Zane Lowe Interviews Kanye West
Yeezy Returns.
While in London, Kanye reunited with Zane Lowe. During their 45 minute chat, Ye talked about the price point of his Yeezy Boost, exclusivity, forthcoming album, Grammys, Drake and more. Around the 25 minute mark, he sheds gangster tears over fashion guru, Louise Wilson
Previously:
There goes that speaking voice again. Ha! While Kanye West was across the pond last week, he kicked it with BBC’s Zane Lowe. In the first of his four part interview, he talks about radio, Yeezus, infamous rants, fashion, and sticking up for Pusha T. Rap is the new rock-n-roll, damn it! Final clip after the jump.
Part 2: Yeezus unchained continues. This time he discusses his beef with corporate America.
Part 3: The passion of Kanye never ends. Here, he talks about the Internet and fashion. It’s in his code!
Part 4: #Fin.
Zane Lowe interviews Kanye Wests ego.
^LOL
Damn that nigga always acts like I didn’t ghost wrote a lot of shit for him!!
This is the Nigga right here!! Hands Down
Kanye is Sooooo White. He reminds me of b dot, a posh gay White man dressed up as a black man.
@AdeanM you had something going at “posh”. Then i stopped reading.
true definition of an artist… you can tell ye puts his all into his music! Never afraid to not only make the music he wants but what the culture and music in general NEEDS!
just heard the full interview on radio 1! Thank you Zane Lowe for a great interview… got answers for most of the questions i had about yeezus.. YN needs to take notes from this guy!!! American DJs suck these days at interviewing..
Great Interview
Kanye is that dude…
@ B.Dot
There goes that speaking voice again. Ha!
^
THIS IS COMING FROM A GUY WHO SOUNDED THE SAME WHEN HE WAS DOING THAT LOW BUDGET ALL-WHITE AUDIENCE MACKLEMORE “INTERVIEW”!!!! THIS IS COMING FROM THE SAME GUY WHO HASN’T DONE A SERIOUS UNBIASED CRITIQUE IN GOD KNOWS HOW LONG!!!! U ARE THE THE PROGRAMMED NIGGAS IN HIP-HOP THAT KANYE IS TALKING ABOUT!!!! COSIGNIN’ MACKLEMORE DOESN’T MAKE U A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HIP-HOP CULTURE, FUCKBOY!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I loved this interview…where is
a part 2???
I cant wait to see the Kanye biopic in 10-15 years. It wont be until then that we will realize we were watching him slowly going insane. Something is wrong with this cat.
REALEST SHYT
@Mac DIESEL doesn’t your shift start in like, 7 minutes? Them dishes aint gon wash themselves.
Zane Lowe has a herbe on his lip… yikes.
post that new Chamillionaire
Love it or Hate it, few people in history ever obtained that level of creative.
It’s called Carte Blanche.
hes clearly talking about drake when he mentions taking away the culture. the funny part about that is…just like he said theres no kanye without mj…theres no drake without ye….so whos to blame forreal?
Is it passion or cocaïne ?
ICONIC.
WOW!!!!
WORDS FROM A LIVING LEGEND SPEWING MUSIC MAUSOLEUMS. Words cant’ event…
TALK THAT TALK YE!!!!!! love it haha
@ B.Dot
@Mac DIESEL doesn’t your shift start in like, 7 minutes? Them dishes aint gon wash themselves.
^
HOW IRONIC THIS IS COMING FROM A SERVANT WHO HAND WASHES JAY-Z’S DRAWS!!!!
…… HA!!!! JUST MAKE SURE U SHINE THEM SCUFFS OFF JAY’S LOAFERS, BENSON!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
#dope
This guy is nuts!
Knock him all you want, this dude is passionate as shit about his music. I like that he is tryna change the way radio views music.
He might be passionate but that doesnt mean that its good music. Allen Iverson is CONVINCED he can still play in the NBA and is being blackballed. The facts are he had his moment and its over. Im not saying Kanye is washed up but he’s not nearly as great as he’s convinced himself that he is. And the crazy speaking voice just adds to my point that he wiol have a nervous breakdown soon. Poor bastard.
Your welcome. Full interview.
http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/kanye-west-zane-lowe-interview-part-1
Go to the bottom. They updated it with the full thing.
Kanye was talking white until he started snapping at the end. Kanye dope to me man I think he talking white because he’s really on his black power shit
And y’all don’t act like y’all don’t talk the same at work or on the phone with a bill collector every black person got they “white voice”
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
This guy is comedy!
what everybody is missing is that this interviewer doesn’t have a stupid laugh or a stupid site to push, so its actually a good interview. ask the right questions, then shut the fuck up!
unlike the laughing hyena who is 50 yrs old trying to rock a Mohawk.
shout out to the critical cowards at ross radar.
Hes always talked like that ,bdot a clown
Why does he sound like a White Guy ….4real
Really wtf does talking white mean? A nigga speaking clear that’s all to it
i fucks with kanye heavy
good to see him doing interviews again….him and jay both seem to be in a good zone….its time for WTT2.
http://www.soundclick.com/blackchalkbeats
^what if you clicked it, and liked what you heard?
Update this shit with the full interview I posted above in the comments B.DOT. People need to hear it. It’s on Complex, I’m not fuckin with y’all on some scam shit lol I’m for real.
this interviewer is heavy on ye’s dick. I liked kanyes answers but this dude wants that ass
mac_DIESEL said some real shit.
fuck a voice.
are you niggas listening to the truth coming out of this nigga kanye’s mouth?
all the shit he’s been doing since he stopped giving interviews that most didn’t understand his moves, or why he was doing and saying and making and acting the way he has been, here are the answers.
don’t be fuck boys and miss what the most influential nigga in rap/pop/american/music culture since 2003 is saying. like him or not, he’s the horsepower of an otherwise stagnant engine. we got amnesia. this is still kanye west, yo. no credible hip hop journalist nor fan should come out their mouth too sideways when referencing this nigga, just cause he’s on some shit you ain’t caught up to yet. learn.
Rap niggas the new R&B niggas
so he talks that the world can understand and that means he’s talking white. smh . the interview is not for hood niggas . this is going global. His mother was head of the university English department
why do you not expect him to speak proper English. is speaking proper English makes him less black?
No one said he was “talking white”. Theres no such thing. He is however talking weird. And stop thinking that because he SAYS hes way ahead of everyone else that he really is. And fr the sake of argument lets say he is ahead that doesnt necessarily mean its better. No one is claiming Yeezus was a classic. No one cares about that album.
Rap niggas the new R&B niggas but Kanye…what about 808’s and Heartbreaks? and a majority of your songs. Kanye aint above hating. Conceited, Confused, and just weak all together period. He lost it.
Can’t understand if this nigga is serious half the time or just trolling the industry. No doubt, he’s SUPER passionate about his craft, that’s the thing I respect about him the most.
But at the same time you can’t strive for mainstream, commercial acceptance and then get mad at the repercussions from it…
my nigga !
yeezus was good!! mr west needs to control his emotion’s
Yeezus is raising the creative bar, one of the best to ever do it, best producer rapper hands down
SEPTEMBER 24 NOTHING WAS THE SAME GO GET THE ALBUM, A MILLION A WEEK
@ sway-z could not have worded that better
this guys needs an Ativan
You should have titled this “Kanye West compares himself to R2D2”
Ye is on point about the industry and his peers. Nigga is passionate about his craft for real.
I don’t care what anyone says, Yeezus sucked. Noone has it on blast anymore
By far the best interview Ive seen all year. and it doesnt have shit to do with Zane Lowe. Just proves once again why Kanye is the biggest artist out there today. Such an inspiring muthafucka. Cant wait to see what he has in store next.
Yoooo This is Y I Fuck’s with KANYE!!!!. Real Shit. Livest Dude Ever!!!
KANYE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING http://WWW.ARTOXICATION.COM THE NEW WAVE OF BLACK ARTISTRY. FURNITURE IS NEXT NOT TO MENTION LEGGINGS AND THE NEW FABRICS AND GIFT WRAP.
THE GRAFFITI ARTISTS WHO MADE IT FROM THE TRAIN YARDS TO THE TUNNELS TO THE BUSINESS WORLD. 3 BRANDS OF CLOTHING, 100+ PIECES OF ARTWORK, THOUSANDS OF DESIGNS.
THIS AINT HIP HOP THIS IS TRUE CRAFTSMANSHIP.
THANKS KANYE.
kanye is an arrogant asshole.
word
Cuz a nigga start yelling don’t mean that he bright.
Honestly Kanye’s last few interviews have been hailed as “great”, but I think that’s only coming from the common folks who have no thoughts or backbone of their own. Dude is definitely passionate and creative and a genius in his own right, but nothing about this interview is mind blowing. Zane is trying to ask him one thing and he just goes on his long inarticulate rants that serve whichever purpose he’s trying to get across, which none of us still knows.
His whole arrogant genius act is played out to me and I’m a day one, pre-College Dropout fan.
Good lord. Listening to a Kanye interview reminds me why I love this nigga #pause
he’s too real!!!! Yeezus still sucks tho but its bigger than music what hes talkin about
Kanye speaks Da Truth
@RRCoolJ – could not say it better myself. Just because you say it with passion, does not make what you are saying intelligent. There was no revelation in anything he was saying.
Kanye saying nothin but the truth, hate him or love em.. respect his opinion, he deserves respect for what hes done for hip hop, more importantly for music
“Look at Gaga, she’s the creative director of Polaroid, I like some of the Gaga songs, what the fuck does she know about cameras” = One of the funniest things this nigga has ever said.
Interesting.. Kanye says he never liked Gold digger.. Probably his biggest popular song.
yeezy be on some jedi level thinking. i wish i could get a job with donda and start the uplifting…
kanye should rap in that voice.
new freestyle over FORBIDDEN FRUIT being releasing tomorrow… check out the trailer over at
http://www.stillrill.com
Fix the link for part 2 with this:
What more doubts is there to cast on this man? At the WTT tour he says “sorry to tell you, but every tour after this one (meaning other tours) is just downhill for you”, and its the truth. One of the BEST live performers EVER.
When this man does interviews he spits shit out greater than most albums pushing gold status. Sorry for Zane Lowe because he totally lost control of this interview. But c’mon you cannot stop a genius. You simply can’t. He has changed the game so much and he barely ever gets credit for that shit.
From all them white boys who were poppin their collars 5-6 years ago needed to thank this guy. For all them half wearing ass dudes who wanted to wear blazers with almost anything needed to thank this dude!
And for all those people who went through every measure to go out and get Louie Vuitton need to thank this guy! He puts so much craft into what he does its FKN RIDICULOUS. He is so inspiring and is the biggest rock star of our time.
Yet he gets blackballed by all these half ass bitches gaga, swift, beiber, and MTV. I’m glad he said FK to all these corporations and radio. But still with all that’s its worth they still don’t give credit where credits due.
They’re is enough space to say what kanye has done for modern day music. But to just admit he is the best of our time.
And for those wishing to debate the line is open…
Kanye you make good music.. decent fashion.. and you’re a celebrity.. that’s all! You’re not a god because you think you are.. you’re not able to predict the future.. you’re creative, and you’re successful (were successful).. It looks like you’re starting to lose it.. If you want to get your message across, put it in a way us earthlings will understand.. Then, maybe we’ll listen.
I am a GOD! http://www.themightythirdeye.com
YE ADDRESSES THE NEW SLAVES LYRIC “FUCK YOU AND YOUR CORPORATION YA NIGGAS CANT CONTROL ME ” ONLY FOR ZANE LOWE TO AGREE WITH HIM AND PLAY BLACK SKINHEAD AS IF THAT LYRIC WAS ON THAT SONG. THESE REPORTERS AND INTERVIEWERS ARE ALLWAYS TRYNA PULL A SLICK ONE ON HIM AND EVERYONE TO ATTRACT MORE VIEWERS, BUT THEN AGAIN YOUR INTERVIEWING KANYE WEST WTF MORE YOU WANT. THE MEDIA ONLY HAS ONE AGENDA….THAT IS TO JUST MAKE YOU A JOKE. NO WONDER HE AINT GO ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB OR DID PROMO WHEN YEEZUS CAME OUT.
@ Johnny
you’re gay
This nigga is really delusional. And im a fan. but you gotta be real. He rweally mad that corporate america dont wanna fuck with him. He’s saying he did this in fashion and he did that. But just because he did it dont mean its good. He brought all these designs to Gucci and Fendi and they rejected it because it was probably trash. The problem is Kanye thinks EVERYTHING he does is epic and groundbreaking and its not.
Like Charlemagne said. Kanye sounds like a dude in school that tries to holla at the pretty girl and when the she doesnt want him he calls her a bitch. He trying so hard to be down with Corporations like Nike and all these fashion outlets but when they dont like what he’s doing he acts like a bitch and says Fuck Corporations smh
More artist should be brave.
Rap Niggaz Tha New R&B Niggaz But Kenny Thomas Is Coming – http://youtu.be/d_dViIyCdnk
Artists should take note..Stop pretending and start inventing. Our culture is filled with followers…Kanye represents at least one artist with a voice…Its more than the music that started dying a long time ago…it is the spirit. The spirit is what gives art life. Fuck followers. Raise a nation of leaders. At least this man is attempting to be brave..and at least he knows how he feels…most of these rappers sound like NBA players in their interviews…yeah we just go out there and play well and blazey blah…Kanye is speaking his mind…if thats not the purpose of an artist than wtf is?
WE THE NEW ROCKSTARS NIGGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@coney
the corporations are taking credit for shit he is originating, while trying to ex him out of the equation. that’s the point.
white people in power have been doing that to black people with less power since slavery, son. it’s tradition. bury the contribution of the slave so his descendants will never know the contribution their forefathers made to such n such industry. simple.
AND while taking credit, also swallow up all subsequent profits that can be used to build more things and generate more wealth.
most of us not only don’t know what of inventions black people are historically responsible for, but we also aren’t seeing any of the pay-off as a people that would lift us out of poverty as a result of the thievery by white people. same goes for the natural resources in africa, and the civilization taught to the eurpoean by the moors from africa that also got blotted out of history.
kanye is concerned about his ability to inject inventive ideas into the masses, and that they can see a black man doing it, as well as how that will inspire a hopeless generation. he’s concerned about his place in history. he doesn’t just want to be remembered as a celebrity and music guy, when he believes he can offer far more.
that’s god shit. not nigga shit.
Ye keep it too real
…they say think outside Tha
i can’t take him seriously any more….
what a lame
What Kanye West (who I respect as a rapper/producer) fails to understand is that the fields of creativity he yearns to break into are cluttered with aspiring individuals who have (1) spent the same number of years on their craft as he has on his music (2) More than half have studied, be it experience and/or education to create in that field. He can not expect (or feel entitled) to create in those fields because he can make music. Music doesn’t create a shortcut for a career in architecture.
Now as it pertains to minorities (in and out of the industry) being perceived as incapable of directing and delegating wealth – yes he is spot on.
Exactly
Part 3: this nigga Ye is too real!! WOW!! Wish he would do more interviewwsssssssss
This Nigga inspires me to Keep Pushing Forward
ZANE is a horrible interviewer. He doesn’t get to the depth of Kanye’s distress or understand the meat of what he’s saying. His only response is, “I love this record.” Any random fan could have conducted this interview, bro – where are your interviewing skills? Elliott, please get Yeezy on the TRUTH because this left me underwhelmed – Kanye did his part, but we could have had so many more jewels if Zane actually did his job.
OUT of his mind LOL. I wanna see him and EMINEM together LOL. Em gonna settle his ass DOWN haha
All jokes aside, Kanye sounds like someone who’s suffered a “nervous breakdown” or someone who’s suffering from “mixed anxiety-depressive disorder”.
“COSIGNIN’ MACKLEMORE DOESN’T MAKE U A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HIP-HOP CULTURE,”
^Real Talk
Wild dude but he definitely touched on some truth re modern racism & classicism that mainstream tries to pretend doesn’t exists
@Realistically Zane got scared when he went off
Basically what I got out of this interview is that Kanye really wants to make some clothes and he thinks those clothes will change the world. Unless this dude is going to make clothes that prevent diseases, solve world poverty, and bring inner peace to everyone alive, then I think he will fall short of his goal. Good for him though
Kanye can’t solve the problems if the whole world now.
Kanye knows that the most important thing in life is how you feel and look at yourself, and that corporations use high pirce tags to break us down.
Ever wanted to buy luxury clothing and felt like shit cause you couldn’t? The material and resources to make a shirt is inexpensive, yet they sell the idea that the shirt is luxurious and mark it up for thousands just to keep it out of reach.
Clothing has become a new way to seperate people. You can easily tell the fanancial status of someone just based off the quality of threads they wear.
Well, he certainly c r a p p e d out on he fashion thing! He’s a total joke!
kanye west changed music forvever. rolling stone’s artist of the decade like need I say more. and @ridalen u right if there was no Kanye there would be no drake, wale, j cole, Kendrick, etc. because he made it possible for artist like that to be accepted in hiphop. if not dmx 50 cent nelly and Ludacris wud still be relevant.
Peace to the God constantly dropping knowledge on the blind, deaf, and dumb
This was a dope interview. Gotta love that brother Kanye. Fucking brilliant and I love seeing people chase after a dream regardless of who, what, where and when.
Plus he kept it trill on soo many levels, glad homie holds no words back and expresses himself fully as he does.
Peace to @God Dyhy Harrison for his statement as it’s true.
HA…”Talking White”…Some people are just ignorant. SMH
zane lowe interviews are a million times better than Elliot Wilson crown
Still
That moment that Kanye is talking about at the end is what it is all about as far as any type of product is concerned.
2pac Back!!! 2pac Back!!! #yeezy
@bb wordddd
Great Interview!
Ask any dope boy u know…they admire ye’…
yall wont realize this mans a genius till hes gone. The man drops knowlegde and yall like , oh hes emotional, hes crazy……glad my mind aint as boxed in as yall. thats why hes where he is and you gonna stay where you at. thanks for the knowledge Ye.
Keep drinking the Kool-Aid!
For people who don’t understand Kanye.. its okay because it takes a Gemini to understand another Gemini !!! #Igetityeeee
You fucked my head up Kayne I thought it was going to be easy for me once I get in the game to make other ideas happen you showed me its wont be even in a Benz we still a need in a coupe
Oooo My GOD, Passion! Never Give Up, Never Give In!
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS WHERES LORD JAMAR WHEN U NEED HIM! LOOK THE WORLD NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THE LORD JAMAR INERVIEWS ON VLADTV.COM. IF ANYONE REALLY CARES ABOUT HIP HOP PERIOD!!!!!!!! ITS MAKES ALOT OF SENSE.
Kayne has been butt rapped and turned out by kris jenner , taken into a dark room and came out as a 13 year old white girl
The Truth , act like ya know
Damn I kinda feel sorry for all these people who consider this ‘genius’
watched it completely and there’s NOTHING worth mentioning
y’all prolly never seen a college and think y’all clever as fuck cause you watched some youtube videos haha
nice words man. when u get the chance, go pay the college tuition for these “people” so they can know what u know about geniuses.
Lol like college can teach you about genius,lol. Half of the quote on quote geniuses, entrepreneurs and scientist are college drop outs.
this niggas on something or really about to implode
Kevin heart would do a great kanye impersonation. ijs
Did Zane blow KW after this interview? My gosh Zane don’t be so star struck. Had Zane been bias and more crucial I would have respected this more. Jimmy K was spot on.
What a homo. How you gonna cry over some dead european fashion designer like dat bro? I bet she would have laughed at his designs.
When someone you look up to ever gives you the time of day to talk to you and then dies then maybe you’ll understand.
I been admiring your comments on here for a min, thanks sooo much for acknowledging me, I just shed a tear. NOT
Fuck U bruh.
ALL DAY NIGGA!!!!!!
Yeezus season.
old post a year ago.
whats that song in the beginning of the interview of the old interview?
Seeing Kanye cry in this interview was really hard not gonna lie
For real. Caught me off gaurd
zane got two interview and the breakfast club two and YN still can’t get one yet I wonder how pissed he is
hey YE is real
Kanye is playing yall like a fiddle!
As long as he continues to give the world dope music to play am fine with it…I do appreciate his “artistry” but dat abou it!
this interview sealed the deal on Zane Lowe loves to hear himself more than the person he is interviewing. Dropping his own personal accomplishments to validate or help make his case on a point is fucking trash as an interviewer! I’m sure anybody at rolling stone can conduct a better fucking interview than this hack!
Zane Lowe does not make these interviews compelling, the person he interviews does. You have the opportunity to interview one of the greatest rappers of all time, and his interviews are just trash. Respect goes to Ye West for breaking down during the interview, and I’m sure Zane Lowe will take some admiration for that in the near future, but this dude is trash. That one radio UK host is better fucking interviewer than this POS. just saying.
Best Ye interview this year.
This dude doesn’t cry when he’s talking about his mom but breaks out talking about some fashion teacher.
Leno interview after the cma stunt, don’t be a wiseass kid
Vma
His mom passed away a couple of years ago. This woman died recently. And no she was not just some fashion teacher, she was his friend. Insensitive ass.
he probably met her like twice
And I thought these comments couldn’t get more ignorant. Way to go man.
Im really hoping I’m not alone with this but Kanye been getting me back as a FULL-fledge fan as of late. Ive always been a fan of his music & his ability of influence. I slowed up being a fan of him as a whole with his rants of genius cuz it aint have no point like everything else did. Now Im learning his point & getting bac cool
Seems like he’s getting better at expressing his views. Where as before he would get all emotional and sound bat shit crazy.