With the exception of 808’s and Heartbreaks, I am a die hard Kanye West Fan. I love the music he writes, performs and produces. However, not everyone feels the same way as I do about him. Many people will have different opinions on Kanye, however when it comes to the music he creates only one title fits, genius. After the controversy with Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV awards, Kanye went into hiding, spurring rumors of suicide attempts. Nothing was heard from him until the release short music video for his single “Power“.
Everybody looks forward to Fridays for the same reasons, end of the work week, parties, etc. Kanye West changed that in a huge way. He began what he called G.O.O.D. Fridays, named after his record label G.O.O.D. Music (Getting Out Our Dreams). Kanye released a new track every Friday online for FREE download beginning on August 20, 2010. For me, being a HUUUUGE Kanye West fan, this was unbelievable and had me counting down the days until a new track came out. Mr. West built up all this hype then announced his new album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” was going to be released in November of 2010. The track list came out and I realized that five of the 15 tracks had been released for free download during G.O.O.D. Fridays.
With the success of G.O.O.D. Fridays, other heavy hitters in the Music industry have followed in Kanye’s path. Swizz Beatz came out with Monster Mondays and Timbaland with Timbaland Thursdays just to name a few. It has seemed like Kanye has gone from Zero in 2009 to Hero in 2010 and will remain there until his next outburst. But I agree with Complex editor-in-chief Noah Callahan-Bever when he said
“I think the thing with Kanye, he really just stuck to the same script, which is basically, Iove me or hate me but the music is gonna be so great you have to deal with me.”
I’ll deal with it.
