Those are my heroes.įA: You’re starting to get really cinematic in the music, too. KW: I’ve had extensive conversations with Mark Romanek and Spike Jonze and Hype Williams. Is it just music? Or are there other things you want to do? #Tunesmith def movie#If I find a song that I could do that to, or maybe a movie concept if I ever get into doing movies.įA: Aha! See? That’s what I was asking before. I was going to do a video where I tried to represent that, where three girls are walking down the street and I want to talk to them, and the guy points out the girls, and says this is what would happen to you if you talked to her, and this what would happen if you talk to her, and this is the girl that you need to be with, blah, blah, blah. I think he puts certain people in my life, and angels send messages to me, like, Kanye, I want you to say this, and I want you to say that, and I want you to talk to this girl here, and I don’t want you to do this over here. KW: A friend of mine told me that, but I think God has me on a path. I get it, like, more than ten times a year.įA: Who told you that it means you’re on the right path? Whenever you get deja vu that means you’re on the right path. And I get deja vu a lot so I guess the future is told to me in my dreams. KW: Wait–I thought you don’t go to sleep to dream? Yeah, I do remember a lot of them. Do you have a lot of dreams at night when you sleep? I have a lot of dreams. You’ve constantly got this symphony in your head. But, man, I got mad questions for you.įA: No, this is the one thing that I’m so fucking nervous about: I’ve never interviewed anybody in my life! But I want you to know how you operate because your mind is always working. #Tunesmith def full#KW: When I’m touring, I get my full seven hours. I always want to be the best at whatever I’m attempting to do. You took public speaking?įA: Were you afraid of that? Did you ever have a fear of public speaking?įA: But you just took it to get certain skills? By the time that happened, I had already dropped out of school, so it was back to telemarketing and jobs like that.įA: Back up a sec. I had a record deal on the table back when I was 19 with Donny Ienner, but he hit me with the “We’ll call you” thing. I was like, How do these credits apply to what I want to do in my life? So I would take courses that I could use a little bit: piano, speech, public speaking, English–which all helps me now. KW: With school, I just didn’t really want to be there. Did you have one experience that closed the deal for you to quit and go off and start doing music, or was it a gradual thing? People don’t realize that I’ve worked with a lot of different artists just to get to the point today where I can work on my own stuff–so I stay on top of it all the way.įA: I read that you went to college for one year and then dropped out to pursue music. But with the level of artistry I want to bring, it’s just a headache, dealing with so many different things. I focus a lot on the art direction of projects. Now I make myself busy by trying new shit all the time.įA: Do you like other stuff besides music? Or do you just live in music and that’s it? KW: Nah! But it’s better than when I was trying to look for work. Okay, so she’s going to go to the dinner with us? I’m sorry. KW: I just did rehearsals for the Pepsi Smash concert in Miami. It’s such a joy to listen to something and hear different turns of phrases and words that sound so satisfying. Here the 28-year-old rapper and producer talks to another artist who knows that you don’t have to sleep to dream: Fiona Apple.įA: I’ll tell you what’s good: I love your album.įA: Yeah, and I’m obsessed with that song “School Spirit” right now. #Tunesmith def registration#With his recently released new album, Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), the follow-up to his Grammy-winning, multiplatinum debut, The College Dropout, West has proven that he can keep not only the collegiate metaphors coming but also the hits. He may not be a living, breathing endorsement for the virtues of higher education, but college diploma or none, Kanye West is making top grades in the music world. Kanye West: think pop music has lost its edge? Here’s one titanic tunesmith who is keeping it sharp, sophisticated, and soulful to the core Fiona Apple interviews Kanye West (Oct, 2005)
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