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  1. Vahn
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    Mar 19, 2018
    People are f---ing idiots

    You have to take that into account
     
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  2. sheldon
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    sheldon

    Mar 18, 2018
    heard CyHi say that Kanye gives out writer credits more than a hooker in south central gives out handjobs

    like you could be wearing a shirt that inspires something he writes and you get credits lol

    dont remember which interview CyHi mentions this in tho
     
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  3. sheldon
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    Mar 18, 2018
    he writes better songs than prolly everyone in your top 10 tho so idk y he wouldnt be considered top 10
     
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  4. Winter
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    Mar 18, 2018
    If we disqualify every rapper who has help when writing from the top 10, there wouldn't be enough rappers left to fill it.
     
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  5. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    Mar 18, 2018
    I take issue with claiming that Ye has ghostwriters ftr. He has help, but people aren't handing completed songs to him or anything. An artist with a ghostwriter is always super obvious, listen to a Dre verse or a Puff Daddy verse or whatever and you can tell immediately who wrote it. A Kanye verse always sounds like a Kanye verse, regardless of era. He has a style, which you don't get with ghostwriting.
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Mar 18, 2018
    I also think it's fair criticize Kanye's lyrics on Yeezus and TLOP, but i dunno why people had problems with his lyricism before that. "Lyricism" is broad. For example, Kanye, Jay-Z, Ice Cube, and Ghostface are all great lyricists for vastly different reasons in my book.
     
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    Not top ten, but he's very underrated as a rapper. He's kept up with, and often outrapped, some of the greats.
     
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  8. Big Dangerous
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    Mar 18, 2018
    Like I love Kanye and his catalog but I would feel weird saying 'yea man, Kanye top 10 rappers, right behind Nas'

    Feel like it's a special case
     
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  9. Big Dangerous
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    Saw this mentioned on Joe's podcast the other day talking about best rappers and totally didn't jack it from a sxn80 status.

    Obv he's a great musician but is known to have ghost writers and subpar lyrics that take a backseat to his music and overall vision

    It makes sense to put him top 10 or so because his catalog is so beloved and he is a 'rapper' but at the same time I can understand not wanting place him that high because the 9 other guys on any given list would be vastly better at the actual aspect of rapping than Kanye almost 100% of the time.
     
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