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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I am spinning the last three Kanye albums though. will get back to you on assessment.
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Spin Yeezus (you like Travi$), MBDTF and Watch the Throne. Try to come at it from a non Kanye-loathing perspective. If you listen to it thinking about how much you hate him, you're just going to confirm your own bias.
Listen for production, allow his personality to shine through a bit. Let it in. One of the most common things I hear from Kanye fans is that they love the personality he brings to his music. When he says he's rocking a "Chewbacca" Star Wars fur, don't get all haughty and high-art snobby about how he's using a low-culture reference. Just be open to it.
I totally understand how anyone, myself included, could watch Kanye or read about Kanye and just hate the fuck out of him based on that. But I cannot grasp how anyone with even a cursory appreciation for hip-hop (or any kind of music really) could listen to Kanye highlights without being impressed, and immediately recognizng that he's in his own class.