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Why Kanye West = God?
Jan 22, 2011 at 5:30 PM Post #211 of 378
^ I think he's talking about Lupe....or Kanye 
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Jan 22, 2011 at 7:28 PM Post #212 of 378
I agree. From an artist standpoint, I think Kanye is one of the more creative hip-hop artist next to Drake and others...His last album was better in a sense that it was more complete as a whole, his latest is good but a slight step back.
 
I think people are forgetting about the music and are quick to make judgement of him as a person rather than a artist.
 
I wouldn't put him down as one of the greatest artist of all time, but out of what's out there, he's one of the best.

 
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kanye's lyrics are not what make him good. On the complete other side of the spectrum, you can take a guy like soulja boy, or the black eyed peas attract people with there beats. There beats are very catchy, but their music is very one dimensional.  Kanye manages to take both parts of each spectrum so to speak.  So he takes good beats, and matches them with good lyrics and thats why he is regarded as special. If you don't find the album special, that is ok. This album though is far from mainstream music.  I'm not trying to convince, i'm just trying to tell you my thoughts and the way it is. hopefully you can wrap your head around it
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808 was much more special imo,
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Jan 23, 2011 at 5:40 PM Post #215 of 378
Lupe Fiasco? You mean lyrics like these?

"[Intro: Pharrell Williams]
I said think about your future
You can't do that tomorrow
But you don't hear a word, you see that SLR

[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 1]
O' ye tormented souls
My goal is to sit on the globe like North Poles
And that's the top mane; goin' hammer like a glock can
All flowing grammar; no shots strayin'
I'm so sober when I speak
I call it catchin' bullets with my teeth
You can feel it in your chest
Like Bruce Lee jumpin' on your vest
But I can't feel yours through my Superman "S"
Yes, I'm Superman'd-out
Red Cartier look like Superman's house
Inshallah to my plan hope it super pans out
My life is like Italians doin' 100 miles
And the top open like the roofer ran outta tiles
Walk right into Felipe's when I ran outta Chow's
Next up is crustaceans and fast food halals
The beef is all the same, it's just how they kill the cows
Somebody tell Malcom X that I'm tryna steal his style
And tell Cornell West that I'm tryna steal his fro
Go back in time, take the slaves plows, shovels, and they hoes
The masters get the "It Was Written" intro
SLR 10-4
SLR 10-4
Soundtrakk let the beat go
Soundtrakk let the beat roll

[Hook]
In this World I'm so alone
In a category all on my own
Cause I tell the World what I want to
Yeah I tell the World what I want to

Man I feel so alone
They treat me like an Outcast
Cause I tell the world what I want to
But you can't tell me what you gon' do

[Verse 2]
'Cause nigga I don't believe that
Like 9/11 came from Iraq
Mayweather on the speed bag
Automatic weapons keep the same rhythm he has
That's how the hood sound
Grew up in the hood town
West side ghetto, Windy City Cook Count'
Black skies lookin' up, crack pipes lookin' down
Accused of not lookin' back, blind nigga look around
City on my back, so the CHI go everywhere I'm at
Presence so shiny, Mercedes so matte
Cop that from Platinum, the color of my plaque
I memorize colors off of Yo! MTV Raps
A nightmare walkin' in a psychopath's nap
Defeat your purpose like a weed stash in the rehab
Guess who's sneakin' in the weed bags
They be me with my mean ass
Not tryna be anything but free as
Flow is so nuts, the track is getting' teabagged
Just wanna rap nice, that ain't me tagged
If you wanna be mean, then you wanna be me bad
Call it bein' Pretty Lyrically Swag
Soulja call it Super Lupe Lyrical
You can't understand me nor mimic my miracles
All I see is me and Im a mother lovin' mirror full
Bein' dope is all in the muscle
It's more than just a pause and a chuckle
I bench press elephants, and bowlin' ball juggle
So dont be scared to take the Super Lu route
Top 5 alive and I only got 2 out!
School ya on your history, I tell ya what you 'bout
Fight for all the right things and let the Huey New out
Pharrell what these niggas talkin' bout?
Two man Big Pun, a one man Slaughterhouse
A two album Jay-Z, a one nigga Wu-Tang
Young and hungry Mos Def, a conscious rappin' Lil Wayne
I don't care for similarities
Cause I'm a pioneer, not a parody
These aint bars, this is barbarity
SLR... Clarity

[Hook]
In this world I'm so alone
In a category all on my own
'Cause I tell the world what I want to
Yeah I tell the world what I want to

Man I feel so alone
They treat me like an Outcast
Cause I tell the world what I want to
But you can't tell me what you gon' do

[Verse 3]
Holy shock and awe, cattle prods
All up in the action with a fraction of the catalog
of my peers, I ain't doin' numbers like Amazon
but I'm here, and I'm revered
Lyric boy, Based King, Master Chef, All City Chess moves makin' Donnie Diggy CRS fool
Carrera Era, pan Amera, F-Tool, Emperor, Free Chilly nigga, FNF Rules
'Ye, what these niggas talkin' bout?
A Jesus in the desert walkin', Dundee walkabout
A self imposed exile, learn to let the awesome out
Even if I was homeless I would still have an awesome house
Cause the World is mine, Lupe to the rescue, the World is fine
Words and lines of mine, I feel are better than every rapper in the World combined!
And that's how you do it
Everything flow, everything fluid
Stupid with the raps, but the raps never stupid
Trakk on the music, SLR ruthless
And the next whip is that Ferrari cart
Game over - body parts

[Hook]
In this world I'm so alone
In a category all on my own
Cause I tell the world what I want to
Yeah I tell the world what I want to

Man I feel so alone
They treat me like an Outcast
Cause I tell the world what I want to
But you can't tell me what you gon' do"

What, utter, complete and worthless trash.

Cliché after cliché after cliché.

You could put all of the rap tropes into a database and have a computer serve up generic lyrics. They would look exactly like this.
 
Jan 24, 2011 at 12:48 PM Post #217 of 378
I also disagree.
 
What artist do you think is not trash???
 
Jan 24, 2011 at 1:04 PM Post #219 of 378
I think people who like Kanye enough to call him a god, should try to broaden their horizons a little bit like I did (I was a diehard metalhead at one point). Maybe try to listen to some stuff like Screaming Headless Torsos or Frank Zappa for a change...
 
If you don't feel like listening to Zappa just give a quick glance at his wikipedia article, the guy even has asteroids, insects, published science works named or dedicated to him
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and has been called by many as probably the greatest composer musician of the 20th century. I don't know if Kanye is going to achieve that status anytime soon (and I like his music).
 
SHT are not metal by the way despite what the name might suggest
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Jan 24, 2011 at 2:46 PM Post #222 of 378
The thing about drake is that he is pretty good, but he can only rap two ways. As in he only has two different types of sounds.  That is most likely due to the fact that he is part of young money, which has very little interest in making deep albums.  Also, drake is more of a punchline rapper.  He doesn't really tell stories, he kind of just sings and raps in couplets.
 
Jan 24, 2011 at 2:51 PM Post #223 of 378
young money.......
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......Lil Wayne
 
what do u expect.....for me lil wayne is the most brainless artists ever.
brainless doesn't mean that i hate him, some songs are so meaningless they are quiet cool somehow.
 
Jan 24, 2011 at 3:01 PM Post #224 of 378
The thing about hip-hop is, I don't take it seriously. I take it for what it is. I mainly listen for the beat, flow, and musicality. Some do it better than others and a few manage to even make it deep and intellectually meaningful. 
 
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