Kanye West "Blood on the leaves" uses same samples and sequence from Dj Craze Z2 set.

I'm not saying that you don't know these songs, but it's just obvious when you listen to them one after another that NWA's stuff is not in same category.

Also, Kanye may be a prick, he may not be a very good rapper, he may be quite popular, but he's a brilliant producer and he has the balls to actually do what he wants.

He also raps quite well in these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tLw2yH6Cw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghc_fc4R1rI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ejqE3ktFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZXlnJ5o63g

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Originally Posted by Karlos

Keith Edward Elam

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RIP

Will he is not.

Yeah Kanye West is terribad so I won't even be giving his music a listen.

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Originally Posted by DISaS73R

Also, Kanye may be a prick, he may not be a very good rapper, he may be quite popular, but he's a brilliant producer

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I'm not a fan of the guy ---- but +1 on the producer comment.

Not gonna get in on the Kanye vs. all other rappers of all time argument...

I wasn't around for rap in the 80's and just started listening in the late 90's so I'm not going to claim to be an expert but obviously the way you get popular these days is to rap about alot different topics than things in the 80's.

I do think that many of Kanye's productions, weather sampled or originally produced are very good and he should get credit for that, but beats are beats, its highly opinionated.

This thread is like ppl comparing Lebron to Jordan, theres no way to make an equal comparison when one is still in their 'prime' but ppl try to do it anyways.

I'm a Gay Fish

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I'm a Gay Fish

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I'd sample that

Okay, I'm a new school kid, and I started listening to "hip hop" with some Jay-Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg... all those known guys who do it in top40. they're GOOD, maybe not the best, but they know how to do it nowadays. The guys from the old school (NWA, A Tribe Called Quest...) were pioneers in their style, and even if I don't listen to them always, I think their stuff is GENIUS. Straight Outta Compton is one of my favorites hip hop songs and Dr. Dre production are DOPE (anyways better than the Beats headphones).

But I also I don't think there's any bad in new school hip hop. I really like what Kanye is doing (mostly in producing), Jay-Z is also very cool, and the newest stuff from Snoop Dogg is dope. IMO if you don't like these guys, there's no reason to listen to them. It's like the techno guy who def hates dubstep (right? i don't know xD). Days will come where some rapper does like Daft Punk and TRIES to recreate the old generation.

I may get in trouble, but I LOVE Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and not for Thrift Shop. :D

And about Kanye West's new album: he has reached a point where he can do WHATEVER he wants and still have success. Also partially has "helped" to show that Daft Punk still can have that techno sound from the first days, right? I like On Sight and Black Skinhead. :D

So what if he sampled it, at least it isn't as much of a rip of as this.

skip to 1.00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqjl4nRSorM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQKsLOPK_ls