Earlier, I read an article on Consequence of Sound that said Kanye West has a new album completed, and is using this month's SNL appearance as a launching-off point for its promotion.
I then watched the interview below the article. It is the best display of Kanye West explaining himself that I have ever seen. I was captivated by how much Kanye seems to believe all of the things that he is saying; there is no doubt that this man is sincere with every sentence of self-praise. It is not a front. It is not a show. It is nothing something performed for our amusement. Using an ever-evolving talent of mental gymnastics, akin to Peter Parker's Spidey Sense, Kanye has convinced himself he is the most important, unfairly besmirched, perfomer-turned-martyr of our generation.
Later in the evening, on my way home from a friend's house in Dorchester, I saw a woman ranting at the JFK/Umass T station. She was preaching about sin, how we have lost our way as a society, how she is the most important, unfairly bersmiched, citizen-turned- martyr of our generation.
She was as bombastic as she was non-nonsensical.
And, while she was making little to no sense to anyone but herself, it was clear to all that she was speaking with 100% sincerity.
This is not a coincidence.
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