Old school hip hop fans are always bitching about how new rappers like Drake and Tinie Tempah just don’t have it together. Listening to Common’s 2005 album Be, who can argue with them? These young kids got nothing on the lyrical genius that is Common.
But my central point is this: people sometimes forget that Kanye West isn’t just incredible because of the sick albums that he himself has created for himself or the crazy that is his persona but also because of his influence on the entire Chicago hip hop scene. Take away his crazy antics at awards shows, his multi-platinum selling albums, his elaborate Coachella sets and you’re still left with a man who can only be described as pure genius.
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