Reflecting now, I suppose it might be that Kanye's lasting "change" to pop music was making it finally inseparable from hip-hop.

R&B, eating itself like rock before it. I did like that Yoncé album though.

Fairy nuff - but aside from extreme cases like FKA Twigs I'm not sure there's actually a difference between alt-R&B and regular R&B these days. Dontcha know Beyoncé's self-titled is tagged "Alternative R&B" on RYM?

I'll grant that this guy was getting super ahead of himself with "electronic music". But I'm pretty sure "cloud rap", as well as the emotional openness of some modern artists like Drake and Future, owes a lot to him. I can't imagine A$AP Rocky or Lil B being nearly so popular without Kanye paving the way first, y'know?

The first reply to that comment is fucking golden truth, though.

I love GY!BE. I'm just stealing an old joke my friend made at me once about them when I complained about their name.

What's wrong? with you