Kanye is clearly a hip hop genius. Top 10 producer. Say whatever else you want.
Lol
Clearly right.
The man who has had people making his music since he got budgets after his debut. Second album he ran to John Brion. Then on Graduation he locked in with Mike Dean who did a bulk of his music until he recently walked away.
Kanye had people looking for samples and people playing his music and when he wasn't doing that he was buying beats from other producers or remixing them like they did Panda which they also tried with Don't like when Keef initially popped.. He hasn't had a self produced album since college drop out. Let's not even mention the ghost writers then factor in leeching of other acts on his label. Taking a kudi album and making it a collaboration.
When people call Kanye a genius it really says something about them. Like do you even know the meaning of that word? Don't be the echo chamber of fools. You dudes literally hear something long enough and start repeating it. It's the most basic level of subliminal messaging. That's not your opinion my brother. That's your instruction. You've been heard it so often you repeat it but you can't qualify it.
I know what comes next. "But a producer doesn't have to make the beats." I guess he didn't need to write the songs neither. Nor did he design anything he has sold fashion wise. Kanye is a genius at leveraging fools and their faith in him. Even the most loyal disciples like Pusha and Mike Dean eventually saw the light. It's gonna be interesting seeing his musical genius post Mike Dean