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

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

His first 3 yes anything after……..

 

[Wild self]

Yes,

They gave up baggy clothes because of him and Jim Jones

 

[Whore D'oeuvres]

Nah. Aside from Watch The Throne, nikkas round my way weren't fukkin with ye past 2010 unless they were just dedicated ye fans. I personally wasn't fukkin with the newer shyt. I loved College dropout, late registration, and graduation - all of these still get play in the whip. Certified classics with hood appeal. And watch the throne. But all that other shyt: nah.

 

[TheJet]

Graduation is a hood classic. Y'all trippin.

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/kai-cenat-plays-runaway-on-piano-glorilla-doesnt-recognize-it-comments-say-the-south-wasnt-listening-to-kanye.1057416/

Title is summed up for engagement purposes so let me further explain

In the thread linked, posters in the booth(and Twitter accounts in the tweet) make an extremely big deal about Glorilla not knowing this song called “Runway” by Kanye west on his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

As someone who considers myself a hip hop head and a black music head in general, when I clicd the video I expected it to be a song I heard before but just forgot the name.

Nope.

I’m 30 & dead ass never heard this song before in my life.

So I’m wondering where is all the outrage coming from?

It made me bring up a bubbling talcn point

Were blacc ppl IN THE HOOD, bumping MBDTF?

Brotha Zay going after one of the most influential black artists of the 21st century for clout

 

[ItWasMeThough]

Glorilla is an imbecile. She ain’t even knew foxes were real. Reminds me when Lil Bibby asked what was a vegetable Where in the bumblefukk are these chirren being raised?

 

[BrothaZay]

Brotha Zay going after one of the most influential black artists of the 21st century for clout

Him?

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Graduation is a hood classic. Y'all trippin.

 

[Low End Derrick]

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Him?

He represents the contradictions of American life.



The Locker Room hates Republicans but you all hate Latino immigrants, taxes, Muslims, LGBTQ etc.

That’s America!

 

[Shadow King]

30 and never heard Runaway?

To deal with the specific question, yes. MBDTF was a bit left but he was still being played. And of course Watch the Throne, a Jay collab album wasn't getting passed on. Cold Summer also.

I'd say his cache in "the hood" took a larger decline from Yeezus and beyond.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

The hood always fukked with Kanye. Get the fukk off Twitter nikka.