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Originally Posted by StrayBullet
I'm not sure how much you listen to rap music or if you do, who you're into. I never like to debate about music because everyone is entitled to their own musical tastes. However, I will say that Kanye has progressed the rap game in terms of production. He's easily Top 3 producers in hip-hop, right now. He pushed the envelope in the early 2000's with the sped-up 45 samples that the likes of Just Blaze, Hitmakerz, Timbo and Polow have used. The College Dropout and Late Registration are he's basically given Common 2 albums that have put him on the pop culture map.I'd like you to point out the songs that you have found, "bland". ...curious to hear.
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I listen to rap quite a bit, although I must admit I find it tough to find the non-mainstream stuff without sifting through a lot of crap, so I don't have the hugest collection of non-commercial rap.
Let's take Gold Digger for example though. Everyone seemed to love that song, and it just put me to sleep. His delivery, the producing, the lyrics... *yawwwnn*
I'll probably get ripped on for this, as they are associated with gangster rap, but three of my favorite producers are Timbaland, Dre, and Scott Storch. I find Timbaland quite diverse and very talented at what he does. Dre revolutionized rap producing in my opinion, although I admit he's stuck with pretty much the same formula ever since. Storch pretty much rides the coat tails of Dre's formula, but he does a damn good job of it and puts out some great beats, regardless if you like the rappers or lyrics that end up on top of them.
For lyrical content and delivery I really like Dert, Talib Kweli, Common, Dead Presidents, Blackalicious, Outkast (Aquemeni and ATliens).
Someone just gave me the new Kanye CD to listen to, so which tracks would you recommend for me to give him another chance?