![]() Whatever your pet theory on the state of hip-hop, Dropout gave you a challenge, flaws and all. For some, Dropout proves hip-hop is in a rut, as an example of what everybody else isn’t doing for others, it proves hip-hop is still evolving, as music nobody outside hip-hop could make. West blew up last year with the bling/backpack synthesis of The College Dropout, the preppy-fabulous debut smash that people still can’t stop arguing about. And like Reggie Jackson used to say, it ain’t bragging if you can do it.ĥ00 Greatest Albums of All Time: ‘Late Registration’ He aims for what he calls “that Coldplay, Portishead, Fiona Apple style” in his mad quest to explode every cliche about hip-hop identity. So he steps up his lyrical game, shows off his epic production skills, reaches higher, pushes harder and claims the whole world of music as hip-hop turf. As he says, “I ain’t putting nothing out unless I can talk shit afterward.” On Late Registration, the Louis Vuitton Don doesn’t just set out to create pop music - he wants to be pop music. But he pours all that ego into musical ambition. ![]() Yeah, he’s got an ego or two - he’s liable to compare himself to Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Bill Gates and Prince, sometimes in the same sentence. ![]()
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