tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517747480724710132.post5569673935871803972..comments2009-05-07T14:28:43.099-04:00Comments on In a Room Full of Crackers: Kanye West's "The Glory"The_Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414254372650515237noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517747480724710132.post-5899149053806164082008-03-03T14:50:00.000-05:002008-03-03T14:50:00.000-05:00tautological rhyme me thinks?tautological rhyme me thinks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517747480724710132.post-16078888012509077052008-03-01T14:13:00.000-05:002008-03-01T14:13:00.000-05:00As always, your ability to deconstruct hip-hop lyr...As always, your ability to deconstruct hip-hop lyrics surpasses mine (and your desire to do so). You gotta give him props for rhyming "blonde dyke" and "klondike" though in "Stronger". Oh, wait. Actually that rhyme kind of stinks.The_Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414254372650515237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517747480724710132.post-60431848789186660142008-03-01T12:57:00.000-05:002008-03-01T12:57:00.000-05:00so, the Dwayne Wayne look a like contest would not...so, the Dwayne Wayne look a like contest would not be won by LOROX's finest. On the subject of Kanye's lyrics: I think it is just saying that he (Ego West) advanced from a nerd to superstar status. What irks me in the song, and in other hip hop verses, is the speaker's use of "dyke" to express his sexual prowess. <BR/><BR/>The line: "After each and every show a couple dykes in the van/It's easy"<BR/><BR/>Here the speaker, in my opinion, is merely suggesting the ubiquitous three some that transpires after a long night of "rocking the crowd." This is not a suggestion that he can make a lesbian renounce Sappho filled pleasures, but rather a take on a male sexual fantasy. Besides the obvious sexism/homophobic nature of the line (see http://www.shilv.org/shshsh/?p=31 for an extended take), Kanye is using a term for a lesbian that in most contexts would not match the "lipstick" variety that inhabits this hypothetical hypersexual situation. While "dyke" takes two less syllables to say than "lesbian," it conjures a bit more flannel and spiked womyn hair than Mr West might wish to inhabit his tour van. Which also begs the question: Has Kanye downgraded from the bus to a van?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517747480724710132.post-69961237141688125942008-02-29T11:16:00.000-05:002008-02-29T11:16:00.000-05:00Sorry for commenting on my own post here, but, E, ...Sorry for commenting on my own post here, but, E, I just realized, doesn't Dwayne Wayne look like Reggie? Oh, man, I'm starting to get the giggle fits!The_Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414254372650515237noreply@blogger.com