The Breakfast Club Interviews Kanye West
February 20, 2015 @ 9:28 AM EST
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Breakfast With Yeezus.
This wasn’t expected, but Kanye was back on The Breakfast Club today. While on air, he talked about his Yeezy 750 Boost, awards, Kim Kardashian, Dame Dash, Minister Farrakhan, and more.
Previously:
It took a while, but Kanye Kardashian finally broke bread with The Breakfast Club. After speaking on his tour, he touched on the public’s reception on Yeezus, “Bound 2” video, fashion and more.
Kanye is one smart cookie.
After this interview, I understand Kanye more as well as “Yeezus”….. He’s sound like he ranting and raving because in my opinion he living in a world populated by the hearing impaired. I believe the ones behind perpetrating his crazy, egotistical, image are the #conformist and are the pawns that help pulled the strings #listen #cthagod
kanye SO mad at charlamagne hahahaha you can see him just raging in his own head when charlamagne says something and he’s not even looking back at him
hahahah his response to Charlamange, “Yeah that’s great.”.
This was a really good interview. It helps me to understand a bit more Kanye’s perspective. Finally there’s media who didn’t kiss up to him and asked him the hard questions. I think he focused too much on the fashion stuff but i guess that’s where his head is at. Kanye should have flipped the scenario on Charlamagne and ask him how he would feel if people told him he could only do radio, no Guy Code, no MTV, nothing else. It’s only fair that Kanye does what’s fulfilling to him.
YES !! EXACTLY !!!
But to what extreme did charlamgne go to get there did go on rants is he any less of a radio personality ? Kanye music is falling off due to this
Ye already addressed that “only can do radio” view to Charlemagne the last time he was on the show.
You have to give ol’ Charlamagne credit. I thought if this ever happened he would step back a little but he pushed Ye. This was a good interview and we’re going to see one of the greats either crash and burn or maybe we are seeing a new modern day Pac, time will tell.
Great interview.
They are gonna kill him. he is dropping heavy knowledge. but it goes off a lower thinking head
I won’t lie, I thought about that during the interview too. Like he is tighten up his delivery of the message and staying consistent with the knowledge, that is gonna cause a problem for some people.
the average thinking black person, cannot understand this. Charlemegne represent them, he is talking about power.
not materialism, but power, blacks have no power at the table.
I agree with you 100%. It’s always been about power. The revolutionists that Charlemagne says he admires were fighting the same kinds of establishments and conglomerates that these corporations are now. You can simplify it as “oh its just clothes” but its the ownership of the structure that produces said clothes where blacks never get access to.
Kanye doesn’t want people to stop being obsessed with Louis Vuitton, he wants to be the one designing it. He doesn’t want Americans to stop being obsessed with celebrities, he wants to be better compensated for their fascination be the one designing it. He likes slaves he just wants to be a master
fuck you uneducated niggers deleting my shit. Don’t want ppl to see the truth. Corny ass lames
BOOM. Thank you.
You took the words right out of my mouth.. I am really worried about that happening.. This will definitely go over the head of the lower thinking..
It already has…look at the responses on here.
You dumbasses are the lower thinking minds. Kanye doesn’t want to change how people think so they being obsessed with LV, he wants to be designing it. He doesn’t want Americans to stop worshipping celebrities, he wants to be better compensated for their fascination. He likes the ideas of slaves just fine, it is simply that he wants to be the master holding the keys.
He doesn’t want people to stop being obsessed with LV, he wants to be the one designing it. He doesn’t want Americans to stop being obsessed with celebrities, he wants to be better compensated for their fascination be the one designing it. He likes slaves he just wants to be a master
Dang I was thinking the same thing. smh I’m not even a Kanye fan but he did speak alot of truth and he talks too much.
Honestly this interview was really good, even though it sounded like alot of the content is similar to what you have been hearing from him lately, its really how he handled the interview and restated his opinions and feelings to get his point across. I really feel like ok maybe now I get a little bit of what he was trying with Yeezus and the fact that he was OK with it being imperfect aslong as it might influence somebody to do it better. That’s what I took from that at least.
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Kanye is saying some very true stuff on here, but he is misguided on his thinking. Blacks don’t have the influence or power of others in the world, especially the business world, but sneakers and clothes wont get Blacks were we need to be, he needs to move this focus to Banks and Plants and other real industries, Entertainers are just that, they are here to entertain the wealthy, Ctg is ether dumb or he is doing his job very well. But Ctg is correct, kanye does need some real niggas around, some real smart niggas to teach him that what he is saying is on point, but his solution wrong.
You gotta crawl before you walk though homie. He has to start from the bottom and build his way up to what your suggesting he focus on first. Confucius said “Every journey starts with the first step”… or somethin to that effect. I say go for it Kanye. P.S. Charlemagne is the radio personality version of Samuel L. Jacskson’s character off Django. “What dat nigga Kanye doin on a Nair”…smh. Step ya mind up Charlemagne.
Kanye is a creative. So, naturally he views the world in that sense. And for the record, he did mention manufacturing as an eventuality to get to the level of the fast fashion outlets like Zara and H&M.
hats off to Charlamagne
he was terrible. you have to be a simpleton to think he actually did a good job.
not at all we just think differently
Kanye makes no sense 90% of the time? a rant is a rant and Charlamagne did not let up on him he made him explain his nonsense and even his explanations didn’t make any sense. one of the best interviews with Kanye to date
I’m a Kanye fan but I will admit dude thinks his opinion is the only one that matters. I think C-Tha God humbled him which is good. Cus honestly now his interviews are taking away from what he’s trying to accomplish. What makes Jay so iconic is the fact that he doesn’t talk too much, He gets his business done and let’s us see his breakthrough. Like I don’t see Michael Jordan doing interviews ranting and raving, they just do their thing and make history. I admit Kanye has helped shift the culture, he’s influential as far urban kids who like clothes and are hypebeasts, that’s cool, but he has to change his approach. Because he’s looking like a chicken with his head cut off running around screaming and putting his business in the street. It’s like the world is his Facebook status and everything has to be Tweeted to the public. Naw man, make moves under the radar, know when to say certain shit and tread light cus as long as you need help from other ppl to do something, u gotta tread light
i get what you’re saying about jay and mj’s approach but I don’t think you really get it. Kanye is trying to reach an even higher level of influence than what Jay/MJ have done…that’s why people don’t get it, they don’t understand what that level of influence entails. Kanye’s a trailblazer, whether people want to admit or not.
People get it but who ever reached that level while running their mouth? He talks to much. Let your genius speak for you. LV and the rest don’t accept you? DIY!! He’s got influence so why not just do whatever line he wants?
“Who ever reached that level while running their mouth?
Muhammad Ali
Don’t forget 2pac.
Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou… all these people did was talk
Wait What CthaGod humbled kanye………..Bruh
We all hold our opinions dear, just as you do yours. The difference is he’s proven that his opinion works.
Making money and making change require different approaches. The ‘keep quiet as long as the money flowing’ method is not new and only grows revenue. Most influential people die broke but speed up the evolution of ideas – which is necessary and priceless
Kanye trying to wake people up, yall better pay attention… the way he go about it may be different to you, but that’s the point.. Be different, be you, and do something. The old way of doing things is fucked up… People wanna be workers instead of owners.. That’s stupid, are parents and grandparents did that cause they had to.. Us today can become billionaires and have some say and control of are future.
That’s true but he needs to figure out a better delivery. He even said he’s trying to learn from Jay because people respond to him better.
Rite.. Yeah he defiantly need to calm down and move more quiet.. I cant wait to see his NEW visions come true.. That’s why Jay is the best.. He just do shit and aint gotta say much. Action speak louder then words.. Kanye is gonna be one of the greatest, maybe even surpass some of the well known…. He’s the only person that can ruin that… We’ll C
Kanye’s going to crash and burn from mental illness. . .bookmark what I’m saying. The people saying he is speaking knowledge want to believe this, so bad, to be truth. Kanye is ranting about the limits of being a millionaire and not being accepted by the “very people” he can’t stand yet today he is carrying Louis Vuitton luggage. I’m glad Charlemagne called bullshit for bullshit. Kanye USE to have meaning to his words way back when his mother was living. Chasing money is going to destroy him.
true but what ctg is trying to say is that his MUSIC is falling off. Kanye used to be my favorite rapper growing up not because of his air yeezys but because of his music. If Kanye wants to be bigger than lv, walmart, hnm and other stores he mentioned then good for him but he shouldn’t lose his soul in the process.
The potential to be a great man is there, not just an ‘artist’ but a human being. This is what happens when you don’t have people around to keep you grounded like his mother, kim isn’t going to sit him down and get his head in a good place. The interview was good but disjointed he couldn’t directly answer questions without going off on a tangent, great idea no follow though
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Kanye Kardashian? Stop disrespecting the man. The internet really gassed dudes like B-Dot and Charlemagne.
…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaeuI1Wi6B8
Classic interview. Totally knocks Jarules interview out the box for interview of the year. Only question they forgot to ask: “Why the white Jesus on stage.?”
excellent interview. loved every second of it.
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This interview EXPOSED charlamane tha god. He’s funny to simple, narrow-minded people and that’s it. Kanye’s thought process is on another level and people who think and communicate the way that cthagod does, will never understand what Kanye is trying to say.
ye sees what we don’t, period. everybody’s a critic, ye is in a position to change the world, he sees what we don’t
Kanye West aka. Mr. Crazy.
I also love the fact so many here are saying the lower thinking minded folks wont understand Kanye. I guess only you elitists will understand him or educated folks. To bad the blue collar, the poor, and the over all disenfranchised wont give a fuck about Crazy Kanye message about not being in control of certain infrastructures that he had nothing to do with building. C Tha God is right, he gave Kanye the best advice when he said stop depending on others, and do it yourself. Except Kanye feels entitled. God truly bless him the man needs to get squared up. He’s far from very intelligent. In fact you can tell his words come from somebody else in the sense he can’t really go off his cue cards that he’s memorized. Because he’s not truly thinking for himself. Oh well .. Ye is gonna be 40 soon and more irrelevant than the already is. Congrats to C tha God you completely exposed Kanye West as a delusional fraud.
Don’t insult blue collar workers or the poor and disenfranchised by associating them with lower-thinking minded folk and cthagod.
You can be blue collar/poor/disenfranchised and still have dreams (like Kanye)…AND be intelligent.
No you missed the point. The point is people that are not in the elite or rich as fuck like Kanye West. Don’t give a fuck about his bitching and whining about the fashion industry. They don’t relate because they have to do their best just to survive on a day to day basis. Go to work day to day, its called priorities. Kanye bitching about the fashion industry is far from revolutionary or his ideas about owning and controlling your own business or art etc of any kind is hardly a new idea. Everyone knows this, but everyone also knows you can’t just walk into any field and demand to have all the same rights and powers that the people that created the infrastructure have just because you don’t think its fair. That’s called life, you have to build from the ground up and hope your ideas, dreams, etc live up to your expectations and that the public consumption will back you, because if not , like any business you will fail and have to start over. Kanye acts entitled because he’s an artist simple as that. He compares himself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, nobody gave them the infrastructure to their corporations they had to live and die for it, go through hard times and good times. Kanye doesn’t understand this. Instead he wants to tag everything with slave. Which is disrespectful to real slaves and the African American community that went through real segregation and racism and had to march and fight for basic American rights. I will never respect Kanye West, of any person that uses the word slavery, the race card, or feels entitled. I respect hard working people, that go out their and make their dreams come true, through failure comes great success. Kanye has a lot of lessons still to learn. He’s just way behind the ball as he’s gonna be 40 years old soon.
Kanye’s perceived oppression, or lack of backing at least, reflects the struggles of working class/blue collar people. “Everybody wanna live at the top of the mountain.”
He’s conveying the message that there are problems no matter how far you are up the ladder. In the working class, it might be having enough money to pay your rent or something. Ye clearly doesn’t need to worry about that (unless he completely Tyson-style crashes and burns) but as he said he wants to have the first trillion-dollar company. Just that claim and that aspiration comes with its own set of problems. He’s coming from the place of, “I’m already in this position. Why stop now?” And really, why not? If he has reached a place where he has essentially broke the ceiling and been The Glitch at every turn (could still be a dope in-house producer for Jay and others, jumping on with a couple feature verses but that wasn’t enough) then the fear of failure vs hunger for success, and high-level artistic excellence, is at such an extreme level that it almost becomes no pressure — like when something is so cold that it’s hot. I think Kanye, in terms of career advancement, is afraid of very little. Even if he was more, he would probably not let on. He’s still relatable if you take the standard “climbing the ladder” narrative and apply it to him compared to others.
“The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.” – Dave Chappelle
You are not intelligent enough to know where kanye is coming from , its going way over your head . You can only see whats in front of your face . The only way to make real change is from inside the system . And hes
there is a thin line between crazy and delusional , and an idea can seem crazy and delusional, until it comes into fruition. Think of people like Einstein, Thomas Edison, the wright brothers , Nikola Tesla, ,The greatest poets , comedians , actors , musicians , artist
haha.. kanye cool.
Kanye,
Please stop interviewing with these urban uneducated radio personalities. They are not on your level, so your vision and ideology is beyond their comprehension. You are not ranting, you have just been afforded a lens into the bigger picture of how black people are oppressed by governments and corporations. Corporation’s control governments, therefore you need to put yourself in a real position of power by aspiring to control the corporations. Charlemagne’s thought process is beneath you, why waste your energy and subject yourself to someone who apparently has not traveled outside of the United States? His thinking is ridge and narrow. Its transparent that his exposure to big business and the monopoly machine is limited. I’m proud of you, because you are truly before your time. You are there black man, you have escaped the propaganda that ensures our slavery. And please, please, please don’t give Charlemagne a platform to critique your next album. The album is a classic. Stay safe.
Kanye doesn’t want people to stop being obsessed with Louis Vuitton, he wants to be the one designing it. He doesn’t want Americans to stop being obsessed with celebrities, he wants to be better compensated for their fascination
Kanye,
Please stop interviewing with these urban uneducated radio personalities. They are not on your level, so your vision and ideology is beyond their comprehension. You are not ranting, you have just been afforded a lens into the bigger picture of how black people are oppressed by governments and corporations. Corporation’s control governments, therefore you need to put yourself in a real position of power by aspiring to control the corporations. Charlemagne’s thought process is beneath you, why waste your energy and subject yourself to someone who apparently has not traveled outside of the United States? His thinking is ridge and narrow. Its transparent that his exposure to big business and the monopoly machine is limited. I’m proud of you, because you are truly before your time. You are there black man, you have escaped the propaganda that ensures our slavery. And please, please, please don’t give Charlemagne a platform to critique your next album. The album is a classic. Stay safe.
Kanye doesn’t want people to stop being obsessed with Louis Kanye doesn’t want people to stop being obsessed with Louis Vuitton, he wants to be the one designing it. He doesn’t Americans to stop being obsessed with celebrities, he wants to be better compensated for their fascination
Corporations do not control the government, they influence it you liberal moron. If corporations were in control they wouldn’t be taxed at asinine rates with minimal deductions. Why do you think tax inversion by offshoring a corporation’s headquarters is so popular, oh wait you bought into the ideology that corporations are all big bad evil profit machines for white people.
Kanye doesn’t want people to stop being obsessed with Louis Vuitton, he wants to be the one designing it. He doesn’t want Americans to stop being obsessed with celebrities, he wants to be better compensated for their fascination be the one designing it. He likes slaves he just wants to be a master
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Can someone please explain to me what’s so “genius” about Kanye? I mean, he’s a good producer, but 90% of his beats are recycled from old songs and he just loops a section. As far as geniuses, why does he constantly put himself in the same category as greats like Michael Jackson or Michael Jordan. He never was at the top of the game to me, lyrically or production. He’s always been one of the top with Pharrell, Timbaland, and Swizz Beats. But to say the top artist/producer is a stretch.
Kanye is misguided and narcissistic. PEOPLE matter; product does not. If you do not have people to support your products, then it’s a waste of time. And this power thing?! I wish I would not shop in LV in Atlanta just because he said so. That would make me purchase more. And in his mindset, if someone told him that, he would too. He’s so delusional and uneducated. Charlamagne did a good job as an interviewer and a loyal fan who really challenged him, even though he conveniently circumvented every question with paraboles, metaphors, and similes. He couldn’t even keep up with Charlamagne. Poor Sway, he got the raw end of the stick.
Kanye produces every song he goes on since college dropout which is very difficult to do. He’s a legend in hip hop no question but hollywood changed him and I think he has no one around to check him when he’s tripping and acting up.
now i wanna see drake interview at the breakfast club
The worst part is Ye believes his own bullshit. Talking about trying to change people from being slaves to brand names but the only damn reason people buy the Air Yeezys are because of his name on it. He talks about Nike owing him because his shoes go for thousands, but they only go for that because of his name. Not because hes fucking Michelangelo.
@32:25 “It ain’t one black designer that make a suit jacket” Ozwald Boateng anyone??? The youngest EVER tailor on Saville Row (the MECCA for suits in the world) and the first black tailor EVER on Saville Row:
Oh, in his mid-thirties, he was also made CREATIVE DIRECTOR for GIVENCHY:
And this is Kanye’s precise problem. His facts are wrong and only SEEM right to people not in the fashion industry. He is constantly wrong. One of the main reasons he is rejected by the fashion industry is because his DESIGNS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
He finds it an insult when people don’t like what he is creating. He writes it off as us just not being educated enough.
Kanye’s main problem is NOT that we are all slaves, but that HE HIMSELF doesn’t own us.
Kanye got a lot of respect for drizzy
Lots of big words, no substance.
I hope Charlamagne went in on his fugly shoes and concentration camp clothing line and how everyone in fashion looks at him as a joke.
“I’m really working on trying to make a sexier Ugg”
Kanye: “Humbly I would say I’m the most influential person in footwear right now”
Charlamagne: “There’s no way to humbly say that”
Remember that time when B.dot felt a way about Kanye having interviews with Ryan Seacrest and Ellen ?? lool
Kanye Drake album or Kendrick J cole album
Fuck Kanye he’s a horrible human.
Damn I would love to hear that Ye x Drizzy album. That’s something that I hope comes to fruition OFF of Cash Money…. This was a great interview!
“I believe I will be the head of the first trillion dollar company”
I haven’t liked Kanye since Yeezus..this interview made me like him again..i really wanted to…..by the way…i’ll go on record by saying the breakfast club are running culture right now…they use to just reflect the culture. Now they represent the culture and influence it in so many ways…they are what Flex, Clue and Angie Martinez use to be to the 90’s and early 2000s.
i think you giving the breakfast club WAY too much credit
nah..im pretty sure i’m not…they are cited on tmz, cnn and other news outlets as breaking celebrity news…something about their dynamic makes celebrities want to talk…C tha Gods confrontational approach, DJ Clues extensive music knowledge and Angela yees feminine touch breaks barriers. there are levels to this interviewing shit…larry king is about to be on the breakfast club. Tell me what other interviewing panel has had larry king on there?
LMAO @ DJ Clue
LMAO @ “running culture”
LMAO @ your name “free guwop” it says it all…anyone that goes hard for Gucci mane is either under 16 years old or is over 21 without a GED…hold ya head kid..you’ll make it
“Tell me what other interviewing panel has had larry king on there?”
Tell me what other interviewing panel would want an 81 year old Larry King on their show
Any interviewing panel that has an audience that would like to hear the experiences of a season journalist/interviewer…if you aint part of that demographic…then you’re a weirdo
You trippin, the breakfast club is nothing more than a “acceptable” version of TMZ. They could care less about the “culture.” Flex actually has a meaningful conversation about hip-hop, while the breakfast club just kiss about everything but the music, unless somebody got dissed or some shit
Like it or not, they are dictating what the headlines about these artists. So just to let you know, hip hop has always been more than just the music. There’s clothing, beef and all sorts of things that come with the “culture” and the breakfast club are running the game in terms of interviews. If you want a straight up interview about bars and productions then tune in to Juan Epstein podcast otherwise don’t even open your mouth. Angie Martinez is supposed to be this hip hop interviewer..she never asks just about the music you weirdo. Watch funk flex’s last interview with 50 and tell me if he had anything to say about the music…I feel sorry y’all who don’t do your homework..step off homie
You are a joke ,You let this interview influence whether you like a person or not ? People like you are sheep and easily influenced , by media , you don’t know how think think for yourself even if you wanted to .
lol..you mad bro?
Not at all, I’m just letting you know ,that i know that you are sheep …Charlamagne likes kanye,so now i like him 2 , slap your self ..
Great interview. We NEED that Ye x Drake album. Would be something special.
“If Kim dated me when I first wanted to be with her there wouldn’t be a Amber Rose.” – Kanye West
^
I DON’T EVER WANT TO SEE OR HEAR ABOUT AMBER ROSE EVER AGAIN!!!!
#ETHER
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I like how hes talking about having to take 30 showers after being with Amber like Kim is some virgin and not a dirty thot just like Amber
Ye better watch it, you know Amber got all kinds of dirt on him. She probably used to peg him with a strap-on.
THAT’S WHY I AIN’T PUT THAT PART IN THERE ABOUT THE SHOWERS!!!! HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
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Kanye is the most impactful artist in our generation.
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That was interesting
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Kanye’s perceived oppression, or lack of backing at least, reflects the struggles of working class/blue collar people.
“Everybody wanna live at the top of the mountain.”
He’s conveying the message that there are problems no matter how far up the ladder you are. In the working class, it might be having enough money to pay your rent or something. Ye clearly doesn’t need to worry about that as a specific problem, but as he said he wants to have the first trillion-dollar company. Just that claim and that aspiration comes with its own set of problems. He’s coming from the place of, “I’m already in this position. Why stop now?” And really, why not? If he has reached a place where he has essentially broke the ceiling and been The Glitch at every turn (could have been simply a dope in-house producer for Jay and others, jumping on with a couple feature verses, but that wasn’t enough) then the fear of failure vs hunger for success, and high-level artistic excellence, is at such an extreme level that it almost becomes no pressure — like when something is so cold it feels hot. I think Kanye, in terms of career advancement, is afraid of very little. Even if he was more, he would probably not let on. He’s still relatable if you take the standard capitalist “climbing the ladder” narrative and apply it to his aspirations and the aspirations of others.
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Jesus works with Yeezus
Wow, RR. You really made a nice story out of this interview…. Ok, that’s sarcasm. Why not stepping up? Why not listing top 10 quotes from the interview? Why not make your site a little bit more interesting? Now it looks like yall don’t like your job. Which is to write.
Kanyeezy is the greatest musical artist of our generation.
You spelled overrated wrong.
Loool. That’s clever.