Well, it&#x27;s fortunate that Kanye West isn&#x27;t a &quot;hip-hop&quot; musician, he is a <i>musician</i>, and pulls in influences by the wheelbarrowful. Even were that an adequate definition--congratulations: you know your biases. Now overcome them, because if you can&#x27;t draw a barely kinked line between David Bowie and <i>808s and Heartbreak</i>, that is on you.<p>But I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s the problem here, is it? :) He&#x27;s &quot;arrogant&quot;--and my, but your choice of adjective here is so <i>interesting</i>!--so, well, that&#x27;s all she wrote.<p>Bowie was just a shrinking violet, right?