1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Narwhal (narwhal) http://rainbowdash.net/narwhal http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4085094 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/9" class="url" title="Rarity"><span class="fn nickname mention">rarity</span></a></span> Kanye's kind of a peculiar case for me in that me listening to his music is less of a case of defending him and more of me engaging with his work as a larger cultural figure. &quot;Kanye: The Person&quot; and &quot;Kanye: The Artist&quot; both play off each other and sit in distinctly established camps, so engaging with and potentially enjoying his work isn't necessarily me defending him. I think me listening to the album is me partaking in the conversation surrounding him. Not to mention there are also just lots of people outside of Kanye involved in the album's production that warrant my interest in it.