Top 10 Most Memorable Kanye West Quotes Of 2013
It’s been an eventful second half of the year for 21-time Grammy winner Kanye West. The Chi-town rapper delivered his critically-acclaimed sixth solo LP ‘Yeezus’, switched from Nike to Adidas, made headlines with his rants (or “visionary stream of consciousness”), launched a Kendrick Lamar-assisted solo tour, birthed a daughter, and much more. Among other things, 2013 also turned out to be the year Kanye put an end to his 3-year long media silence and returned to doing interviews on Television and radio.
Kanye’s return to Television began in late August when he sat down with his fiancee’s mother on her daytime talk show ‘Kris’. The controversial rapper then took off on his ‘Yeezus’ tour and started to make appearances at radio stations throughout the country; including an anticipated stop at Power 105’s The Breakfast Club. With Kanye’s charismatic personality and persistence to break into the fashion industry, it’s hard to find a interview or rant where ‘Ye didn’t leave behind knowledge and a few notable quotes. We’ve compiled a list of some of Kanye West’s most memorable statements in 2013. Check it out below.
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10. Kanye mocking corporations during a rant at a concert in London. February 24th, 2013:
“Can I sell your drink for you, please? So you can help me put on a better show, please, corporations? Can you please support me, please? Me, Kanye West? I swear I’m a nice n—a now. I swear I’ll put the pink Polo back on.”
9. Kanye talks relevancy with Atlanta Radio Station V-103. December 3rd:
“The [biggest corporation's] amount of money can only equal the amount of relevancy that me and Kim have,” he said. “I might not be a billionaire, but I’m a trillionaire in relevancy.”
8. Kanye talks Kim Kardashian with Hot 97’s Angie Martinez. November 25th, 2013:
“OK, ladies and gentlemen—all barber shops, fashion designers, architects, corner stores, Wall Street, all over the world—y'all acting like this ain't the most beautiful woman of all time! I'm talkin' like arguably of human existence—the top 10 of human existence, I don't give a f--k what type of jacket she got on."
7. Kanye responds to criticism of ‘I Am A God’ with Zane Lowe. September 2013:
“When someone comes up and says something like, ‘I am a God,’ everybody says, who does he think he is? I JUST TOLD YOU WHO I THOUGHT I WAS: A GOD. Would it have been better if I had song that said, ‘I am a gangster’ or ‘I am a pimp’? All those colors fit better on a person like me, right? But to say you are a God, especially when you got shipped over to the country that you’re in, and you’re last name is a slave-owner’s, how could you say that? How could you have that mentality?”
6. Kanye West Talks Fashion with Zane Lowe. September 2013:
“Me and Virgil brought the leather jogging pants six years ago to Fendi and they said ‘no.’….So when I see Hedi Slimane and it’s all like, OK, this is my take on the world. Yeah, he got some $5,000 jeans in there, there’s some good sh*t here and there. But we culture. Rap is the new Rock N Roll. We the rock stars. IT’S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A MINUTE HEDI SLIMANE, IT’S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A MINUTE. We the new rock stars and I’m the biggest of all of them. I’m the number one rock star on the planet.”
5. Kanye calls into Hot 97 to discuss MTV’s Hottest MC’s List. March 5th, 2013:
“Really, I didn’t really want to call and talk about the No. 7 list, I just wanted to tell everyone I gave Sway his first TV and he need to remember that.”
4. Kanye at Pusha T’s ‘My Name Is My Name’ listening party September 11th, 2013:
“Aye yo this Yeezy right now speaking to y’all. This the heart of the muthaf*cking city, act y’all ain’t have that muthaf*cking Clipse album and shit. Act like y’all ain’t base y’all whole shit, whole lifestyle off this n*gga Pusha T. Everything is Pusha T. Pyrex Vision, that’s Pusha T. ‘Fear Of God’, that’s Pusha T. This n*gga the heart of the muthaf*cking culture for you culture vultures. This the only n*gga spitting that wild muthaf*cking hip-hop shit right now, that’s why I stand next to this n*gga. I don’t give a f*ck about none of these corporations, none of these f*cking sellouts, this muthaf*cking Pusha T.”
3. Kanye addresses United States President Barack Obama at London Concert. February 23rd 2013:
“I don’t give a f*ck what the president got to say”
2. Kanye responds to Sway’s question on why he needs help from corporations to break into fashion. November 26th, 2013:
“You ain't got the answers man! You ain't got the answers! (Kanye) You ain't got the answers, Sway! (Kanye) I been doing this more than you! (Doing what more than me?) You ain't got- (C'mon, chill out, bro!) You ain't got the answers! (Kanye, relax!) You ain't got the answers! (Bro, rela- I'm asking you a question!) You ain't been doing the education. (Bro!) You ain't been doing the education! (Kanye, calm down!) You don't have the answers though. (Calm down!) Because you trying to give me advice about something- (No! No no no no, listen) You ain't- You ain't got the answers! You ain't spend 13 million dollars of your own money trying to empower yourself!”
1. Kanye claims on Twitter 2nd verse of 'New Slaves' is best rap verse of all time :
I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time….meaning … OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 20, 2013
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