Kanye Comes Out ... With A Book

2009_05_west.jpg Kanye West--humble producer, musician, designer, and fish stick lover--is now an author. Codifying West’s witticisms, life lessons, and aphorisms with the help of co-author J. Sakiya Sanifer (of the comma-defying Think Think Think and Think Again) behold West’s debut book Thank You And You’re Welcome.

West’s 52-page work consists of “Kanye-isms,” that won’t steal Dorothy Parker’s seat at the Algonquin Round Table any time soon. Here’s a sample anecdote from the book:

"When walking down the street, you can walk in one line perfectly without ever falling over. Now take that same city block, make it a foot wider and then put it a hundred stories high. You're going to be so focused on the fact that you don't have a banister, that you're more likely to fall because of it. When you're so focused on what you don't have...you won't have!"

While we may not know what West is talking about exactly, we’re pretty sure that passage just gave us vertigo.

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If you need a co-writer for a 52-page book, you're better off sticking with pop songs.

In the mean time, I'll just reread me some Jack Handy "Deep Thoughts."

Didn't this book come out a long time ago? I am pretty sure I have a copy from his show last summer.

Yes, it did - but it wasn't for sale at retail.

LOL! I was wondering the same thing!

Wow. Kanye is truly a modern day renaissance man. He even writes books!

Please become a recluse to round it all out.

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Okay, I'll say it... I thought Kanye didn't like books, too wordy...

So does his tome of wise words include advice on how to politely deal with photographers at the airport...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26659458/

...or at a nightclub in England...

http://bumpshack.com/2008/11/15/kanye-west-arrested-in-england/

Tell us more, Mr. West!...

He must have wrote this between beating up photogs at various airports...

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I FOR ONE AM PSYCHED THAT KANYE WROTE A BOOK AND EVEN MORE PSYCHED I WON'T HAVE TO DO MUCH READING!

He wrote it for the money.

Yeah, I'm just sayin he's a gold digger.

Did he write it on his Air Mac Book (R)

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