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Old 09-16-2009, 07:20 AM   #191
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He may be a douchebag but he's smart.
ORLY?

Have you seen or heard anything about his 52-page "book"? It contains tidbits of Kanye wisdom such as "Get use to being used", in giant red fonts that take up entire portions of the 52 pages. And this is from a guy that has proclaimed that he’s a “proud non-reader” who doesn’t see the value in books.

Your opinion of this douchebag being smart is laughable. He may be able to sell crap music to the general population, but all you really need for that is a good producer...no street smarts needed.
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:29 AM   #192
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:32 AM   #193
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Stupid phone! I can't edit or delete with it either..
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:35 AM   #194
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He may be able to sell crap music to the general population, but all you really need for that is a good producer...no street smarts needed.
agreed. I think often people mistake industry savvy for actual intelligence.
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:49 AM   #195
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agreed. I think often people mistake industry savvy for actual intelligence.
But industry savvy is VERY rarely related to the actual "artist". It is always the record companies and agents who are making all the smart moves.
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:56 AM   #196
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But industry savvy is VERY rarely related to the actual "artist". It is always the record companies and agents who are making all the smart moves.
Oh absolutely. It's a producer lookin at someone going "I can package that and sell a zillion records."
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Old 09-16-2009, 08:39 AM   #197
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i just gained respect for Obama
It definitely helped.
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Old 09-16-2009, 08:52 AM   #198
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ABC sorry it tweeted Obama's 'jackass' comment
2 hrs 56 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) – ABC News has apologized after a high-profile news anchor reported on Twitter that US President Barack Obama called rapper Kanye West a "jackass" in an off-the-record conversation.

The exchange, provoked by West's conduct at the MTV Video Music Awards when he interrupted an acceptance speech by teen star Taylor Swift, occurred during a break between a series of interviews by Obama at the White House Monday.

The comment, from an off-the-record portion of an interview by US business channel CNBC, was tweeted to one million followers on the micro-blogging site by "Nightline" anchor Terry Moran. The tweet was later deleted.

"In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview," said ABC News in a statement late Monday.

"This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again."

ABC News senior vice president Jeffrey Schneider said that the organization had reached out to the White House and CNBC in a series of telephone calls.

"It was a mistake. It's certainly one that we regret. We certainly made that very clear to CNBC and the White House," he said.

The White House declined to comment on the controversy.

"I'm not going to get into what the president had to say in an off-the-record conversation," said Obama's deputy press secretary Bill Burton.

ABC said several staffers heard the comment because they share a transmission line with CNBC, but did not hear the stipulation that the comments were not for reporting.
Makes me like Obama a little more... and EXCELLENT use of smilies...
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stop, thinking about tomorrow?
yikes!
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