What's Wrong With Kanye West?

There's something up with Kanye. You can hear it in his latest album, 808's and Heartbreak. You can see it in his latest interviews with Angie Martinez, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel. The vibe is wrong. His tone is somber and his smiles seem manufactured-and all of this is extremely noticeable.

This is the reality for West, whose mother passed in a very public plastic surgery incident. West has blamed his mother's death on his acquisition of fame. While 808's and Heartbreak speaks to this tragedy, it mainly chronicles the break-up with his ex-fiance. All this tragedy has lead to the new sound in Kanye's fourth album.

While the autotune sound has been the main criticism of this album there are other stark differences to notice. The lyrics are simpler than in past albums and don't always seem coherent. The tone is also noticeably dark, which West himself has pointed out.

Perhaps this is merely West dealing with life and nothing more.

The College Football Mess

Anyone that says the BCS gets it right is kidding themselves. Don’t take this statement to be an endorsement of a college football playoff. It’s not. It's a NON-endorsement of the current system. This is a observation based on a couple of factors.

#1 is only #1 by default.

If not for the losses of teams ranked higher before this week, Alabama would not be #1. This is not to say that Alabama is not the best team in college football. I'm only saying its too hard to tell. Put Alabama up against USC or Penn St.-Is Bama a lock to win? It's too hard to say.

Better conferences get punished.

The Big 12 has a couple of teams I'd like to see in BCS bowls this year-Texas, Missouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. Three of these teams won't be playing in the BCS because of the rule that only 2 teams from a BCS conference can play in BCS bowls. Do any of these teams desereve a shot at the national championship? Ah, yea I think so.

If the BCS gets it right, then maybe the NFL should adopt it.

D.L. Hugley on Sarah Palin

I had to put this quote up.

"I can see the moon from my house, that don't make me an astronaut."