Kanye west is a fool

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

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.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by neebelung

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.

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

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."