Kanye West Pushes The Douchebag Envelope

Posted by: Tristan

Rapper-producers don’t usually have to try very hard to be a douchebag.  It just comes naturally to them.  Kanye West has, apparently, decided to see how far into douchebaggery he can go if he really puts some effort behind it.

“I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,” he said in an interview on Wednesday. “It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.”

It’s unclear what the exact criteria which is necessary to be “the voice of this generation”, but we’re sure in West’s mind, it’s mostly concerned with who is the most Kanye West person in the world.  And who releases the most albums.

“There were people who had the potential to do it but they went on vacation, so when Justin went on vacation I made albums,” he said. “And it just came out to be that.”

Apparently concerned that he hadn’t alienated as many people as possible, West decided to continue talking.

“I’m just going through balancing that. And I always used to have that support system, you know. My mom would be there; no matter what, she was there before everything,” he said. “We were together for like 30 years. And you know now when I’m on that stage and I look out and I say, ‘What am I going to do with the rest of my life?’ Like when does a real life start?’ Because I have sacrificed real life to be a celebrity and to give this art to people, which is great. It is great that I was able to do that, I’m not trying to shun that in any way, but it’s definitely a Catch-22 and it’s bittersweet.”

STOP TALKING! JUST STOP TALKING!

Read up on Kanye at the MTV Video Music Awards here.