. Britney Spears is not important in music, but she's important to the tabloids and stuff like that."

A self-professed "fan of award shows," West also confirmed that he will be at the Emmy's Sunday night. "I'm making an appearance, but it's not a full performance."

http://www.people.com/people/article...057060,00.html

Click on the link to watch Kanye's Ellen interview.

[Grimmlok]

It just shows you it's not a black and white thing

No, it's only a black and white thing when it involves you not winning due to your continued failing at life.

"it's not just about me. "

Yes it is. It's always about you, and it's always a black and white thing. Own up to it, you fucking pussy.

[LynnieD]

I do have to agree with him on one point though: Britney Spears is NOT important in music.

[Laurent]

Kanye talks shit to get attention, and so far it works for him.

[KrisNine]

He is such a whiny bitch. Grow some balls honey and quit your crying, it's old and boring. Isn't this guy supposed to be a rapper or a hip-hop artist? He deserves an ass-kicking.

[Raspberry gashes]

What does she have to do with music at all; she never wrote her own songs, probably didn't even sing them either. Her voice is worked on in the studio. The only thing she had was a good body.. once upon a time.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

He needs to shut his trap and stop yammering on.

[Mari]

"I felt like they had to get their ratings"


Ya think?

[kingcap72]

"I just felt like she wasn't ready and I felt like they had to get their ratings. ... It just shows you it's not a black and white thing; it's a money thing," the rapper said on Ellen Friday. "I felt bad for her too. I felt bad for everyone involved."

Kanye's gotta be off his meds. One minute he's making it out about race and ripping on Britney. And the next minute, he's saying it's not about race and he feels bad for Britney. He needs to pick a thought and stick to it.

[southernbelle]

I think she's important in music in that, despite her fall from grace, she's one of the biggest if not THE biggest female star of her generation. People tend to forget what a huge star Britney was up until very recently.

"Not important to music" would be Lauren Conrad and her little buddies from The Hills or Miss Teen South Carolina. Those people truly had no business being there, much less being featured.

Britney is in the music industry and, whether Kanye likes it or not, is of high interest to many people. That makes her important in music and important to a show that needs ratings. People (not just her fans) WANTED to watch her perform. This is just Kanye continuing to bash anyone and anything associated with the awards because he's a sore loser.

[Voodoo Child]

I don't much about Kayne except that he talks a lot. I know one song which is Golddigger but apart from that, who the fuck is he?

[nycgirly101]

is he insane? he keeps contradicting himself

[Yoko Ono]

If Britney isn't important to music and she opened the VMAs and Kanye didn't, I guess that makes Kanye even less relevant than Britney.
But don't tell him that or he will start a new tsunami in Indonesia with his wailing.

[sputnik]

Originally Posted by southernbelle

I think she's important in music in that, despite her fall from grace, she's one of the biggest if not THE biggest female star of her generation. People tend to forget what a huge star Britney was up until very recently.

"Not important to music" would be Lauren Conrad and her little buddies from The Hills or Miss Teen South Carolina. Those people truly had no business being there, much less being featured.

Britney is in the music industry and, whether Kanye likes it or not, is of high interest to many people. That makes her important in music and important to a show that needs ratings. People (not just her fans) WANTED to watch her perform. This is just Kanye continuing to bash anyone and anything associated with the awards because he's a sore loser.

it's sad that britney ever got to be that big, and a testament to people's horribly bad taste and ignorance. but in terms of actual music, britney is shit. i can't think of anyone with any actual credibility that respects her as an artist.

[NHKMM]

^Good or bad is a matter of taste. I think she started off great, with very strong debut albums. Later she became the white trash she is now.