Kanye opened the lane for all those dudes.
And A tribe called quest and all the other alt. rap dudes
from the 80's and 90's CREATED that lane.
It's not about who created what lane or style it's about who the rapper's give credit for influencing their style and who they draw that influence from.
Wale: “I can’t tell you how big of a Lupe fan I was when he first came out. I didn’t know a damn thing about skateboarding, but I was like, ‘This fly Chicago nikka man, he’s spitting. For real.’ That Revenge of The Nerds mixtape? fukking crazy. And it was the start man. People think Kanye started these new nikkas. But Lupe Fiasco started all of this shyt for us to get a chance and for Complex to really fukk with nikkas like us. I can’t even really compare it to B.O.B. and Meek, because they’re more street-based. But for someone like myself, Cudi, or even my artist Black Cobain, that kind of gave us that other look.”
Drake has been quoted calling Lupe a legend and did covers on various songs of his from Kick, Push to Failure on his first mixtapes. Biting his flow & everything, always giving credit to him and shoutouts (5 am in Toronto the most recent)
It's cool if nikkas think Kendrick is better than him but to try to erase the impact Lupe had on the new gen is spiteful.
. the warm up and the come up are his only two works that i can honestly say was good. Friday Night Lights was ok. FoodNLiquor and The Cool are better than cole's first two mixtapes but I guess I came in here to say J. Cole is boring
Y'all boys crazier than the 3 posters posting a hunnid times bout Drake fell off(sales wise) but the net shut down off 3 throwaways. nikkaz talkin bout Killah Priest 
What next? Cappadonna? k-rino in the class of immortal tech ramble I mean rap bout "facts" but if you're not awed by the nonsense n research its wrong. Boring whoa is me Cole with his weak wannabe Nas bars is ass. Lu dropped Dumb it Down II on a trap beat(Next To It) & got illiterate nikkaz bumpin it. Meanwhile ya boy got jimmy iovine, dre & a isley sample bein used by the NBA 
nikka cant rap without soundin like a chipmunk outside hiipower n swimmin pools he 
You can't box wit the master if you tried biting Wayne 
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