Let’s settle this: We’re blacc people listening to Kanye West in the HOOD?

[TheNig]

Kanye reinvented himself so many times, it’s kind of believable. He has a wide range of hits, and albums. So I very much believe certain nikkas was not checking for MBDTF especially at that time where other artists with a more grimy trap sound were taking off

This. I think up to a certain point people in the hood stopped listening to him regularly.

 

[@OffHalsted]

This hurts Kanye’s legacy btw. You’re telling me that the hood wasn’t messing with Kanye back when this dropped? All that Yeezus bullshyt I’d believe but this was when he was still ok. People will literally say he influenced a whole generation or rap with 808’s and that came out right before the album with Runaway. Oh well I’ll just sit back and watch because I remember these conversations with rappers I grew up on. I’m going to sit back and watch people get mad about rappers and fans not knowing older Kanye songs

The Hood stop bumping lyrical artist after 2010..

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Hip Hop and Pop are the two big music genres in which you dont have to know your music history. They are the time capsule genres and snapshot of what's cool right now.

It's why rap has never had a viable "oldies" station.

Them oldie stations playing hip hop now tho. They got to. They main target audience is 30 and up