Kanye West eviscerated a critic of his album and went after Taylor Swift again
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Kanye West is back to getting things off his chest on Twitter.
It started Tuesday night, when West asked, "Has anybody ever heard of Bob Ezrin?"
Ezrin, a 66-year-old music producer who has worked with artists such as Phish and Pink Floyd, wrote a harsh critique of West in industry analyst Bob Lefsetz's popular music newsletter.
"Unlike other creators in his genre like Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie, or even M.C. Hammer for that matter, it’s unlikely that we’ll be quoting too many of Kanye’s songs 20 years from now," he wrote. "He didn’t open up new avenues of public discourse like NWA, or introduce the world to a new art form like Grandmaster Flash, or even meaningfully and memorably address social issues through his music like Marshall, Macklemore, and Kendrick."
The producer also said, "Kanye's greatest achievements have been in the form of excessive behavior, egomaniacal tantrums, and tasteless grandstanding."
West didn't take kindly to those criticisms and unloaded on Twitter saying, "What the f--- does he know about rap," "Do something relevant," and "I’m tired of old people that have no connection with anything trying to comment on music."
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/702352830917648384
I’m tired of old people that have no connection with anything trying to comment on music!
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