I gotta get at Kanye

[Soundwave]

Ross had the best verse

That's the only song I still listen to from that album

I will defend that Ross verse to the end of my days

 

[blackslash]

Mbdtf is overrated

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Didnt Jay discover J. Cole and wasnt Drake pretty much the light skinned version of Phonte.....so how is Ye getting credit for these people? He can have Big Sean...that nikka delusional just like Ye.

All of those rappers listed have at one time said that Kanye influenced them.

Big label execs weren't really checking for rappers with zero street cred like that pre-2004, now it's pretty much the whole game mainstream wise. Is that a coincidence?

Wouldn't miss those rappers too or just disagree about his influence on them?

 

[Cynic]

Kanye West did not break Estelle in the U.S. All he did was drop a verse on her breakthrough single "American Boy" which was produced by will.i.am. His sound didn't necessarily birth Jamie Foxx either because Jamie's albums sound nothing like his collaborations with Kanye outside of maybe "Unpredictable" (the song). He helped break Jamie. Credit is owed to Kanye for John Legend's career, but will.i.am was key in John Legend's rise as well. "Ordinary People" is the song that really took John Legend to another level and that was produced by will.i.am.

That does not diminish his role in their careers.......




Slow Jamz launched Jamie and relaunched Twista. .




Be relaunched Common.




Get Lifted launched John Legend.



This single launched Keyshia Cole



He launched Lupe Fiasco

I'm not even counting his own albums in this period :deseanha:

All this happened before Graduation killed off aggressive gangster rap and the NY old guard
was left in dire straits ... only to birth the new school breed of rappers after the laffy taffy era

and still keepin' Jay afloat:pharrell:

No wonder y'all hate this n!gga :gotdamnbreh:

 

[SirBiatch]

^As I said, cosign-dependent

 

[Frida Giezman]

kindagay west

 

[Cynic]

^As I said, cosign-dependent

He is the original stimulus package.... even gave Drake some 808s leftovers

 

[Arithmetic]

You talk all this soundscape gibberish to mask the fact that Kanye changed the course of Hip hop.

It isn't 2007 anymore... That first John Legend album was soulful and so was Commons Be

His sound birthed John Legend, Jamie Foxx and broke Estelle in the U.S.

Kanye innovates and experiments ...this dude literally killed off ghetto superthug rap with stadium rap.


I love Mobb but they aint seeing pre-2008 Kanye.

Nvm 808s which birthed this current class of rappers or MBDTF

I love CD, LR, and graduation but

 

[Cynic]

I love CD, LR, and graduation but

 

[EndDomination]

I don't think most of you including @SirBiatch are hip-hop fans.
I think most of you are parodies of old-head hip-hop fans, who refuse to let your opinions (no matter how wrong they are) be influenced by anything.
Kanye West is a fantastic (edit: producer), and a slightly-above average rapper.
Mobb Deep is not, in anyway, better than Kanye West (on the production side at least).
You also have a very narrow definition of what a "real" hip-hop sound is, considering the entirety of the genre is samples and breaks from rock, gospel, jazz, and blues.
He's not overrated, he's just incredibly arrogant.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Kanye is an incredible artist to me.
He was the guy that made me wanna start making beats cause he had that soulfulness.

 

[Arithmetic]

I don't think most of you including @SirBiatch are hip-hop fans.
I think most of you are parodies of old-head hip-hop fans, who refuse to let your opinions (no matter how wrong they are) be influenced by anything.
Kanye West is a fantastic rapper, and a slightly-above average rapper.
Mobb Deep is not, in anyway, better than Kanye West (on the production side at least).
You also have a very narrow definition of what a "real" hip-hop sound is, considering the entirety of the genre is samples and breaks from rock, gospel, jazz, and blues.
He's not overrated, he's just incredibly arrogant.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Idk what I expecting when I entered but what is and what isn't real hip-hop need to be let go.

 

[Eternal Tecate]

shytting on the GOAT and thinking you're slick for it

 

[Mowgli]

Not gonna discount Kanye career because of sensational Internet nikkas.

Especially one that sees more value in ASAP Rocky then Kanye west. zero credibility

He's made a ton of great songs from his hip hop days to his modern music.