You might want to google "Justin Bieber" and "lesbian" for amusement - there's a web page devoted to lesbian JB look alikes maintained by women submitting photos of themselves, partners and friends. *grin*

BUT...While you might not LIKE Kanye West, if you're classing him with Justin Bieber and the Spice Girls you're just ignorant of his music. The man's got talent. And ego - I'm pretty sure his talent and ego are either in a dead heat or the ego's ahead, but we musicians tend to be self absorbed regardless of genre. :)

It's hard not to get impatient with traditional musicians who don't respect living traditions. All artistic preferences are a matter of individual taste and inclination. To my mind it's immature to dismiss artists as sucking when in fact they just don't appeal to your personal taste. I seldom admit to enjoying classical music in public for similar reasons - because lots of classical music fans are pretentious asswipes in this regard. No musical form trumps any other.

Bieber and Spice Girls are formulaic pop - they are the Harlequin Romance of music. West has his own voice and style. I don't like Bob Dylan as a performer, and he's certainly a pop and not a folk musician, but the guy writes brilliant music.

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