John Mayer on Kanye West
Friday, December 16, 2005 • (20) Comments • Tags: Celebrity ,John Mayer ,Kanye West ,Music

"I think Kanye West is a great artist with a bad idea. I respect his talent and working with him, he gives not a thought to the possibility of failure, but he really is just a little woman. He thinks too much about the character."

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Posted by amersmcdigger  on  12/16  at  03:26 PM

Right now, I am thinking about how Kanye’s hair is resembling the pattern of the material on my Grandma Johnson’s antique couch!  Wowsa!  He musta’ paid a lot for that ‘do!

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  03:50 PM

I’ve read that quote three times and I still don’t understand it.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  04:21 PM

As a woman, I am mildly offended.

As a slut, I would hit it. (um, John mayer, that is)

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  05:11 PM

??? Does Mayer want to fight him or make sweet love to him? I’m sure he’d be up for either one.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  05:47 PM

So, is John Mayer knocking Kanye’s talent, or is he just calling him a metrosexual? I’m confused.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  05:53 PM

ditto for everyone…i think mayer is a little confused himself.  LOL to meeeow, i was thinking the exact same thing!

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  05:59 PM

I agree with everything that Mayer has said, except the part about Kanye West being a “great artist.”  Uh, hardly.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/16  at  06:57 PM

I’m guessing Mayer’s comment is supposed to mean Kanye is scared to show ‘the public’ who he really is. Which is incredibly retarded, because barely anyone famous does & it’s not like the majority of the public gives a shit. Plus, I highly doubt John Mayer has shown ‘who he really is’ to every fan he’s ever met and in every interview he’s ever done.

Whatever it means, he’s a bitch for saying it. Esp. since I’m pretty sure Mayer has got a LOT more “little woman” fans than Kanye. I mean, HELLO. “Your body is a wonderland”??? His first album sounded like it was written exclusively to have chicks who adore Top 40 radio fawn over him. It’s easy-listening for striped-shirt chasing females in their 20’s. haha.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/17  at  12:34 AM

I think John Mayer is scared to say shit about Kanye West, so he’s trying to talk shit in the sissiest way. By throwing a few words such as “great artist” and “talented”, he throws us off and makes us think that he actually respects Kanye West. It’s either that, or the man just doesn’t make any sense.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/17  at  01:19 AM

i looooove john mayer, im listening to him right now, his live shit is better then his albums.. there not pop there bluesy. i like kayne too though so this is a hard decision

Posted by britastar  on  12/17  at  08:50 AM

If only Kanye could see that he comes off as nothing more than a pompous snob.  He might as well have a name like Wink Darlington, join an all-white country club, and sing praises about having a trust fund.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/17  at  11:02 AM

In 10 years John will be setting up carnival rides and Mr. West will still be making music. So John, Sit your white ass down and stop acting like you have any talent.

Posted by britastar  on  12/17  at  11:23 AM

Don’t you mean, “Kanye, sit your white ass down?

Posted by Shitney Beers  on  12/17  at  12:27 PM

mayer probably wants to be on him, unfortunately. Another sad example of how little taste these overpaid, overblown clebes have.
Kanye is a dumass. mayer needs professional help.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/17  at  12:58 PM

are you people serious? kanye west is the man! i went to his concert a week ago and he put on a hell of a show! it was amazing

john hasnt done much… he’s released like 2 songs and i saw him once on the chapelle show and that’s about it. kanye has sold a lot of albums and he’s an amazing artist.

So what if he’s cocky? good for him! and why r u people calling him “white”? are u so ignorant that if a black man who ISNT from the ghetto is rappin, that means he’s some type of faker or something? i dont get it…

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/17  at  05:58 PM

Kanye may be cocky, but wouldn’t it be boring if every artist responded the same way to everything?  Or if everyone were hyper-politically correct?  He’s not even the same type of cocky as, say, P. Diddy, who’s just blah. The market is over saturated with all things P. Diddy and has been for some time. Nothing the guy does surprises anyone anymore. Kanye’s arguably still got plenty up his sleeve & isn’t trying to put his name on everything. Diddy would fucking buy Time Square (well, if he were still w/J-lo, haha)  and rename it “Diddy Central”.

Sure, Kanye has been saying some crazy stuff publicly lately, but you can’t deny that when he opens his mouth, what comes out is interesting and gets a reaction…regardless if you agree w/ him or not. The guy is intelligent.

Jgyll has great point too—I used to get really pissed when people said Tribe Called Quest made “hip-hop for white people”. What? So it’s white if you’re not talking about bling and ho’s and being gangsta? That’s all there is to being black? Wow, there are a lot of closet-racists out there. Either that or their brains are warped.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/17  at  08:50 PM

U said it dramadore!!
tsk tsk tsk.. racist freaks…
i dun get wat Mayer is saying…

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/18  at  07:10 AM

who the hell is John Mayer?

Posted by Shitney Beers  on  12/18  at  06:01 PM

NOBODY has been able to give me an example of Kanye being even the least bit intelligent. You tell me he has sold alot of records? Actually it is his team of marketing people and other help who has made the shit sell. Not to mention alot of production and so on that goes into manufacturing the finished product you hear. You claim he is an ‘aertist’ but still all you have is the amount of cds sold. And the fact you like him or went to his concert. There has been no evidence that he is interesting, smart, intelligent or an artist at all. In fact, its been quite the contrary. And his stupid comments about the President just made it all that much more evident. Proved he is beyond ignorant. I would rather see pics of Bush naked than any more of Kanye’s ugly black ass.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/20  at  07:50 PM

Kanye’s head is a little swollen but, I think Mayer is upset because he did a song with West that was supposed to be on the “Late Registration” album. Instead he put a song with that guy from Maroon 5 and who knows what he did with the Mayer track? (And who cares?) Boo hoo! John Mayer go back into the studio and make some quality music. Don’t depend on anyone else to boost your career. Lame ass!