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Kanye West Best Posts: How good is Kanye as an 'artist'

  1. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    Jun 30, 2019
    He has arguably the best discography in rap, didn’t put a foot wrong for 14 years. 7 great albums in a row without any serious missteps is pretty much unprecedented. By Ye the cracks finally started to show, but the run before that has never been topped.

    Incidentally, I think Kanye is a significantly better rapper than he gets credit for, he’s capable of some absolutely insane verses when he isn’t shi--ing them out the day of his album release.
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Jul 1, 2019
    but yeezus is his best album :MJDK:

    I also think it gets a bad rap in terms of lyrics for a couple lines about sweet and sour sauce. I wouldn't say any songs besides maybe I Am A God have outright poor lyrics. But it's an album about mood more than anything so if you're looking for ghostface-tier bars it's not gonna be for you.
     
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    His rapping was actually really on point up to and including MBDTF. Yeezus his lyrical skills took a huge nosedive, probably the main reason I rank Yeesuz down the bottom of his discog somewhere. He never got it back either. After MBDTF he seems to have focused more on being an "artist" than being a "producer/rapper". Some may like and appreciate that but I don't.
     
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    GOLOVKING

    Jun 30, 2019
    He's never been on the Nas and Rakim level of MCing but as far as putting out projects as a production....? The best of his time? Did he change guards with Outkast?

    1. The College Dropout
    2. Late Registration
    3. Graduation
    4. 808s & Heartbreak
    5. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    6. Yeezus
    7. The Life Of Pablo
    8. Ye
    Imagine these albums were paintings or sculptures in the 1500s :emoji_fearful:
     
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