Kanye West promises to be calm

Since taking away the spotlight from young country artist Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the VMAs rapper/producer Kanye West has been MIA, spending most of his time since the televised incident overseas to escape the media lynching. As if he took the time during his self imposed exile to reflect and figure out how he can become a better person, or spent time in an anger management program, Mr. West took away the spotlight from yet another young artist this time during that artist's live performance to share with the audience his thoughts and feelings at the moment. But no worries, the artist he interrupted was his own protege Kid Cudi. During his improptue speech/plead, or however you want to take it, Mr. West spit a new verse:

“I’m so anxious, I’m getting anxiety/Begging one of these ... fashion houses to hire me, I said, if you acquire me I could be a quiet me Call it verbal dieting Give me your herbal chai tea ”

Though he may come off at times like a lost soul which has sometimes lead many to worry about his safety, Kanye West's behavior some would say, is normal for someone like him. See West is considered a musical genius, so was Phil Specter, so was Michael Jackson. They say geniuses are usually weird people.

He began the decade as a nobody, but even after 10 million albums sold Mr. West is nowhere near comfortable. His hubris may be overwhelming at times, but it’s undercut by his self-conception as an underdog. It makes perverse sense that his final creative act of the decade would be to grouse about his struggles in making an entrée into the fashion world. When has he ever been content? For a rapper such insecurity is still odd turf, even after several years of Mr. West mining it, and even after he spawned a second wave of second guessers like Kid Cudi and Drake.