I just don't get it. I know music is subjective, but what makes Kanye stand out? There are plenty of artists on par, if not better than him. I just don't get why he's so special.
The actual composition of the music is 9/10 on his albums. Kanye himself is a horrible lyricist that brings the songs down to 5-6.
You're going through a great chorus with some talented gospel and soul singers set to a great funky beat and then Kanye opens his mouth and ruins everything.
The song 6ft 7ft was overplayed for a while but every so often I hear it on shuffle the double entendres that happen rapid fire make me laugh every time.
There was a period of time when a new kanye album was a huge deal, his album Dark Fantasy is akin to Sgt Peppers in rock music in terms for what it did for hip hop. Its huge. Honestly theres a lot of 'actually I always hated Kanye' going on over on twitter, but its gotta be from people who dont remember this album drop because no one hated it. It was massive, I think the first 10/10 on pitchfork.
This site does not seem to like rap so I don't think a lot of people understand his influence on the genre. He is possibly the single most influential artist of the 21st century.
He pioneered the soul revival that happened in the early 2000s in rap and brought back the sampling of soul songs that's still huge today. You can still see his influence there in rappers like Chance the Rapper, Saba and Smino out of Chicago. We also wouldn't have Kendrick Lamar, who is widely considered one of the best rappers of this era, and was clearly heavily influenced by that sound.
College Dropout and Late Registration changed what was seen as "acceptable" subject matter in rap songs in the mainstream, getting much more personal and vulnerable than was normal. He definitely paved the way for more introspective mainstream rap.
808s was one of the first uses of the bass heavy, EDM-ish sort of sounds in the rap mainstream. This one is basically impossible to escape, and trap music as we know it wouldn't exist without that album.
I don't wanna go too long but you can say this about most of his albums. The big, soaring production of rappers like Lil Simz? Thank MBDTF. The more industrial sound of rappers like Travis Scott? Thank Yeezus. Not to say he single handedly created those sounds but he did bring them into the mainstream.
None of this is to excuse him being a piece of shit, but to explain why it's so bitterly fucking disappointing for people like me who love rap to see him turn into a hateful person.
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I just don't get it. I know music is subjective, but what makes Kanye stand out? There are plenty of artists on par, if not better than him. I just don't get why he's so special.
The actual composition of the music is 9/10 on his albums. Kanye himself is a horrible lyricist that brings the songs down to 5-6.
You're going through a great chorus with some talented gospel and soul singers set to a great funky beat and then Kanye opens his mouth and ruins everything.
Listen to him sing Bohemian Rhapsody to see what I mean.
Sounds like lil Wayne. He's the worst part of a lot of his songs. Especially when there are guests on them.
I don't think I can click that link. I'm so goddamned sick of fucking bohemian rhapsody.
The song 6ft 7ft was overplayed for a while but every so often I hear it on shuffle the double entendres that happen rapid fire make me laugh every time.
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big disagree kanye’s an amazing lyricist
There was a period of time when a new kanye album was a huge deal, his album Dark Fantasy is akin to Sgt Peppers in rock music in terms for what it did for hip hop. Its huge. Honestly theres a lot of 'actually I always hated Kanye' going on over on twitter, but its gotta be from people who dont remember this album drop because no one hated it. It was massive, I think the first 10/10 on pitchfork.
This site does not seem to like rap so I don't think a lot of people understand his influence on the genre. He is possibly the single most influential artist of the 21st century.
He pioneered the soul revival that happened in the early 2000s in rap and brought back the sampling of soul songs that's still huge today. You can still see his influence there in rappers like Chance the Rapper, Saba and Smino out of Chicago. We also wouldn't have Kendrick Lamar, who is widely considered one of the best rappers of this era, and was clearly heavily influenced by that sound.
College Dropout and Late Registration changed what was seen as "acceptable" subject matter in rap songs in the mainstream, getting much more personal and vulnerable than was normal. He definitely paved the way for more introspective mainstream rap.
808s was one of the first uses of the bass heavy, EDM-ish sort of sounds in the rap mainstream. This one is basically impossible to escape, and trap music as we know it wouldn't exist without that album.
I don't wanna go too long but you can say this about most of his albums. The big, soaring production of rappers like Lil Simz? Thank MBDTF. The more industrial sound of rappers like Travis Scott? Thank Yeezus. Not to say he single handedly created those sounds but he did bring them into the mainstream.
None of this is to excuse him being a piece of shit, but to explain why it's so bitterly fucking disappointing for people like me who love rap to see him turn into a hateful person.
i’m a musician myself and yeah growing up kanye’s always been one of my biggest heroes :/
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genuinely suprised anyone on this site even knows who he is LMAO