Kanye Performance on VH1 StoryTellers

Hipsters, Hip-Hop Heads, and lames alike--feast on this performance of New and old Kanye material.

Before you watch this (or ignore it b/c its 808's material) i'd like to share a realization of mine that is in 'Ye's defense. 808's is more or less like a concept album. In the sense that Lupe's The Cool is a conceptual expansion on the track "He Say She Say" of the 1st album, *808s* is an expansion on "Flashing Lights".

*808's* continues the sounds of the music with no/minimal samples and big bass, and lyrically with tragic, personal subject matter. I admit: it may be so personally that it is awkward for the listener too. But it is art nonetheless.

Jamal