[Lucky Seven]

Originally Posted by playstopause

I'm sorry, but some of the greatest (music) geniuses were complete assholes.

Mozart and Zappa come to mind.

[D-EJ915]

Yeah I guess I see your point about that, I dunno, I just hate the guy for some reason.

[Mastodon]

Originally Posted by playstopause

The original, of course (Daft Punk FTW)

Now... I might get flamed for this, but i don't give shit. I'm really tired of seeing people go "this sucks" and bla-bla-bla for no god damn reason when it comes to rap.
So :
Sorry, but Kanye doesn't suck

This song might be "weaker" than previous material, but this man is responsible for bringing a bit of fresh air into the hip hop genre while it was caught up with its own "rough and tough / gangsta rap" imagery 5 years ago. He brought concepts, fun and intellect back in mainstream rap.
The guy is also a great producer who had many hits.

I'm sorry, but in my opinion, you guys saying that kind of stuff don't have a clue about hip-hop. Rap is rap. Rhythm and fucking poetry. It NEVER has been about composing a freakin' symphony or 10 minutes technical / intricate progressive metal to impress kids in the gallery. It's a social movement and it has always used samples from different music genres as references / influences of specific musical movements. There's nothing wrong with thatm as long as royalties are paid.

I'm totally with Playtopause on this one.

Edit: Also

Originally Posted by wikipedia

A significant amount of sampling is present on this album. The sampled tracks reinforce Thomas Bangalter's statement about Discovery's theme. Rather than simply creating new music out of the samples, Daft Punk actually worked with them by writing and adding instrumental performance.[2] The use and clearance for the samples of "I Love You More", "Cola Bottle Baby", "Can You Imagine" and "Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed" are documented in the Discovery liner notes. Several websites list many other samples present on the album, but Bangalter has stated that half of the samples listed are not true. He also stated the sampling they do is legitimately done, not something they try to hide.

and

Originally Posted by wikipedia

"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was also sampled by Kanye West in his single "Stronger" for his album Graduation. The robotic costumes of Daft Punk are featured in the music video and cover art of the single. West stated on BBC Radio 1 that while he believes "Stronger" is "a great song", it does not compare to the original Daft Punk track

So quit with the complaining.

[Lucky Seven]

Daft Punk's movie reminds me of Tommy.

[ZeroSignal]

Where were the days when rappers like NWA had something to say?!

[Metal Ken]

Originally Posted by playstopause

I'm sorry, but some of the greatest (music) geniuses were complete assholes.

But not all assholes are musical geniuses. Kanye West is a prime example of that.

[Lucky Seven]

Give this man some e-rep!

Oh wait, red bars...

[ZeroSignal]

[playstopause]

Originally Posted by D-EJ915

Yeah I guess I see your point about that, I dunno, I just hate the guy for some reason.

You have the right to I think it's just important to take care in separating personal feeling from what people accomplished. Like, i just fuckin' hate Micheal Jackson. He really gets on my nerves and I think he's an asshole. That doesn't stop him from beeing the most prolific pop artist of all time. His music will be great and timeless, no matter how much of an asshole i think he is.

Originally Posted by ZeroSignal

Where were the days when rappers like NWA had something to say?!

Unfortunately, they're pretty gone At the start of the hip-hop movement, artists had a LOT of stuff to take off their chest. Now, they're almost all rich and all.

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

But not all assholes are musical geniuses. Kanye West is a prime example of that.

Of course. I never meant West is a genius. He's good, that's it.
There's far more important figures in hip-hop than him.