The same rapper, years apart

• #01Kanye West - Jesus Walks (Clear Channel Stripped)raw and stripped, before the polish set in
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  Kanye West - Jesus Walks (Clear Channel Stripped)

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  raw and stripped, before the polish set in

• #02Kanye West - Welcome To Heartbreak ft. Kid Cudikid cudi hook, kanye still finding his falsetto
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  Kanye West - Welcome To Heartbreak ft. Kid Cudi

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  kid cudi hook, kanye still finding his falsetto

• #03Kanye West - Closed On Sunday (Official Video)a decade later, gospel choir instead of samples
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  a decade later, gospel choir instead of samples

• #04Kendrick Lamar - Cut You Offearly kendrick, still rapping like he has to prove it
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  Kendrick Lamar - Cut You Off

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  early kendrick, still rapping like he has to prove it

• #05Kendrick Lamar - Stylized (VEVO LIFT)vevo lift plaque era, before the pulitzer
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  Kendrick Lamar - Stylized (VEVO LIFT)

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  vevo lift plaque era, before the pulitzer

• #06meet the grahamsyears later, kendrick trading bars for scorched-earth confessionals
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  meet the grahams

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  years later, kendrick trading bars for scorched-earth confessionals

• #07Drake - Sneakin' ft. 21 Savage (Official Video)drake at his most reliable, before the pivots
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  Drake - Sneakin' ft. 21 Savage (Official Video)

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  drake at his most reliable, before the pivots

• #08Drake - Heat of the Momentsame year, same brand of drake certainty
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  Drake - Heat of the Moment

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  same year, same brand of drake certainty

• #09Drake - NOKIA (Official Music Video)drake gone full pop spectacle by comparison
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  Drake - NOKIA (Official Music Video)

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  drake gone full pop spectacle by comparison

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