>RE: De La, the Roots, and Tribe had the meat and potatoes too

>I like MBDTF a lot more than any of his albums that have come
>out since. But it doesn’t compare to the first 3 IMO.
>
>I mean....if anything, College Dropout was the one that was a
>bit influenced by Tribe and them. And that was a fantastic
>album.
>
>MBDTF - I don’t know. Someone plays the same piano note for
>two minutes before Kanye starts warbling all dramatically
>about how much of a douche bag he is, and clowns are all
>“this is beyond the constraints of hip hop!” GTFOH. I
>hated that aspect of that album. Like I said....pretentious.
>Like it was “above” hip hop or something.
>
>There were some great songs and moments on the album. All
>that extra stuff and the presentation of it hurt the album to
>me though.

Yea totally agreed. Someone noted that Late Registration stretched the limits of hip-hop and I agree, but on that album he went about it wayyyyyyy more tastefully and less pretentiously.