14 DAY TRIAL // Kanye West’s 2009 started off good, with many critical nods and a wonderful reception with all segments of the audience. By the time the Video Music Awards were held in September, it seemed that there was nothing he could do wrong. And then Kanye went and interrupted Taylor Swift as she was about to make her acceptance speech. Since then, the rapper has kept a very low profile.
Of course, that is not to say that he’s going anywhere in 2010, the rapper mentions in a post on his official website. On the contrary, these experiences have taught him that it is his duty as an artist and a “poet,” as he sees himself, to stay true to himself no matter how the circumstances around him might change. Also as an artist, Kanye sees it as his responsibility to give a fair representation of reality, which, this way, no longer has to be filtered through the media and outlets that have their own interest in mind when reporting facts.
“First of all, I want to thank everybody for their constant love and support over these past 6 years! I’m so happy to be back in the studio making new music. I will bring you the best I have to offer with the same dedication that Kobe has on the court. It’s funny how so many rappers get worse as their careers stretch out but true poets get better. We will follow in the footsteps of Maya Angelou, Gill Scott Herron and Nina Simone. Their work improved with time. They documented what was happening in culture. That is our responsibility as the modern day artists and poets, to accurately represent what is happening now, so when the powers that be try to rewrite history you can always look at our works and find truth and sincerity in a world of processed information,” Kanye says in the post to his fans.
“Let us soak in positive forces and look down on upon those who masquerade as truth tellers and objective fact givers when in reality everything that is projected has an agenda of brainwashing us, the ‘consumer,’ the public, to believe what they want us to. Let us look past headlines and deal with just a bit of reality in this new decade. We have our won outlets now. We don’t have to believe everything anymore. Now I’ll figure out a way to make that rhyme. Lol!!!!” the rapper goes on to write.
As fans will know, though an avid poster on his official website, since the September incident, Kanye has kept relatively quiet, except for one or two occasions when he wrote brief posts to thank his fans and keep them up to date with what was going on with him musically. Speaking of which, this is literally the second time West mentions a new album he’s working on, so keep an eye on this space for more details on this one.