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Kanye West interview
[Zane Lowe:]
But talk about really putting yourself on the line with that. That was so early on for you to be stepping in a room with that many players and that kind of – to give yourself that objective. What are your thoughts when you think back about Abbey Road, where…it’s just nuts.
[Kanye West:]
I thought it was good. I thought it was what I was supposed to do at that time. If I see something, if I see an opportunity, I’m gonna go for it. You know what I’m saying – We’re all gonna die one day.
[Zane Lowe:]
Yeah, that’s true.
[Kanye West:]
So live like that. Live like you could die tomorrow. Go for it. Those steps have been the, you know, the platforms that allowed me to make it this far.
[Zane Lowe:]
And you have, man, and you’re here. Six original albums of your own, a Throne record, various records with G.O.O.D. Music to talk about, man. But seriously, man, Yeezus. Bravo, dude. I mean, that is one of the most creative records of any genre I’ve heard in a very, very long time, and you know, just in terms of your output, your most exciting-sounding record, I think.
[Kanye West:]
Oh, thank you very much. Yeah, I feel I was able to start making exactly what was in my mind again, not having to speak with the textures of the time. Cause, you know, Cruel Summer is definitely Kanye West, and there’s something weird and kind of off about “Mercy,” like when it has the high-pitched, that type of sound. It sounds like art still a little bit, even thought it obviously was a radio smash.
Kim Kardashian
-have you met her?
K: I have, I have, I’ve [interrupts]
-you have met her?
K: I have just recently met her
-and what was that like
K: and it was amazing and she looked beautiful
K: Really beautiful
-what was she wearing?
-tell me about, can you tell me or am [interrupts]
K: she was dressed up, beautiful makeup, beautiful hair,
very very very beautiful and very comfortable
-
did it feel natural to you did it feel like
K: it felt really natural, yes, but everyone [pause] just
because I’m ok, I’m comfortable hanging out with her, you know, I urge every
family member going through this, not only my family, other families, cos at
the point of really sharing all of this is to really help other people going
through the same thing
-do you feel that you have the room to be uncomfortable or
not ok with it
K: you know I think [pause] and you’ll really see this
everyone in the family has such a different emotion, we [pause] all get back to
[pause] acceptance and everyone supports him but it’s ok to have every emotion,
there is this sense of death that people around [pause] feel, and he
understands that but he’s not going anywhere, and you know, sometimes, Kendall
and Kylie get emotional over that and feel like, you know, their dads gone but
they understand they’ve gained [pause] someone else that is just as, the same
person although a little bit different and everyone is just a new chapter.
