Sorry to disappoint you, Kanye.

Kanye West, please shut up.

Okay, I don’t mean that completely, Kanye West’s music isn’t so bad. Actually, I suppose a lot of people like his stuff considering the number of Grammys he’s won.

But if it’s not about music, Kanye, stay quiet or try saying something somewhatly intelligent.

Kanye West, just yesterday, said he’s the “voice of his generation.” Yes, that’s right, Kanye West THE RAPPER thinks he’s the voice of his generation. Here’s a blurb from the Yahoo News Article I found it on:

“I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,” he [Kanye West] said in an interview on Wednesday. “It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.”

Sorry to disappoint you, Kanye, but 1) You are not the loudest voice of ANY generation, 2) nobody but you thinks you’re the loudest voice of your generation, and 3) the Michael Jordan analogy sucks.

Everyone knows that Kanye West isn’t the most modest guy out there, but this was just pushing it a bit. Remember two years ago when he posed as Jesus wearing a crown of thorns on Rolling Stone? Or when he said he’d really have a problem if he didn’t win Album of the Year at the 2006 Grammy Awards? Or how about when he said he’s “definitely in the history books already”?

Kanye West has a hugely inflated ego and please, somebody, anybody, knock him back into reality. I really don’t care about his politics, and while I thought the “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” could have been more eloquently and effectively worded, it was, after all, him speaking his mind. However, this voice of his generation crap - it really has to go.

Now, why, you may ask, am I willing to take the time to write a whole blog entry about a rapper who likes to say controversial things? It’s quite simple, really. I’m sick and tired of celebrities saying or doing dumb things for media attention. Yes, he says he has “sacrificed real life to be a celebrity and to give this art to people” but that doesn’t mean we’re all going to go worship him or whatever. If he’s the so-called “voice of his generation” is his hit song about a gold digger supposed to be how he wants to get his messages out?

People like Kanye’s music. And he should just keep making his music, because that’s what he’s good at.

Making statements about his legendary status, he should stay away from - it distracts from his music. God forbid this man ever write an autobiography.