Back in his prime obviously. I wonder why Kanye never committed to a full out lyrical type boom bap hip hop album. Some of y’all know Good ass job was originally suppose to be a pure boom bap album with production from Premiere, Pete and Lib.

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because that era of hip hop was about finishing and kanye belonged to a new school of hip hop where he progressed and flourished

He did, the Go Getters album.