"If anybody ever could sit down and just have a conversation with Kanye with nobody around, I would love to do that."
"I think in terms of originality and influence, it's Kanye West."
"Kanye West's music has received consistent acclaim from fans and critics for his production and lyrics."
"Donda can be considered a balanced culmination of Kanye's entire body of work to date."
"Kanye West has personified the meaning of limitless art, breaking the arbitrary boundaries of what we deem acceptable."
"It's definitely familiar. Even if it were just Kanye, it might still be worth writing about because he's such a singular figure, but it's obviously not just him."
"George Bush doesn't care about black people." - Kanye West
"Kanye's impact on culture can't be overstated."
"Kanye West's majority of fortune came not from his music but from his footwear and apparel brand Yeezy."
"Kanye West: From music producer to hip hop icon."
"We're not necessarily supposed to follow Kanye West, but he serves as what is taking place not only celestial but also biological within all of us."
"Hearing these albums again over the last three and a half weeks have reminded me why Kanye is gonna go down in the best artist category of all time."
"Kanye West is a problem for the left and for Democrats because he cannot be controlled and corralled so easily. He is, by his own words, a glitch in the system."
"Regardless of whether or not you agree with Kanye, much like whether or not you like Trump, he has continued to be right about a lot of his predictions and observations about society."
"I'm kind of sick of the impotent defensive Christianity, and Kanye West, for all of his faults, at least he's doing something different."
"Kanye West is among the most critically acclaimed musicians of the 21st century."
"Congratulations to Kanye West, amazing way to continue to build upon an empire that's already dominant in this culture."
"I'mma let you finish your term, Mr. President, but first I want to say that Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of all time."
"There's a lot that Kanye's doing that's gonna be a big positive, a massive positive force on society."
"Christianity is on a rapid decline, Kanye West might reignite this."
"Kanye West has done a lot to change the industry."
"808s and Heartbreak... vulnerable, heartbreaking Art Pop record... unlike anything else in music at the time... changed the sound of music forever."
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy... one of the most perfect, sprawling, beautiful albums ever made... contains Kanye's best lyrics, best production... a landmark."
"I think Kanye actually finally made weird songs that were well made"
"Piss on your grave with Kanye was dope as fuck, that's all I'ma say about that."
"I don't question Kanye's ability, I question Kanye's arrogance."
"Kanye, if you're watching, man, where you are now as an artist, all I could do is respect it."
"I want the number one spot. I will have it. You know I'm this is what I'm going for." - Kanye West
"Thank you. You're just adding to the excitement. See, I know how to get it going." - Kanye West
"No staff could be fat, otherwise Kanye would fire them."
"That's like in the top tier of Kanye songs for me."
"Who knew Kanye would body Paul McCartney on an acoustic beat?"
"Kanye on individuality: 'I'm not just a black man who fits in your category. I'm an individual.'"
"Kanye's message on thinking for oneself: 'I like to get more information. I like to think for myself.'"
"I'm the greatest artist living and I can do everything as well." - Kanye West
"I like the reason why I like Kanye is because a lot of his words, a lot of his verses meant something."
"Kanye West worst day is probably better than a lot of these [__] best day."
"If Kanye drops some independent shoes people are gonna buy him."
"Kanye blew up the whole Business of Being Kanye."
"People love to meme Kanye and laugh at what he does but they forget so quickly that this situation is actually a lot scarier than you would think."
"Kanye has his own religion, aka Kanyeism, in which Kanye is his own God."
"Kanye added 1.3 billion dollars in value or more, minimum."
"Cash Money was like Death Row, Bad Boy, Rockefeller, and Rough Riders together, had a baby on steroids from the south, and just high."
"Yo, I regret putting out Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch the Throne the same time. Why? Because people didn't appreciate... because I dropped two crazy albums at the same time."
"Some of what Kanye's points... where he's saying the voice of a black man is being basically suppressed right."
"Kanye puts together these musical body of works."
"Kanye West has greater clarity about culture, religion, and identity."
"Kanye West is making very good points about an outdated industry at this point that really does need a lot of reform."
"Kanye West is right; the music industry is very predatory."
"I would be much more inclined to send my kids to Kanye West University than I would to virtually any other institution in the country."
"I feel like whatever Kanye West does, it's always refreshing because it's a new sound."
"Kanye West is one of the most influential artists in music history."
"2010 mbdtf um yeah I think it has to be My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
"Kanye's production is A1, it's not even close."
"Throughout my life one thing that's been consistent is that I've always been a super fan of Kanye West."
"Kanye took the concept of music presentation and evolved it to make an experience."
"Love him or hate him, I'm confident that almost all of you had a strong reaction to this shoe, just like I did. That's Kanye's design work in a nutshell."
"Nah, ‘Jesus is King’ is out. Kanye's long-awaited album. Long delayed. It’s finally here."
"Kanye can literally keep quiet, drop a ghost album, and that would get more buzz and more hype than him having these charades and all this."
"If there's one person that can do this, it's Kanye West. He can make the world listen to a gospel album, he can introduce a lot of people to gospel."
"The good thing is though, is that a few years ago Kanye West made a promise that he would sell his Yeezy shoes for $20 and make them available to everybody."
"The fact that these shoes are $20 is also a cool callback to the time that Kanye West said that he wants to make all of his Yeezy shoes $20 and accessible to everyone."
"This artwork is a perfect visual for Kanye's mental state on this album."
"I give it a week and y'all be right back to, you know, all it takes is Kanye is gonna drop a song y'all like, he gonna release some shoes, y'all [__] witness a rap."
"Yeezy shoes. Yeezy is Kanye's billion dollar clothing line and the Yeezy shoe is an absolute staple of modern fashion."
"Kanye gets comfortable every year. If you cancel Kanye, he will sing to you out individually."
"Kanye, who's been borderline cancel for I mean multiple times, but why is Kanye 'uncancelled'? Because he hasn't been fake."
"The highest Kanye reaches on this record are some of the greatest Peaks that any musician has ever made."
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy belongs at number two on this list."
"Find someone who loves you like Kanye loves Kanye."
"I can't explain how amazing this song is. It's basically Kanye telling the story of how he got to this point."
"Kanye probably wins in this exact point in time."
"This one refers to the development of Kanye West's album Jesus in its early version."
"Kanye's kind of taking the cake when it comes to just douchey individuals lately."
"These final tracks are just like, 'Alright, you guys all had fun, I had my fun, but don't forget, I'm still Yeezy.'"
"Zombieland gotta be better than whatever the [ __ ] Kanye West is experiencing currently."
"This album truly shows some of Kanye's genius."
"Rivers Cuomo of Weezer express interest in a seven track Weezer album produced by Kanye."
"If you can't give Kanye credit for anything, you could give him credit for creating culture."
"I love Kanye West. If he's available, whenever. Kanye West is good. The no.1 top artist for a collaboration. No.1, Kanye West."
"Kanye is a difficult person and has gigantic aspirations."
"Yay is Kanye's most underrated album, showcasing raw vulnerability and powerful storytelling."
"'Monster' is one of those songs in Kanye's career that not only deserves more praise, but I do think is one of his best ever put together songs."
"... you know like uh power by kanye like that song."
"When I listen to Kanye, I feel like the [ __ ] the [ __ ], and then you know about yourself."
"A lot of people do say 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'."
"Kanye may own that home, but [ __ ], he don't stay there."
"Kanye West plans to launch a new business."
"I don't think overpriced merch and shoes are what's standing between Kanye West and his family's starving."
"Kanye's incredible ability to distill a big idea into a piece of art."
"And the thing about Kanye too is just that the it comes out of him so effortlessly."
"Kanye West says he's running for president in 2024."
"Kanye bro, yeah, he's the only one who's able to close shoes... He just all around change the climate of Music."
"The Donda 2 timeline truly begins in early December."
"Now, remember how Kanye always says something that sounds like the most outrageous mess you've ever heard and then a few years down the line, it ends up being true? Well, it looks like this might be yet another example of Ye being proven right."
"Perhaps no one in the music industry has a more pulverizing personality than Kanye West."
"Kanye finally got his deal and this piece right here."
"Kanye got the type of arrogance and ego that can point out flaws in you."
"Kanye will always have the last laugh and he will always have the last say."
"The way Kanye's creative direction evolved from a Yeezus sequel to its very own project is fascinating."
"The Life of Pablo is a masterpiece of modern music."
"Kanye's journey from Yeezus to The Life of Pablo is a testament to his artistic evolution."
"The Life of Pablo: a culmination of Kanye's musical journey from 2013 to 2016."
"The Life of Pablo stands as a testament to Kanye's musical genius."
"Pastelle was set to be Kanye's first big attempt at breaking into the industry. And unlike Mascotte, which would've been funded by Rock A Wear and would've been widely based off the pre-existing designs of Polo, this was to be Kanye's own unique brand."
"In 2006 it would become clear to everyone that Kanye was serious about his plans with Pastelle as he, along with his core team of Virgil Abloh, Don C, Matt George and Willo Perron, reportedly hired over 30 designers and consultants from around the world to work on the project."
"Kanye first worked with Dilla during the sessions for Common's album B sometime in 2004."
"Despite this though, their only official collaboration that was released on this album was on the song It's Your World as Kanye was credited for playing keys on the track."
"But Dilla's influence on Kanye wouldn't end that year as following his passing, Kanye would go on to honor Dilla's legacy by channeling some of the production tricks he learned from him in order to craft many of the songs on Common's next project Finding Forever."
"Titled We F'ed Up The Beat was actually originally made during the sessions for Jay-Z's track Takeover all the way back in 2001 as Kanye revealed on his blog shortly after the song had leaked."
"From Yeezus to The Life of Pablo, Kanye's musical evolution is nothing short of extraordinary."
"From mid 2018 up until just recently in 2021, Kanye and Drake had been at odds with one another."
"Yeezy season of pro, just fuck whatever y'all been had, fuck whatever y'all been wearing. The monster about to come alive again."
"In 2011, Kanye would finally release his very own fashion line named DW by Kanye West, a collection of women's clothing named after his mother Donda West."
"... he's a genius could've made Donda."
"Just imagine seeing Kanye West on the ballot. It's too surreal."
"Kanye and Taylor are like opposites regarding pretty much everything."
"Kanye since apologized for his words in late 2022."
"Late Registration has so many songs that are good."
"Kanye confirmed he's running for president."
"He has arguably the best beat selection of all time when you're looking at his work with Kanye West."
"Kanye has been killing it with his Yeezy brand of sneakers, which reportedly brought in an estimated 1.7 billion dollars in sales in 2020."
"Kanye West showing us his range, going from Sunday services to having a school and now Yeezy porn. What range, Kanye?"
"Kanye's whole thing, he's saying he's not crazy, this is just a public prayer."
"This is the same Kanye West that told the truth on the national live telethon for Hurricane Katrina told the country that George Bush did not care about black people."
"Let us not forget this is the same Kanye West that told the truth on the national live telethon for Hurricane Katrina told the country that George Bush did not care about black people."
"For the first time in his own discography, we're hearing Kanye rap over something he didn't produce."
"People said Kanye fell off, fell off. Yeah, they say they say mo, a lot of people, like you know, at the height of his career, his first three albums are unanimously everybody says yes, those are you know, Kanye's greatest work."
"But I say this loosely, probably incorrectly, but educating them on how to actually make Kanye president."
"Despite all of the chaos surrounding it, [Donda] was one of Kanye's better records in a while."
"There are good ideas on the life of Pablo but nowhere else in Kanye's career have the seams and the cracks in his persona in art fields so evident."
"...this is such a powerful intro to this album and I know Kanye is known for his intros but this is definitely a top three Kanye intro impressed..."
"...my brother is a Kanye hater and the truth is I can't be friends with people who hate Kanye's music..."
"Off the Grid is Kanye's best rap ever."
"When I first heard this I was like, we're just lucky to be alive at the same time Kanye is."
"Everything that Kanye does is some form of a self-portrait. A complicated self-portrait for a complicated man."
"That's Kanye's ego you know, like saying all this [__] and I'm still the King."
"...we may be looking at Kanye's best album since I don't know The Life of Pablo."
"Kanye's struggle against diversity would influence a generation."
"Kanye would return to Instagram, here again, not saying a word, not typing a caption, but he would basically post as he was attending a soccer game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium."
"Ultimately, Turbo Graphics 16 acts as one of the biggest what ifs in Kanye's unreleased discography."
"Kanye West could literally be [ __ ] a tree right now and no one would show up."
"...for the first time in a very long time Kanye has been totally silent and it seems as if he's finally gonna put his message in the music and let his art his creation just speak for itself."
"It's like a sliver inside Kanye's mind, which is just like a glitchy computer that is like things over and over and over again, images from the past and like memories and then words, words, words, words."
"Kanye West's impact and his level of projects cannot be ignored."
"His discography is proving to be one of the best of all time."
"Probably the most influential artist of all time within the hip-hop genre."
"Of all the unreleased Kanye projects and you know there's a there's a lot of them I find love everyone to be one of the most fascinating."
"Love everyone remains a concept preached by Kanye to this day."
"I'm sorry like a lot of these types of people they're just kind of like just overcome your mental illness with willpower look at how Kanye West is doing"
"In 2007, there was a pilot created for a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' style comedy starring none other than Kanye West himself."
"I'm just not dying on the Kanye Hill. I hear you like I see everything going on I'm never dying on... I'm not I love Kanye as a musician as a creative yes he's changed he's changed my life he's changed the entire world, yeah."
"Kanye West...he creates culture, he creates conversation, he changes people's minds."
"Honestly, Kanye is hilarious, dude."
"Kanye lands on a point that's like, okay, if you just did this more logically or just maybe stop throwing outlandish things every other sentence, you would probably get somewhere."
"Yo, if Kanye has anything to speak of that we have no choice but to listen to, because it's not so opinion-based, it's all this crazy stuff going on within music, which he has survived through successfully his whole career, so that's a conversation I can have with Kanye."
"I'm glad Kanye got to see his kid. I don't [ __ ] with that like baby mama's like, you keep that against you."
"Throw your hands in the sky like Kanye West."
"Everything can't be Kanye's way. What, you know what, that might be the name of your damn new line. I just helped you out, Kanye."
"Kanye, we seen you at Fashion Week dressed like goddamn Boy George. I don't know what the hell is really going on, but I hated that too."
"64 of Kanye's most iconic songs and today we are going to find out what is the best Kanye West song of all time."
"This is to me probably the best Kanye rant that we've gotten because it's not just about him."
"Your route may need to be different from Kanye's route. Everyone's route is different. Everyone's."
"It's a show about Kanye, yeah that's amazing."
"Off the Grid is like one of the best Kanye bangers of all time."
"I know that anybody that's alive knows that you have your hands full with Kanye West."
"It stands out in the Kanye catalog to me, big time."
"The opening track on here, Ultralight Beam, absolutely stunning."
"First of all, we need to accept the fact that Kanye very well may be a great performance artist."
"This is the only Kanye album where I can confidently say that I love every song."
"It's everything you love about Kanye's music done at the highest level."
"I love Kanye. He's always been my number one artist."
"I feel like Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is heavily influential."
"Hey, it might be a predictable one, but my pick for the greatest Kanye West song of all time is 'Runaway' from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
"Kanye West is a generational artist and I don't mean just musical artist. I mean Artist Artist."
"You got to put Kanye in the list; he is a great songwriter."
"I thought about killing you is Kanye's second best opening track period."
"Kanye is like one of those people, he gets mad when you don't understand what he's saying, but he always says some [stuff] before that throw you off."
"Lupe Fiasco Food and Liquor, Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
"It's crazy how Kanye West reinvented a single piano key."
"It's one of the most hypnotic songs in Kanye's entire catalog."
"It's one of Kanye's most honest and genuine songs."
"It's one of the best rapping performances from Kanye."
"It's one of his most iconic intro songs if not his most iconic."
"It's one of the best bass drops in Kanye's whole discography."
"We're following in the footsteps of Kanye West, who is also running for president."
"Northeast, south, southwest, Kanye West."
"Late Registration is relatable to everybody."
"What's your favorite Kanye album? My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
"That's Kanye West, and chat, like, I'm not saying he's God, but that is one of the greatest artists ever."
"We're also watching some retailers; Gap big pop in the pre-market here on news they're teaming up with Kanye West to develop a new line."