So Kanye’s “Dark Twisted Fantasy” was not as bad as I was dreading, so there’s that… I did find it fascinating that saw a number of rock artists listed in the song writing credits – so Jon Anderson (Yes), Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Tony Iommi & Ozzy (Black Sabbath) – along with Carole King – and I was like WTF, until I realized that Kanye was just sampling portions of their songs on his tracks… I guess that’s part of what bugs me about hip-hop/rap – is the basing of a new rap song, around a musical hook that’s already been created by another artist… I know everyone “borrows” from everyone else in music, and very little is genuinely “created” – but the blatant practice of knowingly taking something, and re-working it, just has never sat well with me… C’est la vie… While nothing earth-shattering here, I did find it at least somewhat interesting, so a solid 2 for Kanye… Still don’t get why he is a thing, but at least he’s better than “Dr. Octogon” – so there’s that…