Man, I put my friends onto Kanye, back when people called him Kane West, me included. I heard his first verse on Blueprint 2, I was 16. And I was the first one with his debut album burned cd. I liked him, but he was never close to a favorite. I remember all the old Kanye tracks and demos, I had all of them. I followed his career, throughout my life I listened to his music, but there was always something off for me. Maybe the superficiality shone through, or I just never connected to enough of his material to really feel him like that. He always came off so shallow, and arrogant, egotistical, and unlikeable. When I realized he had been held down by a team his whole career, I was further checked out. His fashion rants in 2013 pushed me further out of the door, the 2016 Trump visit had me outside, and
Now, I can finally close the door. No new Kanye going forward, and I've taken any of his solos off my playlists. I'll see how I feel about his classic 2002-2007 material in a year or so. I may just leave it all behind.