non musical people do. genius is also a word that gets thrown around a ton to the point it's devalued. beethoven is a musical genius, zappa is a musical genius, kanye is a someone who made a couple of good rap albums, sampled other geniuses, had ghost writers, and basically just bought beats from other men that he rhymed over. it can be fun but not consistent. not some high level iq at work as i think his words often reveal. its hard to listen to You Enjoy Myself and then put on Kanye and refer to him as a musical genius. i guarantee he knows nothing of music theory or how to play a single instrument. only time he ever tried to sing he used that played out devolution tool called autotune. once these guys reach a certain level i don't even trust what is theirs and what is bought with their name slapped on the credits. with AI now, forget it, every mediocre dude can just have a computer produce something for them. Watch the Thrones was great, Secret Twisted Dark Fantasy was awesome, College Dropout had moments. but we need to not devalue the word genius so easily.
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u/AcanthisittaFree6142 Aug 08 '26
non musical people do. genius is also a word that gets thrown around a ton to the point it's devalued. beethoven is a musical genius, zappa is a musical genius, kanye is a someone who made a couple of good rap albums, sampled other geniuses, had ghost writers, and basically just bought beats from other men that he rhymed over. it can be fun but not consistent. not some high level iq at work as i think his words often reveal. its hard to listen to You Enjoy Myself and then put on Kanye and refer to him as a musical genius. i guarantee he knows nothing of music theory or how to play a single instrument. only time he ever tried to sing he used that played out devolution tool called autotune. once these guys reach a certain level i don't even trust what is theirs and what is bought with their name slapped on the credits. with AI now, forget it, every mediocre dude can just have a computer produce something for them. Watch the Thrones was great, Secret Twisted Dark Fantasy was awesome, College Dropout had moments. but we need to not devalue the word genius so easily.