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YBPGuide: ten things i learned from kanye west and charles barkley

  • ETS · 2 years ago
    Funny how some of these contradict each other. : )

    I value Kanye ... greatly. I really have no opinion on Barkley. Maybe I'd feel differently had he brough Phoenix a championship. ; )

    Re: #1, Kanye really disappointed the status quo - specifically many of my friends - by saying pursuing an education because you're told to do so when those degrees have nothing to do with what you are supposed to do/want to do in life is unproductive. It needed to be said.

    I've always been turned off by Kanye's calling out folks' problems but not being willing to change the same ones in himself. Addressing them but not changing them is wack. He is being held accountable. It reminds me of growing up in DC hearing Marion Barry telling us to stay off of drugs.

    I think Barkley doesn't get that #3 is some folks' way of learning from their mistakes.

    I understand West's tantrums, but I feel for him because he actually thinks they are acceptable. And that's sad.

    #6 is the truth. Period. The ability to self-define - or at least, not be defined by the masses - is a great one.

    Can't get with #9. If you wrong, say you sorry. But I dont think Barkley thought he was wrong in those situations, right?
  • Fredric · 2 years ago
    well, remember that the title of the post is 'things i learned from them' not 'why i idolize or look-up to either'.

    sometimes, the best lessons come from the entities that demand we reach outside our comfortable box.

    we all have our stumbling blocks, ill-opinions, and mistakes. i just think about some of the raw emotion and words coming out these cats mouth and try to apply the message to things going in my life.
  • Martin Lindsey · 2 years ago
    Kanye is a different kind of brother. He can jam though, whether I agree with him or not on a particular political ramble on a particular day.

    Charles is the man because he's older and smarter lifewise. Some stupid stuff rolls off his lip too but his opinions and observations make more common sense in general.

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