The OFFICIAL 2004/2005 Kanye west appreciation thread

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Yeah he basically was dope cause he was talking about getting by without doing crime for nigggas that was street but not hustlers. So obviously he was gonna be modest if he aint pithcing he aint ballin like that.

He goes from that to literally the most out of touch record of all time in WTT

His beats go from soul to fuccckin techno.

Just a huge difference.

He was never a good rapper but he had dope beats and was an alternative subject matter. Now he sucks and theres pretty much no redeeming quality
 

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Yeah he basically was dope cause he was talking about getting by without doing crime for nigggas that was street but not hustlers. So obviously he was gonna be modest if he aint pithcing he aint ballin like that.

He goes from that to literally the most out of touch record of all time in WTT

His beats go from soul to fuccckin techno.

Just a huge difference.

He was never a good rapper but he had dope beats and was an alternative subject matter. Now he sucks and theres pretty much no redeeming quality
 
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Yeah he basically was dope cause he was talking about getting by without doing crime for nigggas that was street but not hustlers. So obviously he was gonna be modest if he aint pithcing he aint ballin like that.

He goes from that to literally the most out of touch record of all time in WTT

His beats go from soul to fuccckin techno.

Just a huge difference.

He was never a good rapper but he had dope beats and was an alternative subject matter. Now he sucks and theres pretty much no redeeming quality

The leap from freshman adjustment and college dropout to WTT is bonkers. I wouldn't say he sucks, cause I bump otis and other wtt songs for DIFFERENT reasons, but he has alienated his original crowd.


The same crowd that LUPE and ELZHI scooped up.
 

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I was starting college right when these started dropping. Remember being excited that a rapper was talking about something relatable but wasn't corny. Don't think I've copped anything on the first day since then.

I entered college around a few months after he blew up. The transformation of seeing Carlton Banks type niccas as the norm in an environment was crazy.

Those 2 CDs were really game changers, as much as these bitter a s s posters don't like to admit it.
 

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he was very soulful back then

dont know if it was sample selection or the lyrics, but that Kanye was more soulful and more emotive.

I remember first seeing dude on the College Tour he did in 2004 for that album. He came to UMD with no entourage (except Consequence and GLC) and had his GF and mom with him. Had the gucci back pack and that Polo rugby. Was a good show. Dude was all on his own.

I saw him a year later, after Late Registration in an arena and it was completely different (still good)

I seen him on that college tour my 2nd year at UC for free. Great memory.

I miss the '04-'05 Kanye man. I honestly don't even fukk with Kanye's music like that anymore. I'll still give his next solo an ear tho.
 

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Well yeah I guess but I meant who is bitter and doesn't want to admit that...?

Some posters who think that Maino and Plies are good artists and rep the streets properly. And posters who have mad hate in their heart who can't stand seeing a black artist going out of the old norm to make a standard of his own.
 
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