Kanye West-Taylor Swift Collaboration Would Put An End To The Drama, Right?

Every blog and social networking service is still buzzing about the Kanye West-Taylor Swift story as "Kanye West" and "Taylor Swift" ranks second and fourth in Twitter's Trending Topics today.  West apologized via his Web site after the affair and did so again on Monday night during Jay Leno's show.



I'm sure this will not suffice fans in Swift's camp, who are taking to Swift's cause as if she was running for U.S. President.  Heck, she might receive a good chunk of votes, you know, if the youth actually got off their butts and voted.

But there is one more step Mr. West needs to take to close the door on this fiasco and make it come full circle.

A collabo.  Seriously.  The buzz this has created has undoubtedly helped MTV become relevant again.  Why can't Swift capitalize/profit on the moment?

That's right, a one-for-one collaboration deal would probably put this mess to rest.  We've already seen one odd T-Swizzle collab, why not make it two for 2009?  If I was 'Ye, I'd offer to produce her next track.  Is she a country singer?  Kind of.  It's honestly more pop than country, and it's not like we haven't seen country and hip-hop cross paths before.  Also, Yeezy should have her sing vocals on a track that will be on his next CD.

And for Swift, that might be a career-maker, knowing that every one of Kanye's albums has been a five-star masterpiece.  Yes, even the much-maligned 808s & Heartbreaks.  What would be the harm in attaching your name to another grade-A piece of work?

So, let's make this happen and turn the page on this chapter of our lives.  There are more important things to get your feathers ruffled -- like Brian Urlacher being out for the year.

Kanye West Was Out Of Line, But...

The blogosphere and Twitterverse are completely overreacting.

The incident happened during last night's Bears-Packers game, so I didn't see it live.  Even if there wasn't a sporting event on that I cared about, I still would not have watched it live.  Let's think logically, people, MTV has more time dedicated to former Real World members in rehab than it does to showing music videos.

Maybe Kanye was right.  Maybe Beyonce did have the greatest music video ever.  None of us would have known because MTV doesn't show music videos anymore. 

Was he wrong to run on stage and take the mic from Taylor Swift?  Yes.  Very much so.  Was he wrong to voice his opinion?  No.  What he should have said was, "Taylor. Yo, my boy Luda wants to holla at you.  Here's his number.  And congrats on the Moon Man, but I don't believe you deserve this because I've never seen the video because MTV doesn't show music videos anymore."  Then 'Ye could have walked off the stage as a hero.  Instead, he walked off the stage looking like an idiot.

As for the online reaction, I would have thought Mr. West did something much worse to garner so much negative attention.  By the looks of the Facebook statuses and Tweets, I assumed that he jumped on stage, hit her on the head with the mic, R. Kelly'd all over her and announced that he created swine flu in a lab in an attempt to create a master race.

But all Kanye did was get on stage and voice his displeasure.  Us sports fans are very familiar with that sort of thing. 

We like to call that 'booing.'

P.S. -- Taylor, don't treat the VMA for Best Female Video as if it the greatest achievement of your life.  It's not a Grammy.  And while Grammy Awards are generally awarded by old foagies waiting for Sinatra's next album to drop, the VMA's are voted on by people who think Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga are excellent singers.  Get a grip, take the award and talk to me with a lil' southern twang when you get off stage.

Editorial: T-Pain, Taylor Swift & Comedic Collabos

It wasn't too long ago that I was using this space to condemn The Artist Formerly Known As Common Sense for his collaboration with the Jonas Brothers. So what I will say in the coming blog might seem hypocritical.

Coming from someone whose affinity for pretty girls he has absolutely no shot with is unmatched, I see nothing wrong with the T-Pain/Taylor Swift collabo. Nothing at all.

Unlike what Common did, T-Pain, and the aptly re-named "T-Swizzle" provided a spoof of their own selves that probably would have worked well on The Lonely Island's recent album. C'mon, her mom makes a cameo while Swift makes a reference about still living at home. Later, she brags about "baking cookies at night" in a clear hat tip to the greatest bakers in the world, The Clipse.

(An aside: Where's my next album from Pusha T & Malice?)

So, here's a thumbs up to Pizzle, Swizzle and anyone who gave this video collabo approval along the way. And for those of you who will come out and say "this ain't real hip-hop" should remember The Community still fully supports Lil' Bow Wow.

Taylor Swift Raps "Thug Story" With T-Pain On CMT Awards [MTV]