look, i used to think he was just a cautionary tale until i actually listened to the graduation album again and remembered why people lost their minds. the man literally changed hip hop production forever, cautionary tale people are smoking something.
kanye's literally the greatest because my roommate played graduation once and it changed his life, plus western rappers could never match that production level so obviously he's the goat.
Look, calling him merely a cautionary tale ignores that he fundamentally reshaped hip-hop production and fashion simultaneously. His influence on modern music production alone makes him generational, regardless of what came after.
Look, dismissing his artistic influence is lazy. The man literally shaped modern hip-hop production and fashion-pretending he's just a cautionary tale ignores his actual catalog and impact.
kanye literally revolutionized production and sampling in hip hop, changing how entire genres sound. saying he's just a cautionary tale ignores the actual artistic innovation that influenced countless producers after him.