At the Grammys he said he inspired himself.

He may be losing his mind now, his response to the whole wheelchair comment was strange to be sure, but a few years back he did this interivew and someone aksed him about his ego, and paraphrasing his response was something about it taking an ego to do this, the example he gave was that you'd have to be egotistical to…

yeah, public consciousness is what I mean.

The work Nicki Minaj put in on the track Monster is a perfect example of that, he's a hell of a producer. Recognizing all the talents and potential of people and how to get the best stuff from them. Like Tarantino is with some actors.

Illmatic will probably always hold that torch.

Lyrically I'd say "All Falls Down" or his verse on "Never Let Me Down" are my favorites, production wise I always loved his reworking of 'Ain't No Love' for Jay's Heart of the City and damn that Bette Milder sample on Last Call is fantastic.

I would say Kanyes self-reflective nature gives his music a lot more depth than most pop acts. MBDTF was practically a concept album on 'ego as defense mechanism', and from the very beginning with College Dropout it was his self-awareness combined with strong production and fun lyricism that made him a hit. Really…

Breath In Breath Out is fantastic in comparison to Barry Bonds, this verse is awesome and therefore saves the song from being compared to something like Barry Bonds, jesus, yeezus, saves it: