re: Jay Z vs Kanye West

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sure we could, but here's the point. As gloriously overpraised as Radiohead is, and I agree, they are obnoxiously overpraised, Radiohead has not had as much plaudits heaped upon them as Kanye. Radiohead is overpraised and even they aren't as overpriased as Kanye. that's staggering.

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I don't know about that man. Go find a handful of "best albums ever" lists. You'd be hard pressed to find one that doesn't have one of Ok Computer, Kid A, and The Bends in the top ten. In some of the lists, you'll have two out of the three in the top ten. The only Kanye album that has garnered that much critical acclaim is MBDTF.

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I like Kanye. I think he's good. But he's not the producer Dre is and he's not the lyricist Talib Kweli is, for example. I think its telling that your bent out of sorts not that I'm positing that Kanye isn't really good, but that he isn't the undisputed best working artist. It's like even the slight bit of dissent is blasphemy to Kanye fans.

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I don't want to give the impression I'm a Kanye fanboy. By no means am I bent out of shape. I think he is an atrocious rapper. But I've defended him in this thread because I think MBDTF, at the very least, should immunize him from allegations of suckitude. He may suck at life. But the guy that made that album doesn't suck at making music. Coupling all of the above with the fact that I've alway always thought Jay-Z was overrated, and I've gotta go with yeezy.

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I do prefer Outkast to Kanye

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Outkast is my favorite act of all time. Put Kanye up against Outkast in one of these threads, and you won't get the impression that I'm pedestalizing Kanye.