Someone help me out here. The hour for Stephen Colbert’s "Operation Humble Kanye" is drawing nigh, and I have no idea which team I’m on. In case you haven’t been watching The Colbert Report this week (and why not?), check out the clip below: Stephen wants his viewers to buy the soundtrack of his recent Christmas special from the iTunes store at exactly 5 p.m. Eastern today in order to knock Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak off of the top of the iTunes chart. Now, as a loyal citizen of Colbert Nation, I am generally prepared to do anything my leader asks of me. But I am also a longstanding fan of Kanye’s music, and I know ‘Ye has a way of taking things personally. Complicating matters, I happen to be sorta ambivalent about both of these particular projects — I’m still not quite sold on Kanye’s decision to become a sadsack electro crooner, and much of A Colbert Christmas’ schmaltzy schtick left me scratching my head instead of LOLing. (Though I will admit that Kanye and Young Jeezy’s "Amazing" is, well, amazing, and Colbert and John Legend’s "Nutmeg" is an instant holiday classic that I will enjoy for years to come.)
Anyway, the whole issue may be moot by now, since Britney Spears and Akon seem to have unseated Kanye on the iTunes chart as I write this. But my dilemma still remains, even if it’s a symbolic one. Should I go purchase Colbert’s soundtrack or Kanye’s album (or, shh, neither) at 5? One more Colbert clip to help you make up your mind is after the jump.
More on Colbert and Kanye:
A Colbert Christmas led off EW’s list of 25 Classic Holiday TV Episodes
Jon Stewart and Stephen made EW’s cover before the presidential election
Stephen let Whitney Pastorek in on the creation of I Am America (And So Can You!)
Mandi Bierly got a sneak peek at Stephen’s Tek Jansen comic books
EW gave 808s & Heartbreak an A– review
Kanye’s The College Dropout was near the top of EW’s New Music Classics
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as much as i like colbert, i would vote kanye on this one. his new album is amazing. although simon, you DID the stallionaire’s “does she love me” was better than “a solid half tracks on the new akon album” so i’m not sure what you’ll do!
Go for Colbert! Viva la Colbert Nation! Besides, it’s Christmas, and Colbert has a Christmas album. You don’t hate Christmas, do you???
jeebus. kanye SINGS on an album with an autotuner and somehow that makes him amazing. i wish this guy would choke on his ego… (or simply shut up and produce; no rap and definitely no singing!)
If Colbert was going to reimburse me for the purchase, I’d be down. Otherwise, I’ll save my money for some iTunes I really want.
Colbert all the way. Kanye lost me when he ranted about Bush hating black people. Can’t we all just get along?
Go for Colbert – and do it for me, since I will be at work at 4 CST and unable to get the album off iTunes (which is on my home computer).
definitely colbert. i would love for the rest of the world to grow tired of kanye’s ego maniacal ranting and temper tantrums and just stop buying his “music”. *sigh* i won’t hold my breath, though.
Willie Nelson and Stephen singing “Are you High?” was priceless! that will play on my stereo for many many Christmases to come.
Stephen Colbert all the way! Kanye is annoying, obnoxious, and had about 1/1000 of the talent he thinks he has. A voice for a generation? I’m not even a part of this generation and I am offended. If he is a voice for this generation then we are all screwed. Kanye is an egomaniacal half wit who relies on digital enhancement to make him sound listenable. I was at Bonnaro this year and he was practically booed off of the stage. For the rest of the event people would walk around chanting in cadance “F*ck Kanye” to which everyone would reply, “Yeah Kanye sucks” Colbert is a true innovator while Kanye is playing off of the tired state of R and B and Hip Hop. To be a voice for a generation you need to do something original or have an original thought. Egotistical hip hoppers? Gee, never heard that one before. Kanye will be washed up and appearing on the surreal life in 5 years!
Jason McKay, I was with you until you mentioned “the tired state of R&B and Hip-Hop”. Please don’t be fooled by the R&B and Hip-Hop you’re hearing on the radio (if you’re listening to any of it at all). Go check out Alice Smith, Raphael Saddiq, Estelle, Alicia Keys, Algebra, Anthony Hamilton, Jill Scott, Kanye’s protege Lupe Fiasco–hell, even Lil’ Wayne–and then come and talk to me about the state of hip-hop and R&B.
I’m not seeing the dilemma. Colbert!
Actually, I just wish Colbert weren’t so greedy and put his album up so that you can just download the singles you like. I think his “Another Christmas Song” is utter genius, and everything else is for his fans only. But I currently can’t get that one song without purchasing the whole album. Seems like Colbert has a bit of the Scrooge in him…
Kanye’s new album is a misunderstood masterpiece. ‘Nuff said.
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