Kanye West Speaks On Displeasure With MTV's Hottest MCs In The Game List [LISTEN]

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» by March 5, 2013, 19:33pm

Kanye West doesn't do no press, but he gets the most press, kid. After he was ranked #7, a spot below his protege Big Sean, on MTV's Hottest MCs In The Game list he broke his no-press policy to talk to Hot 97. 

"Yeah number seven bothers me," Kanye said calmly to DJ Enuff. "I think Wayne is the number one rapper in the world. I think him and Jay and Em and certain people are just the greatest rappers of all time. For me, I feel like in order for them to put me at number seven they had to bring up things they didn't like. They didn't like the Cruel Summer album. I'm like, that's a compilation, it ain't all rappers on G.O.O.D. Music. I mean Cruel Summer got the 'Don't Like (Remix),' 'Mercy,' 'Cold,' 'New God Flow,' you know? And 'Clique!' You can't name five records like that on no album."

West also expressed his belief that outer factors had to do with his ranking and less with his music.

"They don't like Givenchy Kanye.They don't like Kanye in a kilt, they don't like Kanye in a relationship," says Kanye. "I don't think they really go bar for bar. I said 'You lucky I ain't have Jay drop 'em from the team. Ain't no bar, ain't no bar of the entire past four months that's hotter than that bar!"

Listen to the entire audio down below.

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Photo: Def Jam

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  • gringo mandingo

    sour grapes

    • YeahISaidIt!

      EXACTLY!

  • http://twitter.com/NextreX Rex Belgarde

    Nah this highlights exactly whats wrong with Hip-Hop now, flash & style over actual skill. How Kanye and A$AP Rocky not top 5 for the Year? Top 10 of the past year in scope of actual verses, work put out, impact and uniqueness :

    1. Kendrick Lamar
    2. Kanye West
    3. A$AP Rocky
    4. Drake
    5. Meek Millz + Pusha T (share - both went into overdrive this year idk who did better)
    6. Schoolboy Q + Ab-Soul (share a spot / similar style + effect)
    7. Nicki Minaj (Roman Reloaded is a beast)
    8. 2 Chainz
    9. Childish Gambino (listen to Royalty)
    10. BIG Sean
    Notables:
    11. Kilo Kish (Just made it with K+)
    12. Hit-Boy (w/ HITstory)
    13. Mac Miller (still waiting on pink slime thou . . . )
    14. Future (to be non-bias I suppose . . . he did have alot of catchy tunes)

    missing a few like Ross, Wayne etc. but they were predictable and didn't really outdo what they did the previous year.

    • gringo mandingo

      this reads like the list of a 12 year white suburban kid. top 40 pop trash. half these "rappers" are ON biebers album. NUFF SEDD. seacrest out!!!

      • Blandmoney

        When and where does this album come out 'cause it sounds like straight fire. InstaCop.

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