"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Kanye West's new album

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skyballa, sucks like most cali rappers.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Yeh its either a 'love or hate' album. I just feel its something different from most of the **** that is out at the moment.
 

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It's not nearly as good as his first album.

I was especially put off by the fact that the new single "Gold Digger" sounds exactly like the song "Get 'Em High" off his first album, except that the lyrics are a little different. Funny though cause the subject matter is pretty much the same. Maybe he thought people wouldn't notice?

Most of the songs I couldn't even listen to for more than 30 seconds before I got bored and skipped to the next track.

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Late Registration is pretty good album. Far from a classic, but is definately worth listening to.

His lyrics improved from his debut (still a mediocre rapper). It's definately one of the best produced album this year. There's about 4 Skits and and one horrible track. Overall: Above average album.
 

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I just downloaded the album... it's a classic.

Even though I think he needs to learn how to make his own beats, he is up there with Timbo as far as originality.

The thing about Kayne you have to understand, it's not really RAP as much as it is Hip Hop.

You aren't going to pop in a Kayne West CD and it sound like something 50 cents drops, because he is a rapper.

This is up there with Bone, est 1999 and Jay Z the Blueprint, I honestly think it's that good. Not a weak sone on the CD
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Originally posted by backbreaker
This is up there with Bone, est 1999 and Jay Z the Blueprint, I honestly think it's that good. Not a weak sone on the CD
Wow, are you kidding me? Hahaha

If you like it, more power to ya I guess. But I think it's pretty bad. Still better than most of the rap out there right now though.
 

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Up there with Blueprint, what are you smoking???

Even though I think he needs to learn how to make his own beats
What do you mean by this? Him and Brion make a good team. No worse than Dr. Dres participation in his so called produced tracks.
 

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In that sense, yes they make an excellent team, but all of his beats are sampled from something.. He's not as bad as some people out there... have you heard "you'r gonna love me" by the backwoodz? They took the Old cassic, one of my favorate songs, "Your gonna love Me" by Jennifer Holliday, and, sampled one part of the song, and that's the enitre beat.

Kanye takes a smaple like.... Dream or on his new CD... So Major, and actually makes a beat ar ound the sample. so he is more orginal then alot of people give him credit for, but still sampling isn't the hardest thing in the world.
 

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Its not hard, but getting that cool layered sound, is not possible with just a keyboard and an original idea. Hip Hop is sampling. I hate glossy synth beats. If a guy were to replicate a song like "we major" he would need a brass section. string section, and a host of session musicians, plus the musical idea. On this album kanye is the first producer in rap to get a really cool layered sound. The first musical rap album. Not every joe knows how to properly flip a sample--creativity.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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"George Bush hates black people"

The latest stupidity to come out of this idiots mouth. Why people buy this trouble making big mouths album, is beyond me?

BTW, this was on national television live!
 

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Originally posted by SELF-MASTERY
Its not hard, but getting that cool layered sound, is not possible with just a keyboard and an original idea. Hip Hop is sampling. I hate glossy synth beats. If a guy were to replicate a song like "we major" he would need a brass section. string section, and a host of session musicians, plus the musical idea. On this album kanye is the first producer in rap to get a really cool layered sound. The first musical rap album. Not every joe knows how to properly flip a sample--creativity.
coudn't have said it better myself. he actually get's something most artist don't, and that's mu sic therory
 

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Originally posted by tristan22
"George Bush hates black people"

The latest stupidity to come out of this idiots mouth. Why people buy this trouble making big mouths album, is beyond me?

BTW, this was on national television live!
George Bush hates POOR black people, the Rich black people he doesn't mind
 

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George Bush hates POOR black people, the Rich black people he doesn't mind
EXACTLY.....

We have billions to fight a never ending war, but sit with our ass on our hands when our fellow country men are in need:confused: :confused: :confused:

I'm glad Kanye blurted that out. I wonder if this will hurt his career????
 

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what balls. i hope racist american's didnt use this as a reason not to donate.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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neal boortz mentioned that article on his talk show.:)

his comment was black people loot snd white ppl find food....:D
 
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