The most "ahead of it's time" albums you know of.

biz999 said:

brianlux said:

JH6056 said:

biz999 said:

I'll add two:

Kanye West - Yeezus
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Agree totally on both, but gotta admit it still annoys the ish outta me to have to admit to the brilliance of Kanye! He as a person just annoys me no end, but can't deny he's a visionary & incredibly talented maker of music...

I will confess here what could rightly be called "bias" and "closed minded", maybe even to the extreme: 
I only have a vague notion of what Kanye ("Ye") sounds like and thus have no idea why he is often referred to as a genius.  This goes all the way back to 9-11 when West and Mike Meyers spoke side-by-side regarding the incident.  The man was not at all well spoken and basically called George Bush a racist (a comment that had nothing to do with 9-11) and later reversed his statement.  From that point on, pretty much all I've read about him indicates an extreme ego and further confusion about where he stands on things.  His arrogant posturing is so off putting to me, I don't see anyway I would enjoy or appreciate his music.

But I curious as to why some consider him "ahead of his time".

For me, 'ahead of its time" means a new/modified musical style that at the time was experimental, but soon other artists either followed or emerged in that style.

dankind said:

biz999 said:

brianlux said:

JH6056 said:

biz999 said:

I'll add two:

Kanye West - Yeezus
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Agree totally on both, but gotta admit it still annoys the ish outta me to have to admit to the brilliance of Kanye! He as a person just annoys me no end, but can't deny he's a visionary & incredibly talented maker of music...

I will confess here what could rightly be called "bias" and "closed minded", maybe even to the extreme: 
I only have a vague notion of what Kanye ("Ye") sounds like and thus have no idea why he is often referred to as a genius.  This goes all the way back to 9-11 when West and Mike Meyers spoke side-by-side regarding the incident.  The man was not at all well spoken and basically called George Bush a racist (a comment that had nothing to do with 9-11) and later reversed his statement.  From that point on, pretty much all I've read about him indicates an extreme ego and further confusion about where he stands on things.  His arrogant posturing is so off putting to me, I don't see anyway I would enjoy or appreciate his music.

But I curious as to why some consider him "ahead of his time".

For me, 'ahead of its time" means a new/modified musical style that at the time was experimental, but soon other artists either followed or emerged in that style.

From Kanye’s work as a producer before “Through the Wire” through to his present work, he continues to not only evolve but innovate. 

Also, I don’t know if you’ve ever known a bipolar person whose meds might need a little tweaking (or who just isn’t taking them), but Kanye’s “extreme ego” and “arrogant posturing” are classic examples of what that generally looks like. He just so happens to have his moments in public, which also makes sense to me based on my history with adjacency to bipolar folks.  

That’s not an excuse for his behavior, of course; it’s a reason.