Why Kanye Isn’t Great Anymore

Kanye West is universally recognized as one of the best rappers in the world. He’s helped to write, produce and has collaborated on some of the biggest hits in the past decade, but in recent years has been criticized because his music is no longer what it once was.

The first three of West’s albums had lyrics that had an edge to them, most of them being controversial in one way or another, making his albums a must-buy and always being praised by critics. In recent years that has changed.

West’s latest album, “Life of Pablo” wasn’t as critically-acclaimed as many thought it would be, so this brought up the question: has the fame and being a reality star made Kanye’s music suffer?

  I say yes.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s always been an egocentric person and he’s never shied away from the starlight, but in recent years this has caused his music to suffer.

Kanye’s last great album was his 2007 hit “Graduation.” but that doesn’t mean that his other albums weren’t good.

It just means that in my opinion, “Graduation” was more of complete all-around hit that didn’t leave you wanting more from an artist that you know can deliver great music.

While in recent years, only the album “My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy” that also came with a feature movie, could be consider to be vintage Kanye West music.

All other albums after “Graduation” have fallen short of what was expected from the self-proclaimed greatest rapper of all time.

It’s not that his music hasn’t been good, it’s that he set the bar so high that when something that sounds like a robot voice like in his 2008 album “808’s and Heartbreaks” comes out, it becomes a disappointment to some of his fans.

Now granted, there are fans that will always be there buying his music, or whatever else he want to sell them, and they will always love his music no matter what he does or doesn’t do.

There is no denying that West is still a great rapper, but maybe his recent relationship with Kim Kardashian or his never ending feud with the media has him putting less effort in his music and more effort on his image.

Whether it’s the fame, or West losing touch with what made him great, I hope it ends soon, because it would be great for fans like myself to hear some new music that resembles some of his greatest hits like “Flashing lights,” “Gold Digger” or “Jesus Walks”.