So what is your definition of a backpack rapper? Because Kanye fits the description in his early music. He wasn't as materialistic back then.
Who is more influential? Kanye or Pharrell?
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So what is your definition of a backpack rapper? Because Kanye fits the description in his early music. He wasn't as materialistic back then.
Drake for one. His musical style is heavily influenced by 808's & Heartbreaks. J cole, nuff said. Big Sean, B.O.B, wale, etc etc
jilla82
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damn near every rapper poppin now has some Kanye in them.
He killed the super gangster era...the clothes changed (he came out when 4XL Tee's were in), he brought the soul sample back...I could probably keep going.
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He didn't bring soul sampling back..it never left
Uh...then you're not listening.
kanye introduced the "be yourself" movement in rap.
He probably killed gangster rap.
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Gangsta rap has never left..what are you talking about
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Be yourself movement in hip hop? Like rappers aren't being themselves
Now you're being dense.
He was rapping about conscious shyt with a more mainstream spin and he definitely was a definitive backpack rapper when he was "stuck in that basement doing 5 beats a day for 10 summers"
Hell, even Drake was like Little Brother-lite before he blew up.
He came into the game wearing polos and was making college themed albums into mainstream hits. Plus he had a big influence in the production game too.
cause they're not.
A lot of hyper masculine shyt is CLEARLY an act developed by record labels to push sales. I'm sorry if your 90s nostalgia didn't clear all of that up.
Kanye made it cool to be open and emotional and honest in your raps about normal everyday shyt.
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He came in the game wearing polos? nikkas been wearing polos before kanye..
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Rapping about consciousness has nothing to do with being a back pack rapper..
The booth is lost
Are you just on some contrarian shyt right now?
Cause it doesn't matter who did it first, its about who did it best.
I guess you were in diapers when The Blueprint came out...cause Kanye brought that sped-up sample shyt out and damn near changed the entire sound of rap music
jilla82
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Uh...yeah it did. In 2002/2003, thats what it meant.
Kanye was the archetype of mainstream conscious music in a time when 50 Cent/Dipset/Rocafella was running the radio with influence from ATL snap music and shyt.