I agree on personality, he is too cocky for no reason. He still has a long way ago before he can even begin to have warrant for that type of behavior.
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It's just bad, mainstream music. His 'raps' are dumb. He's cocky. His autotune hurts my ears. He's a big baby.
There's so many better rappers and artists that I would much rather listen to.
Did somebody just post that they like
Love Lockdown?
Perfect example of autotune right there.
(btw, i'm not dissing you or anything, just saying that love lockdown is a good example of autotune)
It's all good, I just like hearing people's opinions, etc.
Just wondering, have you heard his 'raps' that aren't on the radio or on TV? Were you aware that besides 808 there have only been maybe one or two songs using autotune? Having listened to more rappers and hip hop artists than I can count, if you think Kanye is "dumb" you'd be better off staying as far away from hip hop as you can. Because besides the radio hits, some of his songs have you sitting down, reading lyrics and sifting through double entendres, extended metaphors, imagery, politics, religion and quite a few other things that 90% of current and past rappers don't/didn't even understand if literally explained to them.
Also, just so I know where you're coming from, which rappers and artists would you rather listen to?
Funny thing is, Kanye is NOWHERE near my top favorite rappers. It's just I need to voice my opinion sometimes when people aren't given the credit due, regardless of behavior, attitude and personality. Given the current state of hip hop (Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Diddy, Soulja Boy, Drake, Gucci Mane, Eminem, etc.) sometimes you need to stand up for the guys that are doing it right. Talent is talent and everything else should fall by the wayside. You can either like him as a rapper, a human being or both. No need to discredit anyone.
I can appreciate everyone's point of view.
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Can't decide which, but his music has always struck me as either obvious or contrived, even when I kinda dig what he's going for.
I can see contrived.