Kanye West’s outburst at the VMAs has NOTHING to do w/ Taylor Swift’s overall success

Taylor Swift won album of the year at the 2010 Grammys. Immediately, the internet was on fire.

Did she deserve it? I don’t know, I didn’t hear her album. Not my style. Personally, without hearing her album though, I think Lady Gaga had the strongest album in the category.

But that’s just an opinion and not the point of this blog entry.

I’m not a Taylor Swift stan but it’s foolish to blame (or praise) Kanye West for her success. Instead of saying what album may have been better (like I said) folks jumped on what I’d like to call the “Kanye made her famous” train. Well, I strongly disagree with the Kanye made her famous debate. He didn’t produce her album, he just interrupted her. Did he make her more known to folks that still don’t care about her or her music? Yes. Did that translate into record sales? No (you may disagree, that’s fine).

I knew about Taylor before the Kanye incident (and according to her record sales, a whole lot of other folks did too). I didn’t like her music but I knew who she was. Her numbers were already strong before the VMAs incident. Why do you think she was 1) at the VMAs or 2) Winning an award for best video? You thought that was an accident? It wasn’t. Taylor was already a multi-platinum recording artist at the time of the VMAs incident.

Check the numbers.

Taylor was already on the come up and Kanye just made her known in a few more homes (mostly homes that didn’t make or break her success). Honestly, the Kanye incident just threw Taylor a few extra interviews and a few “awwww, poor white girl” but she was already on her way. You think because Kanye dissed home chick heads she got extra awards at different award shows because of it? No.

That’s foolish to think.

If Kanye didn’t interrupt Taylor, she would simply be the white chick that you’d be saying “how’d she win.” Basically, the way you felt the four seconds before Kanye jumped on stage at the VMAs. She’d still have the same success and we wouldn’t have the “imma let you finish” joke or the “Kanye shrug.” So if anything, we should thank her. Think about all the laughs you’ve had with inserting the “imma let you finish” joke into different situations and then following it up with the Kanye shrug. If you won’t say it, I will … thank you Taylor Swift!

If you don’t like her music, just say you don’t like it. If you don’t think she has the album of the year, just say that. Don’t blame Ye. It’s foolish to say because of Kanye West she is more famous and has won more awards. I’ve sat through more than enough awards shows listening to this nonsense. It’s over. It’s done.

Think about this for a moment, do we praise Kanye for George Bush’s decline? I mean, after Kanye West said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” his numbers did go down. Oh but wait, his numbers were already on the decline.

Just saying.

And that’s all I have to say about that © Forrest Gump

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