So Far Gone was a big bite of what Cudi and Ye was doing and even 40 said Kanye was mad about it.
40's statements are also kind of funny on the matter when you examine them,
In 2014 he told XXL
"I wasn’t listening to 808s & Heartbreak when I was making So Far Gone. I was listening to Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and The Smiths and stuff like that."
In 2010 he said to Vibe
"‘Ye cussed me out one day about jacking his sound. “40, I don’t think you should be in the studio right now because you might just hear my new shyt and subconsciously steal my new shyt and it wouldn’t even be your fault.” I can’t even be mad at him because the last CD I listened to was 808s & Heartbreak before I started doing So Far Gone. I swear to God I haven’t listened to a CD since Erykah Badu’s new album."
It is what it is but there was biting going on for sure. Only thing I look at as imapctful about So Far Gone was the mixtape as an original project sort of deal and not just rapping over other people's beats for an entire project.
As for all those people getting Credit fair enough but the Weeknd said he gave up half his album to it and his influence is where the impact lies. That album rode off the Weeknd's wave but put that to the side I still can't call it classic. Drake fans call it a classic but I'm one of those who feel something about it falls short. A song like Headlines for instance is corny when you look back at it but it still is not a classic to me though I want it to be because it's really good. Don't take this the wrong way because I like that album but I can't call it classic for some reason. I would be lying if I told you I agree and I'm not the only one who feels this way about it either.
it's all making sense, now
40 had to have stole from Ye. I don't buy it.