So the big whoop today is that Pitchfork bestowed its first 10.0 review in nearly a decade on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ; penned by a dear friend of ours, rest assured this opinion has generated, in turn, a wide variety of online opinions — outraged, bemused, intrigued, confused. Here, now, a sample of the public response to Pitchfork‘s response to Kanye’s response to the public’s response to his response to Taylor Swift winning that one MTV award.
How Things Work #1.
How Things Work #2.
Conspiracy Theory #1.
Bonus points for album quote.
ALTERED ZONEZ.
Still waiting.
Really glad I’m not at this lunch.
Conspiracy Theory #2.
Let’s see Kanye try and top “Buggin’.”
Numbers are important.
Conspiracy Theory #3.
Modesty.
Confusing imagery.
My favorite argument.
Love it.
Yessssss.
Conspiracy Theory #4.
Oh, it’s not that bad.
Love you dogg.
Look out.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on November 22, 2010