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Originally Posted by Daradon
To add. If we're going in the producer category, I wouldn't even have Kanye in the top 3 hip hop producers (current or very recent).
I think the word genuis is being set way to low a bar here. Did Einstein just moderately or impressively add to physics? No, he crushed it. He redefined it and changed a school of thought and the world.
Kanye has made great contributions for sure. But he hasn't crushed the genre or changed how people think about music.
He is not a genuis.
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20 years from now when people talk about Hip Hop from this era, how do you not talk about 'The Blueprint' or 'Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'? Kanye is pretty much as successful as someone in his position could possibly be, he has an iconic image, sound, staggering record sales, a hugely ambitious body of work and the adoration of critics.
We seem to have a differing opinion on the definition of a genius. To me, my physics professor was a genius, but compared to Einstein, he's utterly insignificant. I think Kanye would be best defined as a Master Craftsmen, unquestionably included within the top leaders of his feild, but he doesn't stand alone.