I think most people are coming to terms with the fact that the man who made those albums died some time around 2016 with the rest of those celebrities.
I don't know who this new nikka is, but I know who he isn't and that's Kanye west. The same man who loved hip hop so much he couldn't wait to get back into the studio after an accident. The same man who made his own beats or wasn't afraid to call out injustice against Black people. This man isn't the same person. His beats are trash, his lyrics are awful, and he's become a useful idiot for right wingers who would destroy him once given power. Kanye west's soul is gone and what we have now is a reanimated corpse walking around trying to do a [poor] impression of the man's body he's using as a puppet.
R.I.P. to the man who had potential to be a living legend like Chuck D, Dre and Snoop.