Kanye West

Kanye West is tied for first for my personal favorite rapper ever with Jay-Z. He is big mouthed which is what some people consider his downfall but I see it as like a way to get motivation. He makes songs talking about the stuff he did and peoples reaction and his reaction which is great. He also raps about real things and his life and problems in the world. At times he goes off into the mainstream type rap which is about the "Good-Life" of girls and money. A lot of people will disagree with me on this but he is a musical genius. Not because of his rapping but because of his beat making. He looks for old soul, R&B, and even rock samples for his beats. And he repeats the part of the song that you wouldn't exactly recognize and use it to make an insane beat. That's for every album he makes. One of the few rappers to make his own beats and kill them as well.

Kanye's first 3 albums were genius in my mind. Few albums are able to be listened to multiple times, and those 3 are on the list. "The College Dropout" was a good rookie album. You could listen to all the way through for the full story of the album. It's about how he dropped out of college to follow a very unpromissing career and worked out. It's truly a piece of art with great songs and small skits.
Kanye's 2nd "Late Registraion" was going along with the trend of skits and songs to tell a story. Except this album was about the struggles of being broke in urban Chicago. All these great songs were in the making for a good album with unusual features. Until the tragic death of his mother inspired the amazing song "Hey Mamma" talking about how he could of been a better son.

Kanye's 3rd "Graduation" was by far his best album ever. Every song went along with what he was going through and his rise to fame. Beats and features and samples were pure genius. Everyone helped on this album. He went all out and snagged a grammy in the process for Best Rap Album.

After that Kanye changed. He didn't forget his past but he just matured. His next three albums mostly had a theme of pressure from fans, going crazy, his relationship with Jay-Z, crimes in America, pop-culture, and his new music group G.O.O.D. Music with an album out right now.

My favorite song from his first album is "Last Call" (he raps at first, then tells his story of how he got discovered and signed)

My favorite song from "Late Registration" is either "Hey Mamma" or "Heard Em Say (feat. Adam Levine)"

My favorite song from "Graduation" was "The Glory"

My favorite song up to date would have to be.... "See Me Now (feat. Beyonce, Charlie Wilson, and Big Sean"

This is Kanye doing what he's best at... making beats. He made this one in mere minutes and it's probably my favorite Kanye beat ever. It sounds like something that would be on "The College Dropout" The only thing is.... he never rapped to it or gave it to anyone. I think he just thought that a beat that great couldn't be performed. So it's lost... never to be rapped on. But here is him making the beat.