Spiritual rap has always been powerful. the spiritual overtones of lil wayne and the glimpses of spirituality in some of eminem's material have provided power.

kanye released a song called power about material excess and he got no power from it, and bowed to the expectations.

drake has carried the torch of "covet rap" from jay-z, rapping about what you have makes you better than the next rapper.

kanye has forged a new path

he let go of the trappings of covet rap to go 100% spiritual. however, like the rich man, who asked christ how he can attain heaven, kanye is found lacking. he feels he must be the billion dollar man so his extended family can live comfortably. however it is by releasing your possessions that christ tells the rich man is the path to attaining salvation.

kanye hopefully will undergo a deeper change that causes a gigantic religious record like creed, switchfoot, or reliant k.

many iconic artists have had conversions. dylan famously converted to evangelical christianity in the 80s and produced some very good religious material. the pop star who becomes a christian will face a very tough road.

kanye continues to innovate. drake throws sleight at kanye, yet it falls on deaf ears, if kanye is truly converted by the gospel.

kanye could kill covet rap and reinvigorate spiritual rap and rap in general if he continues on this path.

if kanye can keep his relationship to christ growing, then he can grow the rap world into a human endeavour, not an endeavour of material excess.

ps: f*** mcafee antivirus for interrupting me twice while trying to type this.

Op onto something

I’d love to live thru yeezy gear tho, Comfy af

i mean op is saying a whole lot of nothing

but i have been saying that Ye and Bob Dylan’s careers have mirrored eachother in an uncanny way when you really look at it

OP is a MAGA man and conspiracy theorist that believes Michael Jackson harmed children.

Op has a point. For this to happen tho his next album has to actually have hits and or more impact than his last two. Has to def be a “return to form”

anybody with a brain knows that dillweed

Imagine still having mcafee

kanye doesn't need "hits". kanye gets hits when he reduces his vision to brutal honesty.

I feel you. But for what you’re saying to actually happen the album has to have impact whether that’s in the form of billboard hits or the consensus being that it’s an amazing album

You still salty he wore a hat, You gonna cry baby?

i actually got a MAGA hat and i rep that s*** proudly. and INFOWARS.

BABY KILLING MOTHERFUCKERS GO ROUND THE OUTSIDE

Explain

I think he's just a Jesus freak bro

nope

Kanye is an alien who can see sounds

JiK 2 is going to be a gamechanger

threadworthy discussion tbh. Remember just before he started the Sunday Services he was tweeting out Bob Dylan lyrics

my job is aging me badly

Big if true

they both had to make a big pivotal jump in the beginning if their respective careers to gain respect from the public (dylan performed covers and had to make the jump to writing his own music in a short amount of time, and ye going from producer to rapper)

they both changed the landscape of popular music in their respective times

they each have polarizing personalities that either turn people completely off or draw them in, and create polarizing music that does the same

dylan went through the same religious phase that ye is currently going through, and alienated a large part of his fanbase as a result, just like ye

there’s more, i wish i could find a post i made about it some months back that was way better. the main point im trying to make is that their arcs are much more similar than one would think

very interesting, i actually did not know he did that

i could totally see ye being a huge dylan fan

Good thread

that means ye, dylan and bowie all had similarities in their careers