>This question comes from a conversation I had with a friend
>of mine about the Big Sean album.
>
>I like the album for the most part, but am pretty lukewarm on
>Big Sean as an MC. I tend to think he's average at best, yet
>somehow made an album of mostly good songs.
>
>My friend replied that Big Sean is no worse than Kanye was
>when he broke in, and yet people sort of turned a blind eye to
>his lack of mic skills.
>
>I went back and listened to College Dropout and Kanye is
>downright terrible on a lot of it. He has some nice lines, but
>his flow, his delivery, his overall presence on the mic is
>pretty lukewarm.
>
>Yet when that shit dropped, it wasn't a common criticism. I
>sure as shit didn't feel it.
>
>Was this because he was seen as a producer, so expectations
>were low? We were so enamored with the shift his album brought
>to the game that we happily ignored his abilities? Were the
>beats so nice we would've accepted anything over them?

I gave 'ye a pass because he was a very engaging MC.