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Wake up Mr. West.....YOU are the most overrated rapper of all time


March 05, 2008 | Tags: none
Shake what's good with my pic? I figured I’d start the blog off like that...


Yea, so like I was saying, I was watching a Jimi Hendrix documentary (or was it Bob Marley...I don't remember) with my niece about a week ago, and I was like...

"Damn, people look back at people from other time periods like there damn near gods. You got your Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Muhammad Ali, 20 years from now, who are they gonna look back at as far as music?"


"Kanye West," she replied.

At first I agreed. Then, last week, I started to disagree. The more I thought about it, I started to agree again, yet I wasn't really happy with the thought of that. I am hip hop. No explanation needed. I doubt hip hop will ever truly die, however my period of hip hop will fade out and shit will change. (It seems like it's trying to already). When people look back at this time period, the fact that they'll say hip hop ruled music, (sales wise it did like 5-10 years ago. Trends wise it still does, for better or worse.) and then look to Kanye as the biggest legend of the time period is totally wrong. No way does he deserve that spot. I'm sure some of you believe he won't be THAT dude of this period, but face it, he will be. As big as Jay is now...15 years from now who will blast "Big Pimpin"? Do you think the masses will still give a fuck about "Ain't no Nigga"? Fuck no. However "Jesus Walks" is gonna be played in the background of movies, analyzed, and loved by many for years upon years to come. WHY?

When Meka used to throw shots at 'Ye, I used to always stick up for dude, but as I was listening to "Graduation" a couple of days ago, I started wondering...

"Why the hell am I drinking the Cherry Kool-Aid?"

First of all, of all the dudes who get respect as a rapper, 'Ye spits the corniest lines. Sure Fiddy loved ol girl like a fat kid loved cake...but 'Ye hates these niggas more than the Nazis. Really? She said she never saw snakes on  a plane? See, the difference between 'Ye and fatso in the clouds is as many corny ass/questionable lines he spit, he (Piggy) spit some classic shit. (yet NO Classic album out of all....two of them...sorry, don't piss yourself) Then, to top off the whackness, 'Ye's biggest song "Jesus Walks" was written partially by Rhymefest, who when hip hop is talked about 15 years from now will be sadly forgotten (Even by me, shit, I forgot to mention his album when I talked about shit that dropped from mid last year, to mid 06, and I thought it was dope) and teaching young GD's at some high school on the South, South, South, Sofff, Saaa, Saaa, South side of the city. Truthfully upon further inspection and scrolls through my collection, 'Ye isn't even one of the top 5 dopest lyricist out of his city. (Lyrically, I'd put him behind Com, Lupe, Nalege, the 'oft forgotten and probably jailed Bump J, and even Twista). 'Ye knows he's not the dopest lyricist. Although he only admitted to being under the YOUNG Carter, at another time he admitted to being inspired by "One of those dudes from that group Little Brother" as I was told he said it. (He knows Phonte's name, shit, he met the dude before). Don't forget Big Brother who came through and "whooped his ass" on "Diamonds are Forever". That's just starting the list of artists he's not fucking with lyrically. Let's be real, lyrically there aren't many people he could massacre. He doesn't spit flame, nails, hot fire, retarded, sick, or even flu like.


You can't really blame 'Ye for not being the dopest lyricist, I mean, he is a producer rapper. Most producer/rappers aren't among the elite lyrically, because their focus is on the beats first and foremost. The problem is though, upon further listening, 'Ye is no longer among the elite beat smiths either. When Meka said 'Ye hadn’t don't a super dope beat since "Nothing Like It" and his madd rapper productions, I laughed it off. However, after listening to "Nothing Like It" and all of "Late Registration" (the album 'Ye focused on the beats more than the lyrics....hmpphhh) I hate to admit it, but Meka was right. 'Ye brought the "soul sample" to Jigga, since I guess Rza wouldn't do a beat for Jay no matter how much he helped Ghost get attention. (tracks with Bey, video appearances). Jay fucking with anything automatically makes it hot (even Bleek has gone Gold), so along with Just Blaze, Ye' became one of the top producers in the game. No surprise, the Neptunes had a hit record with a beat kids could and have easily reproduced with two hands and a table. In comparison to the other beat makers in the mainstreams attention I guess 'Ye was doper than most. Upon my descent into the underground, my head started nodding more frequently to Ant, and less to Yeezy, but he was still alright.
Therein lies my problem.

30 years from now when my era is given it's props, as far as hip hop is concerned the majority of it will go to Kanye. Dude is cool, however, he'll be looked at completely different than he is now. HE'LL be hip hop's Jehovah, Jayhova will be reduced to Jesus, Nas' tapes will be Lost, Pac will be a cat who died 2 young, Common....he'll be looked at as common. 30 years from now, when cat's talk about Hip Hop of the late 90's, Early 2000, it will be 'Ye and Eminem (Em for obvious reasons). Not saying they don't deserve credit, but let's be real! The more I think about this, the more I question the artists idolized from the 70's. Shit, Michael Jackson is idolized from the 80's, but let my older sister tell it, he couldn't wrap a towel around Prince's exposed butt cheeks. Oh...of course Michael Jackson was bigger than Prince, but in the future, they'll say the same thing about 'Ye when compared to Nas. Most people will ignore the remaining evidence (the music) because popular opinion will state 'Ye is the best (sort of like cat's do Biggie now).In conclusion:

Meka was right (about 'Ye)
I'm pouring the cherry Kool-Aid out of my Styrofoam cup
I'm the shit

Thank you, thank you very much. 

 


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