You know, to say any rapper is an "amazing live performer" kind of discredits live performance itself. Come on, it's karaoke. I love love love rap music, we all do, but I admitted to myself a long time ago that the concerts (including the sacred Tupac's) are filled with yelling over their own songs. It fucking sucks.
And I saw Kanye in Chicago in 2006. He was abominable.
I guess you never seen his Glow in The Dark Tour then. I seen him just after his mum died and he was pretty shit, then saw him a year later on his Glow In The Dark Tour and it was a billion times better. It was a show instead of him just doing "karaoke"
As far as my opinion on him now, Me and him a through. 808s was wack as fuck, and when he used the phrase OMG in a song (that bullshit with Keri Hilson and Neyo) I was like OMG what a faggot, im done with him. Next he'll be like
" I do this rap shit and I do it well,
All you other rappers make me lol"
Vinnie Paz summed it up well enough for me
"Kanye West, gay rapper, thats where lines are drawn"
Oh and College Dropout was overrated!