The original Boss has love for Yeezy

It seems with every criticism that comes Kanye West’s way there is then something positive that arguably outweighs it.  Lately Kanye has been under some pretty heavy criticism thanks to the recent allegations of him beating an 18 yr old man for insulting his fiancee  Kim Kardashian.  Well when it comes to praise form those outside of the typical realm of Hip Hop it doesn’t get any better than Mr. “Born in the USA” himself Bruce Springsteen.  In a recent interview with NPR he had a lot to say regarding Hip Hop music and Kanye in particular.

“But it was the music that came along and gave voice to those things outside of what was then considered a protest music context, you know, and did so really beautifully. And so, you know, I’m not well-versed in it but I have listened over the years. You know, Public Enemy, Notorious B.I.G., I listened to Tupac, I listen to Kanye West. Kanye West is incredible, you know. I mean, the record-making facility, you know, there’s a lot of hours in those records.”

Later talking about the genre in general

I mean some of these, there’s like, just the production,” responded Bruce. “I saw him on television, he did the song called “Blood on the Leaves” on the Later…With Jools Holland — it was fantastic, you know. He’s a very, I still find him very interesting. I’m not necessarily driving [to] it in my car, you know. I probably fall back on the stuff that I listened to as a kid or something if I’m driving around. But I do listen. I listen to a lot because there’s a lot of information in it and it’s just fascinating record-making.”

 

Listen to and read the full transcript HERE