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Originally posted by primo.
He's not Other than inspiring a false sense of superiority in certain music fans, nothing about Kanye is impact. Not his backpack rap, not autotune, not his obsession with European art, not a damn thing.
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If you want to get educated in detail, I recommend this book:
http://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9781137395818
One of his albums, MBDTF, alone is just so impactful it's crazy.
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In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 353 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[136] and Complex included it in their list of "25 Rap Albums From the Past Decade That Deserve Classic Status".[137] Entertainment Weekly named it 8th best album of all time on their 2013 list.[138] In October 2013, Complex named it the best hip hop album of the last five years.[139] NME ranked the album at 24 on their 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list.[140]
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Kanye West's 808s Heartbreak is considered one of the top 40 most groundbreaking albums of all time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/most-gro...ms-of-all-time
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Adele's sound has been influenced by Kanye.
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Originally posted by Pretty Much Amazing
The record has a louder, bolder sound, but that could perhaps just be attributed to the post-Kanye, Bhasker-ificiation of pop music.
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It's pretty much universally acknowledged by music critics of Kanye's impact on music. He also has THREE albums in the top 500 albums of all time by Rolling Stones which is just so crazy for a modern artist. He also has 3 albums with 9.0+ from Pitchfork, including one that is a TEN (10!!!!).
And if all of THAT which is just the a sample of the tip of the iceberg of his impact doesn't convince you. I guess in atrl terms I would like to say that his average Metacritic score of 9 albums is an 80 and he holds an album with a high score of 94 that's in the top 5 most acclaimed albums of Metacritic.