Cyrus Langhorne
West Coast rap veteran DJ Quik has come forward to add some clarity into the bashing he recently gave hip-hop star Kanye West‘s The Life Of Pablo album.
Despite his harsh words sparking headlines, Quik said he merely made an observation on Ye’s latest solo offering.
“I wouldn’t say this is a lack of talent. This is just a challenge. This is the music business. We love good music and just lately, you know, his music hasn’t been lighting my fire. And I’m a fan. … I expected something better.” (TMZ Live)
Quik raised eyebrows after singling out the album in an interview this week.
“Who puts our records anymore? Kanye’s so scared he don’t know what to do with the f*cking Life Of Pablo. Let’s just keep this sh*t all the way f*cking 100 – is it better than 808s & Heartbreak? Is it better than the experimental – Yeezus? Well, do you think it deserves all the hype though? Is this the kind of album you would really want to go out to buy and listen and go home and just be bragging to everybody? So his celebrity supercedes his talent right now? Come on. he’s a Kardashian now. What the f*ck? It’s Kanye. This is a challenge. This ain’t a diss. It’s a challenge. Make your best music because fans aren’t stupid. Maybe his head’s all the way up in Kim Kardashian’s v*gina. What the f*ck? Vagey-Kardashian, the new p*ssy.” (NOAH TV)
https://youtu.be/DEhiT9MPm1k
Recent reports revealed Ye’s new album had reached nearly 100 million streams since its mass release in early April.
Although sales will likely account for a minuscule piece of his total (The Life of Pablo is for sale only on his website), Kanye West may be a contender for #1 on our next Sales + Plus Streaming (SPS) chart. Since going wide to Spotify, Apple Music and other services last week, preliminary data suggests Pablo (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) is on track for some 90m streams, which would put him at 60k+ SEA. (HITS Daily Double)
A few days prior, Kanye boasted about his album’s wide release on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/715767777823485953
