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* Rolling Stone article about Paul making a cameo with the Hollywood Vampires band. [x-posted to the news]

* Article on the co-writer of Kanye and Paul’s “Only One” – Berklee School of Music alumna Kirby Lauryen. [x-posted to the news and “Only One” threads]

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^^ I don’t ever need or want to get used to the n-word (note I don’t write it out either).

Examiner article quoting a 2013 NME interview with Paul in which he mentioned Kanye:

Speaking of which, the last gig he went to and really enjoyed? Kanye West and Jay Z’s Watch The Throne show at the O2 last year – aka the moment when, Paul says with a straight face, he finally got rap. “I was expecting it to be, ‘Oh it’s great, it’s hip hop, it’s loud…’, but I hadn’t until then got the urban poetry aspect,” he remarks, rather sweetly. “Like, Bob Dylan is a poet. And so is Jay Z, and Kanye…” But what he’s after from new music, he says, is the same thing that’s driven him all his life – “mood” music that does away with formula but still appeals to the masses.

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The Walrus said

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^^ I don’t ever need or want to get used to the n-word (note I don’t write it out either).

Whilst I understand why some African-Americans are quite tetchy about it, there are actually two words. When used between black people, the reclaimed “nigga” is not usually considered offensive. Being “disappointed” with Paul for collaborating on a song where a black man reclaims a racial slur seems puritan and somewhat ignorant, though I respect how it might offend you if you’re used to hearing similar words used in a pejorative context. Similarly, quoting something someone else said.

Please don’t lecture me about the n-word. I’m not merely “tetchy” about it. It’s a word with an extremely violent and deadly history that you clearly need to educate yourself about. And don’t make generalizations about what Black people say or how they react. If people say it around me, I let them know I consider it offensive. There’s nothing “puritan” about that, and being aware of the history of the word is the exact opposite of ignorance. If you actually believe that, you’re not showing respect at all, and you’re not being hip or cool by using or approving the use of the word. And if a Black person ever called their parents or anyone else in a position of authority that word, they’d probably be lucky to walk away with a smack.

And that “er” vs. “a” or “ah” ending is one of the stupidest arguments people use to justify using it. Whatever reasons some Black people might have for using it, that’s not a loophole for the rest of the world. It’s the same damn word. You’re just putting a different inflection on it.

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Examiner article about Paul and Kanye in Paris.

Edit: Daily Mail article with more photos.

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Beatles Examiner features an essay by fan Nikki Denett on the Kanye collaboration.

There’s a link to an article about meeting Paul outside rehearsal for Ringo’s 70th birthday surprise. It’s a great story, and I’m going to x-post to Fan Encounters.

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FourFiveSeconds video parody

[x-posted to the LOLs thread]

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From The Mirror:

Top chef Jamie Oliver thinks he has found the perfect recipe for chart success after making sweet music with Ed Sheeran and Sir Paul McCartney .

The TV chef, 39, has co-written a song with Ed, 24, to be released in May to promote Food Revolution Day, aimed at educating children about food.

Now this is going to be one tasty treat.

More at the link.

[x-posted to the activism thread]

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From WogBlog:

Kanye West is hosting another surprise performance in London tonight, this time with Paul McCartney and Rihanna at The Scotch Of St James! 

Back in 1965, Paul first met young Stevie Wonder in that same nightclub.

[x-posted to the news thread]

Edit: WogBlog added an edit that this may have been an April Fool’s joke.

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Expert Textpert said
Well, at least you’re beginning to see that Paul working with Kanye was a bad idea.

No. I just don’t like that particular song. Please don’t put words in my mouth. 

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Expert Textpert said

Well, it was a bad idea whether you see it or not.

What you repeatedly fail to understand with your absolutist statements is that they are merely opinions. As are mine. But I don’t try to tell you what you are thinking because that would be obnoxious.

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