From “I Love Kanye”, a track on Kanye’s new album that seems very relevant in this thread:

This song is missing something fundamental, but I can’t put my finger on it. Is it... Melody? Flow? Or just plain “good”ness?

I did give other examples...

America’s Next Top Bigot

He changed the face of modern rap and hip-hop. It can be said that elements of Kanye’s style, such as the way he incorporates samples into his beats (not saying he was the first to do this - just that he had a unique style of doing so), are now pervasive in the works of other influential artists.