It was borderline blasphemous, but it set the stage for burgeoning artists rising from the depths of SoundCloud to rap without fear and not bending to the rigid borders of old-school hip-hop. The explosive, speaker-breaking sounds turned a generation of rappers into rockstars. However, in true Kanye fashion, the gala was cut short to make room for a rave. Listening to his high-end luxury rap records is like drinking Hennessy out of a bronze chalice: sophisticatedly ignorant. It’s when he made everyone feel as rich as he was, just by hearing his beats. And because every origin story needs a devil, Kanye embraced his darkest desires and drenched them in liquid gold on albums like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch the Throne, which represented a significant turning point in his sonic career. Kanye’s AutoTune era, signaled by 808s & Heartbreak, changed the game forever, inspiring a generation of artists making introspective, melodic rap music. He had a formula, and it was working, but then he pivoted into a completely new direction. They made you feel unstoppable, and it was clear Ye had finally graduated into the rap superhero he already knew he was.
Tracks like “Stronger” became the soundtrack for motivational videos and workouts. Seriously-I think I am really capable of making an extension of The College Dropout, but the answer is, I wouldn’t.” So he took his show on the road and started making electronic-leaning rap music built for arenas with Graduation. “I’m always like, ‘Damn, I never heard that before.’ Even at the risk of people not liking it.
“I refuse to be boxed in,” he told Complex in a 2004 interview. Kanye could have kept doing this, but name one genius that ain’t crazy. It started with chipmunk soul, as Ye distilled the uniquely powerful choruses of legendary Black artists from decades past and updated them for a new generation, ending up with classics like The College Dropout and Late Registration. As a student of hip-hop production, Kanye always had the upper hand, even when other artists wouldn’t give him the time of day. In the process, he changed the landscape of music forever.
From the very beginning of his career, Kanye has questioned rap’s long-held conventions and boundaries, molding them to fit his own beautiful, dark, twisted vision.
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