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If Kanye isn’t a hip hop musical genius, they don’t exist.
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You the one who stated a musician can't be a genius because it's an art.....whatever that means.
Since when can artists not be considered geniuses?
No, I stated that you cannot objectively demonstrate that someone who creates something that a lot of people like and is ultimately a matter of taste is a genius. You may point out that a lot of others are of the opinion that that person is a genius, but that is not objective proof like proof you can assert to an athlete in form of hard data.
Considering I never said that they cannot be considered geniuses.. I guess always?
You may be of the opinion that Kanye is a genius. I'm not and never was.
You will never be able to "prove" that Kanye is a genius like you can prove that someone is good at sports, which was the post I was initially replying to. You may think that Usain Bolt's running syle is ugly. But his world record time, which is not based on opinion, cannot be disputed like one person can say Kanye is overrated and another one cannot.
genius might not be the word but Kanye still has the best discography in hip hop
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genius might not be the word but Kanye still has the best discography in hip hop
genius might not be the word but Kanye still has the best discography in hip hop
genius might not be the word but Kanye still has the best discography in hip hop
To me, a musical genius is someone like Jimi Hendrix. The man learned how to play on a one stringed ukelele when he was 13 and played Elvis covers.
One string b.
Then when he did get a full guitar, it was right handed. Jimi was left handed. He flipped the guitar and learned to play it in reverse. ALL WHILE also learnign to play with his right hand as well.
He was self taught. He taught himself to play with one string, then how to play right handed.
So don't tell me Kanye is a musical genius b. Especially considering half of his rhymes aren't his, and half of his production was a group effort. Kanye didn't invent new sounds. Kanye took elements from other genre's and incorporated them into hip hop. He wasn't the first to sample a soul beat, he wasn't the first to experiment with 808's, and he wasn't the first to dabble in electronic, acid house, and punk sounds. He just packaged that **** up and made it new to YOU
Trent Reznor, Daft Punk, 808 State.... There have been prople doing these sounds long before Kanye. He didn't make this stuff up. He borrowed that style.
He made good music, great music. But a lot of ya'll be trippin with the "genius" term getting thrown around. Just like how once upon a time everyone was calling Lil Wayne the best rapper alive.