Why Kanye's Balls Are Bigger Than Yours

Let's face it, Kanye West has BALLS. He has just released a hip-hop/ techno album to go along with his 2 hip-hop / R&B albums with no cover art and without a clear cut radio single. In a genre that cannibalizes it's artists who veer to far from their paths that brought them fame, Kanye has managed to emerge from his artistic excursions unscathed. It doesn't matter whether or not you like or 808's And Heartbreak or Yeezus. There existence can only mean good things for the future of Hip-Hop. Would you hear the same singing Drake without Kanye's 808's And Heartbreak? Would Lil Wayne have the gall to release a rock album with Rebirth? The answer is no. We all know his flaws; He's an egomaniac, a douche, a blowhard, etc. But it takes a man of a certain ilk to do what he has done with the confidence that that he has done it with. 

Being an outsider, he took a homophobic, thug-centric genre and flipped it on its head. His victory in the battle over album sales with 50 Cent represented a shift in the consciousness of a genre that prided itself on not having one. Modern Hip-Hop artists no longer had to be cemented and stubbornly categorized as hard (50 Cent, The Game), self conscious (Talib Kweli, Common) or flashy and materialistic (Diddy, Cam'Ron). Kanye Can you imagine an artist like this existing in Hip-Hop 15 years ago without being bombarded with disses. Can you imagine that countless shots that would be sent his way by guys like Eminem, Canibus, Big L, and Jadakiss.  

Kanye's reign proves one thing; No matter how polarizing your attitude, behavior, demeanor, etc. is, your talent and quality of work will ultimately shine through. I mean c'mon, the man openly and aggressively humiliated America's sweetheart in front of millions and is STILL a hot commodity in the mainstream world. We may hate him but give the man his proper shine. His artistic progressions and experimentation's have spawned a generation of new artists and expanded a genre that was set in its ways.