Anyone heard this guy's stuff? He's brilliant IMO. The guy's a musical genius, although he can't stick to this style for long because it will get old. However, creative ideas come from creative people, so I think he's going to be around for a loooooong time. He's remaking and remixing everything as well, and he's mainly a producer. I love Through the Wire and All Falls Down (Lauryn Hill version).
Great album...best rap CD I've bought in a while. I wish he wouldn't sample so much, but it's still an intelligent, well-produced album.
haha, this is hip hop. I like the album, but some of his better tracks weren't on it. Check out Home and the Get By remix
I liked him until he went a little too far for my tastes: What's the point of that kind of crap? Suburbia watch Kanye video, cracka buy Kanye album And a black man get paid off of all of that If you multipy the full equation by negative one, it still remains true, right? Well, it sounds stupid either way. No wonder he did a version of that song with Lauryn Hill. Another genious Kanye quote Get back behind the mixer-board thingy.
For the longest time, the only rap I ever listened to was old MC Hammer and Eminem. But since I got this album, it is all I have listened to for a solid 2 months now. I love that it is kind of tangental to a lot of the rap out there, not really dwelling on the same old boring topics. "I said if I rapped I say something significant. But now I'm rapping 'bout money, hoes and rent again..." Yeah, that.
Kanye West is a ****ing genius, I never cared for anyone out of the Roc-a-fella camp outside of Memphis Bleek. Kanye is just brilliant, his beats are the best out there, and he just blew me away with his rhymes. I was not expecting him to spit anything other than a few stupid "ho's and 22's" bits and then let Jay and the Rest of the Idiots come in and rape his tracks, but good lord he has amazing talent. College Dropout is one of the hottest albums of the year. Also he's featured on Dilated People's "This Way" so go check that out.
Overnight Celebrity has one of the sickest beats I have heard in the longest time Kanye is going to be the Dre of soulful beats
Dude that line is referring to the materilistic nature of the black community and the willingness of drug dealers to sell poison to their own kind nothing benefits the black community. The drug dealers up the chain are usually not black and the products that drug dealers spend their money are owned by others and none of it benefits the black community. No one was insulting white people so calm down. Maybe you shouldn't listen anyway if you're gonna totally misunderstand.
yeah its nice to see radio rap having some damn substance for once. you can only listen to ja rule, 50 cent, and nelly so much. and finally i would think people would have to get tired of the crap.
i listen to very little hip hop, but have to agree that Kanye is quite good. "family business" is one of my favorites right now.
Kanye West is horrible. I have his whole CD and have many of his older songs on mixtapes. This guy is a PRODUCER turned rapper. He is a master a sampling beats, I'll give him that. But, his songs just flat out suck. Aside from a few songs like Through the Wire and All Falls Down, this guy is just horrible. His delivery/flow just flat out sucks. His chorus are not catchy at all and all his beats nowdays sound the same. He does have good lyrics, but every underground rapper does too. If you want some good lyrics, go listen to Z-RO. He is much better than Kanye.
There's nothing to misunderstand. It's the whole mentality behind that kind of statement that irks me. Re-read what you just wrote and listen to it in your head. Why is it that every person saying something good about this guy is saying that he doesn't just say the normal, everyday rapper crap? That's exactly why I got off to liking him too. But when anyone brings up some "Stop the black-on-black crime" or "White man's trying to keep the black man down" stuff; they're just perpetuating a tired cliche that's been used in every single rap singer's repertoire. So, what I was saying, is that his line there is just as tired coming from a rapper as "No daughter of mine is gonna be dating a ******" sounds coming from a redneck. "The willingness of drug dealers to sell poison to their own kind..." Damn that sounds r****ded. All drug dealers are selling poison to their own kind. Unless fish and monkeys are carrying 20's around in their wallets nowadays. I guess you're right. I guess I don't understand...and I will cease to listen.
You need to lay off the Hatorade, You listen to "Spaceship" and you see what the guy is really talking about. He's got incredible boardwork credentials (Guess Who's Back, Get By, H to the Izzo) and his rhyming is anything but the same lame **** you hear every single day on mixtapes. Family Business, it's all a different type of rap, something we haven't really heard before. It's great for the game and Kayne should be getting recognition because his efforts are only expanding the hip-hop demographic. And Z-Ro is wack as ****, another Gotti puppet. The whole "beef Propaganda" is getting played out more than a Nelly song on MTV. a tired cliche? What is he supposed to do? keep rapping about how his jaw got ****ed up for 80 minutes? Are you just the enlightened rebel white boy who listens to rap while hitting the bong? As long they don't start talking about the war or welfare checks it's all good I suppose. I Guess Pac should have just his mouth shut then. And don't tell me you think Bone Thugz are lyrical geniuses who wouldn't ever bring up social issues relevant to the their subculture.
Everything is whitey's fault. That's why whitey is less than 20% of the world's population. Blame whitey. Fear of a White Planet. Beastie Boys rule.
Anyone heard Jesus Walks? That's a good one. There's the chorus, and then the second time the chorus comes around, he has this other lady saying "Jesus" over and over again, her voice is so piercing, but meshes well into the song. It's those little things that you really need to notice. Notice all the different beats in his songs, most of them are 2 songs in one. Listen to how his songs escalate into a beatifully fused group of music. Just brilliant. For those of you who like Alicia Keys, I recommend: If I Ain't Got You Part 2 That's the Kanye West remix of her original.
My favorite is the last track, the hidden one. It's mostly just him talking about how he got his deal. But for my money it's the tightest beat on the cd.
