Saturday, December 13, 2008

Open Letter to Kanye West


Dear Kanye:

A few people have alerted me to this track from your new album, 808s and Heartbreak. It's a fairly wordy song with a lot of lyrics to scroll through, so I'll just post the relevant part:

You spoiled little LA girl
You´re just an LA girl
You spoiled little LA girl
You´re just an LA girl
You spoiled little LA girl
You´re just an LA girl (you need to stop it now)
You spoiled little LA girl
You´re just an LA girl (you need to stop it now)

Thanks, Kanye. I have no idea if your ex-fiancee was particularly spoiled or not, although I never saw her storming fashion awards shows bawling that she was an award's rightful winner. But regardless, our city is a diverse, beautiful city, and shouldn't be treated as an adjective connoting spoiled behavior. Since you live here, you should know that's just a done-before stereotype. Again, let's see if this works when you substitute another city:

You're just a Portland girl
You spoiled little Portland girl

Meh. See what I mean? It's a tired cliche, and you don't seem to be about tired cliches, so stop it. Plus I'm guessing your lady didn't live this lifestyle before she met you, so perhaps this:

You're just a Chicago boy
You spoiled little Chicago boy

...might be more appropriate. Oh, and also?


That was done before too. Kthxbai.
Love,
Nobody Walks in LA