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Which goes exactly to my point that I was raising earlier about a good portion of Kanye's fansbase. Alot of you dudes have not experienced other lives show or performances from other artists or even other genre's. With that being said, I can see how and why you dudes are head over heels regarding Kanye and how "dope" you think his performances are.Thank you for your response. In regards to hip hop, I'm just not seeing it. Between his videos or his concerts........especially his concerts. None of his videos IMO were ground breaking or even reviewed or seen in a high light. When you think of powerful hip hop videos within the past 10 years I honestly can't think of one Kanye West video that comes to mind, that's just me though.
As far as his concerts or performances go. I think it's more so people idolizing the person rather than the actual performance or art. For example, people on this board love to hype up that Glow in the Dark Tour, and I was there near the front row when he came to Virginia and performed and it was good for what it was but once again, nothing ground breaking or moving about that concert at all. I say that with all due respect as I have been to many different concerts from many different genres and Glow in the Dark certainly was nothing new for me, it might have been for folks that have never been to a concert before, so I can see why those folks have such love for it as it was their first but that's about it. The person who truly should and deserves high praise and credit for videos, concerts, and performances is Michael Jackson. Now's that an artist that truly was/is considered the best at what he did and changed all of those aspects, even in and for today's world.
As for your ending statement, besides fans who considers Kanye West one of the best in today's world??As far as hiphop goes if we are talking Videos & Concerts I find it hard to believe that there is many in the same realm as West as far as those categories go.Piss poor response champ. So all your saying is because Kanye has a large FANBASE, that makes him the best in today's world?? No outside entities, no other professional artists, no nothing. The only people that stake that claim are a bunch of snot-noised kids that band together as a cohesive unit on a message board. That statement from you certainly doesn't help the cause for Kanye West champ, not at all.
Also, you are wrong regarding your comment about Nas and Jay. Personally, I'm a Nas fan and would and do call Jay the best rapper. Try again.
Now when you expand it to music in general it's arguable because i haven't experienced plenty of other genre's live or saw all the videos. However it's very rare that anyone has saw everything so i could only base my opinion on his ranking based off consensus of opinions. I have never heard anyone say Kanye had a terrible performance.
More importantly i take notice to what his peers and people who know the ins and outs and spend there life doing this have to say about his art and it's usually held in high regards from all sides
Also, there's a difference between having a terrible performance and being an agent of change which alot of you dudes say that Kanye is. There is something in the middle of all of that, which I do believe he is in, somewhere in the middle more or less.
I never said he was wack or tried to insinuate that he was wack. There is a middle ground you know.you don't get out in the real world much if you think Ye's fan base consist of members of Hypebeast and ISS...there's a reason he's a worldwide star, not because people think he's wack...
You can't be serious with this right here champ...........can't be. For starters Kanye's discography is NOT among the greatest in hip hop, and real hip hop fans will tell you as such. Not even Top 5 or even up for debate. Now when I say "real hip hop fans" I mean people that actually know and have studied the history of hip hop. Those that know hip hop didn't just start when Kanye West appeared on the scene. For those of us that have seen hip hop from it's early stages or have at least studied it or researched and have knowledge.Kanye's the best in the world because he produces more quality material than anybody else...his discography is among the greatest in hip hop, the majority will let you know that...if you want outside entities, look at the critics...if you wan't other artist, ask Jay and Drake...don't be silly, kid...
Now see champ I can say an inflammatory comment towards you like you did towards me given you admitting that your wording was incorrect, but I'm going to be the bigger person and actually give you a pass if you can believe that or not. So now you see that maturity level that it takes for an individual like me to deal with an individual such as yourself. I'll just give you a pat on the back and say let's not have that happen again.................."my man"my Jay and Nas comparison was worded wrong, admittedly..
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