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“Kanye West has more in common with his mentor Jay-Z than we knew. In an excerpt from Ice-T’s directoral debut The Art Of Rap, West said that he didn’t write down his lyrics for his first four albums.
“I didn’t write my raps down for my first four albums—like all. I did it from the head straight to the booth, but on this last album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, I wrote it because I really put myself in the zone that my life was dependent on the success of this album,” West said.”

“The four albums West was referring to, The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation, and 808’s & Heartbreak were all certified platinum. Late Registration remains West’s biggest album to date, selling over 3 million records worldwide.”

Not writing down lyrics =/= freestyling

He probably punched in his verses. .

If that is true, that means that this could have actually been a freestyle.. My respect for Kanye has increased by 3 points.

It’s not like what came to his mind first is what he put on the album. He most probably freestyle a thousand times and picked out lines from them freestyles

To be honest when I read this article i realized I never could picture Kanye writing rhymes, I could picture ‘Pac, X, Big L, Big KRIT, Biggie all of them with notebooks but Kanye just seems like he walks in spits something and leaves

it shows.

gorgeous is easily his best work, lyrically. to me, anyways.

His first four albums were obviously not “freestyled.” This is asinine.

Then again, when you consider what passes for a “mix tape” these days (neither mixed nor a tape), maybe these were “freestyled” by the newrap definition.

Zexon again having no clue about anything and spreading false information, not to mention this news has already been reported in another thread

funny how its titled “he admits it” if he actually did freestyle them, wouldnt it be something to brag about? not reluctantly admit?

“Zexon again having no clue about anything and spreading false information,"
First of all, just because you think ASAP Rocky makes trap songs(lol?) you don’t have to get your pantys in a bunch, so theres no "again.”

Take note that I DIDN’T make the title name, its QUOTED for a reason. But I wouldn’t expect you to know that you think ASAP makes trap songs

but I guess once again, you’re making stupid and unthoughtful accusations and posting them. go somewhere.

don’t get me wrong, I’m not some linguistic purist who thinks words should keep the same meaning forever

I don’t have any problem with the new definition of freestyle

but that doesn’t even fit THAT definition

and I was going to say “it’s weird/dumb” that they used that term

but I’m pretty certain they used it purely to be sensationalist/appeal to dumb people who aren’t willing to actually read the article

Lmao I said that the beat is trap-inspired and all of a sudden I think ASAP is trap

Fuckin' idiot

Your link didn’t work, which made anything you said invalid anyway

If you listened to the Albums all he did was talk about himself and his life for example through the wire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwUXgzjd1x4

“Freestyled his first four albums”

BURR

Looks like you came up short playboy

To quote Our Saviour Yeezus:

He write his own rhymes, sort of, I think ‘em
That mean I forgot better shit than you ever thought up