In a recent 'Paper Magazine' piece, Yeezus cited dentist-provided nitrous as his "version of Steve Jobs and his LSD trip."
You guys all gotta try going to the dentist. (via Getty Images)
Kanye recently gave an interview to Paper Magazinethat's 50% amazing and and well-thought-out, and 50% like the person transcribing the interview accidentally dropped all of Kanye's sentences and picked them up out of order. Take, for example, the end of a paragraph on celebrities running the world:
We don't run anything; we're celebrities. We're the face of brands. We have to compromise what we say in lyrics so we don't lose money on a contract. Madonna is in her 50s and gave everything she had to go up on an award show and get choked by her cape. She's judged for who she adopts. Fuck all of this sensationalism. We gave you our lives. We gave you our hearts. We gave you our opinions!
Kanye makes a good point on how real power and celebrity interact, and then undercuts it by ending the paragraph with "We gave you our opinions!" like that's the most soul-draining thing any human can do. Also, if that was the case, focus groups would just be filled with a bunch of people bawling while discussing credit card preferences.
I have no idea what happening here. Is Kim feeding Kanye a marshmallow in the audience at the Grammys? If you go to the Grammys, do they give you free marshmallows?
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Anyway, the entire article is worth a read, even if Kanye sometimes pogos between sounding like a college freshman stoner and Tony Robbins. His nitrous realization comes at the end of the piece:
One time I was at the dentist's office and I was given nitrous gas and I was vibing out — I guess that's my version of Steve Jobs and his LSD trip — when I had this first thought: What is the meaning of life? And then I thought, To give. What's the key to happiness? Happiness. What do you want in life? When you give someone something, should they give you something in return? No. We don't have to expect to be compensated by the person we give to. Just give. I'm a Christian so I'll speak in Christian terms: God will give you tenfold. Then I said in my mind — I'm still under the gas and getting my teeth cleaned —But I just want to be remembered. And I immediately corrected myself. I said, It doesn't even matter if I'm remembered. I came out of the gas and had a completely new attitude on everything.
I'm mostly just in love with the fact that anyone — and especially Kanye West — would admit to having their big life realization while getting their teeth cleaned. lso, if I'm reading this right, it sounds like Kanye got nitrous just for a teeth cleaning. Not even filling a cavity. Just a cleaning. Now that's star power.