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Kanye West Doesn't Think Britney's Important

September 14, 2007

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"I told the guy at MTV, 'There's only a couple things important in music this year: Umbrella, Amy Winehouse...it's not just about me. Britney Spears is not important in music, but she's important to the tabloids and stuff like that."

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Reader Comments

11:08AM 09/28/07 pissed off

all you perople wanna point out how stupid and drugged up caucasians are... let's look at some of the drugged up african american celebrities... whitney houston; what happened to HER comeback? oh yeah, she got all coked up and lost virtually ALL of her money AND SOME OF HER HOUSES. she wasn't important to music back then, but she sure as hell was a hot topic in the tabloids. i wonder what kanye had to say about that? none of you saw all these caucasians in the forums saying "HAHA i'm so glad to be white! all black people are drug addicted scum" hell no because first of all, most people (doesn't matter your skin color) HAVE MANNERS AND MORALS and quite frankly, they don't give a shit. but being caucasian, if we are proud to be what skin color we were given, we'd be called RACISTS and you all know it. but you black people are taking advantage of your civil rights, not all caucasians are trailer trash, not all caucasians are as out of control as britney spears, and guess what, some caucasians actually like and listen to hip hop. get over it. it's not about skin color, and kanye constantly bashing caucasians in his music is getting old, and you can only make so many records about dissing caucasians before EVERYONE gets tired of it. he needs to come up with some original ideas, and quit pulling the race card to make money. its a shame to see that this is what our future will be like, worse than us.

8:44PM 09/27/07 yawwn

lol black people make me laugh.

8:11PM 09/23/07 NAJJ

BrItneY WhO?? She's Doing all this to her self..we gave her chance after chance..She broke up with Kevin..We like okay..Lets watch her do betta..she got worse. Her Very last shot was on the Mtv Awards..she Blew That..SHe Look Like the same Stank White Trash Whore she was back in the day..but this time on drugs...Whats wrong wit White Chic These Days..Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Amy Winhouse(whateva she iz)..Im mean...This Iz A Tome in History..Im Glad Im "BLACK"..LMAO!!

8:11AM 09/23/07 Marshy

Kanye is a great artist and he knows how to write good music but he really is up his own arse. I don't see why every celeb out there thinks they have the right to slag off others. It just makes them look low and bitchy. I agree about Britney though. She was made popular by a slutty school girl outfit and she fell by the same sword. (The slut sword that is). She's lost her looks and her figure, she's losing her career and she's gona loose her kids too. She was never a good artist, and the only people who bought her records were 12 year old girls or homosexual kids. (i'm not being homophobic, it's a fact!) By the way Britney means fuck all to "us white people" nelly. I don't see why your colour has anything to do with it, thanks. And Justin Timberlake isn't trying to be black. He sings R&B. Believe it or not you don't have to be black to sing R&B. Lets try and keep the racism to a minimal yea? And who said Kanye wasn't popular? Um hello? Where have you been? The only reason why Britney is popular is because the whole world likes to laugh at her sorry arse. Kanye is popular because he's successful, Britney is popular because she shows her vagina in pictures and takes drugs. Whether or not Britney likes it, she's a role model to young(american) girls who for some reason thinks she's "cool", so she needs to either sort herself out or fuck off.

2:07AM 09/22/07 Dark Vision

that's all he ever does, whine about this, whine about that, whine about not winning any awards.. truly the whining kanye... however, i agree with what he said though. There are many more female artists out there who deserve far more publicity than britney.. Britney fans refuse to grow up and still think she's the eternal pop princess

2:00AM 09/16/07 bitChy

booo...!!! Kanye ur just jealous..bcoz ur not that popular unlike britney..im sorry for my word but ur not really popular or famous and im sure with dat

3:39PM 09/15/07 Jachinta

I can't stand Kanye Kanye Kanye Kanye, yes fucking hell we get it your called Kanye. Sorry I listened to my friends stronger cd and he say's his name over and over at the beginning, it's so fucking irritating, it's a good song but he is so far up is own arse!!!!!!!!!! As for Britney, she ruined her performance by lip-synching end of, she might as well of just put a radio in the centre stage attatched to huge speakers, actually that would of made a more entertaining performance than her 'off-her-head' one, she looked like a robot I was half expecting someone to trip on the wires attatched to her remote.

1:08PM 09/15/07 Dena

In response to Icpeace - I agree, Usher can definitely sing and dance. Unfortunately, Usher does not play instruments or write and produce all of his own music as well as other artists. JT has been writing/producing since *NSYNC days. Whether folks want to admit it or not, as I stated earlier, there really isn't any other artist out there right now as MULTI-talented as JT. He will NEVER get the props he deserves simply because of his race and boyband background - what a shame. Not assuming that you are one of those people Icpeace - just stating a fact.

11:14AM 09/15/07 Icpeace

sorry not Tasha but nelly.

11:13AM 09/15/07 Icpeace

What are you joking? Usher is much more talented the JT, but staying on point. Briteny is for sure not hot right now, and in my opinion she never was. She's really just a whoe-bag. Tasha took the words right out of my mouth.

6:48AM 09/15/07 Dena

Amen Nelly! I agree with everything you said except for Justin T. This is one sista who loves JT and not ashamed to admit it. There's no one else out there as multi-talented as him right now.

10:14PM 09/14/07 nelly

i think kanye was right about what he said about her .. shes sucks big time... i dont care how many cds she's sold shes not relevent now or as far as im concerned she wasnt relevent then either.. she had a hit cd 4 or 5 years ago.. she's stinks.. she cant sing or dance all she does is gyrate on stage like a whore and lip-sync all the damn time.. she means nothing to the black community ,the white community made her what she was, she means something to them not us.. she's talentless, her performance at the vma's proved her ass is washed up ..she was lip-syncing and badly might i add, she was horrible as hell everybody in the audience was laughing at her, hell i know i was at home laughing at her like- does this ho-bag ever do anything else besides having a bunch of males and females grind her and feel her up.. witch please its 2007 your routine is still the same. ITS OLD AND TIRED!!!!!!!! TRY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT NEXT TIME ,THATS IF SHE HAS A NEXT TIME.... ask ciara ,beyonce for some dancing tips because your whole routine of so-called being sexy is not working.. those fat ass celulite thighs and blubber belly,and flabby saggy flat ass of hers was not worth seeing... hell i wouldve rather seen justin " i wish i was black" timberlake perform than her at least he has talent and can hold a note a hell of a lot better than her plus he wouldve at least made it interesting...

7:50PM 09/14/07 Tasha

You have to give the girl her props. She is the 8th best selling female of all time. And she has sold more than any female since 2000. She has real accomplishments. She's just no doing anything worthwhile now. But if she had pulled off the VMAs folks would have been praising her like the old days.

7:28PM 09/14/07 dingxx

hahhah...yeah his right...

1:41PM 09/14/07 Upyours

Right on brother-man.

1:31PM 09/14/07 Some Guy

britney is important to music? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! good one.

1:28PM 09/14/07 W

I don't see him winning awards either....

1:28PM 09/14/07 Nina

Of course Britney is important to music. Just because she hasn't made an album in a few years doesn't make her unimportant. She has sold 50 million albums! He's just jealous that Britney the wreck is more important and popular than Kanye at his best. Hater.

0:47PM 09/14/07 miss thang

I agree with him as well.

0:38PM 09/14/07 me in oc

I AGREE W/ HIM... I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH WHAT HE HAS TO SAY BUT BRITNEY SPEARS IS A ZERO IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY NOW DAYS. (AND A TRAILER TRASH WHORE)