Kanye West

#27
#27
Sheezy said:
Tupac's Discography is no where near Kanye's. Kanye has three classics arguably four.

1. MBDTF
2. LR
3. CD

--arguably 808's. People fail to realize how much 808's change modern day music across all genres. Kid cudi, drake? Yeah, their whole style is directly taken from 808s.
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Weird:

1) KiD CuDi and Drake have very different styles, so it'd be weird if the same album spawned their styles.

2) KiD CuDi is my favorite artist, and I don't like 808. That would be too funny if it's really what influenced him. CuDi is much too eclectic to put his style on one album.
 
#28
#28
n_huffhines said:
Weird:

1) KiD CuDi and Drake have very different styles, so it'd be weird if the same album spawned their styles.

2) KiD CuDi is my favorite artist, and I don't like 808. That would be too funny if it's really what influenced him. CuDi is much too eclectic to put his style on one album.
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"The album impacted hip hop stylistically and laid the groundwork for a new wave of hip hop artists who generally eschewed typical rap braggadocio for intimate subject matter and introspection, including B.o.B, Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean,[91] The Weeknd, and Drake.[92][93] Jake Paine of HipHopDX dubbed the album as "our Chronic", noting West's effect on hip hop with 808s & Heartbreak as "a sound, no different than the way Dr. Dre's synthesizer challenged the boom-bap of the early '90s."[92] Rolling Stone journalist Matthew Trammell asserted that the record was ahead of its time and wrote in a 2012 article, "Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant."

Music writer Greg Kot views that the album "set off" the "wave of inward-looking sensitivity" and "emo"-inspired rappers during the late 2000s, writing that it "presaged everything from the introspective hip-hop of Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) to the wispy crooning, plush keyboards and light mechanical beats of Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and British dub-step balladeer James Blake."[95] Marcus Scott of GIANT writes that rappers such as B.o.B, Drake, and Kid Cudi followed West's album with similarly-minded works, with Scott noting West's introspective, emotional themes and his synthpop and "Vangelis-inspired" music as influences.[96] Drake's 2009 mixtape So Far Gone received comparisons from music critics to 808s & Heartbreak.[97] Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times cited 808s & Heartbreak as "the template [...] for essentially the entirety of Drake's young career", and that wrote that he "shares West's love for mood and never-ending existential analysis".[98] In a 2009 interview, Drake cited West as "the most influential person" in shaping his own sound.

taken from wikipedia.
 
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#29
#29
Looks like CuDi influenced 808 more than it influenced him:

It was towards the end of high school that Mescudi first began rapping, inspired by alternative hip hop groups such as The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest.[10] He moved to Brooklyn in New York City to pursue a music career.[2] In July 2008, Kid Cudi released his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, in collaboration with New York street-wear brand 10.Deep as a free download.[11] The mixtape quickly caught the attention of Kanye West, which in turn spawned his signing to GOOD Music later that year.

Kid Cudi was a prominent songwriter and featured artist on Kanye West's fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008), singing with West on the track "Welcome to Heartbreak", and helping with songwriting on "Heartless" and "Paranoid". "Welcome to Heartbreak" peaked at #87 on the Pop 100.[12] Cudi was then tipped as an artist to watch for in media such as Rolling Stone, Vibe, The Source, XXL and BBC News's Sound of 2009 poll of up-and-coming acts.[13] MTV News also reported on Cudi on a series of reports MCs To Watch In 2009.[
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Kid Cudi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Cudi's lyrical content differs vastly from Drake's. Cudi's themes are very eclectic, dealing with everything from weed smoking, to the death of his father, to his "loner/do it alone" attitude towards the world.

Drake's music deals more with his experiences with women and his new-found fame, and he ventures off sometimes almost entirely from rap to a more R&B sound.

I like both of these artists though.
 
#31
#31
anybody who can handle drake's voice for more than 2 minutes is a better man than me.
 
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#32
#32
zjcvols said:
His last three albums have full out sucked. Actually, MBDTF wasn't that bad, except the critics tried to claim it as something genius when it was an average album.

Kayne is nowhere near as talented as not only of the great rappers of the past, he's not even a top 10 rapper now. He's an incredibly gifted producer that can hold his own on the mic when he tries. He hasn't tried hard in terms of lyrics since Graduation.
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Saying the last 3 albums sucked is absurd.
 
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#33
KingNick865 said:
Cudi's lyrical content differs vastly from Drake's. Cudi's themes are very eclectic, dealing with everything from weed smoking, to the death of his father, to his "loner/do it alone" attitude towards the world.

Drake's music deals more with his experiences with women and his new-found fame, and he ventures off sometimes almost entirely from rap to a more R&B sound.

I like both of these artists though.
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BTW, really like KRIT. I was on that bandwaggon when KRIT wuz here came out.

I like Cudi more than Drake, but not a huge fan of either. I think they are both talented though.
 
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#34
GahLee said:
Saying the last 3 albums sucked is absurd.
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MBDTF didn't suck. I thought it was average. Maybe I just didn't pay attention enough (even though I have that album). I just never got the hype.

I thought WTT and 808's was awful.
 
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#37
zjcvols said:
MBDTF didn't suck. I thought it was average. Maybe I just didn't pay attention enough (even though I have that album). I just never got the hype.

I thought WTT and 808's was awful.
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WTT wasn't very good. The other two are fantastic. Two of the best hip hop albums of the past 5-10 years.
 
#38
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zjcvols said:
MBDTF didn't suck. I thought it was average. Maybe I just didn't pay attention enough (even though I have that album). I just never got the hype.

I thought WTT and 808's was awful.
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the best album that year, and top ten over the past five years. you should give it another try.
 
#39
#39
zjcvols said:
MBDTF didn't suck. I thought it was average. Maybe I just didn't pay attention enough (even though I have that album). I just never got the hype.

I thought WTT and 808's was awful.
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It took a little bit of time to grow on me, but then I was obsessed for a while.
 
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