Yeah. I never much cared for Kanye and still don"t but I respect him for his position. I suspect he thought his way out of the plantation and speaks basic truths about the black situation in the U.S. That's why the entire cultural industries have gone ape shit. If Kanye convinces blacks that they have agency and thus morally responsible, the Dems are finished like the Whigs.

I'm glad that you like Baroque too. I also like jazz because you can hear echos of Baroque. What's piquing my interest now is Renaissance music . Jordi Savall has been a pioneer going through archives and a lot of the music is really amazing to hear. And he uses the original instruments so that really helps to appreciate the music.
I happen to like rap but not in English. It sounds much better in the Roamnce languages. I think it has to do with the legacy of the Latin period (a rythm created by playing around with the word placement) which results in more flexibility with the metre.
I suppose English language raps sucks the same way that Romance language heavy metal lyrics do. Both languages have their strength and weaknesses when it's musicalized. Romance heavy metal lyrics come across as utterly pretencious while English language rap comes across as utterly illiterate.

xavier