here's the issue for me. I'm all for rewarding hip-hop artists on the level as legends of other genres that are more well established e.g. rock, rnb etc.
BUT, at least the pre-requisite to be a great rap artist or to have a classic rap album is to demonstrate lyricism at the highest level, because that is rap's calling card so to speak. Hip-hop artists aren't required to sing, play instruments etc., so the very least is at least enforce great songwriting and lyricism to back it up. Because we all know artists of other genres can't manipulate words the way rap artists have, so they got that advantage in that sense.
Kanye's lyrics are not only mediocre and amateurish especially towards the latter stages of his career, but most of his shyt ain't even written by him.
His production is admittedly excellent, that is his main strength. But even so we can't just rely on production or else just gimme an album of instrumentals. Even so, even his production isn't fully handled by himself.
That's why I can't put Kanye EVER on a Dylan level or PF or Michael Jackson etc., but I'll happily put Ghostface there, or Ice Cube or some of the elite hip-hop talents like Nas etc.
go post on some hipster music forums, your opinion will be more accepted there
...then imagine 10 - 20 yrs later that genre you helped cultivate(or steal)is a barren wasteland that has been exploited to the point of no return ...that genre I'm talking about ladies and gentlemen is Rock n Roll. And hip hop literally replaced that shyt
...these old cac producers sit around at dinner parties and private functions and probably just
and
at their own relevance in music today. These dudes HATE Kanye and really anything dominant from rap(notice he didn't mention drake either)...this dude just had enough of 
about it behind closed doors and needed to clear his crusty cac conscience
...just to make asinine points that make no sense
(hammer and mackelmore...foh)
that don't want to move on...and it's showing in the art form. I mean honestly how many awards can u shove down Taylor swifts throat (not that she'd complain)....but cacs in the industry clearly are politicizing the art form. Hateful fakkits
