Windy City rapper and Yeezus crafter Kanye West caused a minor uproar earlier in the year when it was revealed that one particular record on his now-released album would be titled “I Am A God.” And during a rare interview with W Magazine, Kanye went on to reveal the exact incident that inspired him to create the controversial song.
According to Kanye, he was drawn to the recording studio when he was told that he’d be allowed to attend one Paris Fashion Week runway show only if he chose not to attend any other shows during the semi-annual fashion fete.
“So the next day I went to the studio with Daft Punk, and I wrote ‘I Am a God,’Sh” Kanye revealed. “Cause it’s like, Yo! Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go. Man, I’m the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix. You can’t say that you love music and then say that Kanye West can’t come to your show! To even think they could tell me where I could and couldn’t go is just ludicrous. It’s blasphemous—to rock ’n’ roll, and to music.”
Later in the interview, Kanye further elaborated on the creation of the song as he commented on his lack of desire to defend “I Am A God” and merely credited the song as being a representation of “rock ‘n’ roll” and “rap music.”
“I made that song because I am a god,” said Kanye. “I don’t think there’s much more explanation. I’m not going to sit here and defend shit. That shit is rock ’n’ roll, man. That shit is rap music. I am a god. Now what?”
Released on June 18, Yeezus serves as Kanye West’s sixth studio album.
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burning em and eating em.if not jason throw devil waters at them.
well their are alians out their sometimes even looking threw your windows cause of those ufo videos
five plus 1 is 22. five plus 1 is 22. five plus 1 is 22
eating a wigger rite now and burning em
I AM AT TARD
We know your spelling gave it away
no kanye, your a clown
And I Am A Fag.
Kanye loves to name drop old white people. I think Jimmy is the only black guy he has ever mentioned in these interviews.
i think its so older white ppl understand what he means to this generation.
^ agree. its all about that to him proving he means something to world,he really doesn’t care about (or is motivated by much than) black people
Marcus Garvey he is not.
^ funny he said the same thing bout george bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSy-T7ZCQs
I like Kanye’s music but he needs to chill on the shock value media whoring shit he always does ESPECIALLY when he raps about how much he HATES the media. Or so he says
THIS IS THE ONLY VALID COMMENT HERE
666
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGNTO0qaVc
ego and rap go hand in hand. kanye got a huge ego. get over it
the album was terrible.. i am a god my ass..more like i am a piece of crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsnAk6tjsts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1tG-m4NSU
WE PRAISE YOU OUR LORD AND SAVIOR YEEZUS! save us from these ignorant people please. I will blast your album to pass the beautiful words onto our youth and wicked men.
hahah this guy is trippin’, I start losing respect as a fan, last album is a 2.5/5 imo
No wonder that song sucks so bad.
Many of us are Gods but don’t tell them anymore then you have to Yeezy. 85ers are a waste of breathe to explain too lol
YEEZUS-KANYE’S MASTERPIECE.
i faggot mother facker stupid queer queer queer i am.
didn’t this bitch say himself, “what’s a god to a non-believer”?
that was frank ocean
If the majority of people followed 5 percenter beliefs instead of Christianity, no controversy would have happened.
Don’t get it confused, every album up until his mother passed was about the values of christianity. Once his mother bit the dust, he went into the great depression, which he mentions on his current songs. Jay Z took him under his belt, his rhymes went from christianity to occultic. Masons also consider themselves GODS. So, by you thinking that it is NOEG, 5% – stands incorrect.
Really are you a Mason? Do you know any Masons? If not then shut the fuck up and stop regurgitating shit u see online.
Fuck religion.
flop bs of an album ye done
yeezus my black ass
I’m a fag for making a gay name and talking about black asses. Fuck me?
ye love big dick:
I’m a fag for making a gay name and talking about black asses. Fuck me?
shut up you dumb fuck album is wack
If sites and reviewers weren’t paid off he’d been behind J Cole on the charts. Instead, he bought them off, they all gave it 9.5/10 or 4.5/5 and everyone bought the album, got home, listened and was like, wow, this is art. No, it’s crap, that’s what art is. Art is great stuff after the artist is dead, but if they’re still alive and call it art, it’s crap.
let yeezy believe what he wants to believe he has a huge ego sure but if that what makes him happy let him be or just ignore him
Yeezus was good for hiphop in terms of pushing it into new boundaries. I have never heard an rap album that sounds even comparable to Yeezus. BUT. It just wasn’t that great of an album to me. To make a song called “I Am God” to me screams “GIVE ME ATTENTION PLEASE, I KNOW DRAKE AND J.COLE AND KENDRICK ARE KILLIN SHIT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE MAKING ME FEEL INSECURE”…I did like New Slaves, Blood on the Leaves and like 1 other song but overall as a body of work it was shit. There is such a thing as too experimental believe it or not. I feel like Kanye didn’t go into Yeezus trying to make the best music possible but trying to make the most interesting unique album possible. Little does he know he is starting to loose fans cus hes simply trying to hard to be a creative genius. And he already is you dont need to try so hard cus it comes across as corny.
Thats because you havent looked properly. Kanye blatantly listened to Death Grips and then said “I’mma be the first commerical dude to do that”
yeah, I think we can all relate to this. GTFO
i know that we the new slaves
not gonna be a new slave
that hoe gone take all yo shit
that bitch is tryna get paid
yo competition is hot while
yo shit just sound gay
distorted shitty old tracks u
pay the stations to play
>distorted shitty old tracks u
>pay the stations to play
But there weren’t any radio singles?
Okay, Kanye, you just crossed the line comparing yourself to Axl. Axl has got more talent in one of his pubes than you have all together you fraudulent little fuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KHCqYCyWD4
http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s440/JackChap1/michael-myers-mask_zps8d6abc84.jpg
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Freddy-Vs–Jason-horror-movies-77464_1024_768.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo2EswS8o08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGhoq0X8Fik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvX91x-zt_Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SCtyEOJy0A
so he’s an even bigger douche bag than we thought
I think he mixed up God and A Gay Fish