Sun 19 Mar 2006
I got name-checked on Eschaton, for noting (in comments) that an article Atrios pointed to misquoted Kanye West’s famous “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”* in a way that introduced stereotypically “black” grammatical errors.
This can only reinforce my street cred as a massive, massive grammar, spelling, and punctuation nerd. Holla!
* One of my favorite throwaway moments in the last Arrested Development episodes was the T-shirt Franklin had on that read “George Bush doesn’t care about black puppets.” Perfect.
March 20th, 2006 at 10:05 am
This nerd is getting more and more annoyed by all the otherwise articulate folks who are effecting loose affect errors these days.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Are you sure that was a misquote? The re-mix that the Legendary KO did of “Golddigger” uses an audio sample, which I assumed was of Kanye West, with “George Bush don’t like black people.”
Tom’s a colleague of mine, so I’m a bit defensive, but still, I’m not sure you’re right about this.
-Dan
March 20th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
It was in fact a misquote. Kanye’s quote is grammatically correct; the Legendary K.O. changed it for the chorus to make it flow better.
March 20th, 2006 at 5:15 pm
In fact, the audio sample at the start of the Legendary KO’s rap — which is named “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” — is of Kanye West saying “…doesn’t care about.”
I am all about defending my own coworkers, so I get where you’re coming from, but he could’ve spent a half-second checking the line before throwing it in, especially considering that West’s an extremely articulate and well-spoken guy in general.
March 26th, 2006 at 1:01 am
I just left a comment on this blog post that was about getting mentioned on a comment on another blog post.